So weiter geht's wir haben einen straffen Zeitplan hier in den 3 Wochen Indien Nach 36 scharfen Gebirgskurven und 3 mal Bus umsteigen sind wir nun endlich am spaeten Abend in Ooty angekommen und es ist ohne Witz echt kalt im Vergleich zu den 45 Grad vorher. Uns wurde schon vorher angekuendigt dass Ooty wahrscheinlich total ueberfuellt sein wird und wir nie im Leben ein Zimmer bekommen wer
Road Trippin
Queenstown cabin fever truly has set in. Earning no money... No proper snow yet.... not started new job yet.. so whats the answer Road trippinThis exciting instalment from my German housemate and I brings you actual real life snow deers lakes lakes and mountains some sheep more lakes and then a Film set in little Arrowtown with Fake snow and Christmas lights All topped off a good days
Day 01 The long flight to London via Hong Kong
Today is the start of our holiday with a lot of air travel to look forward to.We commence our day by travelling from Brisbane to Sydney at 9 am to connect to our Virgin Atlantic flight to London via Heathrow leaving at 2.30 pm.The flight through to London was uneventful with both of us managing to get some sleep on the way and we arrived at Heathrow at about 5.10 am Monday about 15 minutes ahead
Kas Adventures
Kas days 23 So Kas is full of cats and dogs not dissimilar to Santorini as mentioned if If could feed them all I would They are not aggressive or in bad condition some are pets and some are strays all living a combined existence in the town square restaurants and bars. They are playful and affectionate and lets be honest in some cases hungry...The Schmackos are a hit for all creatures 'gr
Vakantie
Zo na twee heftige weken heb ik eindelijk vakantie Nog druk bezig met inpakken van al m'n spullen en dan bedoel ik ook echt allesNa de vakantie gelijk naar een nieuw huissie waar ik de sleutels nog niet eens van heb Pfff da's nog meer stress....Maar goed nog drie nachten slapen en dan... vliegen met mijn lief. Onze reis begint op Schiphol via Cairo naar Kuala Lumpur om vervolgens een paar
Regency Steampunk Sky Pirates
No we don't actually have Regency Steampunk Sky Pirates in Cork... more's the pity. It would have made for a mad experience.This might be my last travel blog entry for some time I believe. I go home on Sunday If I'm inspired I may write on Friday or Saturday but I have a sneaking feeling I will be too busy.So you might be expecting some kind of summingup entry. But I have no idea how to sum
Focsani days 13
All of my various hosts have been most generous in letting me use their home computers. I have no problem with going to a net cafe and paying to use on but since wifi is so widespread there is virtually no need for them because people have highspeed net at home and tey just bring their laptops when they go out.My first full day in Focsani a drive to a village to drop off Dan's old beatup Dac
The final few days
Back in Efate again at least this time it is not raining WOW it looks so much nicer.As usual we had nothing booked on arriving at airport after trying one place too expensive we ened up at the Nirvana. Great place but empty as usual we were the only guests. This place had a coral beach although the same issue of only being able to swim at high tide. We worked out the last day would be
Four weeks to go down under…
The excitement of future trips is heightened by a wee peak at posts from previous travels. I can smell the Beach in Rio and the tea in Sri Lanka but this year there is an air of Winter about our trip. If the sun shines it may be tipped with a hint of snow and a Maori nose rub. Ok we are off to New Zealand via Tokyo with a couple of stop off's in Sydney and Honkers on the way home. Now as long a
New Orleans
Hi allarrived here early this morning. The trip from Jackson was interesting. Did you know you can smoke in restaurants here Strange... We took a longer route and came across the causeway. Probably a mistake because Bill is not a fan of driving across any bridge with water underneath and I honestly thought he would have a heart attack. He started to sweat gripping the wheel and smoking. The
Malta
Malta beautiful place
I’m off.
Well after a few months of waiting around or more correctly sitting around and doing basically nothing. I've got my bags packed and headed to the airport in less than half an hour. I'll be flying to London by way of Amsterdam and then joining the ship on Saturday morning after spending the night in London. The ship is the Independence of the Seas and does mostly Mediterranean routes. I'll be back
Brighton UK
I woke at 3.30am ready to start the day as it was about 10.30am KL time there was still lots of partying going on outside still so I thought it safer to stay in bed and get more sleep also can you imagine me waking Greg at that time Beautiful sunny day approx 25 degrees. We left hotel at about 8am and the town was like a ghost town nothing open and only people around were the occasional
The day before the big hike…
Yesterday was a big day for me. I climbed a mountain called Ilinizas that is almost 5200m high. This climb was just to get acclimatized so that when I hike Cotopaxi at 5897m I will not die. The place that I made my booking for the hike through a travel agency and they paired me up with a girl from Iceland. Her name is Ines and she is almost the stereotypical girl from Iceland and a pretty hard
Goodbye to Vancouver Island
Today is our last day on the island. At 730 tomorrow we will be driving onto the Northern Expedition and setting off on our 15hour voyage to Northern BC.After we left Campbell River last Saturday we headed west into the Strathcona Provincial Park. The park is centred around a 14 milelong lake called Buttle Lake. Lots of snow covered mountains and more than a few waterfalls.On the drive to
Check into the Hotel El Castellano Merinda
Saturday 22.5.2010 day 220Check into the Hotel El Castellano MerindaToday we moved about 10 blocks from one hotel to a club hotel in Merinda a 5 stars hotel with a kitchen and a king size bed.
From Brighton to Bath
Itrsquos my birthday Left Brighton at about 10.30am a bit later than would have liked but by the time we had brekky did all the internet and skype business tried again to get money out of bank with the travelcard with no luck and got car out of very expensive car park it all took time. On the way to Portsmouth we went the scenic beach route which really wasnrsquot all that scenic as it w
Masaya
Hi everyoneI have been on the go for the last three days. Every night a different city. After I left Granada I went to Masaya because I knew I could get a direct bus from there to Matagalpa. It turned out to be a very interesting city and visit. In Masaya they are famous for a wonderful market for all sorts of Nicaraguan made things. There were boots bags clothes wood art guitars scarve
Museo de Antropologia e historia
Sunday 23.5.2010 day 221Museo de Antropologia e historiaToday we tyred to find the Moto GP or f1 or both on TV but we could not find ether so we missed both races. We went to the Museo de Antropologia e historia anthropology museum it was full of Mayan artifices many that has been taken from the nearby archaeological sites around here such as Chichen Itza that we went to the other day and Uxmal
Merinda
Monday 24.5.2010 day 222MerindaToday we booked our trip to Uxmal and did some Mayan cooking from our cook book. We did marinades and pickles so that we could eat Mayan food while we are here. Merinda has a population of 781000. The major industries are Tourism agriculture fishing commerce construction and assembly plants. The languages spoken are Spanish and Maya. 77 of people are Catholic.