Category: Parts Unknown
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Day 77: Life on the Streets
We walked around Kolkata for our second day in the city. We headed out in search of Mother Theresa’s house and the orphanage run there. We were staying in a relatively nice area of town but the minute we crossed the main road everything changed. The road is closer to…
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Day 76: A Walk in the Park
We spent our first day in Kolkata walking. After getting our train tickets sorted out for Varanasi, our next stop, we headed to the Indian Museum. I had been hoping for an overview of India’s long history but instead got a history of time. The exhibits ranged from the Neanderthal…
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Disclaimer
The next bunch of posts I add are going to be an attempt at describing our time in India. This is a place that can’t be put into words. At least not by me. It’s too detailed and too extreme from what I know to capture it all. The pictures…
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Days 72-74: Back to Reality
Our time in Langkawi flew by and soon enough it was time to fly out. We arrived in Kuala Lumpur with no trouble and found ourselves a place to sleep. Unfortunattely all of our rest and relaxation that we had in Langkawi quickly ended in KL. It was a much…
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Day 66-71: Paradise
As part of our beach getaway we decided to spend some time on Langkawi. It’s a relatively small island off the west coast of Malaysia. I was not disappointed. Since Malaysia was a British colony until the 50s it reminded me a lot of Hong kong. The people all spoke…
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Day 65: Insult to Injury
In case you haven’t gathered Thailand was not my favourite country. To be fair, we only saw a very small portion and it poured for almost our entire stay. That being said I think the surrounding countries are much more appealing. Things went sour for us almost immediately after crossing…
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Days 62-64: Koh Yao Noi
From Phuket we set sail to Koh Yao Noi an island in between Phuket Island and Krabi. It’s relatively unknown especially compared with PhiPhi or Ko Samui which is why we picked it. We had learned about it from friends who had visited earlier this year and raved about it.…
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Days 55-61: Generic
We decided a while ago to cut out a lot of our Thailand travel plans because they were overly ambitious. Instead we were going to use the time to relax on the beach in Southern Thailand. After arriving in Phuket we rented a motorbike and headed to Rawai to meet…
Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids 