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Entries from October 2008

The sparkling city of Las Vegas

October 25th, 2008 · 7 Comments

If you are looking for a city that is as bold as brass and a never-ending source of excitement and novelty, then take a look at Las Vegas, which has so much neon that its warm glow can actually be spotted from space. If you enjoy a bit of a flutter, then Las Vegas has [...]

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Tags: Hotels · North America · USA

An interview with David Rogers of Last Train to Lhasa

October 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Following my post on David Rogers’ on-the-road travel blog Last Train to Lhasa, I was very happy to finally catch up with the man himself, who has just had a very hectic few months setting up his new web design company. We had a bit of a chat, and I asked David about some of [...]

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Last Train to Lhasa - a fascinating traveller’s tale

October 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments

It was almost exactly a year ago, with another English winter on its way, that David Rogers decided that it might be more fun to spend winter in Tibet than in his usual London habitat, and so, travelling overland, he headed off east in the direction of Lhasa, Tibet. Thus, Last Train to Lhasa was [...]

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