I took a night train back to New York. It left at 5.25pm and stopped at all stations. There was a 1hr layover at Washington so I wandered around the station for a while. It was 9.30pm by then and the shops were starting to shut. Auntie Anne’s (a pretzel shop) left all their leftovers [...]
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Williamsburg to New York
Posted by dkendon on November 29, 2011
http://fastforwardlife.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/williamsburg-to-new-york/
Baltimore to Washington
The next day I hit the gym then went to the Maryland Historical Society Museum – the largest museum of Mayland in the world. Once again free entry for military! They had a reasonable Civil War gallery but the others were hit and miss. Photography was not allowed in most galleries. I took the train [...]
Posted by dkendon on November 17, 2011
http://fastforwardlife.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/baltimore-to-washington/
Paris to Caen
Since I had to pack up my tarp it rained in the morning. I headed in on the bus. When you buy a ticket at the train station you can use it on trains and buses. When you buy a ticket on a bus YOU CANNOT USE IT ON THE TRAIN. This insanity brought to [...]
Posted by dkendon on October 12, 2011
http://fastforwardlife.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/paris-to-caen/
Ieper to Arras
I woke up to light rain. It steadily increased so I had to pack up the tarp in the wet. I headed to the train station. It’s not possible to go directly from Ieper to Arras so I headed to Lille Flanders. I had all my camping crap hanging off my pack and someone complained [...]
Posted by dkendon on October 8, 2011
http://fastforwardlife.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/ieper-to-arras/
From Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City
After an unexpected extra 5 hours at Bangkok Airport I made it to Saigon. On that note – the trains only start at 6am, no matter what any guidebook says! And Air Asia is very efficient. My homestay hostess picked me up at the airport and we went back to her house, not far away. [...]
Posted by dkendon on July 21, 2011
http://fastforwardlife.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/from-bangkok-to-ho-chi-minh-city/
