Trip: Middle Easty
There are [17] stories from my trip: Middle Easty
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 10 Feb 2002 | Views [119] | Comments [2]
Hiya Everybody, Well, I'm back in sunny (not) Sydney after my latest jaunts through a couple of states. Firstly I went for a nice drive up the east coast to past Coffs Harbour, visiting numerous friends & relatives along the way (all conveniently ... Read more >
Tags: alice springs, ayers rock, outback, kings canyon, olgas, sunscreem, rock art, uluru, kata tjuta, rolf harris
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 30 Jan 2002 | Views [100]
Oh yes, I flew down to Tasmania for 10 days. Hopped on a sort of minibus tour with about 6 other backpackers & went around the island staying in youth hostels. Climbed cradle mountain, went to Port Arthur, wineglass bay, Marakoopa caves , Hobart ... Read more >
Tags: tasmania, cradle mountain, port arthur, marakoopa caves
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 10 Jan 2002 | Views [131] | Comments [5]
Hiya everyone, Well I'm back in Australia(for those who didn't already know this). I survived the chills of London and the multitude of customs inspections with my shoes, backpack, shish pipe and mandola intact. The tube train broke down on the way ... Read more >
Tags: sydney, customs, heathrow, rockstar, mandola, home
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 22 Dec 2001 | Views [144] | Comments [2]
Departing Vienna for a slightly warmer England and it's straight down south to jolly Portsmouth by the sea. Land ahoy & shiver me timbers, there's some ye olde ships there like Nelson's flagship ‘Victory’ (surely I don't have to explain that one), ... Read more >
Tags: england, blighty, merry christmas, portsmouth, victory, mandola, ironclad
AUSTRIA | Tuesday, 11 Dec 2001 | Views [4739] | Comments [4]
'We walked in the cold air, freezing breath on the window pane, lying & waiting.... yadda yadda yadda..... Ahhh Vienna '. Oh well, it will make sense to 80's music junkies like me. Yep, I'm in Vienna, Austria.
I'm having a bit of reverse culture ... Read more >
Tags: snow, vienna, austria, chocolate, christmas, travel broadens the mind, travel broadens the behind, hot chocolate, ultravox, snow
EGYPT | Sunday, 2 Dec 2001 | Views [1234] | Comments [8]
Meanwhile, back in Aswan, Batman prepares to escape from the clutches of the dreaded tourist police jokers by leaping onto the BatBoat... Well, perhaps it wasn't quite the Batboat, but we did sail a Felucca (small single-masted sailboat) down the ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, egypt, tomb, tutankhelvis, pyramids, aswan, felucca, nile, cairo, sphinx
EGYPT | Monday, 19 Nov 2001 | Views [1332] | Comments [4]
Then it was off to Wadi Rum , a desert region of sand dunes and impressive vertical rock mountains made famous by the exploits of Lawrence of Arabia, who used it as a base during WW1, and also lived there for some time after the end of the war. It ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, egypt, wadi rum, bedouin, ramses, cairo, pyramids, lawrence of arabia, bedouin, abu simbel
SYRIA | Friday, 16 Nov 2001 | Views [1206] | Comments [1]
After camping a night in a disused rock quarry to evade the Turkish rangers (who aren't very keen on people camping by the roadside in the middle of nowhere), we crossed the border to Syria. Strangely, the soil changes colour from dusty grey to rich ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, damascus, syria, palmyra, crak des chevaliers, b52s, mesapotamia
TURKEY | Friday, 2 Nov 2001 | Views [1990] | Comments [4]
Today we visited Cappadocia, a large area of amazing rock formations & underground cities carved straight out of the soft rock. One area we visited had 11 levels - 3 floors above ground carved into the cliff, and 8 levels below ground! A bit ... Read more >
Tags: relaxation, bath, turkey, turkish massage, cappodocia, massage, underground city
TURKEY | Sunday, 28 Oct 2001 | Views [1333] | Comments [7]
We left Greece and after a long and annoying border check, we entered Turkey and drove to Instanbul. I had 3 days there to wander around and went to the Blue mosque and St Sofia and lots of museums (such as the archaeological museum, the museum ... Read more >
Tags: food & eating, turkey, istanbul, anzac, blue mosque, troy, belly dancers, termessos, olimpos
GREECE | Thursday, 25 Oct 2001 | Views [127]
A 9 hr ferry ride took us to Greece.
Greece was fun and we camped everywhere, being the only people in every camping site we went to. The weather is getting colder & there are very few tourists about which is fine by me - you get to see most sites ... Read more >
Tags: meteora, greece, monasteries, james bond
ITALY | Tuesday, 23 Oct 2001 | Views [926] | Comments [4]
Hang on, it's Wednesday.... so I'm in... (checks watch) .... well it's 4am in the morning in Sydney anyway (note to self: much change watch to local time, after finding out where I am & what day it is).
I'm pretty sure I'm in Rome today, there ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing, italy, rome, cistene chapel, colosseum, piza, pizza, pompei
NEPAL | Thursday, 11 Oct 2001 | Views [1701] | Comments [3]
Hi Everyone, I'm Back in Kathmandu, Nepal, after wandering up & down a few small hills to have a bit of a look at Mount Everest. Before that I did a week long trek to the Annapurna ranges (kinda at the other end of Nepal). It started at a fairly ... Read more >
Tags: mountains, nepal, mt everest, trekking, annapurna, chitwan, ballooning, himalayas, kathmandu, thanboche
NEPAL | Tuesday, 18 Sep 2001 | Views [913] | Comments [2]
Hi All, Well I'm here in sunny Kathmandu, Nepal, about 28 degrees and not too humid (unlike Bangkok). It's nice here - like a big friendly village (except the airport which is surrounded by hundreds of touts & taxis to take you everywhere you ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, nepal, kathmandu, rafting, trekking, thamel, landslide, kathmandu valley
THAILAND | Thursday, 13 Sep 2001 | Views [134] | Comments [1]
Well, I've said goodbye to Cambodia now, I quite enjoyed it, especially Angkor Wat & Preah Khan. After driving slowly for ages along the incredibly bumpy & potholed roads we eventually got to the border with Thailand at Poipet (a horrible ... Read more >
Tags: thailand, bangkok, tuk tuk, 9/11, twin towers, cnn, poipet, royal palace, border crossing
CAMBODIA | Sunday, 9 Sep 2001 | Views [579] | Comments [3]
Hi All, I'm in Siem Reap in Cambodia at the moment and have another day here before moving on towards Thailand. I went to Angkor Wat and other temples yesterday, the day before yesterday and yet again today. They are absolutely amazing, especially ... Read more >
Tags: cambodia, angkor wat, preah kahn, bayon, ta prohm, siem reap, tonle sap, monsoon, wat, cambodge
VIETNAM | Saturday, 1 Sep 2001 | Views [177]
I started off just over a week ago in Saigon (Ho Chi Min City), Vietnam, after some very long flights there. Saigon is an incredibly busy place, traffic is mad - motorbikes, more
motorbikes, trucks, bicycles and even more motorbikes. Currently it's
monsoon ... Read more >
Tags: airports, vietnam, siagon, ho chi min city, traffic, motorbikes, cu chi tunnels, m16, ak47, monsoon
