The flight in was good. Technically I drank and watched movies for 2 days straight since I crossed the international dateline. Lets just say I think I did some good damage to their Bacardi stash. My first day in Sydney was very interesting to say the least. First I found out that verizon wireless phones at least mine is not compatible with SIM cards. So I had to use the payphone to try and call

Sitting around the house today we began discussing all the things we are going to miss about Seoul and South Korea in particular. Shauna and I have both agreed that most of what we miss about Calgary are all the great food locations we use to frequent like1. Peter39s Drivein for magnificent milkshakes2. Oriental Palace for amazing Chinese food in Parkdale3. La Vienna for traditional Ital

I took the 730 boat from Dumaguete to Tagbilaran on Bohol then after taking a habalhabal to the jeepney station I caught a jeepney to Nuts Huts. Not sure where I wanted to get off I was hoping the guy I paid would let me know but he fell asleep so after passing the sign I told the lady next to me and the bus stopped not too far down the road. It was then a 20 min walk from the road through the f

Norma and myself caught the bus from Ayutthaya to Chaing Mai during the day eventually and after the tuktuk driver took us to the train station instead of the bus station another 7km away even that wasnt simple. On the 10hr drive north with an amazing amount of leg room you could see where the floods had hit and there was some houses nearly completely submerged. But on arriving in Chaing Mai t

Its the weekend Wow what it feels like to have a weekend. Saturday I caught up with Norma and we went to the Irish bar in town to watch the Rugby matches. First the Ireland game and after eating a delicious lunch of blueberry pancakes the England game. Gutted but they both lost. After dinner we watched The Three Muscateers at the cinema. A normal day for a change is so good when your travelling a

Friday evening Tou one of the Thai girls on the class organised for us all to go out for dinner. It was great We all went to River View restaurant Tou picked some of us up from the school in her pick up truck and we all crammed in the back of it Lida our instructor also came and the two of them ordered so much food for us all to share it was crazy and we all ordered a dish aswell. By the end

Its been awhile now since I was in Amasya and so much has happened since that I was going to skip saying anything about it. But then I thought of the lovely little city with its mountains pockmarked by the tombs of ancient Pontic kings elbowing their way into the streets and I realized that it just wasnt fair. I liked Amaysa from the moment the bus pulled into the small otogar.

TsomoririThe Tsomoriri Lake is a beautiful mountain bounded expanse of water around 240 Kms. from Leh. The lake is located at 14000 ft. near the small village of Korzok. Korzok is sparsely populated and is the only permanent settlement in Rupshu which is otherwise inhabited only by nomadic Changpa herdsmen. Though it is much smaller than the Pangong lake it is equally spectacular and is the b

Well Week Two is done and dusted and wasn39t it awesome to finish on a Thursday thanks Queenie. The week itself was just as busy as normal thoughon Monday night Beck and I went to SIK boxing on the marsh and my muscles waged war on me for the next 3 days at least. Wednesday night was mixed netball and Thursday night was volleyball and then the staff Halloween Party. I got to bed after midnig

Nubra 39the valley of flowers39 is located in the north of Leh around 120 kms across Khardung La 18380ft the world39s highest motorable road. Nubra used to be an important trade center on the famous silk route leading from Leh to Kashgar through the two passes of Saser and Karakoram. The main attractions of this region are the Bactrian camels double humped camels KhardungLa Pass

Evening greetings from fabulous Cambodia What a dayAs many of you know Siem Riep is one of my MOST favorite places for so many reasons. And it has not disappointed. Anyone in the hospitality industry needs to come here for some training because they know about customer service especially at the Angkor Century Resort Spa. They are 1The whole atmosphere here in Siem Riep is 39zenl

Another later start to the morning but I knew I would have a later night so I planned accordingly. Though I sure will miss just sleeping until my body is ready to get upAnother hot day in Malaysia but I first headed out for some soup for lunch. Another delicious serving of Nasam Curry Laska. Hot a bit spit spicy and happily slurped. I then took a train over towards the museum area. A few th

Letzte Woche Sonntag waren Torben und ich in Rota. Uns ging es zwar beiden nicht so gut aber wir wollten auch nicht unseren letzten gemeinsamen Tag hustend und schniefend im Bett verbringen. Eigentlich war es geplant dass wir mit dem Katamaran dort hinfahren aber aus irgendwelchen Grnden sind die an dem Tag nicht gefahren und wir mussten den Bus nehmen. Auf dem Weg dorthin haben wir in Cdiz

Wenn man einen Andalusier fragt welche Stdte Andalusiens man sich angucken sollte bekommt man fast immer die Antwort Sevilla Crdoba und Granada. In Sevilla war ich ja schon 2 Mal und gestern bin ich mit Mama und Papa nach Crdoba gefahren. Die Fahrt hat 35 Stunden mit dem Reisebus gedauert. Als wir ankamen war es mittags und da der Magen etwas geknurrt hat haben wir uns in einer Tapasbar

Narbonne 24 Sep SatWe had an uneventful journey to Narbonne. After the first 2 hours there were many stops until after 4.5 hours we arrived at Narbonne. The train wasnt quite as modern as from Paris but it was fine.We couldnt reach Helen Rob so we read the Plan de Narbonne at the station and decided to walk to Quai dlsace on the Canal de la Robine despite our previous bag toting episo

Beijing Tea Market. After a month of searching for tea it was only fitting that we found ourselves wandering the labyrinth of shops composing the Beijing Tea market. Over 1000 tea shops. Which to choose We have already explored so many shops in so many places that Kit has begun producing an imaginary movie called Kunming. The first line is Of all the tea shops on all the streets

So the last few days have been spent travelling by various means from Hanoi to Hue. The first stop on the way was Mai Chau where we stayed in a quiet and friendly little homestay right in the mountains and jungle of VietnamMalaria tablets are now being taken. Several days later we arrived in Phong Nha which was our first tourist stop along the way to Hue. Phong Nha is home to the biggest caves i

Today was a lazy day...Matt went to work and Bill and I walked to the 100 yen store to pick up some cheap sunglasses since we had left ours in Matt39s car and didn39t realize that we had the keys to get them out....It was a partly sunny day here humid and in the mid 70s....After the 100 yen store we headed for the Tama River but got sidetracked by a Halloween celebration where a long s

Our time in Darwin has come to an end tomorrow we leave for Kakadu before continuing our journey west. We have had a lovely two weeks here despite the heat and this is largely thanks to Patrina for allowing us to stay on her property. Complete with pool and a cool deck area Patrina and Summers home has been a very welcome and relaxing respite from our travels and we feel we are now up t

Photos to follow.We stayed on a campsite near Potes on Monday night long hot shower ......bliss Yesterday we drove up to Fuente De where we took the cable car up 750 metres. We then walked up another 500 metres to the nearest col. A long slog through rocky barren terrrain to the top. On a clear day we would have been able to see the sea however there was a big inversion and the clouds were r