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Posted by Tim on Sep 7, 2010
Backpacking Without Backpacks
We've written before about the virtues we see in traveling light. Well, lately we've been taking that to an extreme. As hard as it is for me to write it, since we've so long described ourselves as backpackers... we will probably never travel with anything as big as a backpack again.
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Posted by Jessica on Sep 3, 2010
How to Get to the Ellora Caves
So you've read about the Ellora Caves, you've got your bags packed, and you're keen on seeing them yourself. Now the only question is how exactly do you get to the Ellora Caves? In particular (because you're a savvy do-it-yourself type of guy or gal) you'd like to know how to get to the caves via public transport.
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Posted by Tim on Aug 29, 2010
Exploring the Ellora Caves
Located a bit more than 200 miles northeast of Mumbai, the Ellora Caves are actually a collection of 34 different rock-cut temples, carved out of the stone of the Charanandri hills between 1,000 and 1,400 years ago. Among them is the mighty Kailasa Temple, one of the most astounding things we've ever seen in any of our travels.
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Posted by Tim on Aug 19, 2010
The Golden Hedgehog Awards for Lodging, Part 4
Welcome back for the final installment of the Golden Hedgehog Awards for Lodging, wherein we recognize the finest and most spectacularly wonderful places we stayed on our round-the-world trip! After an unintentional delay of more than a year, it's finally time to unveil our grand-prize winner!
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Posted by Jessica on Aug 13, 2010
Bread and Travel
Since Nicaragua, we've had no idea where we wanted to travel next. So for several months we've checked out numerous guidebooks from the library just hoping that something would jump out at us, that something would click. Eventually it did.
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