Ella Ella Ella What a beautiful place. High in the hills amazing views a small friendly little town perfect weather and Samrsquos suggestion to upgrade to a better hotel was such good advice. I could not have been happier. I managed the walk with a lot of gentle persuasion up Little Adamrsquos Peek enjoyed a relaxing massage drank a bit too much Arrack and saw more waterfalls.I awo
Hockey Night in Tasmania
Yea yea I know I haven't done the greatest job keeping you all up to date with the happenings down under but I only just got the internet and that's a decent enough excuse I think. So lets do the news first. Nina and I now have a two bedroom house in a suburb of Hobart called Sandy Bay. Very niceI also mentioned in my last blog that I was thinking about getting a cellphone and usually I back
Tissamaharama or Tissa for short.
On the way to Tissa we visited an ancient site of a Buddhist temple from the Mahayana tradition the one that I am more familiar with and I got a kick our of seeing carvings whorsquos names I knew. Theravada is the tradition here in Sri Lanka and although the philosophies are not that different the religious practices are.Tissamaharama is a lively little town and a lot bigger than Ella. Itrsqu
Sri Lankan Safari.
I was up at 5.30.a.m. and ready to leave by 6 on my safari into Yala National Park. Sam and I jumped into the ancient looking jeep and we headed off through the hundreds of early morning dogs taking their stroll through the street. They are surprisingly healthy looking and mostly a smooth golden colour.After 15 minutes of pretty rough roads we got to the entrance of the park got our tickets and t
Wandering around Delhi
Wanna know what the main tourist attraction in Delhi is Me. Yes it has become apparent that Indians are just as interested in me as I am in them if not more. Even before reaching my destination the Red Fort I already had two people asking to have their pictures taken with me. But it was only when I arrived there that I realised the extent of their curiosity.The Red Fort is a majestic complex b
Crazy day
It's ironic that the most adventurous day so far has to be the one when I take a tourist bus. I don't normally go for these kind of things but because Delhi's attractions are so far away from each other and it is so hard to get around the city I reluctantly bought an hopon hopoff bus tour for the day. So what could possibly go wrong A lot of things as it turns out. At my second stop my slipper
Day 12 Cradle Mountain
Today we drove down to the Information Centre at the Cradle Mountain National Park. We left the car there and caught the shuttle bus down to Dove Lake. Dove Lake is a beautiful lake that sits below Cradle Mountain. The view was spectacular a beautiful lake with majestic mountains behind that were dotted with snow.Steve and I hiked around the perimeter of Dove Lake. It took us about three hour
Leaving Busselton for Walpole Albany
Hi AllIt's Friday 15th October and I am leaving Busselton to travel through some of the timber country to the southern and south west coastal area of West Australia. The first short stop was at Pemberton a small township near the south coast which is surrounded by some 4000 hectares of National Parks mainly containing the remaining natural areas of the giant Karri Trees. The road touches on th
Hi Y’all from N’Awlins
GdayWhat can we say I read in one of the books or brochures that New Orleans is 'an assault on the senses'. I couldn't express it any better myself.The noiseThe colourThe smellThe raunchiness.We've seen a few places around the world with this sort of reputation but nothing like this ......For all of that its a very fun place to be. The food is cheap the grog is cheaper and everyone takes adva
Denver
Howdy.Lots to update about Last time I wrote Korina and I were still in St. Louis gearing up for our longest drive of the trip so far. We were definitely expecting the worst 14 hours is a long time to be in the car but it wasn't bad at all Korina and I alternated which helped a lot. The drive was so straight compared to the drive from DC to Maryland...we basically kept the car in cruise con
In the Red
Saa befinder vi os i Alice Springs. Det har vaeret lidt koldt her de sidste dage hvor vi har vaeret paa tur men nu er solen ved at komme godt frem igen. Vi ankom til Alice springs for 4 dage siden om formiddagen saa vi havde god tid til at gaa lidt rundt i byen hvilket ogsaa var rart efter en meget lang bustur hertil. Vi praesterede kun at koere en kaenguru og et stort firben ned paa vejen he
Kathering Gorge to Darwin
This morning we slept in and left Banka Banka at 7am on our way to Katherine Gorge. We stopped at the Daly Waters pub which is a strange little outback roadhouse with lots of strange things everywhere. There is a jandalflip flopthong tree currency from everywhere around the world and just weird stuff wherever you look. They also have a nice pool so we swam there and had some lunch before g
Big Day Out in Manhattan
New York Part III.In the same way that one is drawn to rubberneck at a motorway pileup we had a morbid interest in the World Trade Center site.We jumped on the subway which we have now mastered with the help of our trusty iPhones and headed down to the WTC Tribute Centre a small gallerymuseum run by volunteers who had been personally impacted by the events of 911.They also run tours aroun
Fodelsedagsfirande pa Tasmanien
Den 23e oktober ar nu over nu ar man narmre 30 an 20 usch o fy...borjar bli gammal jaKandes klart lite trakigt att inte fa vara hemma o fira med familj och vanner men fick en riktigt bra dag anda Stellan fixat och planerat och dagen borjade med att jag blev vackt pa sangen med champagne och cheescake med blabar fin sang av hela alla svenskarna och randall fick tva par riktigt fina orhang
Nepal and the Himalayas
Well after 32hrs in transit from Iceland we arrived in Kathmandu. Props to the Dehli airport for the remodel and the comfortable chairs. Minus points for the crappy sandwiches and smoothies that we had at the Swichsandwich place there. BLECHOn the 26th we arrived in the Kathmandu airport ghot our 30 day entry visas and caught our shuttle to the Hotel Ganesh Himal right in the center of it
Day 13 and 14 LauncestonHome
Today we went to Cataract Gorge. We parked at the top carpark and caught the chairlift across the Gorge. We also went on a lovely long walk around the Gorge the track was quite steep in some parts. It was sunny and warm today. YAYWe then drove the length of the Tamar River to Beauty Point and visited Seahorse World. This was very interesting as it is a Seahorse Farm and they breed the sea
Going wild in Chitwan National Park
So I haven't written a blog entry in quite a while as I've been having such a great time and there hasn't been that much internet access available but I am back Back in Chitwan to be preciseI arrived in Chitwan from Pokara and the bus finally pulled up in the middle of nowhere and here I was. We were basically in the middle of a big field and there were a million touts and jeeps and men shou
Picnic in Barge Park
Today we met at Barge Showgrounds to watch the horses jumping and to have a picnic it was windy but sunny and we had an enjoyable lunch. Then just before we went home we had a lovely icecream
Dambulla another historical site.
Much smaller than Polonnaruwa or Anuradhapura but spectacular just the same. The entrance is very very kitch. The Japanese built a museum and a huge golden Buddha with a row of bright orange monk statues leading up to it. Tacky to say the least. Then there are the usual hundreds of steps and I love the way they manage to make every step a different size so that you can never get into any kind of
Kandy and a home from home.
The drive from Dambulla to Kandy was beautiful. It is really jungley and therer are lots and lots of spice plantations. Naturally I visited one and had the tour with a guide who was probably hoping for a tip again. Then it was time to have some of the preparations rubbed on my hand sprayed on my arms etc. Then as I was about to leave the little cabana for the shop a young man came to massage so