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Halong Bay and the road home

Posted: 07 Apr 09 | Halong Bay, with 3000 limestone islands topped with thick jungle vegetation along 120km of coastline, is one of the most raved about locations in Vietnam. |

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Eating up the atmosphere in Hoi An, Vietnam

Posted: 24 Mar 09 | Fresh, healthy and full of flavour, I wasn't surprised that I fell in love with Vietnamese food. |

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Cycling into sunsets in Hue, Vietnam

Posted: 20 Mar 09 | Sometimes the most memorable moments of a holiday are the ones you least expect, and I will never forget stumbling across one of the most magical sunsets in the imperial town of Hue, Central Vietnam. |

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Diving below the surface of Vietnam

Posted: 12 Mar 09 | Courtney Trenwith conquers her fear of the water - or more accurately, the things in it - to go diving in Nha Trang, Vietnam. |

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The mayhem of motorbikes in Ho Chi Minh City

Posted: 06 Mar 09 | Courtney Trenwith hurls herself amongst the mayhem of motorbikes and bicycles in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. |

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The tortured ghosts of Phnom Penh

Posted: 04 Mar 09 | Courtney Trenwith is confronted by Cambodia's bloody history at the former S21 prison. |

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The private lives of Cambodia's monks

Posted: 27 Feb 09 | What do you do with a free afternoon in a Cambodian city? Courtney Trenwith decided to hang out with monks. |

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The battle for Prasat Preah Vihear

Posted: 23 Feb 09 | Courtney Trenwith rides into the middle of a military operation at one of Cambodia's most sacred temples. |

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Offerings to Cambodian tyrant Pol Pot

Posted: 13 Feb 09 | Gifts for the brutal Khmer Rouge leader are being left at his burial site in Cambodia. |

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Captivated by Cambodia's temples

Posted: 09 Feb 09 | The lesser-known temples of the Khmer empire are more enchanting than their famous neighbour, Angkor Wat, writes Courtney Trenwith. |

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Cambodia from the back of a scooter

Posted: 05 Feb 09 | COURTNEY TRENWITH experiences extremes of emotions as she discovers Cambodia - from the horror of the Khmer Rouge killing caves to the warmth and beauty of the local people. |

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Olympic glory in Trafalgar Square

Posted: 21 Oct 08 | Thousands of people crammed into Trafalgar Square late last week to congratulate Britain's successful Olympians on their triumph in Beijing. |

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Braving beer and bratwurst in Bavaria

Posted: 06 Oct 08 | Four days of froth and fun at Bavaria’s biggest beer swilling carnival is the ultimate exercise in stamina. |

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The hills are alive in Austria

Posted: 30 Sep 08 | The hills in Salzburg are indeed alive with the sound of music. It’s Sharon from Sydney, a tragic Julie Andrews fan who is singing very loudly as she pedals through the Austrian town made famous by the 1965 film. |

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Auschwitz chilling reminder of Holocaust atrocities

Posted: 22 Sep 08 | Staring at seven tonnes of hair that had been shorn from prisoners' heads and looking at hundreds of tiny shoes that had been taken from the feet of dead children knocked MEGAN LEVY flat as she visited Auschwitz in Poland. |

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Haunting history in the Baltic states

Posted: 16 Sep 08 | Globe-trotter Megan Levy discovers the Baltic states - the home of Skype and the sport of wife-carrying. Along the way she is moved by the reminders of their all-too-recent Nazi and Soviet occupation. |

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From Russia, with love

Posted: 05 Sep 08 | Of all the countries I’ve visited, Russia offers possibly the best free entertainment in terms of people watching. |

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Mongolian smugglers leave Levy a tad nervous

Posted: 27 Aug 08 | Mongolian smugglers, a tiresome border crossing into Russia and a large Russian woman who may very well have represented her country in the Olympic shotput. These are some of the tales MEGAN LEVY has to tell during her epic overland journey from Beijing to London. |

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Toast to Genghis Khan vodka!

Posted: 21 Aug 08 | We've left Beijing behind, but not the Olympic spirit. When we rolled into Mongolia's capital Ulaan Baatar on Sunday afternoon following our first overnight train journey, the country was celebrating its first ever Olympic gold medal. |

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Empty seats mar Olympic spirit

Posted: 14 Aug 08 | For the first Olympic Games to have officially sold out, there seems to be quite a few empty seats. This is what it really looks like to be sitting in some Olympic venues. |

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From Beijing to Bavaria, Angkor Wat to Auschwitz, here you can read about the travel escapades of Mercury journos as they travel and blog their way around the world.