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Travel Diaries

Welcome to the section of Josie Wanders where you can read in diary format the details of my travels.

I started this for the gap year I took in 2017-2018, but will continue with future travels too.

Here is where you can find all the day to day trials of long term travel and come across the hidden gems that can improve your trips.

Enjoy my travel diaries.

Travel Diaries – Vilnius

A view across a city from above

Gap Year Days 342 – 345 It always seems that we get the best weather …

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Travel Diaries – Riga

A pink building with a decorative black tricycle out the front

Gap Year Days 339 – 342 We arrived in Riga on the bus from Tallinn. …

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Travel Diaries – Tallinn

Tallinn Estonia

Gap Year Days 336 – 339 We stepped off the ferry in Tallinn to blue …

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Travel Diaries – Helsinki

Helsinki

Gap Year Days 334 – 336 As we were looking at the flights and accommodation …

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Travel Diaries – Stockholm

A sailing ship in a wintry Stockholm harbour

Gap Year Days 330 – 334 Our flights from Tromso to Stockholm came with a …

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Travel Diaries – Tromsø

A snowy town view of Tromso, Norway

Gap Year Days 327 – 330 Norway was our starting point when we first came …

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Travel Diaries – Copenhagen

A row of orange and brick buildings along a snowy, icy canal with moored boats. The scene includes parked cars and bicycles on a cloudy winter day.

Gap Year Days 323 – 327 We landed in Copenhagen to snow. We knew we …

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Travel Diaries – Malaysia

Malaysia street art in Penang. A mural on a wall of a boy with a real motorbike in front of the wall looks like the boy is riding it.

Gap Year Days 308 – 322 We were really looking forward to getting to Malaysia. …

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Travel Diaries – Myanmar

A sun blazing yellow and orange through clouds an haze with the silhouette of a temple in Pagan, Myanmar

Gap Year Days 297 – 308 We landed in Myanmar after a long layover in …

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Travel Diaries – Thailand

Thailand

Gap Year Days 289 – 297 Normally when I write these diary posts they are …

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