After a day out and about in Tokyo we went to Shinjuku for dinner and then to Kabukicho Tokyo39s redlight district. Lots of fun and flashing lights

Friday November 4 2011 Day 9As you may have seen in the last blog entry there were pictures of the Great Barrier Reef. Jim was a little ahead on that one. We took a tour of the Reef on Sunlovers Cruises. We boarded a catamaran around 10 AM and set out for our adventure. When the crew went through the safety orientation at the beginning of the trip they showed how to put on the life jacket and

Avion jusqu39 Hu la ville impriale au centre du Vietnam.A l39aroport je rencontre Samy et Greg deux touristes de Ste tout juste partis pour un an dans cette rgion du monde. Nous passerons les prochaines journes a dcouvrir ensemble Hu puis Hoi An.A premire vue Hu semble tre une Gomorrhe en miniature si on en croit les nombreuses propositions dans la rue pour nous ve

.....all we can say is they better receive the correct trailer part tomorrow morning or we may just about go postal.Have checked out every attraction in town and surrounds over the last 3 days and are officially ready to move on. We seem to have mastered the management of the annoying biting ants that seem to be infesting everything in sight. The Patrol tyres sit inside 4 squares of Ant killer po

Arrive Hong Kong 7h du matin heure locale minuit heure franaise. Je n39ai pas dormi du voyage j39ai dcouvert qu39 moins d39tre vraiment mort il est juste impossible de dormir dans un avion les siges sont super inconfortable Bref me voil seule Hong Kong pour 17h je ne sais pas si j39ai le droit de sortir ou pas...Dbut de l39aventure...Mais avant

So the full moon party saw my welcome return to alcohol and started. We started drinking in the Hostel at 1430 and made our way to the ferry with our boxes and bottles of goon cheap so called wine. In the party is one Dutch guy a Swedish Guy Fred 3 German girls as Australia is just full of Germans and me. We get to Magnetic Island at 1730 and went onto one of the local beaches near to whe

We have had the last two days doing very little. We have taken the time to do a little sunbathing along with preparing for our long journey home.Thursday we managed to get about 3 hours sunbathing in before the heavens opened and it poured with rain. Later that evening we took a walk into the town and had dinner in Chinese restaurant we had seen earlier in the week near to the Kmart store. It was

Today we start our epic journey home. We think it39s around 7000 miles.We have booked a taxi to collect us from the apartment at 8.00 this morning so did not have to be up too early.Check in at the airport all went according to plan. Were a bit surprised that we did not get charged for our extra bag as this is the longest leg of our 4 journeys so far over the last three weeks.The flight from S

We arrived at Madrid at about 6.30am this morning after an 8 hour flight. During that time the clocks also went back which made it even worse.We have another 5 hour wait for our flight to Tenerife. To try to make this a little more relaxing we have booked a lounge for the duration which we believe is near to the gate that our plane will leave from.Whenever we visit Madrid airport we always see

Danes je bil dan za bicikliranje. Tako sem odbiciklirala ze do zelezniske postaje da sem ob 10.02 sedla na lokalni vlak za Hualien. Ne mores ravno na vsak vlak z biciklom ampak jih je dovolj poleg tega je infrastruktura za moje pojme tukaj odlicna in je kar dober priblizek raja za kolesarje. Nasplosno je tole zelo bike frienldy drzava opazam saj lahko bicikel povsod vzames s seboj stegne so

Bon c39est le grand jour a fait des mois que je parle de mon dpart maintenant il faut y aller...Je me sens plutt bien mme si je n39ai pas dormi de la nuit Kamel et Julie sont avec moi pour aller jusqu39 l39aroport heureusement d39ailleurs car c39est vraiment grand paris et les aroports aussi...Bref je me fais enregistrer c39est le moment de passer la douane Kam

Yesterday we spent our last day in the Blue Mountains. We acted like tourists and went to Scenic World where we took all of the trams and cable cars over the valley. The tram had a glass floor so you could see all the way down into the canyon and we went over the top of Katoomba Falls. Paul is a whiz driving on the left. We went to a park that is known for wild kangaroos but alas there were no

As we get nearer the UK were starting to reflect on the trip and what weve seen and done. All has all mostly gone to plan and exceeded our expectations.Its been an amazing experience. In the 6 months we have travelled 10564 miles stayed at 54 different Campsites spent 7 nights on a yacht 4 Different Apartments 3 Hotels 4 Nights with Friends and one night on a ferry.We swam in seas

Beste Mensen De vorige blog ben ik beindigd in Vietnam dezelfde avond hebben we de bus naar Loas genomen dit is het laatste land dat we gaan bezoeken.S39avonds hebben we om 7 uur de bus genomen vanuit Hanoi deze bus zou ons in 24 uur naar Vientiane Laos brengen. Dit werd dus weer een lange trip. Overal waar we recencies lazen op internet zeiden ze dat dit the bustrip from hell was

Take yourself back to 29 October 2004... Where were you What were you doing I was at the Sheraton drinking screw drivers teaching Mary my host sister how to swim and getting caught up in an Ethiopian wedding. Oh that39s right that was yesterday Yes folks Ethiopia is quite literally 7 years behind. I39m sitting here with a beer feeling quite illegal the drinking age here is

When we left Phuket we really didnt know what to expect. We had heard a town called Kanchanaburi was fun inexpensive and most importantly not underwater. We left as a group of eight lost two and as of today Saturday our group has swelled to thirteen of the original thirtytwo ATI students. It is really tragic to see the devastation that has hit our new homeawayfromhome as more th

The tribe I decided to study was called Moche this tribe originated in northern Peru from the years 100AD800. The government for the tribe Moche was not lead by one leader this tribe was lead by a whole group. The tribe had no political beliefs. They belief a lot in rituals in these rituals human sacrifice played a role. The people that were sacrifice were the people that lost with them in

So Another 2.40am start to the weekend and missioning it to Gatwick airport The most nightmarish airport to get to and from but made it with screeeeds of time as I had already checked in online and didnt realise that meant i only needed to be there an hour before So had something to eat lost my only warm jacket found it again about 30mins later had a sleep and then boarded the plane to Zuri

HolaThought it was about time for another wee installment...not that I39ve got much to report here actuallyLife is good here pretty much settled now and into routines and suchlike. School is still totally mental but we39ve just been on half term break which was LOVELY A couple of weekends ago a big bunch of us went to the beach for the night and stayed in a lovely posada which is like a

I woke up feeling much more refreshed today Michael had school early so I slept in and got up when he camehome for an early lunch haha Was great We had some swiss rosti for lunch yum yum And then after informing me how to get a bus ticket Michael headed back to school and I went in the direction of the bus stop to begin exploring for the day Unfortunately when i got to the bus stop to