After arriving back in Stone Town, I needed to catch a ferry to the mainland. I had scoped out the ferry times when I was first in Stone Town and there seemed to be a couple companies and a few options for departure times. My flight back to Amsterdam left at midnight the following day […]
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After my safari, I arrived at my Arusha accommodation around 16:30. There was some traffic and we needed to drop off a number of people at different parts of the city- bit of a schlep. I had one night before catching a flight to Zanzibar the next day. It got dark around 18:00 and I
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Before I begin any epic trip, I watch a Disney movie. You’ll find there is one for nearly all occasions! arusha- start of safari Arusha is where most safaris leave from.I flew into Kilimanjaro airport from Amsterdam and arranged for a taxi to pick me up from my accommodation. If I’ve never been to the
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I want to get licked by a giraffe, it’s been my lifelong dream since April of the same year- so I booked a trip to Tanzania. I later learned that the giraffe is their national animal. I love when I make good, thought-through life choices. My route: It takes about 2 hours to get from
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I stayed outside of the center at Hyatt Place Krakow. It was a bit of a jaunt into the center, but I needed a name-branded hotel after my spicay, distrusting stay in the Gran Canaria. There was a tram stop right out front of the hotel, but most trams only accept coins in their machines-
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Grand Canaria, part of the Canary Islands, Spain over Christmas time/ December.
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First time in South America? You feta believe it. I’ve been consuming a lot of cheese lately, sorry/ not sorry. I met my cousin in Lima, Peru to begin our epic adventure. Our route: arrival in Lima A rough 12h and 30 minutes later about mid-afternoon, I arrived in Lima from Amsterdam. I exchanged my
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My Albania route: The day before I left Gjirokaster, I walked into a shop that could have been an information center or someone’s house. There was a woman sitting so I asked her if there was a direct bus to Durres, she got up and looked at some papers adorning the walls that seemed to
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Aurora, the northern lights, not the Disney princess (nobody wants to find her, she’s the most useless one). I’m already loving this journey and I haven’t even gotten to the airport yet. Christmas time in Finland with the sole purpose to see the aurora borealis. Will a Christmas miracle happen? the route: 2.15 hours of
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After living in Amsterdam for 6 years, I decided to quit my decent-paying, secure, stable job and move to the UK. When some people want to spice up their life they switch from decaf to regular coffee, not me. I toyed with the idea of London (too expensive and my main goal was to live
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