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Abandon the Cube Travel Journal
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Abandon the Cube is a great resource for travel guides, tips, shared experiences, and to travel vicariously with Mike and Lauren - two American travelers searching for adventure.
- Added on: Apr 9th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Mike
- Listed in: Adventure Travel Destinations
- Tags: tips china asia guides central asia travel writing
Recent Posts
Slovenia and the Creepiest Castle
We arrived in Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital, three hours after departing Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. The train was a lovely design with six seats to a cabin with a sliding glass door. We had an extremely friendly Croatian lady in our cabin who ...
Croatia for Breakfast
Lauren really wanted to go ahead with our plan of 6 capitals in 6 days. Therefore, after our few enjoyable days in Sarajevo, we booked a night-train to leave that same evening. The train station was located right next to the Holiday Inn where journ...
Sarajevo Flourishes
Our bus ride was somewhat of a highlight as far as nigh transportation goes. We were on the top floor of a double-decker bus, in the very front seats. This gave us an amazing, panoramic view of Serbia as we departed. We were exhausted from sleeping o...
In Belgrade’s Rain
We took the night train from Sofia, Bulgaria, to the Serbian capital, Belgrade. We arrived before the city had fully awakened at 6am and had to wait for the luggage storage room to open at the train station before we could stash our bags, change our ...
Camping outside a Bulgarian Monastery
We spent a day in Plovdiv walking around and admired the Old Town. Luckily, we met a couple from Australia who were on a honeymoon-backpacking trip, which was interesting in itself, and they had a guidebook specifically on Bulgaria. Matt and Lauren...
The Night Train to Bulgaria
We decided to take the night train from Istanbul at 10:00pm across the western boards to Bulgaria. We planned to disembark before Sofia in Bulgaria’s most relaxed city, Plovdiv. The train pulled into the station in Istanbul an hour early and we beg...
