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February 5, 2004
Miami to Brazil
Well here I am in an Internet place in downtown Miami, rain pouring down outside causing flooding in the streets. A tropical downpour. It is warm here. Much warmer than anywhere else I have been since leaving Singapore, and the palm trees…
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February 5, 2004
Touring Brazil – Paraty
Now you can read the place names correctly…
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January 25, 2004
World Trip – United Kingdom
Landing in London I took a bus straight out to Bristol to meet up with my friend Tom. From here we took a hire car and drove straight to Scotland , doing a fast trip around all of its roads before returning to Bristol. Tom returned to work…
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January 16, 2004
World Trip – Finland
Finland was as far north as I was going to go during my travels. I’d met Pauliina when she came to work at the Family TV station in New Zealand while I was there, and she had arranged a number of touristy things to be done while I was…
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January 12, 2004
Update – United States of America
Well I’ve done it. If my journey could be stated as four quarters then I have now passed the half way mark and am starting my third quarter now as I write. You see, I am writing this from Times Square, New York.
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January 8, 2004
Update – United Kingdom
I have just arrived in England.
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January 7, 2004
Update – Finland
Hi all, sorry for the delay in the update. I am now in Finland, living in Helsinki with Pauliina. There has been days of lots of snow and days where it was dry. The snow on the ground melts fast when it stops snowing and the city now is…
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January 5, 2004
World Trip – Germany
Germany was not really part of my plans, since I didn’t really know anybody here. Instead, after my time in Czech, I needed to get to Finland, and planned a flight out of Frankfurt . As a result, I arrived here at night, and then left…
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January 4, 2004
World Trip – Czech Republic
Everybody had told me that Prague was a must-see destination. So I added to the list of places I would visit during my world trip. I had no friends here and came purely on the recommendation of others. What resulted was an amazing…
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January 2, 2004
World Trip – Austria
I came to Austria because it was the way to get to Prague. Only after I had arrived in Vienna on New Year’s Eve and lost my way to the festivities of the city, passing the night at a stranger’s party, did I remember that not only did I…
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