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Monicash45
10 months ago

Guide to Fun Activities And Popular Sightseeing Places To Visit In Malaysia

Malaysia is like a big platter in which each item is unique. Whether it’s a secluded island, shiny beach, mountain to hike or soak in the UNESCO World Heritage site, there is no shortage of tourist

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shubhitsgi
2 years 5 months ago

Best Offbeat Places in Goa & Best Things to do in Goa

When considering Goa, the main things that surely rings a bell are the seashores and the alcohol. Goa has always been exciting and no one doesn’t want to visit this city that has got almost all the

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Mustapha
2 years 10 months ago

15 Things to do in Morocco

Marrakech is the fourth largest city of Morocco and considered as Africa’s first Cultural hub. The City is known for its fast pace and chaotic nature because when you enter the medina of Marrakec

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OldhamsOnTour
2 years 11 months ago

End on a journey

I just wanted to update you avid readers on our current situation just in case anyone was worried. We heard the news a few days ago that we had 48 hours until the country went into their highest le

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OldhamsOnTour
2 years 11 months ago

The great escape (from Queenstown)

Due to technical issues we've been having, we've had to take a little break from the blog... Fear not though, we're back on the road and ready to share the adventure. Since the last blog a lot has

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charles
3 years ago

Hiking to Christ the Redeemer

Getting up to the Christ the Redeemer Statue may be accomplished in a several ways. Hiking, if you're up to it, is the most rewarding. The top is 710 meters above sea level and the hike should take an

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years ago

Fjordlands, from campfires to 5 star luxury

And so we've entered the wettest, most sandfly infested part of New Zealand.... Or so we've been told. We started our Fjordlands journey right with a 20km gravel road to New Zealand's deepest lake

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OldhamsOnTour
2 years 11 months ago

Dunedin and beyond

Dunedin came and went, a whirlwind of cheese rolls, steep hills and freezing winds all topped off with a bit of alcohol and entertaining locals. Amazing place with some interesting Scottish history

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years ago

The mountains got bigger

I feel this image truly sums up the trip so far for us. Mountains, camping and pretty epic views (with the occasional beer or 3). On the way to Mt cook, we hiked mt somars which gave some excellent

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years ago

Further south we go

As some of you may know, both the Oldham brothers are fairly into photography. It hit the clan hard when the little Oldham's trusty camera decided it had taken its last shot. Luckily, Christchurch

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years ago

And back to the East Coast....

So.... We left the west coast a little early to avoid a tiny little storm that's about to hit. So instead we headed through aurthurs pass, doing 2 more hikes on our "must do hikes of the south isla

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years ago

West Coast time!

After the delicious mussels, we headed up to the North tip of the south island around Puponga were we ended up getting a little lost in the sand dunes of the kiwi beak (check out a map). This lead

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Popgunmai
3 years ago

Bangkok Baby

We arrived in Bangkok at 15.45 on Monday 13th January. Our long-awaited adventure had finally begun! We flew from London Heathrow with Eva Air on an overnight flight. There was more leg room than

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years ago

We've met the sandflies....

So, again, I'm being terribly slow with the updates but here we are again. Sorry for the delay! Anyway, we've now been travelling around the South island for 5 days and so far, all is pretty scenic

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years ago

Bring on the South

Goodbye North, you've been great! We're currently among around 50 campers half an hour drive from the ferry. Very excited for the new adventure to begin heading west and south along the coast, hopp

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years ago

The last of the northern days....

So, due to lack of service / lack of remembering I've not been posting much in the last few days... So here we are, the end of an era, the last stop on our northern adventure. As we look back at th

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years ago

Geothermal wonderland

Day 6 of the road trip and we're currently camped with about 50 other vans and motor homes on the edge of Lake Taupo. We've and lavaly day (pardon the pun) seeing geothermal marvels in and around r

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years ago

4 days in

Apologies for the lack of blogging, I've lost track of it during the first few days of travel. As of now we've done around 1000km in the northland, seeing Tutukana, a beautiful little bay where we

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years 1 month ago

Last night in aukland,

The last night in our motel has finally arrived. We spent our last day sorting out the final few bits for Bertha (lights, gas stoves etc) before heading up our local volcano for an amazing view of

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years ago

First outing

First outing in the van took us across one of the main bridges in Aukland to reach a beautiful beach with an incredibly scenic backdrop! We're both getting very excited to get going in the new home

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years ago

We have a home on wheels!!!

After looking at so many vans online, we end up buying the first one we viewed! A lovely big van with with a tent on the top included so both of us can have our own double bed which is always a bon

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years 1 month ago

And we've landed

Yesterday we touched down after 30 hours of travel, we looked outside of the window at the first glimpses of the country we would now call home and... It was raining. However, being British, we did

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years ago

Finally arrived to the other side of the world

After a long journey full of films and food we've arrive to the land down under. Sydney Airport seems to big for my little brain! Just one last small flight and we arrive to our final destination w

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OldhamsOnTour
3 years ago

So it begins...

The start of the adventure began with a 7 hour journey to Abu Dhabi. Here's a lovely photo of the older Oldham enjoying a well deserved breakfast. 

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mistikmack
3 years ago

Six Days in Nepal

The first stop of the second half of our India/Nepal tour was to Lumbini, Nepal. Lumbini is the accepted birthplace of the Buddha and has become a pilgrimage site for Buddhists and tourists al

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charles
3 years ago

Snorkeling Koh Toa, Thailand

Last summer, while I was traveling through Thailand from Lao to Malaysia, I made a spur of the moment decision to make a stop on the island of Koh Tao. While traveling the region I'd wanted to get in

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mistikmack
3 years ago

New Delhi to Varanasi

I'd been contemplating going to India for a few years and when I stumbled on one particular group tour package I finally made the decision to give it a go. The tour I booked would start in New Del

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charles
3 years 2 months ago

On the Train from Moscow to Vladivostok

In the fall of 2018 I flew to Moscow to ride the Trans-Siberian Railways all the way to Vladivostok. The journey was cited as being 9288 km long and taking almost 150 hours to complete. While this may

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mistikmack
3 years ago

One Lap Around Iceland

A friend of mine and I hit upon the idea of going to Iceland and drive around the island on Iceland's Route 1. We'd been considering several travel options but once we floated this idea, we both i

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charles
3 years ago

My First Day in North Korea

Visiting North Korea has so far been the one of my greatest travel thrills. Please see my post detailing my rational for visiting. I was a part of a tour group that was suppose to ride a train from

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