AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 15 Jul 2007 | Views [8316] | Comments [1]
Kevin: Luck had it that our arrival in Alice Springs for our (free!) one week trek around Uluru from Intrepid Travel coincided with the annual Camel Cup. Once we noticed this good fortune, it was an easy decision to make; we would become camel racing ... Read more >
Tags: ambassador van, culture
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 26 Jun 2007 | Views [15079] | Comments [1]
Kevin: Our continued efforts to find some summertime conditions led us further up the coast, out of New South Wales and eventually into "sunny" Queensland. Brisbane made for a sensible stop, despite what some Brisbaners we met in Vietnam ... Read more >
Tags: ambassador van, culture
SINGAPORE | Monday, 11 Jun 2007 | Views [2585]
Singapore is dripping with money. At least that’s what it seemed like after spending 8 days in Burma!
If Southeast Asia were Oz, we found its Emerald City. We could do
things like drink tap water, not have to dodge open sewers, take trains
anywhere ... Read more >
Tags: Culture