tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172072982011-12-14T20:38:01.445-06:00Rome to Tokyo, Dublin to Dublin, the trip around the world that was.Nithinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367173966771897412noreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17207298.post-1132020793374100672006-12-31T19:54:00.000-06:002007-12-20T13:13:41.865-06:00

The Trip is over. But, boy, was it a trip. 13 months, from Rome to Tokyo, with a few hundred stops between. Scroll below to see the archives of the trip, photos included.CLICK HERE to read the post-trip journal.Famous Zouk nighclub near the Petronas towers, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMore Post-Trip Stuff!Trippers Best of - Ranking the best of the world. Updated 12/14/2007!Photos of the

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Each portion represents a chronological time period and geographical region. Not everyone was in every portion, the names at in parenthesis. Please read away, see the labels in each section for country specific posts. Or better, use the search tool on the sidebar on the left.Post Trip Journal (Nithin)Trippers' Best OfSunrises and Sunsets of the WorldPortion 1 - Spain, Portugal, Morocco -

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Well it looks like I am the last one to begin my blogging experience so I figured it was about time to grace everyone with my first post.I guess I'll start with the basics. I was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and am the eldest of 2 children. I live in a town called Shelton until I was 9 and moved to Kansas due to my mother's job. It was here in Kansas where I pretty much grew up. I met Ryan

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What is it about Ryan Lewis that makes him so great!? Could it be his success of just graduating and already working as the 1st assitant director on a television sitcom pilot and a promising internet series which has already received praises from the excutive producers of "The Horror Channel" including legendary filmmaker Wes Craven! Or could it be his self-less act of spending much of his spare

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"Breathe, breathe in the air, don't be afraid to care; leave but don't leave me. Look around and choose your own ground, for long you live and high you fly, and smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry. And all you touch and all you see, is all your life will ever be."~ Pink FloydWow, I'm not very good at this kind of thing mainly because I don't know what would interest you people and at the same

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I was born and raised in the rich suburban community of Highlands Ranch, CO. I lived out a wonderful childhood growing up here. I never had much to worry about besides getting good grades in school and going to college. I feel lucky to be able to have the experience of growing up feeling safe and that there is a laid out plan for me...go to school...get good grades...go to college.I love

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Editor of Website, (most) experienced traveler, amazing person. To see where I am, click here!I was born in San Diego, California in 1983 (on the same day as Ryan, coincidentally). Within one month of birth, I was already abroad, going to India with my parents. Thus began a lifelong love of travel. Even as a young child, my parents took road trips to the Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Las Vegas, and

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I'm not just a Tripper', but also a Travel Writer. Throughout the World Trip I will be submitting travel articles to various online and print magazines. The ones below are the ones good enough to get published. They contain useful information about their respective destinations, and will be linked from relevant posts. Check back often for updates!World TripSultans and Censorship: Life in the

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Interviews and photos available upon request with all five of the trippers. For general biographies, please click here.To schedule an interview or for press information, please contact:Nithin Coca+1 913 940-1571Business: 2008@nithincoca.comWebsite: http://www.nithincoca.comAnything on this site may be reproduced as long as credit is given and the website link (http://worldtrippers.blogspot.com)

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During the many months running up to the World Trip, to get myself excited, I used to just walk into a bookstore and pick out 2 or 3 travel books and just read them. After doing this a hundred or so times, I found a few books that were so good, I had to buy them. And that was only because I had gift cards :-P (gotta save up to travel)So the books below are in three catagories- 1) Books I Did Buy,

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Behold the Travel Blogosphere!FriendsYing, couchsurfer and true traveler whom I met in MalaysiaOld (as in - the trip is over, but the info is still great) TraveloguesThe Chicken Bus - I wish I could design a site this nice - beautiful design. Mostly a 3rd world tour (like ours!), tons of information. Make sure your computer can handle graphics, though.2Go Global - "We spent 18 fabulous months

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Freelance Travel Writer and World Tripper' Nithin Coca published this 5 part series on how to plan a trip around the world on AssociatedContent.com. This 5 part series helps those who are just thinking about taking the plunge on how to make the dream a reality. It also includes first hand tips and advice from an experienced traveler.Part 1: Motivation for a World TourPart 2: The Different Schools

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Ryan always was amazed at my ability to find information online. Now you can sare my apparent talent (joy). The following are my favorite travel links, in random "when Nithin posted them" order. If you're looking for other travelogues, click here. If you know a cool site I should know about, email me immediately! Also, check the comments for more cool links posted by fellow trippers.TRAVEL

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The eternal question. "What was the best..." or "What was your favorite..". Questions almost impossible to answer, because, everything is awesome in its own way. When you view the eyes through subjective lens, though, you are bound to find some places, some restaurants, some hotels, some beaches, to be the best. So here you are, the list of the 10 Best things, places, actions, people, that we saw

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Welcome to our video portion of our website. It originated a just a link to talk about a hopeful documentary that we were going to shoot (and still may), but in the meantime I will include the links to all the videos we shot here. Enjoy!Sintra Day Triphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5J7EMWLgWQThe first video we shot. This is a world heritage site just outside of Lisbon. The short consists of

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We're poor. We can't even afford a domain name for our website, we sleep in airports, we eat leftovers. Help us! Donations will help us make it back home. Do you want to see us stuck in Thailand, selling our bodies for any hope of making it home? After you sat there, enjoying our website?We set up our donations with Amazon - which allows refunds if you feel you got ripped of. It's 100% secure -

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When the trip begins, I'll keep an up-to-the-most-recent-internet-cafe-visit budget guide, updating how much I spend, how much I make, and how I kept my costs low. I'll divide this into a region by region thing to give you more information and show how choosing particularly cheap countries is a great way to save money.This is meant to be an ultra budget trip. I aim for 10K to last me a year,

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Nithin CocaRyan Lewis, Ryan Brandle, Aaron Tobias, Mike Flappan

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A collection of photos from various windows around the world. An idea stolen from Lonely Planet Experimental Travel, I tried to take a photo from the view of every place that I stayed. Click on the photo, or here, to see my slideshow of the windows on the world, from Rome, Italy to Siem Reap, Cambodia.Pictured - Kathmandu, Nepal from Happy Home.

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Why are going on a trip around the world? And what do I hope to get accomplished on this trip? A lot. This isn't just a voyage of partying, crazyness, etc etc. I'm not like that. I want more from this trip, a search for sprituality, for meaning, and to better understand not only the world, but who I am. I'm not a backpacker. I don't fit into normal catagories, I never have and never will. I've

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Recap of the trip. 28 Countries. Over 100 cities. 390+ days. One hemisphere. Now with a map!View Larger Map1) Late March to Mid July - Portion 1. Started in Rome, Italy, explored northern Italy, went to Slovenia, then 2 1/2 months in Spain, with a little bit of Morocco thrown in.2) Mid July to Late August - Eastern Europe - From Germany, to Prague, to Poland, Hungary (where I split and went solo)

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They are unavoidable, and sometimes amazing. Backpacker ghettos, the places in many (mostly eastern) cities where the concentration of hostels and guesthouses as hit a critical mass, and with the surrounding bars and cafes, has become the meeting point for travelers from around the world. It's where you can have breakfast with a Englishman in the morning, go trekking with a Frenchman in the

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80% of the world's population lives within 50 miles of the coast. Kansas is not 50 miles from the coast. So here are the best coastal beach areas of the world, from Portugal all the way to Cambodia...and the winner is....!1. Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Free accomodation, cheap food, and plankton illuminating the night sea. That, and 50 cent mango shakes, what more could you ask for?2. Middle

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(insert cool photo here)1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.Dishonorable MentionReturn to Trippers' Best of...

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What makes traveling around the world different from sitting in your room and watching the Travel Channel? One word PEOPLE! People are the wealth of the world. So here, a cursory ranking of the friendliest people in the world, by no means exhaustive, and heavily subjective!1. Bulgaria - Once I crossed the border, I immediately felt at home. From having locals show me around Veliko Tornovo, to

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A very rough list...as a matter of fact, its in alphabetical order, not order of greatest. If you ask me this question in person, I will, depending on how I feel at any given time, answer any of the following 5 countries.1. Bulgaria (pictured) - From the moment I crossed the friendship bridge into Bulgaria, I discovered a country that had a true identity and wasn't scared of the past, but

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Cities are the center of the human jungle. Chaos, to beauty, cities are where things happen, but not neccesarily where the world lives. But all transportation goes through cities at some point, and these were my favorite. Only cities are included, villages and small towns will be ranked later!1. Veliko Tornovo, Bulgaria (pictured) - Maybe it was my 8 euro apartment with a view of the entire

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The best scenery from the world. and the winner is...1. Dhulikel Sunrise, Nepal. Just look at that. No contest.2. Cinque Terre, Italy. The five villages along the coast seem to slither down the dramatic coastline.3. Kota Kinabalu National Park, Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia. The rugged peak of the tallest mountain in SE Asia greeted me in the morning, though I unfortunatly didn't accept its

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From guesthouses, to hostel, to hostels, to camping, to staying at people's houses, to sleeping on trains and buses, I did it all. These are the ranking of the best paid places. For sake, anyone who offered me a free place to stay (and there were many of you), consider yourself the true #1!1. Prince Mekong Villa, Siem Reap, Cambodia - I don't think I ever more at home, or even felt so sad to

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Bars and social gathering places (cafe's, patios, etc). Where you meet people, whether it be locals, or fellow travelers. These were not secondarily the best bars of the world, but that bars where I had the best time. So, without further ado, the best bars of the world!1. Musee du Vin, Porto, Portugal (pictured) - Gustav and company made this bar the best deal and best ever Lonely Planet rec ever

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Early in the trip, we decided that we were going to plan our early adventures around several festivals. They are the historic and modern gatherings of people for religious, cultural, social, and even political reasons, and they are the spice that brings alive the culture or history of a city of region. Here are my favorite festivals of the world, ranked in the order that I had fun and

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Tourist attractions. They range from historic buildings, fantastic ruins, to museums and artwork. I excluded religious and sacred sites, which I ranked here and natural wonders, ranked here. Enjoy! 1. The Alhambra, Granada, Spain - Serenity, Peace, and majesty define the greatest remaining monument to Moorish Spain. Whether it was walking through its detailed corridors, or gazing at it from the

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What is a sacred site? Loosely defined in the World Trippers dictionary, it's a site which a large number of people come to for pilgrimages every year, or a site that has spiritual value of some sort. I began this trip in the heart of Christendom, a block away from the Vatican, traveled through the middle east during the holy month of Ramadan, then trekked near the most remote pilgrim sites in

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Thanks!Good karma spreads. On this trip, we're doing our part, allowing other poor backpackers to use our residences, when we have them, donating old travel books and clothes to other travelers, and making the best effort to spend our money on locally owned and operated businesses, not transnational companies. So thanks, from all of us. We owe you one.Nithin, Ryan, Brandle, Aaron, and Mike

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Published 11/17/05 at AssociatedContent.comBy Nithin CocaLos Angeles, the city of Angels. Though the most American of cities(as goes Los Angeles, so does the country), Los Angeles has never left its Mexican past far behind. From tacos, to exquisite Mexico City style honey sauces, Mexican food reigns supreme in Los Angeles. Below are my choices for the three best restaurants in the city, through

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published in November 2005 at Associated Content.comby Nithin Coca, Content Producer. It's hard to explain whats so captivating about Aix-en-Provence (known to locals only as “Aix”), a medium small town in the center of Southern France's famous Provence region. Paris has its amazing architecture, Cannes the exquisite hotels, St. Tropez's famous beaches. But Aix? To the naked eye it looks like a

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Published on November 17th, 2005 at AssociatedContent.comBy Nithin CocaEight Easy Tips for Living it Up with the Irish, While Not Letting Your Wallet Feel the Pain If you haven't been to Dublin recently, be prepared for a big surprise. With the Irish economy - the Celtic Tiger - the strongest in Europe, and Dublin quickly becoming one of Europe's premier luxury (that's right, luxury) destinations

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published on Associated Content.com on November 20th, 2005. By Nithin Coca As Washington museums go, the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur Seckler Gallery don't rank high on many "to see" lists. Its not an insult to either gallery, but rather a testament to the great variety and diversity of Washington's other great museums, such as the National History Museum, the American History

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