Emily & Stefan's Great Adventure

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When is the right time to travel, change your job, move house? Is the grass greener on the other side or is it best to stay put? Well, after many months of careful consideration, soul-searching, money counting and recounting and general to-ing and fro-ing we still didn't know, so decided to go and find out. Just making that decision to do something was incredibly liberating in itself!

So in September 2010 we packed in our jobs and set off on our round the world voyage, which will take in a lot of Asia, Australasia and South and Central America. Hurrah!

Welcome to our little journey diary....

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  There are 9 Million Bicycles in Beijing   Beijing, China on Sep 6, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Trans-Mongolian Express, How I love Thee!   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on Sep 8, 2010 36 pictures 0 comments
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  Gobi, Sunsets, Camel Riding and Orkhon   Mongolia, Mongolia on Sep 10, 2010 53 pictures 2 comments
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  Terelj, Peaceful Oasis an hour from the City.   Terelj Village, Mongolia on Sep 27, 2010 25 pictures 1 comment
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  The Great White Lake and the Mad Horses That Live   Tsagaan Nuur, Mongolia on Sep 27, 2010 26 pictures 0 comments
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  Khongor Guest House, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on Sep 30, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Ger Life   Mongolia, Mongolia on Oct 1, 2010 34 pictures 2 comments
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  Ulaanbaatar: the City That Ate all the As   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on Oct 1, 2010 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Beijing Bites Back   Beijing, China on Oct 8, 2010 45 pictures 0 comments
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  Lhasa, City of Smiles and Huge Devotion   Lhasa, China on Oct 14, 2010 42 pictures 0 comments
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  The Road to Everest   Everest Region, Nepal on Oct 20, 2010 59 pictures 1 comment
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  Crossing Friendship Bridge   Kodari, Nepal on Oct 22, 2010 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Unwinding at The Last Resort   Dhulikhel, Nepal on Oct 24, 2010 21 pictures 0 comments
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  Nagarkot: Village on the Roof of the World   Nagarkot, Nepal on Oct 26, 2010 23 pictures 0 comments
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  Doing the ‘Du and the Ill-Fated Trip to Pokh   Kathmandu, Nepal on Oct 28, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Divali Delhi   Delhi, India on Nov 5, 2010 24 pictures 0 comments
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  Varanasi and the River of Life (and Death)   Varanasi, India on Nov 8, 2010 31 pictures 0 comments
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  “A Teardrop on the Cheek of Eternity”   Agra, India on Nov 11, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Walking in the Footsteps of Kings   Jodhpur, India on Nov 12, 2010 26 pictures 0 comments
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  You are entering the Aztec Zone   Jaisalmer, India on Nov 14, 2010 33 pictures 2 comments
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  Venice of the East: two days in Udaipur   Udaipur, India on Nov 17, 2010 49 pictures 0 comments
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  Two Weeks in God's Own Country   Kochi, India on Nov 20, 2010 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Varkala: rain, more rain & cooking class with Rani   Varkala, India on Nov 24, 2010 25 pictures 0 comments
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  Mumbai with the Santamarias   Mumbai, India on Nov 28, 2010 16 pictures 0 comments
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  Havelock: A beach of one’s own.   Havelock Island, India on Nov 30, 2010 54 pictures 0 comments
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  Paradise Island & The Night of the Long Claws   Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India on Dec 1, 2010 56 pictures 2 comments
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  Neil Island: My Idea of Paradise   Andaman, India on Dec 7, 2010 42 pictures 0 comments
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  Some General India Musings   Chennai (Madras), India on Dec 14, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Surprises at Sydney Airport   Sydney, Australia on Dec 16, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Dec 19, 2010   Rye, Australia on Dec 19, 2010 11 pictures 0 comments
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  The (sort of) Great Ocean Road   Port Fairy, Australia on Dec 20, 2010 46 pictures 0 comments
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  Views and Kangaroos at Arthur's Seat   Arthurs Seat, Australia on Dec 22, 2010 16 pictures 0 comments
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  Melbourne and 2 years of Nogdom   Melbourne, Australia on Dec 23, 2010 17 pictures 1 comment
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  Australia: turkeys, fireworks, proper friends   Sydney, Australia on Dec 24, 2010 93 pictures 1 comment
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  New Zealand: first impressions   Auckland, New Zealand on Jan 9, 2011 30 pictures 0 comments
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  New Zealand: Our Time in the North   Russell, New Zealand on Jan 11, 2011 51 pictures 2 comments
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  From out of nowhere, a beautiful sunset   Rawene, New Zealand on Jan 11, 2011 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Thoughts over Fish and Chips in Orewa Campsite   Orewa, New Zealand on Jan 13, 2011 4 pictures 0 comments
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  What a way to enter South Island   Picton, New Zealand on Jan 17, 2011 16 pictures 0 comments
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  Two Bikes, Twenty Wines & One Scorching Hot Day   Renwick, New Zealand on Jan 18, 2011 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Swimming with Dolphins in Kaikoura   Kaikoura, New Zealand on Jan 20, 2011 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Hamner Springs: a long walk & no spa thanks   Hanmer Springs, New Zealand on Jan 21, 2011 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Gorgeous Highway 6 & Pancake Rocks   Punakaiki, New Zealand on Jan 22, 2011 9 pictures 0 comments
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  A Real D.O.C Treat & Franz Josef Glacier   Franz Josef, New Zealand on Jan 23, 2011 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Lake Wanaka & Emily Turning 30   Wanaka, New Zealand on Jan 23, 2011 10 pictures 0 comments
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  A few days in Queenstown   Queenstown, New Zealand on Jan 26, 2011 19 pictures 0 comments
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  The Big Storm & Things that go Bump in the Night   Milford Sound, New Zealand on Jan 30, 2011 31 pictures 0 comments
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  Dolamore Park, an unexpected Alladin's cave   Gore, New Zealand on Jan 31, 2011 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Feb 3, 2011   Slope Point, New Zealand on Feb 3, 2011 1 picture 0 comments
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  Dunedin: a little slice of Edinburgh for the Kiwis   Dunedin, New Zealand on Feb 3, 2011 12 pictures 0 comments
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  A Windy Day at the End of the World   Roaring Bay, New Zealand on Feb 3, 2011 19 pictures 0 comments
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  Twenty-Four Hours in Christchurch   Christchurch, New Zealand on Feb 4, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Buenos Aires, you Giant Latin Paris!   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Feb 6, 2011 40 pictures 0 comments
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  An afternoon in pretty Colonia   Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay on Feb 9, 2011 11 pictures 0 comments
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  In the Time of Gauchos   Colonia Valdense, Uruguay on Feb 9, 2011 36 pictures 4 comments
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  24 hours in Montevideo   Montevideo, Uruguay on Feb 11, 2011 20 pictures 0 comments
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  Zip-Lining & Wine Drinking in Mendoza*   Mendoza, Argentina on Feb 14, 2011 28 pictures 0 comments
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  Iguazu Falls: Goodbye Argentina, Hello Brazil   Puerto Iguazu, Argentina on Feb 20, 2011 30 pictures 0 comments
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  Rio de Janeiro: Cidade Maravilhosa   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Feb 23, 2011 0 pictures 1 comment
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  A few days R&R in Arrial d'Ajuda before Carnaval   Arraial d'Ajuda, Brazil on Feb 27, 2011 15 pictures 3 comments
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  Shakira! Shakira!   Santa Cruz, Bolivia on Mar 19, 2011 24 pictures 1 comment
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  Sweet like Sucre   Sucre, Bolivia on Mar 22, 2011 16 pictures 0 comments
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  The Great Bolivian Outdoors: Lakes, Geysers, Rocks   Tupiza, Bolivia on Mar 23, 2011 82 pictures 0 comments
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  Sunrise over Salar de Uyuni   Uyuni, Bolivia on Mar 26, 2011 31 pictures 0 comments
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  24 Hours in La Paz (none of them spent sleeping)   La Paz, Bolivia on Mar 29, 2011 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Cusco: little festive lantern of goodness   Cusco, Peru on Mar 30, 2011 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Inca Trail and Machu Picchu   Machu Picchu, Peru on Apr 5, 2011 102 pictures 4 comments
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  Lima: Price-Saving, Politics, Pirates & Protest!   Lima, Peru on Apr 9, 2011 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Adventures in Darwin Land   Puerto Ayora, Ecuador on Apr 12, 2011 122 pictures 1 comment
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  Easter in Quito   Quito, Ecuador on Apr 21, 2011 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Day Trip to Sylvia   Silvia, Colombia on Apr 26, 2011 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Coffee Country & Cowboys: falling for Colombia   Salento, Colombia on Apr 29, 2011 49 pictures 0 comments
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  Bogota for May Day   Bogota, Colombia on May 2, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Treasures of the Amazon   Puerto Nariño, Colombia on May 5, 2011 91 pictures 0 comments
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  Reuniting with the Canadians & Tayrona Park   Santa Marta, Colombia on May 8, 2011 18 pictures 0 comments
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  A Love Song to Cartagena   Cartagena, Colombia on May 15, 2011 23 pictures 0 comments
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  To Paradise by Night on the Wings of a Gypsy Moth   San Blas Islands, Panama on May 20, 2011 70 pictures 3 comments
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  Entering Central America: Panama City   Panama City, Panama on May 23, 2011 16 pictures 0 comments
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  Hello, Bocas del Toro   Bocas Town, Panama on May 26, 2011 8 pictures 3 comments
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  Volunteering in Costa Rica   Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica on May 31, 2011 76 pictures 1 comment
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  Flying through the air in Monteverde   Monteverde, Costa Rica on Jun 11, 2011 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Endless Rain and Bugs on "Two Mountain" Island   Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua on Jun 13, 2011 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Jun 13, 2011   San Jorge, Nicaragua on Jun 13, 2011 1 picture 0 comments
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  Meeting Nice Folk in Granada & Swimming a Volcano   Granada, Nicaragua on Jun 18, 2011 16 pictures 0 comments
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  Jun 23, 2011   Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala on Jun 23, 2011 20 pictures 0 comments
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  Jun 27, 2011   Lanquin, Guatemala on Jun 27, 2011 19 pictures 0 comments
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  Jul 3, 2011   Tikal National Park, Guatemala on Jul 3, 2011 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Jul 3, 2011   Caye Caulker, Belize on Jul 3, 2011 11 pictures 0 comments