I remember when getting to Beijing seemed so far away that it barely registered in our plans and now suddenly here we are It was dark when we queued for a taxi in Beijing South Railway station. We showed the driver Will's address in Chinese characters and he seemed happy enough with the information. When he started grumbling and driving up and down the same street we decided to call Will for

Situated across TZ to the west on Lake Tanganika is Gombe Nat'l Park. It is here where Jane Goodall did her research in 1960 on Chimpanzees. She was the first to do so and as a result of her observations we now have multigenerational information on several families of much studied chimps. Her discoveries led to documented accounts of behavior habitat survival and the need for protection.

Whilst we are on a fairly quick connection i thought i would put on some photos. Apologies if any are duplicates as i can't remember which ones i put up last time.

Chris's SectionWe arrived in Bangkok and experienced a new kind of heat as soon as the airplane doors opened. Wowzers We got chatting with a cool guy called Jake all 6' 7rdquo of him. We shared a taxi to Khoa San Road 400b including expressway toll 8 which is the backpacker mecca. We found our hostel Lamphu House easily enough. The hostel was on Soi Rambutri so a little bit more chil

Travelling from Xiamen to Shanghai felt longer than any of our previous trips. This was probably because we slept soon after boarding and then were awake for the length of the next day until we arrived at 11.30pm. You could really get used to travelling in soft sleeper class in this country. The key difference for me is the ability to shut the door for some peace and quiet and block out the st

After getting up yesterday in kutna horahellip.where some older german travelers didnrsquot get their shower tokens from john the guy behind the bar at camping santa Barbarahellipcoming out of the bathroom to be accosted by a naked 80rsquos something german woman wanting you to talk to her about something..while your trying to talk and look away..while shes trying to get you to look he

Everything in Malaysia is Aircon. Guesthouses offer mostly aircon rooms stores are aircon buses are aircon and itrsquos hard to escape. Our bus from Georgetown left at 11am we hoped on to the sound of lsquoHammertimerdquo and rocked out to the soundtrack from Pretty woman three times over on the journey up to the Cameron Highlands in our aircon minibus. We didnrsquot feel the change in

Good dayI arrived back in Kathmandu yesterday from Chitwan. I was really quite sad to leave the village and its rather strange being back in the touristy area again. I'm just spending a few days here by myself until Mike arrives.I had to say goodbye to Maggie unfortunately. We've been together pretty much for 4 weeks apart only to 'do toilet' and shower and the odd few nights when I didn't go o

Disoriented but getting better.Spent most of the day at the American Museum of Natural History. Huge. It had everything from cultural history to biology georocks. Took a long time to make our way through but it was fun.Then we slowly made our way to time square... and will probably be back for the next 3 days

Dear AllSo we had another formal dinner last weekend. It was to wrap up secret admirers week which is a week where you get someone else in the college to admire. technically this means that you have to stalk them all week and send them little presents proclaiming your love and admiration for them and you find out who they are at the end of the week on Friday. I admired a good friend of mine

It's gotten so cold in the last week. It's just about winter now in Australia and the fact that I'm heading South really isn't helping. Mornings are pretty bad when the inside of the tent is dripping with condensation and the ground outside is frozen. It usually takes me a couple of hours to thaw my fingers and toes as I get going... And then half way through the day when it finally warms up I

Sunday May 16thWe've decided to start attending church again. Without realizing it we'd become separated from other believers and were starting to have a tough time with our faith. We'd been told by a few people that Doxa Deo had established a campus in Manukau only 14km from where we're camping. After visiting their website we found that the morning service is in Afrikaans. To be honest we wer

After stopping at the mountaineering store The Fifth Season in Mt. Shasta for some butane I head off for my next destination Redwood National Park. Sounds easy enough as if you look at a map it should be just a quick drive to the coast. My first attempt is to take 17 Stewart Springs Rd. Seems promising enough at first but something seems amiss when I notice the large amount of debris on

LA Monday 17 Maybelieve it or not this will be fairly short and NO pix all this cream all the time it takes me so long and I am very tired after about 4 hrs sleep last nite organising my Vegas flyby which starts tomorrow flight up on Tues. noon back Friday 3 niths in 4 star hotel Luxor 471 cheapest one way fare was 150 alone so think I will come back and train down to San

My time in Moab and Red Rock country is winding down.Sunday I did a 280 mile run with 25 other Miata friends ldquoaroundrdquo the La Sal Mountains into Colorado. It was a beautiful day for a top down drive. We stopped for lunch at Gateway Canyons. It is about 50 miles south of Grand Junction. The resort was developed by John Hendricks who founded the Discovery Channel. There is a nice car

Being the lazy bums we are we had booked ourselves on an overland truck tour for the last part of our trip round East Africa. We thought it would make safaris and gorilla permits and all that palava easier to organise and cheaper because of group rates etc. It probably was an OK idea and I had been looking forward to my only worries being having to concentrate on looking out the window and remembe

Thursday May 13thHappy birthday maatjie Melinda We hope you have a beautiful day and that man of yours spoils you rotten. May God bless you this year and may all your dreams come true.We woke to an eerily calm morning. The raging wind of last night was gone. Today was to be a day of regrouping recovery reading and learning. We got a wonderfully encouraging email from mom Corne that lifted the

Hi everyone I am excited to let you know i'm on another adventure. This time to Maui Hawaii. As i rarely do anything like most people perhaps you may be interested once again in my recent travels. To catch you up here's what's been going on...I went to visit family in Kansas. In the late fall I bought a small rv trailer to tow and call home and was living in it. Now i was very excite

Road Trip March 2010We set off on our road trip on March 2nd into Queensland country that had seen more rain than had fallen in decades. See map which shows the route we took 8500 kilometres in all photoAfter a night with friends in Toowoomba we headed west and stopped at Dalby for the night. There had been quite a lot of rain there and Myall Creek was over the road in the township. I ma

Youuu Wah Massaaaaaaaaaaahh No I don't want a massage as you may already know I'm very ticklish and the prospect of an oil massage represents a squirmy hell for me but regardless of the incessant offers for a ldquoCheap Cheaprdquo ldquoMassaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhrdquo I'm having a lovely time here in Thailand.As you have likely already realized while on my travels I am constantly accrui