Our appearance in southeast Asia was the beginning of the end. We had a schedule we had a flight we had an enddate. Five months left before we had to find a job and do it. Five months five countries starting with Laos.On the other hand Laos did promise something different. Most travellers we'd talked to who had toured SE Asia had nothing but glowing praise for the country and it's people

I wanted to post this to clear up some things that people have been asking me. Sorry if everyone is having trouble reading my entries. The spacing and indentations are very off. It is really hard to format stuff on the site Im using. Im definitely looking into it and will try to fix it soon. I also have very limited time to write so Im also sorry for all the grammar errors.

6am wake up6.30am kit up the dive equipment and enjoy a breakfast of tea and boucboucdeep fried sweet dough ball banana pancakes or semelinacorn flour porridge...very tasty with condensed milk7.30am hop on the reefdoctor boat for the dive briefing while the captain Manjoi takes us to our first dive location8am hop in the water and put remaining gear onBCDregsdive computer so on... And

On 22 January 1879 at Rorkes Drift on the Zululand border in South Africa a tiny British garrison of 140 men defending a mission station fought for 12 hours to resist repeated attacks by up to 3000 Zulu warriors who came very close to defeating the garrison but were ultimately repelled. This heroic defence was rewarded by the government of the day with no fewer than 11 Victoria Crosses

Fine hot day tho' somewhat cloudy. Went by steamer to a Manly Beach a place of 9 miles north east of Sydney supposed to be the Brighton of N.S.W. tho' only a small place. It is prettily situated and a fine view of the bay and heads is obtained on the way there. Taking it altogether Port Jackson is lovelier than the Bay of Naples but taking them bit by bit the Bay of Naples carries away t

This weekend I took a trip to a nearby town called Cape Coast. This town is about three hours outside of Accra and is the site of the first European contact with Ghana. The town has many historical sites as well as lots of beautiful beaches. Just outside of Cape Coast is the Kakum National Park. On my first morning in Cape Coast I went to this national park where they have a famous canopy walk. Th

guys. Anyone who hasn't been should go the hotel was recommended to us by a coworker on the whole worth your money and the staff were adorable and useful On my way I met an old friend from college... We were able to see all the places we came for. Which made the vacation absolutely one in a million

The West coast Murchison Cape Foulwind Hokitika and Franz Josef Thursday 3rd FebruaryLeft Nelson to drive to Murchison. Stopped on the way for a short walk at St Arnaud. We are now in high country with steep valleys and beautiful hills. Arrived in Murchison and found our BB very plush with four rooms and a big lounge area. We are the only people staying so have the lounge to ourselves. Wal

I recently got back from Saint Lucia and there's nothing special to tell. The only out of the ordinary thing was the hotel which was right in the middle of the city... On the whole not recommended

Hello so much more to tell youLast weekend so the 29th Lyn Bob Paula and I went out for the night to a bar called the Angkor What after having a lovely meal in town. The evening consisted of many cocktails and buckets of alcohol In the end Bob had to be taken home as he was far too pissed Lyn was not as amused as Paula and I who thought it was wonderful In the morning however none of

Happy Valentines DayLots of news. Firstly Friday before last went out for dinner had a backadee Bob had a beer then on to Khmer Family 2 drinks for the price of 1 I shared with Holly and Bob drank two Mojitos. We then moved on to Angkor What I ordered a bucket of Backadee and sprite and Bob ordered a beer. When the bucket arrived it was whisky so I asked Bob to change it but he decided th

UNESCO world heritage city und das zu Recht Great historic buildings and a nice atmosphere Till now my favorite city in China

Tropical Blend is something we generally relate to fruit juice.Kirk and I live and work in the tropical rainforest areas of Ghana.Our Ghanaian family is quite a blend of tribes cultures and languages.African Tribes Kusasi from the north Ewe from the east Wangalla upper east Ashanti central Ghana Fante central coastal area. The nine of us come from EIGHT different families.

This is our last day in Koh Chang and we decided to splash out and charter a boat and sail all the way round its coastline having lunch at some isolated spot on the way. We set off at 10 this morning and arrived back at 3 so a good sail. Our 'captain' had brought with him the necessities for lunch or so he thought we knew better and brought the grog beer.You can certainly appreciate more the

In the past 3 weeks we have broken our personal records for most people in a car twice On both occasions there were 9 of us altogether Daniel myself and the driver and then 6 children from the school. One of the drivers has a long stick to poke them with when they start getting rowdy in the back it is pretty effective.Most of our days are taken up by work however on the weekends we have mana

Week two was eventful to say the least.I think I left it in Trat last time about to eat some noodles.... well anyway we had met a fellow traveller there called Ben. He was in Thailand for 6 weeks and recommended that before we go to Koh Mak we hit up Koh Kood. He said it was a quiet island not too busy and absolutely stunning. We took him up on it and boy are we grateful. After setting off the

After a very successful and restful bicycle travel adventure it's now back to work in Shanghai. The last two days were a longhaul combination of flights and bus travel in order to save money. Sometimes I seriously wonder why I do it this way when a direct flight at a premium price is available from Denpasar to Shanghai. Saving money is one thing but at the expense of that there is the co

I slept a little more easily on the rockhard bed though I think I hurt my back a little trying to sink into it. In the middle of the night I came up with a method of doubling and redoubling my blanket to make a mattress pad that helped a bit.The owners helped me carry my suitcase down and helped me watch for the bus which was nearly half an hour late. No explanation was given just that Russ

Well hello there bloggerssorry we have not been in touch...much to report we have been busySo from Saigon we flew to Nha Trang we had heard it was a bit like Blackpool and you know how much i like to abuse Danny for his northern routes which now that i am becoming an honoury northener i am trying to be less cirtical but anyhow it was actually very nice NO big dipper in siteW

Hello EverybodyThis update is being written on Jetstar's JS 410 flight from Sydney to the Gold Coast. And it is being written on Valentine's day. The Ipod plays the soundtrack of Glee and the flight is progressing smoothly. Excellent choice of airline if I may say so myself. After having travelled around for a bit over a week it is time now to relax a bit. I have chosen to spend 3 nights in Surfe