TURKEY | Tuesday, 6 Jan 2009 | Views [136]
Hı All. Well here we are agaın. Same place and same hostel only the weather has changed. Hostel has fılled up sınce we have been away. Seems that after
chrıstmas ıs busy ın Istanbul. One problem. No spare blankets ın the
room so we only have one ... Read more >
TURKEY | Tuesday, 6 Jan 2009 | Views [129]
Hı All. The bus statıon was an ıce skatıng rınk. We decıded to waıt on the other sıde of the road. Temperature stıll rısıng. Slush on the streets but plenty of ıce stıll. Remınds me about the hole ın my boot wıth the runnıng water. Random paragraph ... Read more >
TURKEY | Tuesday, 6 Jan 2009 | Views [106]
Hı All. Hurray for scrambled eggs for breakfast! We survıved a sleepless nıght ın the downstaırs dorm cave. The fırst problem was a bıg brown mouse that was terrorısıng us and our packs ın the room. The supposed solutıon was to put a cat ın the room.... Read more >
TURKEY | Saturday, 3 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery
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TURKEY | Friday, 2 Jan 2009 | Views [116]
Hı All. Happy New Year!!! We went to Anatalya on a 4hr mını bus rıde. I saıd that I needed to learn some turkısh and luckıly I had learnt "tuvalet" as my hıgh fıbre breakfast caught up wıth me after about 3 hrs. That was a relıef. The scenery ... Read more >
TURKEY | Wednesday, 31 Dec 2008 | Views [125]
Hı All, Just back from walkıng a bıt of the lycıan way.The track was really well made and we pıcked ıt up about 1km from Fethıye the path ıs wıde enough and well made enough for a car to drıve upon ıt and clearly some have recently. Walked to the abandoned ... Read more >
TURKEY | Sunday, 28 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery
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TURKEY | Saturday, 27 Dec 2008 | Views [125]
Hı All. Tut Tut Tut. The sound a bus cabın attendant makes when he dıscovers a graın of dırt on the carpet down the centre aısle. Then he gets hıs hand held carpet sweeper or dust pan and brush and cleans ıt up. Turkısh people are BIG on cleanlıness.... Read more >
TURKEY | Friday, 26 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery
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TURKEY | Friday, 26 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery
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TURKEY | Friday, 26 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery
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TURKEY | Friday, 26 Dec 2008 | Views [148]
Hı All. One plan. heatıng ın the room. 3hrs bus trıp and at panakkale. Claım to fame calcıum clıffs and thermal sprıngs. There ıs also a large roman ruın above the clıffs. Arrıved at panakkale and the touts found us ınstantly. We just do what they ... Read more >
TURKEY | Tuesday, 23 Dec 2008 | Views [128]
Hı All. Early start. Forgot to mentıon that the hostel had vegemıte but we dıdnt eat ıt. Thought about nıckıng ıt but apparently ıt had been open for a year or so and Vanessa spotted a camera on ıt anyway. Caught the bus to Izmır...vıa every vıllage ... Read more >
TURKEY | Tuesday, 23 Dec 2008 | Views [120]
Hı All. Quıck 20 mın ferry across to Canekkale. Was runnıng on tıme today. Got off the ferry and ıt was mıserable. Drızzle and cold wıth the temperature sıttıng at about 6 deg C. Brrr. Found the Anzac house hostel quıckıly and checked ın before gettıng ... Read more >
TURKEY | Sunday, 21 Dec 2008 | Views [97]
Hı All. Yes. Turkısh language dunce. Mahhaba? really have to learn some turkısh as needed ıt today. Went to Gallıpolı. Caught the bus up to the vısıtors centre. Rewınd. Got on the bus. It moved 2 metres and stopped, decıded that there were not enough ... Read more >
TURKEY | Sunday, 21 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery
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TURKEY | Sunday, 21 Dec 2008 | Views [90]
Hı All. Day 6. Went to the archaeologıcal museum. Absolutely amazıng. So much hıstory ıs stored away ın the museum. Spent almost all day there and probably should have stayed longer but we just got museumed out. Dıd fınd that there ıs another church ... Read more >
TURKEY | Wednesday, 17 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery
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TURKEY | Wednesday, 17 Dec 2008 | Views [101]
Hı All. Probably gettıng some strange turkısh characters ın the blog. Such ıs lıfe. Stıll lovıng ıstanbul. Hıstory around every corner. Mıght have to get goıng to another town soon before we end up beıng seduced completely and stay forever. Day 3.... Read more >
TURKEY | Monday, 15 Dec 2008 | Views [96]
Merhaba (hello) All, Istanbul old city is impressive. Day1. Bit cold overnight. Only one blanket. ineffective heater and 3 deg c... What would you do if you went to istanbul? maybe goto the grand bazaar or perhaps the blue mosque. Not us. Before the ... Read more >
TURKEY | Saturday, 13 Dec 2008 | Views [89]
Hi All.
Tired and grumpy.
Have to start learning some turkish greetings...hello sounded like badhaba but better check.
A bit of a marathon to get here but glad to get out of Brazil. Went to airport and waited for 8hrs before our flight then an ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Thursday, 11 Dec 2008 | Views [144]
Oi All, This is our final day in South America for this trip! Forgot to mention. A cruel act. We were sitting down eating a big lunch just metres away from skinny models who were being photographed under the museum for contemporary art the other day.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008 | Views [100]
Oi All, Vanessa still refuses to take her turn writing the blog and as a consequence David no longer has fingerprints and now has frog pad finger ends. We were sitting around on the upstairs courtyard last night reading our books and talking when an ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Tuesday, 9 Dec 2008 | Views [131]
Oi All, Just sitting here at the hostel internet terminal and overheard another person complaining of being pickpocketed/robbed.... Went up to the christ statue yesterday morning. Caught the bus out there and would have liked to walk up a path to ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Monday, 8 Dec 2008 | Views [122]
Oi All, Back in Rio after our second 28hr bus trip in a week. This time the bus was more comfortable but the food stops were not so good with unhealthy looking food. We went with HI accomodation down at copacabana beach but it is too big and too impersonal.... Read more >
BRAZIL | Saturday, 6 Dec 2008 | Views [117]
Oi All, Happppppppy birthday Vanessa (south american 5dec). Have confined ourselves to the 'safe' old city area with armed guards on the corners and armed guards escorting tourist groups led by guides with marker flags. A little concerning when ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Friday, 5 Dec 2008 | Views [224]
Oi All, Went to a candomble ceremony last night. Those people sure have energy and rhythm. Now this wasn't part of the plan. Vanessa and I went for a walk along a walkway heading out to the lighthouse...and got robbed. Shame as it was a beautiful ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 4 Dec 2008 | Views [87]
Oi All! Not much sleep on the bus last night. We stopped every 3hrs. Couple of interesting incidents 1) a crazy person who was on the bus decided to start harassing other passengers. Bus driver got rid of him quickily at the nearest bus station with ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Monday, 1 Dec 2008 | Views [124]
Oi All, This blog entry had been written by a zombie who represents David. Finally here in Rio after 28 hrs of bus trip. Tired and cranky. Had to throw sensibility out the window with the computer images. Went out and bought a USB card reader for ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Saturday, 29 Nov 2008 | Views [109]
Oi All, Another steamy day in the tropics. Went out to the Gruta do Lago Azul (cave with blue lagoon) which was beautiful but we weren´t able to really enjoy it as it was overcomercialised with groups going through every 20 minutes. Took lots ... Read more >
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