Round the World Trip 2006/07

We arrived in La Paz on Thursday afternoon. It is absolute mayhem here! Buses, taxis, combis and people everywhere. Crossing the road is a challenge in itself. We went to an Asian restaurant for our farewell meal on Thursday night. Having not had a cur...

 

Australia 2005

4 days in Perth chilling and getting to know the city...

 

World Backpacking Trip (Part 2) - New Zealand, Australia, Asia & Europe 2006 / 2007

Wednesday 11th April I Woke at 5am as train rattled into Hanoi. I met Aaron and Natalie at the front of the station and we took a taxi back to the same hotel, where we had breakfast because nowhere else was open before 8am. Then I took a ta...

 

Round the World Trip

I know when you see the pictures of what we are wearing you will think to yourselves where can I get these outfits from? Well, I hate to dissapoint you it is not easy looking this good - Tights and shorts - gifts. boots and coats $90. Looking like comp...

 

Perth June 2006

Went to Romany's for dinner for my mums birthday. Had some really great italian food and a few drinks. Started off at the Brass Monkey in Northbridge. Had dinner with my mum, dad and my nan. Had a suprise cake and a few shots of sambuca.... Mums fr...

 

Western Australia 2005

The four days went very quickly, but I always knew it was going to be a fast tour. The final day of my trip was more relaxed than the previous three - we set off at 10:30, for one thing. I had a wander on the beach at Coral Bay before we got underway. ...

 

Exmouth Trip 2007

The last day was another where we had to wake up "at the crack of a sparrow's fart" as a family friend would say! (in other words, extremely early) We saw more of the wildflowers on the way back through geraldton and we stopped at the Hutt...

 

OUR ODYSSEY

Caught Eurostar to Paris on Friday night. Sat went to market, Notre Dame, Crepes on Champs Elysee, Climbed Eifel tower, Sunday to Montmarte, more food. Moulin Rouge, more food, Eurostar hoem. Amazing weekend....

 

Return to Oz

Word/phrase of the stay: Redneck central Stayed: Coolibah Lodge ($52 p/n), Aaron Hotel ($90p/n), Richards of Northridge B&B ($79p/n), Rottnest Island Holiday Park ($69p/n) Activities: Sightseeing, beach, Rottnest Island, Margaret River Overall o...

 

2003 was good

March 8, 8:44 pm Ho Chi Minh City: Park View Hotel Saigon is by far the most congested and unorganized cities I have ever seen or heard about. It is unreal. There appears to be no traffic laws whatsoever; everyone simply drives wherever they please. ...

 

Western Australia

So, we gave sandboarding a go... but it was so windy (hence the dunes) that we were battling the sand in the eyes most of the time (swim goggles do not help!) and shovelling sand out of our ears by the end of it. We arrived in Lancelin mid morning a...

 

Round the world trips 2004

After being taken to heathrow we flwe straight out to bangkok where we stayed in the 5star Marriott Hotel on the banks of the river, it was beautiful. After meeting vic's dad we did tours of the markets at chatuchak and sala daeng. The bargains were am...

 

Trip of a lifetime!

Well we arrived in Sydney after a tiresome 23 hours of travelling from Joburg, Africa, on the 6th March 2006....

 

Australia 2004

Started my journey in Sydney ...

 

World trip

After another early start we arrived at Airlie Beach for our sailing adventure on the Whitsunday Magic. This 135ft tall ship was to take us around the Whitsunday Islands for the next 3 days. The first night we anchored at Whitehaven Bay after sunset,...

 

RTW with Steph and Dion

Written by Dion August 11-12, 2006 We decided to spend a couple of days in Uruguay, so we boarded the 9:00AM Buquebus ferry from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay on Friday morning. The ferry itself was quite nice and the rid...

 

Australia July 2000

an introductory trip with Don Hunter to visit as many mines as possible....

 

Australia

Sun 25 Feb 07 (Writing on the 1st March) FROM KAKADU TO KATHERINE I was really excited about arriving in Katherine. From what we had heard and read it sounded a lovely little town. Having stayed three days I don't know how anyone could live here! ...

 

Weltreise 2006

In Darwin checken wir in Chillis Backpacker Hostel ein. Unser Plan, die Westkueste entlang zu reisen, platzt innerhalb einer Minute, da zwischen Darwin und Broome alle Strassen ueberschwemmt sind und es auch zwischen Broome und Perth sieben Zyklone gab...

 

My Gap Year 2001

Travelling with Sarah a lovely trusted KES girl, we set off on our first location - Singapore the hottest place ever! From here we spent 6 months experiencing the delights of backpacking in Australia. On the west coast remember the lovely Brendan and t...

 

Round the World Trip 2006/07

After all these years of 'one day planning to go in the future'....I made it across the world to the world down under. We are spending 3 months in this lovely country and had to apply for a 3 month holiday visa to be able to do so. Personally, I fo...

 

My Big Trip

Our first true home in Oz, we lived in Brisbane for 3.5 months and enjoyed pretty much every minute of it. The weather was good for autumn. Small town but a fair bit to do!...

 

Australia

After Cervantes, we cruised on down through Perth (which will be our final Australian destination) to the funky and very pretty port city of Fremantle where we left Drew and Alistair for a few days while we continued further south. We plan to stay in F...

 

World Travels 2007

Arrived into Melbourne today by train. After the tram journey to St Kilda, we tried to locate the backpackers. Walking around and getting more and more pissed off for not knowing where we are, we finally found the place and booked in. Entering our r...

 

Grant's travels 2006 - 2007

Return to the Melbourne...

 

ROUND THE WORLD

Spent only 2 days in Arequipa, leaving us too little time to visit the nearby Colca canyon. Instead we rested and visited the charming Santa Catalina monastery....

 

um-die-welt 2007

Mit etwas Verspaetung komme ich endlich dazu hier ueber meine Erlebnisse auf dieser Reise zu berichten. Also Argentinien die Erste: Meine erste Station ist Buenos Aires. Eine Stadt mit Charme der Alten Welt vermischt mit einem kraeftigen Schuss Modern...

 

Western Eurotrippin 2006

Coming soon...

 

Friends are the family you choose - 2 years in London

I have been asked by a number of people to keep the stories coming. The feedback l have had from many of you has been so complimentary and flattering. I hope l can continue to make you laugh (l would be happy with a smile), sometimes cringe and l know ...

 

Three months in South East Asia - 2005

Portugal with kai-Chun. Expensive fish meal (not paying the whole bill), Cap St. Vincent sunset, walk on the beach, The Old Village, Portimao, supermarket, dinner over looking the sea (moon on the water)....