Day Seventeen1 March 2010Location RomeHotel Hotel ApolloOur final day in Rome dawned and once again we were in no hurry to start the day. Even though this was our final day in Rome we felt we had seen most of the sights that we had come to see and only had one major sight to visit Vatican City.You canrsquot come to Rome and not visit Vatican City. The sovereign city and home of the Pope s

Wednesday 17.3.2010 day 154St Patrickrsquos Day in IrelandWe had heard that Dublin was the best place to be for St Patrickrsquos Day so we asked our resort and they told us it was more for young people and anyone over 21 would not have fun there. We asked where else to go and they told us getting in and out of anywhere would be a night mare and that they could get us a taxi to Kilkenny but we

Thursday 18.3.2010 day 155Kilkenny CastleAfter our big St Patrickrsquos night last night lol we slept in and when we got up we found a note on our door telling us that the Trad Irish night that was to be on tonight had been cancelled due to lack of numbers this is bad news as we were going to continue our St Patrickrsquos celebrations there and did not have other stuff for dinner. It was now

Sunday 14.3.2010 day 151Knocktopher AbbeyToday we went for a look around our home for the week Knocktopher Abbey. The Abbey was started by Earl of Ormond for the Carmelite order of Friars in 1356. The Friars were expelled in Cromwellrsquos wake in 1654. It then became a Convent until 1737. The Langrishe Baronetcy of Knocktopher abbey in the county of Kilkenny is title in the Baronetage of Irelan

Da var det igjen gtt noen uker i Buenos Aires og n fler man virkelig p at tiden flyr... Bare noen f uker igjen til eksamen og s var plutselig disse tre mnedene over. Det er merkelig hvordan det bo s langt hjemmefra likevel kan bli dagligliv. Her er det opp tidlig om morran lese nyheter p nett spise frokost dra p skolen akkurat som hjemme og nr skoledagen er ferdig hjem til bal

Sleeping in a dorm its very hard to get ready to go out without waking other people up especially when you are as hungover as we were. We left at 8 after some breakfast and coffee. The bus took 3 hours and was small I was lucky because i got the last proper seat on the bus the last 4 or 5 people had to sit on fold down chairs down the aisle which did not look comfortable. I felt really sorry f

Ok so I know I said three weeks and it has hardly been one but I've had a change of plans.I did the trek to the sacred lakes of Gosainkunda as planned but then binned the next part largely because it would have been a partial repeat of what I did in 2008. But also because the 6th day of the trek 2000 metres of descent on sharp rock destroyed my walking bootsSo anyway I'm back in Kathmand

Monday 15.3.2010 day 152It's a long way to TipperaryToday we got up and drove to town of Waterford in the Waterford County it is the oldest city in Ireland it was founded by the Vikings in 853. We went to Reginalds Tower one of the oldest building in town. Waterford is world famous for its hand cut crystal and the Waterford crystal factory is in the town. We then drove along the rugged copper coa

After yesterday's chillaxed vibe in which peaceful hours spent at camp were punctuated only by laundry internet and dinner at a cafe in the nearby village today felt like a series of intense experiences barging into each other and vying for thought space.We'd decided to stay another day at Fisherman's Camp partly because we didn't feel ready to leave especially in an early departure and par

Photos from part 2 of the Gosainkunda trek

Photos from part 3 of the trek

Jaipur is a globally famous travel destination situated in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the capital city of the state. It is also one of the most beautiful and remarkable cities in the country. Fondly known as the Pink City of India this beautiful city appeals and attracts a large gathering of tourists and vacationers from all over the world. The city is one of the wellplanned cities in

The bag is backThere have been a lot of you wondering what happend to my friend Ander's bag. I just thought I would give you an update on this issue. Anders have had a couple of telephone conversations with the responsible delivery agency and the responsible airline during the last couple of days. Finally today ha has recieved his bagAnder's is now ready to move on in life. Kristian

As we moved further north from Cervantes we said goodbye to the nice cool nights that we had grown accustomed to in the south and moved into ldquohot and stickyrdquo territory once again. In the very dry country that surrounds Geraldton we had heard of this little oasis called Ellendale Pool with a nice campground and a permanent waterhole where you could swim and cool off. So after a few rat

A holiday company specialising in Holidays to the Greek Islands is offering departures from Bristol International Airport for the first time this summer.Islands of Greece has seats available on flights operated by Viking Airlines from Bristol for Holidays to Corfu Kefalonia Mykonos Crete and Holidays to Skiathos. The company has been providing luxury Greek island holidays for 30 years and off

Thursday 11.3.2010 day 149Carnac standing stones in BrittanyWe drove from Paris to Carnac today. Once we got to Carnac we checked into our wonderful hotel with fantastic views across the river. We then went to the Carnac Alignments a Neolithic site that is 6000 years old. Legion has that the stones were Roman legionaries turned to stone and local belief had them to be Magical stones. From 1830

Friday 12.3.2010 day 150Ferry to IrelandWe drove to Normandie past the dday beachers which were very pretty we read in the French news paper that they are still fining unexploded bombs from dday and had found one on the 14 of Feb a few weeks before we where there where they evacuated 20000 people from their homes and they do not expect to find all the dday bombs until 2020. We got the 10 pm Ce

Saturday 13.3.2010 day 150IrelandWe arrived in Ireland at 1 pm and did not know what side of the road they drove on until we was an Irish car as we drove off the ferry and itrsquos driverrsquos seat was on the right hand side so we knew that they drove on the Left hand side of the road It was good to know this before we got to the road.We then drove to our Resort in Knocktopher Abbey Knockto

I was hopelessly lost. All of the signs were telling me conflicting things and it didnrsquot seem like there were any people around that I could ask for help Everyone who was there hurried past me averting their gaze seemingly playing a game of ignore the lost man with the big backpack. The muffled voice came back on the intercom and announced a string of instructions regarding which train

So we arrived in Nhatrang on sat morning after the bumpiest ride ever on the sleeperbus. It shouldnt really be called a sleeper bus as sleep was impossible to achieve. but still. . an experience. especially as there wasnt a toilet on board and it was a 12 hour journey. which was interesting for some loud mouths americans would were forced to go on the side of the road haha. We arrived just as t