CHINA | Monday, 29 Oct 2007 | Views [1144] | Comments [1]
Pack a healthy sense of humour Avoid air travel in October. The fog will cause you grief a lot of the time. It's a good time to go check out the Great Wall though. Trains are a safe, efficient and comfortable way to go (if you get a soft sleeper). ... Read more >
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CHINA | Monday, 29 Oct 2007 | Views [1050]
Xi'an is definitely a must see in this country. The Terracotta Warriors have called the country, 40 kms to the west, home for close to 2000 years, there are the remains of an ancient village, Emporers tombs by the truckload, some of the best markets ... Read more >
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CHINA | Sunday, 28 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Xi'an, China
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CHINA | Sunday, 28 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Wildlife Rescue Park
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CHINA | Sunday, 28 Oct 2007 | Views [3792] | Comments [1]
Xi'an in central China is one of the old capitols of China. It still has it's original (restored) city wall standing. There are heaps of sites to see in and around the city. It has an atmosphere all of it's own so far that I've found in China. AND it ... Read more >
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CHINA | Thursday, 4 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Day trip
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CHINA | Thursday, 4 Oct 2007 | Views [1051] | Comments [3]
Day off and time to organise a road trip. We had a quiet period over the National Holiday and decided to go for a look around a few of the well known sites to the north of Shuozhou back around Datong. We organised a car and driver and three of us Aussies ... Read more >
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TURKEY | Thursday, 26 Apr 2007 | Photo Gallery
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TURKEY | Thursday, 26 Apr 2007 | Views [5928] | Comments [5]
A morning and day that is hard to put into words ........ Moving. Enlightening. Emotional. Shocking. Proud to be Australian. Eye opening.
Every Aussie and Kiwi should do the trip if they have half the ... Read more >
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TURKEY | Tuesday, 24 Apr 2007 | Photo Gallery
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TURKEY | Tuesday, 24 Apr 2007 | Views [19166] | Comments [4]
When you book a trip with Turkish travel agents you either get a full and comprehensive itinerary or an extra healthy sense of humour! One agent gets you from one town to another agents' area and the second agent gives you the tickets to get to the next ... Read more >
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TURKEY | Thursday, 19 Apr 2007 | Views [2504] | Comments [1]
I was told back ın London, that unrelıble source, that at any one tıme a Londoner ıs no mre than 50m from a rat. Whıle I dıdn't see any I belıeve ıt but ın Istanbul the average Joe ın thıs cıty would probably be no more than 20m from a cat! They are ... Read more >
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TURKEY | Thursday, 19 Apr 2007 | Photo Gallery
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UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 19 Apr 2007 | Photo Gallery
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UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 17 Apr 2007 | Views [1406] | Comments [3]
The one thıng that stıcks ın my mınd about London, apart from pubs ın the most unlıkely places and Poms burnıng ın the park ın 22deg, are the number of cameras ın the London Central area. I was told, by an unrelıable source, that the average Londoner ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Monday, 9 Apr 2007 | Photo Gallery
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 8 Apr 2007 | Views [1326] | Comments [1]
Three days and four nights on the train from Irkutsk to Moscow......and didn't I need a decent shower!! The trains only have a toilet with enough room to move around to have a towel bath and splash a bit of water around. Not quite the same. I got to ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 1 Apr 2007 | Views [8408] | Comments [2]
I decided on a trip to Listvyanka and a run on the Dog sledding out that way somewhere. Just got to find it now. I caught the tram out to the bus station then a marshrutky ( minivan travelling a set route) to Listvyanka. The trams are the really old ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 1 Apr 2007 | Photo Gallery
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Monday, 26 Mar 2007 | Views [1375] | Comments [1]
Talk about the slow way to go, got it in one this time. The train I took delivers the mail all the way from the Mongolian capital to Ulan Ude in Russia. We pulled out of Ulaan Baatar about 7:30 PM on the Friday night. There were stops in the middle of ... Read more >
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