After almost three days in Ho Chi Minh City Steph Rickie and I were feeling a serious need to get the hell out The city was overwhelming difficult to navigate and really polluted.Thus we hopped an evening bus to Can Tho a small town on the Mekong Delta after having one last meal in HCMC at a great restaurant around the corner from our hotel. We arrived fairly late in the evening after an

Up early this morning to catch boat to cambodia. Nice group of people on boat and not too packed. Had to get off boat for border check but was nice to stretch out. Got our visa ok but only for four weeks so may need to head out cambodia to renew it at some point. Really hot and humid here. Had dinner at nice wee restaurant. Lots of child labour here with kids selling books really hard not to feel

Cat Ba Island... Halong Bay

Part 5 A'dam to moroccoOn the return flight to Amsterdam I had a bit of a cold and after an entire lifetime of flying I finally suffered the incredible pain of nonequalizingears. Couldn't hear for a few days. Uncool Anyway arrived and went straight to sleep. From there the fun began. Went the next night to a university society party with some of the group of 8 loads of fun Also convinced s

Happy EasterWe're staying in Cirencester for a few days with Chris Floss and the gorgeous little Bess. Peter and the Willow family have gone off to Ledbury to introduce Bess to some more members of the James clan. I'm having some quiet time at home at Floss' house. It's nice to not be racing around for a few hours.Cirencester is a very impressive romanmedieval town. It's had quite a long hist

On Saturday the16th we packed our swags and boarded our 4wd taxi seatbelts operational to Amritsar. This 6 hour drive was an experience in beeping and traffic weaving and it gave us great views of lots of little villages as we passed by. N.B. Indian drivers do not drive on one side of the road. They drive on both sides At varying speeds they beep the cars beside them to get them to move over

After another good night sleep we were up out of bed and ready to do final packing for our flight to London. The last two and a half weeks in Turkey have been a fabulous experience. We have seen such wonderful sights and met many friendly locals. The school children were always ready to find out where we came from and wanted to try out their English. Every time we tried out our few Turkish words

I can't believe it has only been 4days I have spent in Byron because it feels like I have been here a 2weeks. I feel somewhat at home here in this busy little town. After seeing some of the nightlife this town has to offer on our first night Michelle and I have since had the opportunity to wander the streets of Byron day and night and take in the festival atmosphere. With rain forecast each da

Hue..... We spent a couple of days here and it rained non stop We arrived in the afternoon after spending the day traveling. We had read that the train ride between Danang and Hue is meant to be stunning so we got off the bus in Danang caught a moto to the train station and booked the cheapest seats possible The journey was fun the carriage smelt of wee and the locals were all eating dried fis

Part 4 Clogs kilts and teaA few quick days in Amsterdam and then I was off to London to catch up with old friends. Gotta love easyjet fares Upon arrival i met up with Robert who I've known a few years now since our kings meeting in Cairo through Nile sailing to Aussie shores and then soggy London town. We had a riproaring Thai dinner party with some of his mates. We took advantage of the wee

Hello All Three days in Hong Kong have gone in a somewhat jetlagged flash C for Steve anyway I never seem to be bothered by it but we've had a great time. We're writing this from the Qantas lounge as we wait to depart for Perth. The flight over was uneventful and Steve insisted on using the new well it was new last time we were here Airport express to get into town from the brilliant ai

Today is dedicated to gluttony.Ambassador Hotel has excellent breakfast. They have their own bakery so it goes without saying that their breakfast pastries were excellent. Which made me want to try more bread and pastries in Taiwan so we headed out to Breeze shopping center on FuShin North Road. A very high end shopping mall think Prada Gucci Loewe and a high end bakery that complements. C

Bonjour cher tous et joyeux dimanche de Pques pour ceux qui ont cong et ont a leur disposition des tonnes de chocolat pour fter a et du vin ou de la bonne bire et du soleil de prfrence. je m'excuse pour les ventuelles fautes d'orthographe mais je n'ai dj plus l'habitude des clavier belges depuis que j'ai un nouvel ordinateur clavier anglais au boulot mais je vais faire de

Dia 05 Chuva de manh Sol impossvel de tarde...Comeou o dia com muita chuva estragou os planos de irmos conhecer novas praias. A mudana de planos virouse para uma ida rua com comrcio fazer compras. O Sol resolveu aparecer estava um calor impossvelEntrmos num caf com AC e provmos a bela da tapioca de cco... deliciosa.Fomos almoar ao Cantinho do Frango e seguimos pa

I know the first thing that you are thinking as you read this is probably bloody hell why is this entry so late. Youve been home for 1455 days why thats 44 times longer than the time you were away for Why are you bothering to write it now More importantly why am I wasting my time reading this entry now when I have already heard a million stories about this holiday Stop wasting my t

Ein kleiner Ostergruss Un pequeo saludo de Pascua Some easter greeting OstergrussPascuaEaster

Monday 14th March to Sunday 17th April 2011.BolognaMonday 14th March 2011It was raining so housework day and recuperation for Tom.Tuesday 15th March 2011Up and into Bologna with sort of an itinerary but we both feel great as there is no rush to things. So we wandered to the bike touring club closed until 6.30pm so no worries then went to Ferramenta where went on Saturday look

This morning I woke up to the sound of heavy rain which i suppose in the grand scheme of things was pretty good going a week after i arrived. However it scuppered a few of our plans to go rollerblading or kawakying around Manly. So Plan B shopping around Manly which is always a suitable alternative in my book. The unfortunate thing is that the excahnge rate is very poor at the moment for st

Enjoyed a lovely BBQ with the family today in the lovely lakeside town of Goolwa. Sensational weather meant that taking anything other than the motorbike would have been criminal. Good clear skies and fresh crisp air. The road surface between Strathalbyn and the Finnis turn off was like riding over yellow speed humps. After having a partial snooze I went for a walk with Peter along the lake s

Buona Pasque Happy EasterIts been a busy few days here in Lanciano where they do Easter in a BIG way It began Thursday evening with the parade of men covered from head to foot in black and wearing medallions displaying a skull and cross bones. One man the penitent man as I explained last week walks barefoot in the midst of them bearing a cross. Another group of four men carry a platfor