The Write Way Around: Traveling Tales » Category » Asia http://thewritewayaround.com Traveling, Writing and Living Around the World Wed, 06 Nov 2013 22:23:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Things I didn’t learn while traveling and living in Asia http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2013/things-i-didnt-learn-traveling-living-asia/ http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2013/things-i-didnt-learn-traveling-living-asia/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:01 +0000 apetri16 http://thewritewayaround.com/?p=818 I know: What an ignorant title for a blog, but it’s true. I was thinking about it the other day as I thought of ways to try and change up the post and entries on my blog. I spent a total of two years of my life in Asia, but there are definitely things I […]

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]]> http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2013/things-i-didnt-learn-traveling-living-asia/feed/ 0 Crazy Travel Stories: My photo in an Indian newspaper http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2013/crazy-travel-stories-my-photo-in-an-indian-newspaper/ http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2013/crazy-travel-stories-my-photo-in-an-indian-newspaper/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 11:26:33 +0000 apetri16 http://thewritewayaround.com/?p=730 There have been loads of crazy travel stories I’ve accumulated and strange things that have happened to me in the six years I’ve been traveling, like that time I drank snake’s blood or that time I saw a decapitated body in the train tracks of Indian or that time I somehow wound up with a […]

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]]> http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2013/crazy-travel-stories-my-photo-in-an-indian-newspaper/feed/ 0 Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2013/sydney-morning-herald-half-marathon/ http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2013/sydney-morning-herald-half-marathon/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 02:51:18 +0000 apetri16 http://thewritewayaround.com/?p=492 I was NEVER one who liked to run, but tomorrow is my first ever big race, as I will be running in the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon. I grew up playing soccer and basketball, and to this day my dad reminisces about how I zipped my way all around the field or the court; […]

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]]> http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2013/sydney-morning-herald-half-marathon/feed/ 2 Darjeeling, India: Alex’s Sunday Snapshots http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2013/darjeeling-india-alexs-sunday-snapshots/ http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2013/darjeeling-india-alexs-sunday-snapshots/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:39:36 +0000 apetri16 http://thewritewayaround.com/?p=379  [Note: Alex's Sunday Snapshots is a new weekly feature that will appear on The Write Way Around. I'll be bringing you photos from my travels around the world, as well as cities and countries I'm absolutely itching to travel to. This week I'm taking you to Darjeeling, India.] Given my last post about my one of my travel photos […]

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]]> http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2013/retweets-twitter-travel-photos/feed/ 0 Birthday 25: Scuba diving in Indonesia http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2012/birthday-25-scuba-diving-indonesia/ http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2012/birthday-25-scuba-diving-indonesia/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:10:00 +0000 apetri16 http://thewritewayaround.com/2012/10/18/30/ I know, you’re probably like, “Alexandra is born in March. What is she writing about her birthday for?” But, my little bretchel friend Marika posted this photo the other day, and I knew it immediately deserved some blog-love. This will go down in history as one of the most amazing and impressive birthday cakes ever […]

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]]> http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2012/birthday-25-scuba-diving-indonesia/feed/ 0 Spaghetti Legs climbing Mount Kinabalu in Western Borneo http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2012/spaghetti-legs-climbing-mount-kinabalu-western-borne/ http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2012/spaghetti-legs-climbing-mount-kinabalu-western-borne/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:28:00 +0000 apetri16 http://thewritewayaround.com/2012/04/05/64/ Everyone seems to be under the impression that I’m constantly walking around and exploring and actively being on the go all the time; this may have been true five months ago, but I’m now eight months into backpacking and can assure you this is no longer the case. No matter how many sprints I make […]

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]]> http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2012/spaghetti-legs-climbing-mount-kinabalu-western-borne/feed/ 2 Monkey Island in Cambodia: Beauty in all forms http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2011/monkey-island-cambodia-beauty-in-all-forms/ http://thewritewayaround.com/blog/2011/monkey-island-cambodia-beauty-in-all-forms/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:20:00 +0000 apetri16 http://thewritewayaround.com/2011/10/02/112/ It was a beautiful two weeks in Cambodia, with the most beautiful experience of staying on Monkey Island in Cambodia, and I can honestly say I was sad to leave. Our hostel, Monkey Republic, in Sihanoukville was one of those hostels where when you’re sitting there during happy hour or eating breakfast in the morning, […]

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