TomarHawk's Travels » Travel Blog http://www.tomarhawk.com Soaring Around The World . . . With A Taste For Adventure . . . Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:20:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 All Good Things Must Come To An End… http://www.tomarhawk.com/2012/08/good-2/ http://www.tomarhawk.com/2012/08/good-2/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:11:40 +0000 TomarHawk Tom http://www.tomarhawk.com/?p=2103

  So this is it! It has been a blast! Just over 11 months on the road. Wow can't believe how it has flown by. It seems like only yesterday I was waving my mum and sister off at London Gatwick Airport all set for the Epic adventure of going it solo, backpacking the world. [...]

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So it was time to say farewell to lovely Kampot and hit the road again. After nearly two months on and off I’d had enough of bar work and was yearning to travel and enjoy myself again. A bit of me time was calling and that involved a beach and lazing around for a week [...]

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]]> http://www.tomarhawk.com/2012/07/free/feed/ 0 Kampot, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down… http://www.tomarhawk.com/2012/07/kampot-love-youre-bringing-2/ http://www.tomarhawk.com/2012/07/kampot-love-youre-bringing-2/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:20:28 +0000 TomarHawk Tom http://www.tomarhawk.com/?p=2011

Kampot is the sleepy up and coming place in Cambodia sitting in the shadow of the grand Bokor mountain range. This is my third visit to Kampot and Cambodia. I love it very much for a number of reasons, including the food, climate, weather but most of all the friendliness of the Khmer people who [...]

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    When I arrived at Panjim bus station the typical fiasco of taxi and Auto-rickshaw drivers hassling you about a lift began. One thing I have learnt is in India it is best to agree or book accommodation in advance before arriving at a stop as the taxi drivers try to tell you that [...]

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    Anyone who has had the privilege of dealing with Indian bus conductors knows they are a pain in the backside. When you ask for help they are rude and tell you to go away or they just stand there shaking their head from side to side! I had this in Mysore. Eventually I [...]

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Mysore is a pretty place. Less manic than the fast paced Bangalore, with a certain charm. Famous for its beautiful palaces, sarees, pashmina and sweet “Mysore Pak” which is tasty!     After the two nights in Bangalore I decided that was enough for me, so I thought to try my first time on a [...]

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  Well I am finally here! I made it! The plane journey was fine to Dubai I met a guy on there who was going to visit someone in Hong Kong and we got on really well. When we got to Dubai we stuck together and managed to get a free breakfast courtesy of Emirates [...]

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“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu My journey begins today! It has been a busy but fantastic week full of laughs and emotional outbursts! I had a great weekend having fun on the town, a nice taste of Nepalese food and an early christmas (thanks to my [...]

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  I have been getting itchy feet and so have many of my fellow travellers. The countdown has been a long one and when I heard about the gapyear camping trip, I thought it would be a great way to break up the waiting and to also chat about travelling with like minded people and [...]

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  So this girl April messages me on Gapyear.com and says “Hello. How are you? I just read a few of your posts so thought I would get in touch. Are you on facebook? I just made a facebook page and have a little group coming together….” This is how it all began! After joining [...]

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