NEPAL | Thursday, 28 Feb 2008 | Views [313]
A very slow start today as I had a horrible cold the night before. Made sleeping difficult, so I struggled to get out of bed. After crawling to a breakfast of "Special Oat Porridge" (I was brave) and toast, it was late enough in the day for ... Read more >
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NEPAL | Wednesday, 27 Feb 2008 | Views [342]
Today I impressed my fellow staff with a few phrases of Nepali like "how are you". Unfortunately I hadn't read as far as what the answers meant, so I had no idea if they were good or bad. I just nodded my head and said thats good to hear. ... Read more >
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NEPAL | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 | Views [355] | Comments [1]
Today, being the 14th day and all, marks a whole fortnight of me being away from good ol' Aus! In a few weeks I'll probably look back and laugh, but it feels like a bit of a landmark. Not a great deal happened today. Somehow I have accummulated a vast ... Read more >
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NEPAL | Monday, 25 Feb 2008 | Views [376] | Comments [2]
I'm getting pretty damn sick of power shortages. They are always happening at the most inconvenient times; the first three hours after i get up and the three hours before bed. Meaning showers are harder in the dark (bad enough having them cold) and no ... Read more >
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NEPAL | Sunday, 24 Feb 2008 | Views [368] | Comments [1]
You always read about or see on tv third world countries and the associated poverty but its taken me a few days to actually realise im in one. That may sound a bit stupid but it's mainly because i've just accepted the way things are in Nepal and haven't ... Read more >
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NEPAL | Saturday, 23 Feb 2008 | Views [565] | Comments [1]
Saturday is a public holiday, so again I was left to fend for myself. After a late start I went on a long walk to Durbar Square and back. Saw several temples of course, but the funny thing is the Nepali's leave priceless artifacts like statues or carvings ... Read more >
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NEPAL | Friday, 22 Feb 2008 | Views [485] | Comments [1]
After another cold shower and some banana honey pancakes, I waited at the hotel to be picked up for lunch. Ravi had said around around 11am, so i decided to be there at 10:30 in case. A nepali came and sat next to me, offering everything from tour guide ... Read more >
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NEPAL | Thursday, 21 Feb 2008 | Views [369]
Today's introduction to Nepal was much nicer and a hell of a lot less scary than last night. I woke early due to jet lag and uncertainty of when Pippa would be picking me up. It was freezing cold, but my light had stopped flashing. I soon found out that ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Wednesday, 20 Feb 2008 | Views [429] | Comments [1]
Just kidding Mum! Actually if anything I arrived way too early. Dad had told me that its always better to arrive early, that way you can sit in comfort as opposed to the hectic rush if you leave it to the last minute. I find this to be true, but Dad ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Tuesday, 19 Feb 2008 | Views [465] | Comments [2]
After the better part of a week in hong kong i now have everything down pat. I know where all the cheap noodle bars are, the cheaper accomodation as well. Can even use the bus system (kind of). Makes it kind of sad that im leaving tomorrow as i can finally ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Monday, 18 Feb 2008 | Views [388] | Comments [1]
Still feeling adventurous despite the weekend disasters, I headed to Causeway Bay on the actual island of hong kong. The hostel i checked into was pretty sweet, even if hard to get to. The owner knew very good at english but couldnt speak it very well, and ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Sunday, 17 Feb 2008 | Views [398] | Comments [1]
With no map, no chinese background and no idea, i decided to leave Guangzhou and spend the night at Shenzen, another big city on the way back to hong kong. I had seen a few of the things i wanted in Guangzhou, mainly the river but wasnt getting much ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Saturday, 16 Feb 2008 | Views [357]
Caught the express train to Guangzhou, big city up in mainland china. China is a lot trickier to get into than hong kong, mainly due to the lack of english. On my arrival card it said "alien immigration form". When going through customs, there ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Friday, 15 Feb 2008 | Views [491] | Comments [1]
Another early start to catch the ferry to Macau, a former Portuguese colony similar to Hong Kong. The ferry terminal was crazy, pretty much an airport – customs, visas etc. I had thought it would be more like the star ferry – pay and get on – but ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Thursday, 14 Feb 2008 | Views [372] | Comments [1]
Today started early (7:30am) to find that no one else in Hong Kong is awake at that unearthly hour. The packed city streets of last night were now empty, with most shops closed and not a hawker in sight. Desperate for some breakfast, I wandered around ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Wednesday, 13 Feb 2008 | Views [586]
Holy Crap! I’m in Hong Kong!!! About an hour into my flight I got a sick feeling in my stomach as I remembered about the second dose of oral vaccination I was meant to take this morning. The gut feeling might have been a bad omen but, as the vaccination ... Read more >
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