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Lost in Cairo

Posted on January 3rd, 2013 by Ian in Egypt, featured, Journal

The world is on your side, Egypt

The upside of travelling to Egypt during the revolution — if you can try and find a silver lining — was that the people were very grateful for my business. I was treated like a Rock-star everywhere I went. Not just from the touts, but I had half-a-dozen handlers who accompanied me, fro

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The Angry Taxi Driver (And The Cinderblock)

Posted on December 18th, 2012 by Ian in featured, Indonesia, Journal, Misadventures

Angry Taxi Driver

It would have been around 2am, we’d been dancing in Kuta, mostly in Sky Garden, since around 10. Being 2am on the night of a Buck’s Party, I was pretty drunk… not too messy… and sober enough to remember the details of this story. For those that don’t know, Sky Garden i

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Getting a Job after RTW Travel

Posted on August 23rd, 2012 by Ian in Journal, Reflection

Depending where you look on the web, and which blogs you read, one of the common questions people ask before they take time off work (or quit their job) to travel is How hard will it be to find a job when I finish travelling? …what about that resume gap? And for every time you’ve

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Dinner with Friends in Florence

Posted on July 31st, 2012 by Ian in Italy, Journal

dinner in florence

When my travel companion and CouchSurfing friend Courtney asked if I wanted to go to dinner at her friends house in Florence, I jumped right in enthusiastically. It’s not every day you get invited around to dinner with locals. We had to catch the train 40 minutes out of Florence to a small hil

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Running of the Bulls: Opening Ceremony

Posted on July 24th, 2012 by Ian in Journal, Spain

san fermin opening ceremony

You might remember I explained a little about the opening ceremony, or Chupinazo a few posts back. Now it’s time to read about my opening ceremony experience, Running of the Bulls with “The Fanatics” tour. The first day was just to check-in to the camp-site and get acquainted wi

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Checking in to Camp: Running of the Bulls

Posted on July 19th, 2012 by Ian in Journal, Spain

camping ezcaba pamplona

A post from my travel journal about my first day in Pamplona for the San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival. I stayed at a campsite near Pamplona with “The Fanatics” tour. If you are thinking of heading to Pamplona yourself, especially if you’re travelling solo, read up on my rev

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