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Jul 31, 2008

Zahou, Iraq

Welcome to Iraq! What can I possibly say, I am in Iraq and I didnt think I would be 5 days ago. As I said in my previous blog a man managed to organise a taxi for me to the border and so I went. At 9am on 30th July I left for the border of Iraq. Whilst driving there we drove along the Syrian border and I could see over the military fence in…

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Alex Cowan-Sanluis
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Zahou, Iraq

Welcome to Ecuador, my resting place for 128 days. My travels start in Quito before quickly moving to Macas in the South in the Amazon. After that, I will have to wait and see.

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Jul 31, 2008

zahou, Iraq

Welcome to Iraq! What can I possibly say, I am in Iraq and I didnt think I would be 5 days ago. As I said in my previous blog a man managed to organise a taxi for me to the border and so I wen…

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Jul 29, 2008

sırnak, Turkey

I have had a pretty crazy couple of days so there ıs alot to catch up on. I flew to Van ın far eastern Turkey on Monday afternoon wıch ıs really near the Iranıan border. Van ıs a very ol…

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Jul 27, 2008

Capadoccia, Turkey

After another nıght ın Ankara I headed off to the regıon of Capadoccıa further South, famous for ıts ıncreıble geologıcal formatıons whıch are sweetly called faıry chımney but are …

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Jul 22, 2008

Ankara, Turkey

Wahey, I am back to the trravel blog. Except thıs tıme I am only here for 2 weeks. I am currently ın Ankara, the capıtal of Turkey and was woken up thıs mornıng by prayer chants from the…

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Jun 29, 2008

Cartagena, Colombia

MY LAST BLOG! I cant quite believe that this is the end. I fly back home tomorrow and I am currently in Quito staying in the same hostal as always. Since I wrote my last blog I had travelled t…

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Feb 3, 2013 re: In German??

mum Hi Darling! There you go again..., I am so glad you are finding Ankara fascinating. Don't get too hot and give yourself time to pause and enjoy a city that happily tolerates two very different cultures!! xxxxxxxxx

Jul 23, 2008 on the message board

Steven OMFG!!! mate u are having a run of it!!! glad to hear you r still psyched!!! tougher than u look matey! needless to say take care of yourself and apologies i was pissing myself when i read about the soldier/headlock ....no not so funny at all!!! be safe Alex

Jun 9, 2008 on the message board

Andrew Cowan Great stuff Son, thanks for all the emails and keep up the blog! Love you loads, your old Dad

May 29, 2008 on the message board

mum Por fin Alex!! Ya era hora de solucionar la mala broma de tu amiga! Un besazoxxxxxxxxxx

May 28, 2008 on the message board

georgebevan due, you are mental, you have a beard, a spanish lady, not an ounce of podge on you, and you kiss snakes and stroke spiders, and you play with machetes! truly you are the king of the jungle....and the psyche ward on return to england! hehe bien fortuna mi amigo! george x

Apr 29, 2008 on the message board

Jorje mate, your blog this time was bloody funny, gutting about the two gays frome ither sex, no way out there! i had the same problem in oz...well not quite...but there was this smoking hot girl from bristol uni in my dorm, and was preparing to try it on with her, butshe was gay! gutting, and not really anything like what your tlaking aboutm but hey, keep posting mate!! George

Mar 14, 2008 on the message board

Steven Hey matey!! just read your blog and its bloody awaesome. i am so chuffed for you mate albeit the blood blisters from basketball!! hahaha. nothing has changed much over here though the weather is getting better but hardly a patch on the rain forest!! n e way i will be flying out to Jamaica soon for some serious sun and alcohol!!! talk soon. keep and having fun and helping peeps!!

Mar 8, 2008 on the message board

Jorje! Dude, it sounds feakin awsome, i hope that knife is big enough! the blog entries are tiop notch, as are the photos, cant wait for more! george

Mar 2, 2008 on the message board

mum Fascinante!! Que suerte tienes! Recuerda Alex, que la tolerancia es lo que mas necesitaras. Como suele decirse: 'cuando en Roma haz como los romanos..' Envianos fotos de todo lo que puedas, incluida la gente que conoces. Un besazo muy fuerte.xxxx

Feb 29, 2008 on the message board

billy wow it sounds absolutely increadible! im very jealous! each blod entry makes for fascinating reading. it makes me wish i was doing something as exciting. i hope you continue to enjoy yourself so much. billy

Feb 28, 2008 on the message board

mercedes Bienvenido a Ecuador! Tendras que acostumbrarte a la atitud latina 'que sera, sera..'! Intenta arreglar el visado con la policia mientras estas en Quito, pues a lo mejor necesitas la ayuda de la organizacion y del consulado espanol/britanico en Quito. Te echamos de menos a rabiar!! XXXM

Feb 25, 2008 on the message board

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Quito, Ecuador 24-Feb-2008