Travel Skite is the blog of Pamela Wade, a New Zealand based travel writer.

2nd April ldquoIrsquoll give you roadsrdquoNamibian has an unparalleled knack for misquoting. Place names statistics you name it he gets it wrong lsquoMilan is confusingrsquo he opens. I point out that this is in fact Madrid. lsquoWell Milan or Madrid or whatever you want to call itrsquo he replies irritably. Hang on a minute theyrsquore completely different cities

Recently the Yangtze Three Gorges has been brought into the Beijing Olympics selected tour routes by China National Tourism Administration. After water storage the Three Gorges Reservoir remains fresh beauty.The Three Gorges made up by Qutang Gorge Wu Gorge and Xiling Gorge is the famous natural barrier in the Yangtze River. Since the construction of the Three Gorges Project in 1994 the wate

The total investment of the tourism layout of Yangtze Three Gorges will reach 26.9 billion yuan from 2007 to 2020. With the investment the Three Gorges Reservoir will be constructed to be the leading mixed tourist destination of China.According to the layout besides the construction of threedimensional network of tourist transportation and the improved comprehensive facilities the key tourist

No this does not mean I am coming home soon.However I've gotten to a point that I did not know I could ever reach. I'm actually sick of moving around After having spent too long a time moving every two to seven nights and camping on the hard cold ground a few too many times with no proper kitchen to cook and store food I have actually grow a bit tired of my vagabond lifestyle. Not to menti

Twentyfive years ago a young Michael Jordan was at the center court of controversy following his first games in the NBA. NBA commissioner David Stern ldquobannedrdquo Jordan's sneakers because they were a ldquouniform violationrdquo because they didn't match the shoes worn by the rest of the Chicago Bulls. A quarter century later Michael Jordan's son Marcus Jordan is at the center of c

We are leaving Bangkok behind for the time being and are off to Chiang Mai in the north. Things are going well. Yesterday we stayed in a lovely little hostel called Wanderlust and got to meet some nice people and gained lots of information and advice from the owner. We would recommend this hostel to anyone heading to this area.We'll write some more later but we are about to run out of time

What should have been a fantastic day out was spoiled by the driver of our tour. The day before he seemed very friendly wanting to help but a few little alarm bells were ringing. We thought it was a 2 and half hour journey was 5 and the friendly driver turned in to some sort of perv. telling us things we didnt want to know. We were both getting worried so read up on what to do when we stopped

Today I saw the girl of my dreams. she had a yellow hat on and red shorts with a white shirt. she smiled at me so I smiled back. Then later on in the evening I saw her eating dinner with another man who i presume is her husband as they where holding hands over candle light at the bungalow bar down the beach. That was the extent of my day today.

2nd batch of photos from li jiang.

Hello peopleTaallapa sita nyt viimein ollaaan. Eli Filippiineilla. Maassa jossa en kylla viela vuosi sitten kuvitellut koskaan kayvani. Maassa jossa on tiettavasti maailman parhaat biitsiit valkoistaa hiekkaa sinisen vihreeta peilikirkasta vetta tuhansia saaria aurinkoa iloisia ihmisia jne. Eika kylla voi valittaa Parin paivan kokemuksella voin sanoa etta onhan tama ihan muikeen mahtava

This entry is just to provide a few more holiday snaps from the Shanghai area. There are many pleasant gardens and places in Hanzhou making it a deservedly popular destination. Famous for it's Chrysanth tea apparently. While in Shanghai I took a walk around Pudongs' CBD area to have a gander at some of the shinynew monuments to global capitalism there. The upper half of Jin Mao Tower is hos

HAAPY NEW YEAR EVERYONEBlog to follow soon just pics for now..... Hope you enjoy

I woke up from my nap at ten completely refreshed and ready for some New Year's fun. I met Sarah and Mary on the corner of Kao San Rd which by now had turned into bedlam. Mary and Sarah already had beers purchased from 711 and recommended I do the same. I took a quick walk down the block which wound up taking almost twenty minutes because of the foot traffic. We finished those beers and took a

Just more photos to add to the last blog which I couldn't upload at the time x

HI All We're back in crazy crazy Bangkok for my last night here. The last couple days on Koh Phangan were awesome. We rented motor bikes and rode all over the island stopping at little beaches to have a swim or a tasty fruit shake surrounded by a ton of mangy stray dogs. The water was stunning and I had a pretty funny moment where I was without a bathing suit on a semideserted beach so I de

Part of Day 11 Sunday Dec 3 Luang Prabang.After we gave alms to the monks in the morning we had breakfast at our hotel. Then we climbed Mount Phousi which is the center of Luang Prabang where you can view the town from the top. On top of this hill there is a temple where I worshiped when I was little. I got some flowers candles and incense which I offered to the Budda in the temple. I

A wise woman once said to me ldquoyou can get away with anything if you just act like you know what yoursquore doing.rdquo Caitlin and I decided to put this to the test. Not having a shower at our place of temporary residence we ventured into town and headed toward BaseTaupo one of the large chain hostels that has a large enough influx on backpackers it allows for some anonymity.

In fifth grade I went to see the movie Titanic for the first time. In one scene the character Jack regales a group of Rosersquos upper class friends with the tale of his vagabond lifestyle stating ldquojust the other night I was sleeping under a bridge and now here I am on the grandest ship in the world having dinner with you fine people.rdquo I thought to myself lsquoI want

Chongqing will focus on building 50 luxury cruises to adjust the cruise structure in the Three Gorges tour route aiming to enhance the quality of Chongqing Yangtze Three Gorges Tour.According to the Associated Director of Transport Commission Heshengping Chongqing has owned 75 cruises with only 2 luxury cruises recently. In the statistics the tourists went to the Three Gorges by cruises were al