a travelogue
Photos, books, links and writing related to rivers
Everything tagged rivers
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07/27/08
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Blog Post from
Mountain Cabin // Dahlonega // Georgia
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Rope Swings and River Floats
Two weekends ago we went up to the mountains, just outside of Dahlonega GA, and floated the Chestatee River using inner tubes, various pool toys and one super-cool inflatable seahorse. We even rigged up an inner tube to carry a …
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Topics:
Accidents,
Rivers,
Swings
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02/28/06
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Four Thousand Islands // Four Thousand Islands // Laos (PDR)
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Little Corner of the World
After my time in Attapeu I felt I had had my fill of the various small towns in southern Laos. Debi and Matt opted to head up to Salavan and then on to a small village called Tahoy, where rumor …
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Topics:
Americans,
Asia,
Islands,
Mekong River,
Rivers,
Round The World Trip,
Wat
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02/14/06
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Blog Post from
Savannakhet Guesthouse // Savannakhet // Laos (PDR)
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Everyday the Fourteenth
If the water had been high enough we could have simply headed downstream from Konglor village and followed the Hin Bun River all the way to a small village where we could walk to route 13, the major north south …
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Topics:
Asia,
Goodbyes,
Holidays,
Rivers,
Round The World Trip,
Waterfalls
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02/04/06
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Vang Veing Guesthouse // Vang Vieng // Laos (PDR)
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The Lovely Universe
Because we didn’t find out about the Gibbon Experience until we were halfway to Luang Prabang, we ended up making a loop through northern Laos and in the end Robin, Ofir and I found ourselves once more in the border …
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Topics:
Asia,
Friends,
Rivers,
Round The World Trip
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01/19/06
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Tat Kung Si Waterfalls // Luang Prabang // Laos (PDR)
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Hymn of the Big Wheel
A misty haze settles over the Mekong River Valley every evening; it begins to gather as an almost imperceptible smoke around sundown, the mountains begin to look farther away, less distinct and then it builds through the night reaching its …
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Topics:
Asia,
Mekong River,
Rivers,
Round The World Trip,
Tourism,
Waterfalls
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01/17/06
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Blog Post from
Luang Phrabang Guesthouse // Luang Prabang // Laos (PDR)
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Down the River
Morning in Chiang Khong Thailand revealed itself as a foggy, and not a little mysterious, affair with the far shore of the Mekong, the Laos shore, almost completely hidden in a veil of mist. The first ferry crossed at eight …
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Topics:
Asia,
Dreams,
Mekong River,
Rivers,
Round The World Trip