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Real name: Philip Deaton
Hometown: Harrogate, England, UK
Current Location: Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Website: www.bugbitten.com/Phil
Join Date: August 16, 2006
Contributions: Deats has written about 284 places and shared 8160 photos.
Interested in: meeting new people, meeting other people to travel with, showing people around my hometown, sharing travel tips and blogs, just browsing!
Future Travels/Dream Destinations
Uzbekistan
Aug 1, 2008 – Aug 30, 2008
Turkmenistan
Aug 30, 2008 – Sep 4, 2008
Iran
Sep 4, 2008 – Oct 3, 2008
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Countries I've Traveled To
Languages Spoken
English, Spanish, German, Russian, all to a basic level - including English ;)
Interests
Books you might find in my backpack
Music you might find me listening to while waiting for my plane
Most Memorable Travel Experience
Swimming with alligators in the Pantanal, Brasil.
Visiting a shaman in the Amazon in Ecuador and doing Ayhuasca.
6 day trek to table top tepuy of Roraima in Venezuala.
Sky diving and doing the 'thrillogy' bungee jumps in New Zealand.
Getting chased by Komodo Dragons on Rinca Island
4 day Salar de Uyuni trip from Tupiza to Uyuni
Swimming with Whale Sharks in Donsol, Philippines
Diving with Manta Rays in Malapascua
8 days on the Galapagos Islands
Scuba diving in Sipadan and Mabul
Ruins: Angkor Temples (Cambodia), Ciudad Perdida (Colombia), Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (Peru)
Football: Becoming a member of the 92 club (you must visit all 92 football grounds in the top 4 divisions and watch a competitive game at each).
Watching every home and away game of Leeds United in the 2005/6 season. That was commitment!
Profile
www.bugbitten.com/Phil to see my travel photos from my first trip around the globe! Currently travelling for 25 months around Eastern Europe, North Eastern Asia, South East Asia, Central Asia, now the The Middle East and Africa await!

Looking to meet any travbuddies along the way and share the experiences with them.
Maris1981 says:
Hi Philip, thank you for your advice! Will send Dodge a message right away. How can you visit so many country's?? Looks like you've been to all my dreamdestinations!
Posted on: Jul 25, 2008
eejot says:
Quite excellent actually.. Everything being green and warm enough for the beach, I'm very relaxed... Having said that it's been raining for two days non-stop haha.. Off to Seoul tomorrow to see the big city and become moderately intoxicated
Posted on: Jul 25, 2008
treadie53 says:
Yep, familiar with both those establishments! Only got to visit the Gobi as have been holed up in UB with "head checks" and antibiotics! To top it off had my mobile phone and camera were stolen today from my dorm room after I left them unattended in a backpack for a short period of time! The mobile for the second time in a month- but it was miraculously returned the first time. I'm more pissed off with myself for being a bit complacent and unguarded when I'm usually pretty vigilant! Hate having to worry about my gear all the time. Where are the days when you could simply trust folk? Memories! It's even more gauling to know that it was more or less definately a "fellow" traveller! Grrrrrrr!
Posted on: Jul 24, 2008
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Deats's Travel Blogs

Round the World, Strike 2! What one man with a dream can do....
Jun 02, 2006 - Jul 20, 2008
So far its been 23 months away, exploring Europe and Asia. Whale Sharks, Manta Rays, Pandas, Elephants, Komodo Dragons, Turtles, Tigers, rats, bats, cats and cockroaches. The Kremlin, Great Wall, Angkor, Bagan, Terracotta Warriors, Trans Siberian railway and fantastic travbuddy's! Stolen bags, crowbar threats, bank robbery, 2 motorbike crashes, 1 bus crash, pancreatis, erosion of the liver and kidneys but i'm still here and telling my tale! Check out the blog and leave a smile/comment. Cheers!
8,154 photos 277,323 words 3,503 comments
Round The World Strike 1 - what a man with no clue can achieve!
Dec 02, 2003 - Dec 02, 2004
A year spent exploring South East Asia, Australasia and my favouriter continent of South America
1 photos 25 words 4 comments
New Zealand May 2004 - July 2004
May 06, 2004 - Jul 01, 2004
An amazing 2 months spent visiting one of the Worlds most scenic, adventurous countries
0 photos 1 words 2 comments
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Deats's Travel Reviews

Ridiculously Expensive "Hostels" in Beijing, China
I must strongly advise that anyone thinking of going to Beijing, should stay well clear of Join Inn and its ignorant owner John. I booked a room he... (read more about Join Inn)
Expensive "General Tips & Advice" in Seoul, South Korea
I came to Korea knowing one thing for sure, i just had to go and do the DMZ Panmunjom tour to the North Korean border! I planned ahead and chose a com... (read more about USO Tours)
Ridiculously Expensive "General Tips & Advice" in Bangkok, Thailand
Having criticised the Russian embassy thinking no western country could possibly be so inept, we met an Australian girl in the embassy area who was ra... (read more about AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY)

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