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TravBuddy.com: tamsynj's Summer 2006 travel blog</title>
<copyright>Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC</copyright>
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<description>This is finally complete, although the details I&apos;d hoped to put in didn&apos;t quite get there. I couldn&apos;t find them! Which is a shame. It took a loooong time to compile though!

2 months backpacking around South-Eastern Europe - Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia, Bulgaria and Turkey. </description>
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<title>Home!</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/8971/Home-London-25</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 19:16:53 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/London-travel-guide-364480">London, England</a>, Sep 04, 2006</p>
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And home again! Nothing much to write here, obviously, but just a quick
mention has to go to our flight home. It certainly had to be one of the
m...</p>
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<title>Sofia</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/8971/Sofia-Sofia-24</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 19:15:17 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Sofia-travel-guide-1229915">Sofia, Bulgaria</a>, Sep 02, 2006</p>
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This was our second trip back to Sofia. As we had already seen
everything, we realised once we got there that we actually had nothing
to do. So w...</p>
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<title>Sozopol</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/8971/Sozopol-Sozopol-23</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:14:14 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Sozopol-travel-guide-1229944">Sozopol, Bulgaria</a>, Aug 25, 2006</p>
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Sozopol...lovely! It was our first few days of luxury! We met up with
my family (mum, stepdad and two little brothers) and they kindly paid
for u...</p>
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<title>Istanbul</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/8971/Istanbul-Istanbul-22</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:15:58 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Istanbul-travel-guide-608771">Istanbul, Turkey</a>, Aug 22, 2006</p>
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Istanbul was a very last minute thing - we found out from someone in
Varna that we were only allowed to stay in Bulgaria for 30 consecutive
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<title>Varna</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:27:29 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Varna-travel-guide-1230394">Varna, Bulgaria</a>, Aug 15, 2006</p>
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My memories of Varna are, I admit, a bit hazy! We did nothing cultural
other than see the cathedral, which was beautiful (although we didn&apos;t
actu...</p>
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<title>Balchik</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/8971/Balchik-Balchik-20</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:04:53 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Balchik-travel-guide-1226504">Balchik, Bulgaria</a>, Aug 13, 2006</p>
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I can&apos;t quite remember why we chose to go here, but I&apos;m glad we did! It
was quite expensive compared to what we&apos;d been used to before, but its
qu...</p>
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<title>VT!!</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/8971/VT-Veliko-Turnovo-19</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 05:27:03 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Veliko-Turnovo-travel-guide-1230423">Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria</a>, Aug 11, 2006</p>
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VT was fantastic too. We stayed in a hostel owned by an Englsih guy,
and there was noone else staying those nights, so we had the place to
oursel...</p>
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<title>Plovdiv</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 05:26:01 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Plovdiv-travel-guide-1229278">Plovdiv, Bulgaria</a>, Aug 08, 2006</p>
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We found a bed in Plovdiv through Couchsurfing so we met up with the
guy and went to his. I have never felt more insecure in all my life! We
were...</p>
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<title>Koprivshtitsa</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2006 05:25:25 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Koprivshtitsa-travel-guide-1228262">Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria</a>, Aug 07, 2006</p>
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Ah, the memories of Koprivshtitsa! We arrived there, thiking there was
going to be a bus from the station. Oh no, there wasn&apos;t one. I can&apos;t
remem...</p>
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<title>Sofia (and Rila)</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:50:48 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Sofia-travel-guide-1229915">Sofia, Bulgaria</a>, Aug 04, 2006</p>
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The start to our trip around Bulgaria honestly couldn&apos;t have been
worse. First of all, we&apos;d had to cope with being interrupted in the
middle of t...</p>
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<title>Belgrade</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/8971/Belgrade-Beograd-15</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:13:57 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Beograd-travel-guide-1312584">Beograd, Serbia</a>, Aug 02, 2006</p>
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We came to Belgrade because we knew it was on the same train line from Zagreb to Sofia, and basically loads of people we&apos;d met who had gone from ea...</p>
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<title>Zagreb</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/8971/Zagreb-Zagreb-14</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:20:34 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Zagreb-travel-guide-1004613">Zagreb, Croatia</a>, Aug 01, 2006</p>
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We&apos;d planned on staying the day in Zagreb but we felt we&apos;d seen it all in a few hours, so we cancelled our accommodation for the night (we were goi...</p>
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<title>Bovec</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2006 04:43:32 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Bovec-travel-guide-1167881">Bovec, Slovenia</a>, Jul 30, 2006</p>
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On a bit of a whim, we decided to go canyoning and white water rafting in Bovec. We found a flyer in Zadar about it. We stayed&amp;nbsp; at the &apos;Eco Ca...</p>
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<title>Ljubljana</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:33:54 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Ljubljana-travel-guide-1168869">Ljubljana, Slovenia</a>, Jul 28, 2006</p>
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We didn&apos;t really know what to expect when we arrived in Slovenia, we knew nothing about it at all, I&apos;d just picked up a leaflet in Zadar about do...</p>
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<title>Stop-over on the way to Ljubljana</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/8971/Stop-over-on-the-way-to-Ljubljana-Rijeka-11</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:21:00 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Rijeka-travel-guide-1003028">Rijeka, Croatia</a>, Jul 27, 2006</p>
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We only stayed here for a few hours, enough to go to an awesome tea room where I had some fruit and green tea concoction and a MacDonalds milkshake...</p>
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<title>Pag - the party island!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:08:33 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Pag-travel-guide-1002237">Pag, Croatia</a>, Jul 25, 2006</p>
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        We arrived here thinking we were going to have a wild time, party party, but in fact, I think we were both too exhuasted, and too skint! ...</p>
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<title>Zadar</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/8971/Zadar-Zadar-9</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:17:22 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Zadar-travel-guide-1004601">Zadar, Croatia</a>, Jul 24, 2006</p>
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We headed here with the idea of going to Zagreb after. In fact, as a result of some borthday money, I decided we&apos;d go to SLovenia and do some rafti...</p>
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<title>Sibenik, Krka National Park</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 08:11:16 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Sibenik-travel-guide-1003281">Sibenik, Croatia</a>, Jul 23, 2006</p>
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    We arrived in Sibenik, having taken the coach from Sarajevo to Split and from Split to Zadar (that was one hell of a journey!)We didn&apos;t stay ...</p>
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<title>Sarajevo</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:10:19 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Sarajevo-travel-guide-535832">Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, Jul 21, 2006</p>
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            I can&apos;t remember much about the journey, all I can remember is that all the coaches we took on our travels were excrutiangly boring, ...</p>
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<title>Dubrovnik</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:28:53 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Dubrovnik-travel-guide-999507">Dubrovnik, Croatia</a>, Jul 17, 2006</p>
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      We planned to go to the YH there, but it was fully booked, and as we were walking back down the steps, we were offered a room by some guy n...</p>
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<title>Third destination of our travels</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:07:54 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Bol-travel-guide-998472">Bol, Croatia</a>, Jul 10, 2006</p>
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            Having travelled from Split, through Supetar to Bol, we arrived here with no accommodation booked (in fact, we didn&apos;t bother to book ...</p>
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<title>Supetar</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 07:28:25 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Supetar-travel-guide-1003785">Supetar, Croatia</a>, Jul 07, 2006</p>
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  Having decided to stay in a campsite in Supetar, we went to th local map and had a look to see where the nearest one was. We were approached by...</p>
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<title>Arrival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 13:07:04 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Split-travel-guide-1003533">Split, Croatia</a>, Jul 04, 2006</p>
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We flew from Luton to Split, and were obviously fairly excited. We&apos;d pre-booked our first night&apos;s accommodation so we didn&apos;t have anything to wor...</p>
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