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Oz - The Final Part - 3rd to 5th July 2012

AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 5 Jul 2012 | Views [621]

We left Uluru airport and landed back in Sydney.  We were greeted again by Angelo, and we had been looking forward to our return ever since leaving the 'Masters' almost 4 weeks ago! Time goes so fast when travelling.  Time becomes no obstacle and ... Read more >

Tags: city


Oz Pt4 - The Red Centre

AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 3 Jul 2012 | Views [533]

We arrived in darwin at about  6am  and headed to the youth hostel that our tour had booked us into. This was our first ever 'hostel experience' having done well to avoid them for four months. We were pretty dissapointed to learn that there was ... Read more >

Tags: outback


Oz Pt3 - Melbourne - 20th to 24th June 2012

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 25 Jun 2012 | Views [782] | Comments [1]

Day 1 'Tony it's ok we'll stay in a hostel!'... The reply - 'I am a hostel, your staying with us!' That was the beginning of an incredible four days where it can only be described as like meeting long lost family.  This family was in fact Mario's ... Read more >

Tags: city


Oz Pt2 - East Coast Road trip - 6th - 20th June

AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 20 Jun 2012 | Views [934]

Our road trip began by picking up our campervan from a hire place  called 'backpacker'.  That meant that it had a massive sticker saying 'backpacker' on each side, front and back, advertising to everyone that we were  clueless travellers without any ... Read more >

Tags: road trip


Oz Pt1- Sydney with the Masters - 29th May - 5th June 2012

AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 29 May 2012 | Views [671]

What is there to not like about sydney (apart from the ridiculously high prices). We have enjoyed great art galleries and exhibitions, amazing views of sydney harbour, the bridge and the opera house.. More importantly though, it is the home of the ... Read more >

Tags: city


Bangkok - Thailand 24th - 29th May 2012

THAILAND | Saturday, 26 May 2012 | Views [647]

Thank you Cambodia for a great time, next stop Bangkok for a city break and some long awaited luxury.  Our first three days however were as budget as you can get, on the touristy Khao San road.   It was another windowless room, with just enough space ... Read more >


Sihanoukville - Cambodia's beaches 14th - 24th May 2012

CAMBODIA | Monday, 14 May 2012 | Views [789]

Next stop Sihanoukville a beautiful coastal area in south of Cambodia.  We found a cute little bungalow resort at Otres Beach, where our bungalow was only ten meters from the shore line.   You may find this hard to believe but traveling is quite tiring!  ... Read more >


Battambang -Cambodia - 11th May

CAMBODIA | Saturday, 12 May 2012 | Views [556]

Battambang  Today we left Siem Riep and headed to a place called Battambang.  I'd heard a lot about this place because many of the refugees from the cities moved out to rural areas during the Khmer Rouge atrocities in 1975. A book I was reading about ... Read more >

Tags: city


Photos: Cambodia

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Photos: Laos

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Photos: Nepal

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The Angkor Temples 7th - 10th May

CAMBODIA | Friday, 11 May 2012 | Views [470]

The Angkor Temples The last three days we have had a fabulous time exploring the truly amazing temples of Angkor. This huge complex has temples built from the 8th century, and are some of the most amazing pieces of architecture we have ever seen, an ... Read more >

Tags: temples


Cambodia - Bang Lung Jungle Trek - 8th May

CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 8 May 2012 | Views [1652] | Comments [1]

8th May 2012 It's been a few days so here's an update.  We spent our last few days of Laos at Don Det, one of the Four Thousand Islands. We heard that it was an amazing part of Laos and not to be missed. It really wasn't that great but we enjoyed ... Read more >

Tags: trekking


Motorcycle diaries pt 2

LAOS | Wednesday, 25 Apr 2012 | Views [574]

Im wide awake. "You shouldn't have had that coffee" oresti has just said to me. He's probably right. It's only  23:17  here but that's late for us. The past few nights we have been so tired we've been asleep by 21:30 . Caffeine has completely ... Read more >

Tags: motorcycle diaries


Motorcycle Diaries 18th - 21st April

LAOS | Saturday, 21 Apr 2012 | Views [480]

Motorcycle Diaries 19th April Arrived at Thalang - central Laos Today was a great day, one of those to look back on with a smile. Last night we arrived at Tha Kalaek, about 6 hours south from Vientiane, and that was following a 12 hour overnight bus, ... Read more >

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Laos 11th April

LAOS | Tuesday, 17 Apr 2012 | Views [599]

This is our 6th day in laos. We arrived tired and disorientated after 3 flights in 36hours, which included a quick visit to mumbai (bombay) airport where we were welcomed by an unbelievable amount of mosquitoes and some almost recognisable KFC and then ... Read more >

Tags: city


Pokhara, Bandipur, Kathmandu

NEPAL | Tuesday, 10 Apr 2012 | Views [2781] | Comments [1]

It's been a while!! Apologies to those who keep telling us to update but the internet in Nepal is pretty bad. So here it goes...... After 2 nights in crazy Kathmandu we got up early and walked to our awaited bus to take us to  Pokhara. Guarding ... Read more >

Tags: mountains, on the road


29th March 2012 - Pokhara, Nepal

NEPAL | Thursday, 29 Mar 2012 | Views [860]

Our first days in Kathmandu have been great... Sophia has realised why I love this city so much...  we've explored the amazing sites and walked up to the Monkey Temple that overlooks they whole city which is truly spectacular.  We've eaten local food ... Read more >

Tags: city


26th March 2012 - Kathmandu - Nepal a spiritual home

NEPAL | Monday, 26 Mar 2012 | Views [821]

In Nepal, Kathmandu... Woohoo!!! Our journey from Varkala began with a tuktuk ride to the train station, followed by a one hour ride to Trivandrum (a place that has a much longer and completely unpronounceable name).  There we caught a domestic ... Read more >

Tags: on the road


25th March 2012 - last few days in India

INDIA | Sunday, 25 Mar 2012 | Views [478]

The last few days have been spent relaxing by the beach, enjoying fresh keralan fish and generally relaxing in the sun. We came across a section of beach that was literally a cemetery, with mounds of sand indicating the presence of a dead body, and ... Read more >

Tags: beaches


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