INDIA | Monday, 5 Feb 2007 | Views [196]
Last night we took out last train in India, to our last stop before heading home to Australia! We left beautiful, sunny Palolem in South Goa to head to Mumbai for 12 days. The train ride was interesting as it always is! We were sharing our compartment ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
INDIA | Monday, 5 Feb 2007 | Views [396]
Gwen and I spent the last week in Goa. The first 4 days in the party capital, Calangute, then the second half in the South in Palolem... We took the public bus to get from Calangute to Palolem. On the first leg of the trip, a young mother got on with ... Read more >
Tags: People
INDIA | Saturday, 20 Jan 2007 | Views [268] | Comments [2]
I think that I owe India an apology... Without really intending it, I arrived in India and soon adopted the attitude (Due to a few nasty hiccups!) that I hated it here, and secondly, that India needed to change, not me. India has many problems. It ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
INDIA | Thursday, 28 Dec 2006 | Views [211]
We decided to move to a cheaper and more central hotel to spend the rest of our week in Darjeeling… We spent the whole morning looking around as most of the rooms were booked out. We finally find a well placed and decent room for an amazingly good price ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
INDIA | Wednesday, 27 Dec 2006 | Views [303]
We spent three days in Varanasi... Our experience was an interesting one... Our hotel was unfortunately outside of the main part of the city which made the experience slightly less enjoyable... We arrived on train to Varanasi from Agra at 5am in the ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
INDIA | Tuesday, 26 Dec 2006 | Views [718]
Gwen and I prepared heartily and enthusiastically for spending our Christmas stuck in the overnight train from Varanasi to Darjeeling. We bought yummy food, decorations, and headed down to the train station humming Christmas carrols to each other... ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
INDIA | Wednesday, 13 Dec 2006 | Views [419]
Claire Bear and PenGwen's Guide to Traveling in India: How to Keep Going When Your Cash has Stopped Flowing! This guide was born after finding ourselves in a foreign (and craaaazy!) country without a cent... Although this is purely comical and ... Read more >
Tags: Budgets & money
INDIA | Saturday, 9 Dec 2006 | Views [580]
I am collecting quotes in India - Haven't got much of a collection yet but I will be adding more as I go along! 1) "My parents have expired" (Naz) I can't get over this one! It cracks me up every time! 2) "Oh no Calire (me!)! You're ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
INDIA | Saturday, 9 Dec 2006 | Views [640]
We have been in Rajasthan since the 4th of December... We arrived in Jaipur, Rajashtan's capital by train and so far have been there as well as Pushkar... Jaipur did not impress us particularly as we did the tourist circuit of all the monuments... ... Read more >
Tags: Scams & Robberies
INDIA | Saturday, 9 Dec 2006 | Views [414]
Gwen celebrated her 22nd birthday on the 4th of December... Considering we are broke, it ended up being quite an eventful and memorable celebration... Firstly, the scary Dharamsala guys (they told Gwen that they "have special feelings" for ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
INDIA | Sunday, 3 Dec 2006 | Views [540]
After spedning a couple of fairly stressful days trying to work New Delhi out, we decided to go to plan B which basically involved getting the hell out of there ASAP in any way possible... We talked to a dodgy travel agent (Who was perhaps a little ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
BOLIVIA | Saturday, 14 Oct 2006 | Views [908] | Comments [3]
Just got back from a 3 day tour to the Uyuni salt flats and beyond yesterday... Was a pretty amazing place, almost at times like being on Mars or in a Salvador Dali painting... I arrived in Uyuni after a fairly unimpressive 10 hour night bus trip (the ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 14 Oct 2006 | Views [260] | Comments [1]
Made it to Argentina about 2 hours ago after a fairly challenging day! I got back from my Uyuni salt flat tour last night, and decided to go this morning on a 5am trip to Tupiza, Villazon and then over the border into Argentina where I had planned to ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
PERU | Saturday, 23 Sep 2006 | Views [222] | Comments [1]
I am at the moment back in Cusco, visiting a friend... Had quite a few hilarious (but fairly disturbing!) incidents in the last few days mostly involving dodgy Cusceñan men! The first night that I arrived here, I went out dancing by myself and had ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
BOLIVIA | Saturday, 23 Sep 2006 | Views [1021]
Last week, after having my flights cancelled two days in a row (Grrrrrr!) I finally made it to Rurrenabaque in northern Bolivia which is the stepping point into the spectacular Madidi National Park and the Pampas (which are savannah swamp land with ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
BOLIVIA | Friday, 8 Sep 2006 | Views [191]
Well, my plans have been foiled for the second time by yet again a strategic blockade taking place in Rurrenabaque... My flight for tomorrow morning has been cancelled until further notice meaning that I have to change all of my plans... Again... Grrrrrr.... Read more >
Tags: Airports
BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 6 Sep 2006 | Views [1083]
Well, on Sunday I took the plunge and mountain biked down the "Most Dangerous Road in the World". After riding down it on a bike at break neck speed, I can tell you for sure that it is no exageration. The 44km stretch of road between La Paz ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 6 Sep 2006 | Views [252]
I did my second border crossing into Bolivia from Puno on Friday 1/9 which, although went better than the first one, still left me feeling very very grumpy, angry bear! Firstly, I was hung over and suffering from a serious lack of sleep. In the altitude ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
PERU | Wednesday, 6 Sep 2006 | Views [607]
The Peruvian Titicaca lake-side town of Puno which I spent a few days in was really very charming and a culturally fascinating place to visit. When I arrived in the cold late afternoon to the town, I have to say that I was not all that impressed with ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
PERU | Monday, 14 Aug 2006 | Views [452]
Well, I have been in a city North of Lima for the last 3 days called Huarraz, the gateway to the Cordillera blanca, in the department of Ancash (meaning "blue" in Quechua, named so, to me, for quite obvious reasons involving the quality of ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
PERU | Monday, 14 Aug 2006 | Views [201]
I spent 3 days in the Northern Peruvian city of Cajamarca which was time well spent and enjoyed. The whole northern part of Peru is largely neglected by tourists, who usually seem to follow the gringo trail down south - Big mistake! Cajamarca is a ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
PERU | Sunday, 6 Aug 2006 | Views [676] | Comments [1]
This week I have been traveling around the northern coastal regions of Peru. I have visited Piura, Chiclayo and now I am in Trujillo (Which I have to say is by far the best of the 3!) The cities in this area, to me, are less than impressive but luckily ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
PERU | Wednesday, 2 Aug 2006 | Views [369] | Comments [4]
The border crossing into Peru was a little bit traumatic for me and I am still feeling a little bit raw about it I have to say! I crossed into Peru at the borer coastal town of Huaquillas. The minute I stepped off the bus I was jumped on by a number ... Read more >
Tags: Scams & Robberies
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 2 Aug 2006 | Views [192]
Well, it seems that I have a lot of time to account for but not too much to tell! Since I got back from Colombia I have been in Ecuador... In the first week back, I went to Riobamba (in central Ecuador) where I stayed a week, visting little towns in ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
COLOMBIA | Wednesday, 21 Jun 2006 | Views [1575] | Comments [3]
My last 6 days have been spent hiking to the "Ciudad Perdida" (The
lost city) which is, true to its name, a city built around 1000 years ago,
forgotten, lost and swallowed up by the jungle for a very long time, only to be
rediscovered ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
COLOMBIA | Wednesday, 14 Jun 2006 | Views [680] | Comments [6]
I am now in the sweltering heats of Cartagena, Colombia... The city is an absolute gem - Unbelievabley beautiful and much cleaner than anything I ever experienced in Ecuador. The city has a timeless air to it... When here, you feel as though you could ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
ECUADOR | Saturday, 10 Jun 2006 | Views [213] | Comments [2]
The blind trip to Mindo... I embarked on a trip to Mindo on Thursday of pure faith, based on a recommendation from someone that I had met in Ibarra. I did not know where it was, how far it was, what it looked like or any other information except that ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
ECUADOR | Tuesday, 30 May 2006 | Views [438]
I have been in the Imbabura proivnce now for over a week (A week longer than expected!) and even though I am loving every mintute here I think that I have overstayed my welcome! This week has been one of interesting adventures and new experiences...... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 16 May 2006 | Views [249] | Comments [2]
Well... I have now been in Quito for a week now and am starting to get a good picture of the lifestyle, the people and the culture here. I am still living in the same hotel on Rocafuerte in the Centro Historico because I like the area and honestly I ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
ECUADOR | Thursday, 11 May 2006 | Views [253] | Comments [2]
Well... If the trip over here was any indication of what is yet to come I should be feeling a little apreshensive I think. Firtly, My first plane from Sydney was delayed because there were really strong winds at Sydney airport so I missed my connecting ... Read more >
Tags: Woops!
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