Paul's Travels with VSO

	The Backpacking Trips 1999 - 2020 Between 1993s and early 2003 Paul spent a month each year travelling alone in various countries. Here you can read his accounts of these six adventures and meet some of the people he encountered.
	Vietnam Peru Congo Haiti	Ethiopia Papua New Guinea Colombia VSO Index Main Index
	1993 The Trip to Vietnam En Route to Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon Ho Chi Minh City- Saigon Dalat Hoi An Danang Into North Vietnam – Hanoi Phu Lu en route to Sa Pa Sa Pa Back in Hanoi Hallon bay / Bai Cay Hue Back to Ho Chi Minh City/ Mekong Delta
	1995 The Trip to Peru Cusco Inca Trail Machu Picchu Ollantaytambo Chinere Back in Cusco Cusco To Puerto Maldonado Into the Tropical Forest – Lago Sondival Juliaca-Puno-Titicaca (Uros/Tacile) Julica – Arequipa Colca Canyon – Cabanoconde Arequipa (Ciudad Blanco or Leon del Sur) Arequipa-Lima-Trujillo Trujillo- Chan-Chan- Lima Lima-Ayacucho (Good Friday) Lima-Pucallpa Pucallpa- Lima
	1995 The Trip to Congo Journey Into the Unknown Into Brazzaville Brazzavile The US Club A Day In Brazzaville A Bus Ride to the Brazzaville Bus Station First stop – Le Lac Blue Off to Owando and on to Odzala National Park Moba and Ekania Lossi Circumcision Ceremony Women Fishing Lengui-Lengui Forest Lowland Gorillas Brazzaville and Goodbye
	1997 The Trip to Haiti Puerto Plata Into Haiti – Port Au Prince Jacmel Jacmel to Du Forte - Les Cayes Les Cayes – Port Au Prince – Okap Pointe du Nord and Monte Rouge Border – Santiago – Santa Domingo Same Constanza Jarabacosa Jaracaboa – Dahajabon – Puerto Plata Puerto Plata
	1999 The Trip To Ethiopia Start Harar and Nasret Bahar Dar Hebrew Routes Gondar Lalibela Axum Adwa and Adigrat Back To Addis Jinke and Demarke Turmi Jinka Konsa Konsa – Mikeke – Mikele Arbor Minch (Forty Springs) Awasa Addis again
	1999 - The Trip To Papua New Guinea "My introduction to PNG was a month of travelling around the Highlands, Sepik, Coast and Port Moresby, the capital. PNG has a unique culture that sits in both the stone age and the space age. A first contact with such a varied and unpredictable nation was unforgettable." Arrival Mount Hagen Wabag Show Banz Goroka The Lapun Stories Back to Mount Hagen Hagen Back to Masul Madang Wewak and Angoram Angoram to Kamboramba Kamboramba to Chimondo Angoram to Wewak Wewak – Madang – Usino Ramu River Trip Usino - Goroka Goroka – Hagen – Port Moresby
	2002 The Trip to Colombia Introduction Santa Marta – Cartagena de Indias El Totumo Volcanic Mud baths Cartegena- Medellin Popayan –San Andres de Pisabula -Santa Ros Totoro-Silvia San Augustine-Neiva-Villa Vieja Nieva-San Gil- Barrichara –Guane
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The Backpacking Trips 1999 - 2020

1999 - The Trip To Papua New Guinea

2002 The Trip to Colombia