Tag: Travel Blog
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RIGA – LATVIA
20/11/24 – 23/11/24 We’d gotten back to Valga Station with some time to spare, which we spent walking over the pedestrian bridge across the railway, checking out some of the old locomotives that had been left there (some of them certainly looked abandoned!). Finally, our train arrived, and we were able to get on board…
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TARTU – ESTONIA
19/11/24 – 20/11/24 We woke up to find Tallinn had been blanketed with a small layer of snow overnight – making our walk to the railway station a very pretty one! A park in Tallinn near the railway station, decorated in a light layer of snow Unfortunately, our trip to Tartu was going to be…
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TALLINN – ESTONIA
17/11/24 – 19/11/24 It was cold and dark when we left the Citybox Hotel in Helsinki, but with our stomachs lined with donuts and coffee, we made our way on the tram to the West Terminal harbour, to take the ferry across the Baltic Sea to the Estonian capital, Tallinn. A few companies operate this…
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ISTANBUL – TÜRKIYE (#3)
14/11/24 – 15/11/24 Unlike my experience last year, flying to Istanbul via KL, this particular journey went off without a hitch! We landed in Istanbul not long after 4pm (with my Dad in tow for another trip together!), and took the Havaist bus into the city. It was only going to be a short visit…
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CAIRO – EGYPT
7/4/24 – 10/4/24 After a mad dash through Amman’s airport (leaving the domestic arrivals area, running around like a crazy person to international departures, going through security and passport control), I made it to the gate for my flight to Cairo with a few minutes to spare. It was a relatively short and uneventful flight,…
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AQABA – JORDAN
6/4/24 – 7/4/24 Wadi Rum was an incredible experience (even down to my goat-hair tent!), but on Saturday morning, I found myself in the back of Ibrahim’s Jeep, heading back to civilisation. I said my goodbyes, and was left in the carpark outside the Wadi Rum Village Rest House. My next destination was the Red…
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WADI RUM – JORDAN
5/4/24 – 6/4/24 I had opted to take a ride from Petra to Wadi Rum Village with Asri Tours, a minibus operator that makes the trip twice a day. Everyone in this area is well-connected, and the guy who runs Asri Tours (on the minibus, of course) contacted Ibrahim, the manager of Wadi Rum Fire…
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