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

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

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

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

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.

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

Prague can be whatever you wish it to be. That's why quite a few folks have dreamt about this fine venue numerous also making an appearance on the city's doorstep occasionally. There are scarcely any places in the world with the awesome preeminence and pomp of Prague. I made my way to the notable Dudley Opera House. The Dudley Opera House has hosted some of the greatest Europe operatic events ove

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I was initially concerned about domestic travel during the Spring Festival season so much so that I was considering going to Taiwan or sticking closer to Wuhan. I saw some terrifying photos in news articles and read stories about people getting stranded for days. However I went myself to the train ticket office early in the morning nine days before the train I wanted and all options hardsoft

12 February 2011 The sunrise was stunning and I wanted to stay but we hadn't booked another night in Raglan. I think we were both more than a little sad to be moving on but if we were to head North we needed to move this morning. We had been lucky enough at Solspace to have access to a fridge so the cool box or 'chilly bin' as they call them here had been redundant for a few days. This necess

Lets see. A lot has happened and a lot has changed the past few weeks. I was in Santiago Chile for almost 2 weeks. Its a great city. It felt like home here. Even after just a few days here I felt like a local. The train was easy to follow great neighborhoods to visit and great food to eat. Of course I have been counting my pennies since I started my travel so I try to eatin instead. The