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Author Archives: Todd
Thailand,Civil Unrest, and Airplanes
It is pretty amazing where airplanes can get you. In about 24 hours I have gone from Boulder to Bangkok. My flight from Denver to Vancouver was about 1/4 full so I had my own row which was nice. I … Continue reading
Posted in ASIA, Thailand
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Botiza, Romania, A Contrast Between Old and New
Botiza is a very small town where everyone knows everyone because they live no more than 350 meters from them. It is also a very poor town. Most of the people over the age of 20 have left to go … Continue reading
Romania, where people wonder why you are walking instead of hitch hiking
Today was a day of meeting awesome people. I finished up seeing the sights in Sibiu and took a train to Brasov. There I grabbed a fast food fried pork sandwich with coleslaw and sat at the station near the … Continue reading
Posted in EUROPE, Romania
Tagged backpacking, Botiza, hitching, Maramures, Romania, sighet
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The King has Died
Seriously, the Roma king passed away last night in Turkey. He was from Sibiu which means his body along with 250,000 Roma ( read gypsies) are coming to Sibiu for his funeral in the next couple of days. I am … Continue reading
Bran/Dracula’s Castle is a giant McDonalds play area
My iPad is not liking WordPress so please excuse the formatting errors and typos. It takes way too long to try to fix them. I visited Bran Castle this morning which is “Dracula’s”, but in reality had nothing to do … Continue reading
Customs? Immigration? Romania?
Normally when I hear stories about people not remembering going through customs or immigration it is because they took too many sleeping pills and went through them, but just don’t remember doing it. I slept the first part of my … Continue reading
Off to Romania
I decided that I don’t really know what time, or what day it is, and Heathrow does a good job making that a reality. Every restaurant in the terminal seems to be selling breakfast all day long, along with beer … Continue reading
Posted in EUROPE, Romania
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Food and Thoughts of Beijing
#1- There really is a ton of smog (my boogers are black, I checked, kind of like the climbing gyms that have the tire padding) #2-The weather forecasters are just as bad here as in the US #3-Out of Peru, … Continue reading
The Great Wall of China is Big…
We started the day by bounding up 1200 meters to the Great Wall of China. We officially started in the J-word section and walked to the M-word section. If you can speak Chinese there are more letters in the names. … Continue reading
Posted in ASIA, China
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Beijing=Boulder??
A city that is mainly made up of people between the age of 20-35, relativity fit, that ride bike, and all look the same (at least to me). I think that is where the similarities end, with the biggest difference … Continue reading
Posted in ASIA, China
Tagged backpacking, Beijing, China, forbidden city, orchid hotel, Traveling
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Far Flung Forays 