Live train commentary from yesterdayI write this on the famous OsloBergen scenic train ride. It's not bad. I'd say so far 2 hours into the 7 hour ride the Glasgow to Mallaig journey is better but then there have been some nuisance factors on this one. Opposite me are sitting a Texan father and daughter and call me a grouchy old cow but the father is bloody annoying. He has been since he sat d

CLONCURRY TO YEPPOONThurs 5th Aug We had a look around town not much to see and had a relaxing day at the caravan park.They had a bush poet last night and a country singer tonight. Very pleasant stay.Fri 6th Aug A long 342 kms to Winton today and on the way we saw quite a few of the 400 Harley riders that had been at a group gathering at Mt Isa this week. Not a blade of grass at the

Most buses to anywhere out of Kangding leave at 6 AM so that they can maxmize the probability of completing the trip in daylight. So the bus station was very busy Sunday morning when we crossed the street to find ours to Ganzi. No buses were headed back to Chendu over the route we had travelled just a few days ago due to landslidecaused road closures. But we were told that we go onward fur

For our eleventh day in Iceland it was quite a lot of driving. First we headed from the tiny little town over some mountains and we noticed that we didnrsquot see any other cars for the first hour or so of driving which made it very nice. We had found out that the weather was going to be pretty bad for the rest of our time in Iceland so we got moving to a peninsula that goes of the north which i

We had a 10 hour bus journey to Lak Xao which was where we crossed the border from Vietnam to Laos and the next day we travelled to Vientiane the Capital city of Laos where we stayed for a couple of days.It was here that we found the most amazing bakery called Joma and we ended up ditching the cultural stuff and sat here for most of the day watching the world go by and eating as much as we coul

lsquoParadisersquo is an overused word. Often it embraces lsquotropicalrsquo and refers to some speck of land fringed by idyllic beaches suitable for postcards. But on Earth there is no paradise. Itrsquos strange when a sentence alters your way of seeing. It doesnrsquot happen often but occasionally a string of words perhaps uttered unthinkingly by a random person can cause a small

Miles traveled today 574After a leisurely start from our hotel we packed into the car with no plan other than to get in as many miles as possible. The heat sun and pure boredom made us take a midafternoon detour into a little town called La Crosse Wisconsin. We didnrsquot expect much beyond a look out called Grandad Bluff found on Trip Advisor. When we tried to drive up to the Bluff we fou

I am writing this from Vancouver but the pictures are of NZ so I am saying this was written from NZ. Off to Seattle in the morning. Getting up early for an Amtrak experience. Harry and Thomas.

Oddly familiar Downtown Townsville felt a bit like a New Orleans river ferry on Saturday. All of Palmer street was dedicated to small jazz bands with larger bands performing earlier in the day. I cycled downtown and in the hope of sparing my back the consistent presence of a backpack I didn't bring a camera. Of course it was awesomely photogenic and I missed out on wonderful shots. As much as

Hey thanks for your comments. Glad you're all enjoying the blogsThe towels we had used to soak up the rain on the roof of our slideout on the camper have finally dried after nine days The day started sunny and warm. We set out from Chicken on the gravel part of the Taylor Highway. The Milepost warns that all goldbearing ground in this area has been claimed. Do not pan in streams or trespass o

We left Cooktown after our two nights there and drove the long rather boring road back over the mountains. Rather than turning to the coast this time we went straight ahead as we were going to have a couple of nights in the Atherton Tablelands. First stop was at Mareeba. Tea and coffee are grown in Far North Queensland as well as sugar dairy cattle and the other thing they have there is lots

Today we enjoyed our complimentary continental breakfast in the dining room where we again met the English friends who are departing today back to Perth and England.We went up the road towards the East McDonnell Ranges and visited the Trephina Gorge Ross River Corroboree Rock Jessie and Emily Gaps. These were just as beautiful as the West McDonnell Ranges and everywhere was covered in green gr

We rose after a quiet night and paid the exorbitant bill at the Kings Canyon Resort they even charged a 1 extra for using credit cards. This would have to be the most expensive resort on the planet but everything is run down and second rate. We drove the sealed road from Kings Canyon to Alice Springs having seen the mud covered 4WD vehicles that had obviously taken the short cut route. We ne

LivingstonWednesday 11th AugustToday we make the journey from Flores to Livingston. The only way into Livingston I think is by boat so a minibus picks up from our hotel to take us to the town of Rio Dulce on the river of the same name. Here we take a boat to take us down to Livingston which is at the mouth of the Rio Dulce on the Caribbean Sea.The river banks on either side are very green and un

The month of Ramadan has officially begun as of the 11th. Ramadan being the holy month of fasting and one of the 5 main tenants of the Islamic faith if you need a refresher Irsquom personally not a particularly religious person but I figure Irsquom in the Muslim world in a Muslim village and living with a Muslim family so I might as well give it a try and treat it as a cultural experience

Hi all I know it's been a while since I wrote last but I guess I felt more and more like I was just living in China and not travelling anymore which gave me little motivation to write new entries about everyday life. But alas I am travelling again and here comes the stories.After a hot hot hot June and July in Hangzhou like over 30C for three days in a row which is like over 100F my friend

hellojol vagyok. csak azert irok par sort hogy tudassam veletek jol vagyok. holnap utan repulok haza. vegul az utolso par nap maszkalassal telttelik.voltam a palermo nevu varosreszben tegnAP elott. setaltam a parkokban voltam a planetariumban meg az evita muzeumban. az nagyon tetszett. bemutatja eva peron egesz eletet szerencsere angolul is.. a planetariumban meg beultem egy eloadasra. igaz

This afternoon I went to Boston. First I rode to Sullivan Square where I could park my car and take the subway calles T to the center of Boston. I stepped out at Downtown Crossing station and walked through Boston Boston Common a park Boston Public Garden Theatre District Chinatown. I tried to find my way and made some pictures.