Amanda and Ben take on the world!

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We're off! Since I finish my degree and Ben finishes his apprenticeship at the end of this year, we decided that before we settle into teaching/printing were going to escape ordinary life and have crazy adventures all over the world! (and maybe get some some culture and experience on the way).

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  And so the (pre)adventure begins...   Adelaide, Australia on Jun 29, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Preparation, premeditation and procrastination   Adelaide, Australia on Aug 8, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Departy   Adelaide, Australia on Dec 14, 2009 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Departing   Auckland, New Zealand on Dec 26, 2009 27 pictures 3 comments
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  Put your little hand in mine...   Santiago, Chile on Dec 28, 2009 30 pictures 5 comments
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  New Year's Eve in Rio!   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Jan 1, 2010 71 pictures 2 comments
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  & the friendliest award goes to: the butterflies!   Foz de Iguacu, Brazil on Jan 4, 2010 214 pictures 2 comments
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  A bus journey   Campo Grande, Brazil on Jan 6, 2010 0 pictures 3 comments
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  Not in Kansas Anymore   Pantanal, Brazil on Jan 7, 2010 133 pictures 6 comments
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  A Bus Journey, Take 2   Santa Cruz, Bolivia on Jan 11, 2010 1 picture 1 comment
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  Breathless   La Paz, Bolivia on Jan 12, 2010 59 pictures 0 comments
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  The stinge and the splurge   Copacabana, Bolivia on Jan 14, 2010 68 pictures 3 comments
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  By mule, but not by bus   Arequipa, Peru on Jan 19, 2010 60 pictures 0 comments
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  Massage? Tattoo? Poncho? Facepunch?   Cusco, Peru on Jan 20, 2010 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Fetticine to the Lumberjack   Sacred Valley, Peru on Jan 21, 2010 37 pictures 0 comments
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  The luckiest day ever.   Machu Picchu, Peru on Jan 23, 2010 121 pictures 2 comments
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  Bus saga finale   Nasca, Peru on Jan 26, 2010 31 pictures 0 comments
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  Sneaky sand gets everywhere!   Huacachina, Peru on Jan 27, 2010 42 pictures 2 comments
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  The last city of the first continent   Lima, Peru on Jan 30, 2010 28 pictures 0 comments
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  The South America Awards   Lima, Peru on Jan 30, 2010 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Sushi Samba and Two for one cocktails   Miami Beach, FL on Feb 1, 2010 30 pictures 2 comments
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  Excess in mouseville   Orlando, FL on Feb 3, 2010 100 pictures 0 comments
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  Superbowl Weekend!   Miami Beach, FL on Feb 7, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  The fake honeymoon in the land of the open bar   Cancun, Mexico on Feb 8, 2010 74 pictures 1 comment
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  Sun, snow and ice   Chicago, IL on Feb 14, 2010 112 pictures 0 comments
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  Aaaah, the comforts of home...   Cincinnati, OH on Feb 19, 2010 28 pictures 3 comments
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  Coincidence?   Los Angeles, CA on Feb 22, 2010 7 pictures 1 comment
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  No shortage of things to do!   San Francisco, CA on Feb 23, 2010 177 pictures 1 comment
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  More wine please!   Napa Valley, CA on Feb 28, 2010 19 pictures 1 comment
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  Adventures up the gondola   Lake Tahoe, CA on Mar 2, 2010 41 pictures 2 comments
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  Meltdown   Yosemite National Park, CA on Mar 9, 2010 38 pictures 0 comments
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  Finally, some warmth!   Death Valley, CA on Mar 11, 2010 43 pictures 0 comments
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  Someone has to pay for the lights   Las Vegas, NV on Mar 12, 2010 73 pictures 0 comments
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  Coaster Crazy   Los Angeles, CA on Mar 19, 2010 75 pictures 2 comments
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  Travel timeline   New York City, NY on Mar 21, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Monumental amounts of sightseeing   Washington DC, DistrictofColumbia on Mar 23, 2010 39 pictures 2 comments
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  A wicked bite of the big apple   New York City, NY on Mar 25, 2010 58 pictures 0 comments
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  Laziness   Niagara Falls, Canada on Apr 1, 2010 35 pictures 0 comments
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  Learn the Lingo   New York City, NY on Apr 4, 2010 7 pictures 2 comments
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  The North America Awards   New York City, NY on Apr 5, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  In Transit   London, United Kingdom on Apr 6, 2010 2 pictures 0 comments
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  You want HOW much?!   Oslo, Norway on Apr 7, 2010 39 pictures 0 comments
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  Norway in a nutshell   Flåm, Norway on Apr 9, 2010 45 pictures 0 comments
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  Loveliness   Bergen, Norway on Apr 10, 2010 19 pictures 0 comments
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  The self-styled capital of Scandinavia   Stockholm, Sweden on Apr 12, 2010 47 pictures 2 comments
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  Lessons learned   Malmö, Sweden on Apr 15, 2010 12 pictures 0 comments
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  It's just a little volcanic ash...   Copenhagen, Denmark on Apr 17, 2010 64 pictures 1 comment
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  I'm in love!   Brussels, Belgium on Apr 20, 2010 77 pictures 3 comments
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  Tourist central   Brugge, Belgium on Apr 24, 2010 43 pictures 1 comment
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  Stop-wait-GO!   Amsterdam, Netherlands on Apr 26, 2010 114 pictures 2 comments
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  Looking left again   Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom on May 2, 2010 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Haggis, cannons and castles   Edinburgh, United Kingdom on May 4, 2010 58 pictures 2 comments
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  On the hunt for Nessie!   Inverness, United Kingdom on May 7, 2010 31 pictures 0 comments
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  Life on the road   Glasgow, United Kingdom on May 9, 2010 7 pictures 3 comments
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  Less than expected   Belfast, United Kingdom on May 12, 2010 48 pictures 2 comments
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  The rollercoaster of Kerry   Killarney, Ireland on May 14, 2010 23 pictures 0 comments
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  Storytime   Cork, Ireland on May 16, 2010 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Waxing eloquent?   Blarney, Ireland on May 17, 2010 41 pictures 0 comments
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  Sick :(   Dublin, Ireland on May 19, 2010 32 pictures 1 comment
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  Trip to the tub   Bath, United Kingdom on May 23, 2010 26 pictures 0 comments
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  When calendars weren't made out of paper   Bristol, United Kingdom on May 23, 2010 27 pictures 2 comments
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  Not only sun, but warmth too!   Cardiff, United Kingdom on May 24, 2010 34 pictures 1 comment
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  Big Ben meets Big Ben   London, United Kingdom on May 27, 2010 178 pictures 1 comment
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  You punt!   Oxford, United Kingdom on Jun 3, 2010 47 pictures 1 comment
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  The Northern Europe Awards   London, United Kingdom on Jun 7, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The city of love... and the French   Paris, France on Jun 7, 2010 118 pictures 2 comments
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  La joie de vivre   Versailles, France on Jun 10, 2010 47 pictures 2 comments
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  Into the land of efficiency   Zürich, Switzerland on Jun 12, 2010 23 pictures 0 comments
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  All I do is party, ah ah ah   Sant Antoni de Portmany, Spain on Jun 14, 2010 109 pictures 0 comments
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  Invisible Alps   Lucerne, Switzerland on Jun 18, 2010 32 pictures 1 comment
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  To the extreme!   Interlaken, Switzerland on Jun 20, 2010 197 pictures 0 comments
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  Wait... was that it? Dammit, we missed it!   Vaduz, Liechtenstein on Jun 24, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ben quashes all dreams of the hills being alive   Salzburg, Austria on Jun 25, 2010 42 pictures 1 comment
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  Schnitzels, mosquitos and extasy   Vienna, Austria on Jun 27, 2010 108 pictures 0 comments
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  First foray into Eastern Europe   Bratislava, Slovakia on Jun 28, 2010 18 pictures 1 comment
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  An unexpected gem   Zagreb, Croatia on Jun 30, 2010 41 pictures 0 comments
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  It's not a real beach unless there is sand!   Dubrovnik, Croatia on Jul 3, 2010 62 pictures 1 comment
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  Holed up   Bar, Montenegro on Jul 5, 2010 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Take that, Murphy's Law!   Belgrade, Serbia on Jul 6, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Festival in a fortress   Novi Sad, Serbia on Jul 7, 2010 43 pictures 1 comment
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  A city of ruins   Athens, Greece on Jul 13, 2010 91 pictures 2 comments
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  Exploring the caldera   Santorini, Greece on Jul 17, 2010 105 pictures 0 comments
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  Mazes, metal and mirages   Mykonos, Greece on Jul 21, 2010 16 pictures 0 comments
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  The Central Europe Awards   Athens, Greece on Jul 23, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The last Loveparade   Duisburg, Germany on Jul 24, 2010 70 pictures 0 comments
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  Dom Dom-Dom Dom Dom...   Cologne, Germany on Jul 25, 2010 45 pictures 0 comments
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  Michael Schumacher would be proud   Nürburg, Germany on Jul 27, 2010 22 pictures 3 comments
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  I am a donut   Berlin, Germany on Jul 28, 2010 136 pictures 1 comment
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  City of dreams   Prague, Czech Republic on Aug 1, 2010 121 pictures 0 comments
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  Post-death choices: Burial, cremation, artwork.   Kutna Hora, Czech Republic on Aug 3, 2010 63 pictures 1 comment
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  PADDLE!   Český Krumlov, Czech Republic on Aug 5, 2010 68 pictures 0 comments
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  Auschwitz - The center of tragedy   Oświęcim, Poland on Aug 8, 2010 51 pictures 0 comments
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  Immune system is cracking up... ow!   Krakow, Poland on Aug 9, 2010 52 pictures 0 comments
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  Bed, bath and beyond   Budapest, Hungary on Aug 12, 2010 69 pictures 0 comments
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  Bran + Rasnov -> Brasov ≠ Hollywood   Brasov, Romania on Aug 14, 2010 44 pictures 0 comments
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  Needs better giftwrapping   Bucharest, Romania on Aug 17, 2010 38 pictures 0 comments
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  Through the looking glass   Istanbul, Turkey on Aug 19, 2010 173 pictures 1 comment
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  Our Gallipoli campaign   Gallipoli, Turkey on Aug 23, 2010 61 pictures 1 comment
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  There's a Gap in the pyramids   Cairo, Egypt on Aug 26, 2010 63 pictures 2 comments
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  Full steam ahead   Aswan, Egypt on Aug 28, 2010 144 pictures 0 comments
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  Temples and tombs   Luxor, Egypt on Aug 31, 2010 118 pictures 0 comments
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  The third stage   Cairo, Egypt on Sep 2, 2010 26 pictures 0 comments
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  The ten comments   St Katherine, Egypt on Sep 3, 2010 42 pictures 0 comments
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  Finally, a real beach!   Nuweiba, Egypt on Sep 4, 2010 27 pictures 0 comments
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  Entering Brotherland   Aqaba, Jordan on Sep 5, 2010 2 pictures 0 comments
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  The five and a half pillars of wisdom   Wadi Rum, Jordan on Sep 6, 2010 63 pictures 0 comments
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  It's a rockin' city   Petra, Jordan on Sep 7, 2010 70 pictures 0 comments
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  Now I know how Jesus did it!   Madaba, Jordan on Sep 9, 2010 68 pictures 0 comments
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  The Gap closes   Amman, Jordan on Sep 10, 2010 77 pictures 0 comments
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  Luck of the Jewish   Jerusalem, Israel on Sep 12, 2010 83 pictures 1 comment
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  Back to civilisation   Tel Aviv, Israel on Sep 14, 2010 10 pictures 1 comment
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  The Eastern Europe and Middle East Awards   Tel Aviv, Israel on Sep 15, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The 200th Oktoberfest!   Munich, Germany on Sep 16, 2010 186 pictures 0 comments
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  Return of the cocktails   Prague, Czech Republic on Sep 23, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  And it all comes crashing down...   Amsterdam, Netherlands on Sep 25, 2010 13 pictures 1 comment
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  Thieving fairies at work!   London, United Kingdom on Sep 28, 2010 36 pictures 0 comments
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  Culture immersion   Lisbon, Portugal on Oct 4, 2010 99 pictures 0 comments
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  Good castles, better gardens   Sintra, Portugal on Oct 5, 2010 83 pictures 0 comments
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  Tapa Tapa Tapa   Madrid, Spain on Oct 8, 2010 32 pictures 0 comments
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  My happy place   Seville, Spain on Oct 11, 2010 125 pictures 1 comment
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  Flaming chupitos   Barcelona, Spain on Oct 15, 2010 163 pictures 0 comments
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  Walking off the pizza and pasta   Rome, Italy on Oct 19, 2010 120 pictures 0 comments
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  Bougainvillea   Sorrento, Italy on Oct 22, 2010 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Winding along the heights   Amalfi Coast, Italy on Oct 23, 2010 25 pictures 0 comments
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  But it's all bricks!   Pompei, Italy on Oct 24, 2010 29 pictures 0 comments
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  Four degrees   Pisa, Italy on Oct 26, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to school   San Gimignano, Italy on Oct 27, 2010 27 pictures 0 comments
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  David I, II & III   Florence, Italy on Oct 28, 2010 43 pictures 0 comments
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  City of romance   Venice, Italy on Oct 29, 2010 31 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrivederci, Italy   Milan, Italy on Oct 31, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Last glimpse of Europe   London, United Kingdom on Nov 1, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  That's one giant-ass plane   Singapore, Singapore on Nov 2, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  One footprint on home soil   Sydney, Australia on Nov 3, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Taste resplendent!   Nadi, Fiji on Nov 4, 2010 84 pictures 0 comments
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  End of Europe and Fiji Awards   Nadi, Fiji on Nov 7, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The triumphant return   Adelaide, Australia on Nov 8, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Fin   Adelaide, Australia on Nov 25, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments