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A little bit of Europe Down Under

Travellers and Aussies alike had told me that I would love Melbourne, and it was a very “me” place, so I was keen to see what lay in store. It was quite the compliment, as what I found was a bustling, diverse, cool city that felt more European than Australian. Melbourne is the southern most […]

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The Beginning of a New Continent

When I arrived in Perth, Australia I was expecting a scene from Summer Bay, the fictional beachside town from an Australia soap opera I watched as a kid. I was very happy to be proven wrong as the day after arriving my friend there took me out to a swanky rooftop bar full of sharply […]

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Pokhara and Nepolitics

The journey from Varanasi to the border to Pokhara was like something from Monty Python. When I asked how long the bus would take (after the train and four hours in the world’s oldest jeep) we were told “maybe six hours, maybe 12, depends if the driver stops for a sleep”. The 24 hour mission […]

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