AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 24 Nov 2007 | Views [192] | Comments [2]
Now i'm in Melbourne seemingly at random i chose a hostel from the hostel world website. It's got a pub as the ground floor, one of the bar staff comes from Warrington, has cheap meals for us poor travelling types and put simply: i don't remember a ... Read more >
Tags: People
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 24 Nov 2007 | Views [163] | Comments [1]
Traveling, i have discovered, has come down to the places i see, and the people i meet while doing so. Staying in hostels your likely to meet a new person every day, and while your talking the same questions get thrown up over and over. One thats been ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 24 Nov 2007 | Views [102]
Just a quick note to explain the complete lack of Australian photos, as im in Melbourne now looking to get all the photos from Canberra uploaded, but every internet cafe ive been too so far seems intent on trying to burn them onto CD for me, but not ... Read more >
Tags: Shopping
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 21 Nov 2007 | Views [166] | Comments [2]
Two weeks in Canberra was both a useful and interesting introduction to Australia. Weather wise other than two storms during the night it has been cloudless skies, cool mornings and then hot all the rest of the time. My 1st few days in a long time ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 11 Nov 2007 | Views [133] | Comments [2]
Made it to Australia, here in the national capital of Canberra, where amusingly for the first two days its rained and been almost grey enough to call home. Now however over the weekend its reverted back to the norm, not a cloud in the sky and i require ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
JAPAN | Sunday, 11 Nov 2007 | Views [272] | Comments [2]
Coming to the end of the Japan leg of the trip was interesting. A three night period where only 1 of the nights would be spent in an actual bed, and the rest would be spent on transportation. It didn't encourage me in the slightest when Raul informed ... Read more >
Tags: Budgets & money
JAPAN | Sunday, 11 Nov 2007 | Views [274] | Comments [1]
And thats all i'm going to say about him... We ventured out on public transport, as it seemed too far to walk to get to the golden temple, even for two hardenned walkers like me and Raul. Infact we were seemed as strange (for other reasons as well) ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
JAPAN | Saturday, 10 Nov 2007 | Views [180]
running out of time at the library (free net access is great), so i might not get everything i need into this story! i will say it is GREAT! to get my capslock back, as the japanese dont need a capslock with them using funky symbols and not proper letters ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
JAPAN | Saturday, 10 Nov 2007 | Views [249]
Kyoto is temple town, there are over 3,000 temples and shrines and having come from seeing some in Tokyo i wasn't enjoying the prospect of being "templed out" very soon but! Kyoto has some very different ones, golden ones, silver ones, an ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
JAPAN | Saturday, 10 Nov 2007 | Views [162]
Kyoto, its been a long time since i got to sit at a computer, as the connection in the hostel at kyoto was poor, though that really was the only thing about the place that was. we decided to move over to Kyoto as we saw a cheap overnight bus transport ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
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