gizmojournal

Photos: Morocco

gizmo — Tue, 9 Dec 2008 22:02:00 GMT

Gallery: la molina spain

gizmo — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:42:00 GMT

braz 40th

Gallery: cuba

gizmo — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:25:00 GMT

cuba feb 08

Gallery: mexico jan 08

gizmo — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:03:00 GMT

mexico

gizmo — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:06:00 GMT

ok about time i wrote something

well arrived cancun and enjoyed the first days a lot ,very mexican (we didnt venture anywhere near the big hotels) we stayed in cancun town and had to stay for 4 nights as we couldnt get flight to mexico city till monday(more later)

but cancaun downtown was great tacos ,loud ,dirty ,just the way i like it

1st night stayed at a dodgy hostel (porno playing on tv when we arrived) so the next 3nights founf a much cheaper place which we payed the 3 next nights,HOWEVER we didnt know about the 3 bars nearby who from 12 am till6am played load music directed into our room it was incredible!!

but no worries went out late to a mexican hippy bar drinking ltrs of beer wirh live music!cool

also went to tulum ruins south of cancun(2.5hrs) great ruins on the beach

saw my first stingray there and our first iguanas....

next mexico city (HUGE) and then a bus to (HORN COWS)cuerno vacas and finally ACAPULCO

ACAPULCO ;dirty load ,packed with cars,and shit and mex people

it was bloody great but beach dirty and water too so no swiming ,,,we watched the famoso cliff divers (wimps not)and here we learnt all about the mex food ,eating in poeple housees along the road side,went in the beatle taxis great..

next we went long bus ride to puerto escondido,,its a surf town ,,,very nice but too turistico ,,nice restraunts

met a nice german and canadian but also a new york guy who was unreal,very demanding to the waiters and also his food not right,,,he even asked for his salad to be cooked cause hes affraid of the tom tits,

weird bloke!

finally we are in MAZUNTE hippy beach placeand now staying hear for 6 days,,its very mex,,,chikens ,horses,fooking mossys ,im biten to shit

and today went to next beach to us which has a small lagoon behind it(up to the beach) full of crocs and igaunas ,,,lidia very scared (the crocs are right next to the boat and 2,3 mtrs long)

in the cenre there is an island with more crocs(behind chiken wire fences).when the guide wasnt looking we put our hand through the fence and stroked a 20 year old 2.5mtr croc......!!!!!!

aloso been on a boat to find whales(the guide said 100 per cent we see whales!!!! did we fook) anway saw wild sea turles huge ones swiming next to our boat and huge manta rays

and here we still are!

its very hot,its great ,currently in a cabin overlooking the beach for only 5 euro each a night!its great...

to sum it all up Thailandia but dirtier and very lazy but nice people

but they dont arse about owt(dog poo next to your table in the beach restraunts and the waiter walks roundit!!)

thailandia was cleaner and btter food but its greathere too,,,,sitting in a beach bar and people fishing infrount of you ,,,when they catch a big fish they bring it to your table and you can get it cooked up ,,lovely!

fresh ,chikens and pigs everywhere and dogs ,,,mex with the hats and big belts and boots,,,its the real deal ,,,just get out of the hotels in cancun !

1 last thing from cancun had a beer in hooters!!!ha ha

next to san crisabel de casa (12hrs away)

moving on

gizmo — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:40:00 GMT

ok ok i know i havent wrote to myself for some time but its busy you know being on holiday.!

well what have we done,,,(prob. better to see photos than read this drivel),,,,,we stayed for a month on our paradise beach and did some isle hopping,,lots of snorkelling and nothing,,,we re newed our visas by going to malaysiar and on the way back stopped at a great small town on the coast,,,,no tourists so everyone stareing at us,,,,,fed monkeys here and had a general good time... a beach dinner with whole crab,oysters,6 giant prawns and a whole squid plus large beer and pop was only 14euro!!!!!

then we headed back to the isle to meet faz and a friend ,,,they have just left today after a week of chilling,,

they took a kayak out today with lidia and sank out at sea!!!!! glad i lay on the beach with my book....ha ha

well there you go ,,,,,tomorrow we head off to koh lanta on the other side of thailand,,,we have to dip our toes you know....!!!!!!

a week there ,then its all over......boo hoo

back to bangkok on the 21st then fly 22nd thats the plan

so thats it folks ,,ill prob put more photos on so keep looking and enjoying,,,,it really is very nice here,,,,

take it easy

lazy

gizmo — Fri, 9 Feb 2007 22:58:00 GMT

ok no update for some time,basically cause we are lazy

we are still at the same beach .its so nice and easy we cant leave

only 6 euros a night and cheap bars ,food etc,,, its the cleanest and most picture perfect so what can we do ....today been arround isle on a moto ,just checking places out really,,,,food ,beaches ,,,,,its very thai here with shacks and chickens everywhere,,,,,plus a range of smells too!

we went to the fameous full moon party ,it was mega wild!!!!!!

firstly we paid for a very cheap taxi to get there which turned out to be a pick up truck ,thankfully lidia managed to get in the cab behind the driver but me and some guys from chille rode out back ,NO SEATS NO BARS NO HOLD ON PLACE AT ALL,,,and to top it all the driver was on a suicide mission as he had more journeys to make,,,,,

remember this was festival night ,everyone going the same place and most people stoned , or triping on muchrooms....

EVERY BAR SELLS grass 500b , mushroom drink 400b (strong) or opium coffe 1000b ,,,knock you out...............

saw loads of people on the beach trying to catch flies or just plane wankerd,,,,,

getting back to our driver ,half way to the party he stopped ,chucked a guy out the cab ,ran round and punched him in the face(good slog too)

apparently he was telling the driver to slow down too much and being to touchy!!!!!!

Also met a guy (english) who got busted for dope , making a joint on the beach ,,,what a plonker,,,,,,,,now he has court date in 2 months time and they have his passport!!!!!!!!

but in all it was a damn good party

we are going to next one!!!!!!

currenly just swimming ,getting up late ,dinking too many beers and getting fatter

,,,you can live here for 10euro a day and eat well....its bad

weve done the canoe a couple times and done some good snorkelling

we are next to a live reef with all sorts of fish etc,,,,,,still cant shake that shark fear off though!!!!

well havent put photos on yet but got some and will do next time......

well got to get changed and put some afer sun on ,,oh and its time for some rice...

one thing though thai curry is BLOODY hot but i dont learn and evry few days i find myself ordering one .....fish memory thats my problem

yake it easy giz

moved on

gizmo — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:08:00 GMT

just quickly as always no time

now in KOH PHA NGAN
BEACH HAT YAO

its the biz,,,,small beach ,rich corel and only 6 bars or so,,,very relaxed and clean

we are in a beach hut 7mts from the beach ,with hamok and only 6 euros anight!

left tother place ,did willy rock and tupper (photos in 4 days more)

saw elephants,monkeys ,snakes,spiders ,bloody big uns and danced in puta bar!!!!!

now chilled out ,,,,,,hired moto 3euros a day!!!!!!!!!! no insurance though!

soom full ,moon party ,,its on this island other side

later

journey

gizmo — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:18:00 GMT

well we traveled via overnight train ,bus, boat to koh samui and finally to Hat lamai......

basically a beach with jungle behind,,,,,the thing is the bach bars and tourists in general are sex tourists every second bar is go go style and lidia and i have yet to see a happy couple......for example man walks into bar with stunning thai girl ,,sits down orders his breakfast then reads paper...no talking no laughing ,,,,just a bored girl sat next to him....the men seem to act as if they are in an unhappy marrage!!!!! all of them!

anyway lidia and i have a laugh about it,,,,,,

on the plus side the beach is top stuff and we have a cabin with beach view that is less than 3 euro each per night, with toilett balcon etc...

the food is 1 euro a plate and thai food is good ,,,a;;though lots of western joints her now with bored thai girls and their !boyfriend!

lidia and me are living on about 5 euro each per day!!!!

but this goes up if you have a beer (same as spain prices)

chang 40 b (7%)

sing 50b (6%)

tiger 50b (5%) ( 1 euro is 46b)

so you can guess i was drinking chang at first and waking up with the worse headache ever (it took me about 4 days to put 2 and 2 together !!!!)

now its tiger !!!!!!

well we are going to stay here for about a week or so then look for something less porn

oh one last thing despite putting anti mossy spray and mossy coils and more mossy sprays lidia and i are bitten to death !!! our legs are coverd in boils and they now join toghether its crazy and bloody itchy

ive even been bitten on my do da,(dont laugh at explanation,adults are reading this ok),, unbelivable

they have no shame and soon its all out war....!!!!!!!

well photos soon (give it a few days)

bloody hell

gizmo — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:16:00 GMT

ok it took me ages but if you piss about with it you will find some photos...why people rage about comp. ive no idea...i hate computers even people who can use them seem to take ages and say ,just a minute, about twenty times ,,(games are good though ,i like them!)anyway some photo are on now ,,so have a look

currently waiting at train station for overnight to south of country then ferry n bus to island ,,,ko samui or something ,,,a bloody beach after 1 week in bangkok ,,which is nice but very smoggy,,,,

last nght however went to ping pong show ,,,,ping pong ,smoking tupper,trumpet tupper ,razor blade tupper,smelly tupper,old tupper but the best was banana shooting tupper,,,about 2 metres buy my guess and just missing my foot!

total rip of and not very nice but done it type of thang...!!!!!!

7 euros each finally (with a beer) lidia buying bananas to practice with

2 meters is the record to beat!!!!!!

not leaving till 7.30 and lots of time to kill 3.30 now ,,,,and fed up with tinternet.......i need a beach and thia massage

sorry bout spelling but its a mixture of key erros and me....

Gallery: giz

gizmo — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:11:00 GMT

photos

gizmo — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:53:00 GMT

Gallery: thailandia

gizmo — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:12:00 GMT

stuff

food

gizmo — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:32:00 GMT

still in bangkok and not going anywhere just yet . the prob.is we like it here but know that we have to move on soon. today i have just taken an old hippy shirt of mine to a tailors to make two new ones its a bit pricy but if my shirts are good then it will be worth it .. i only have the t shirt on my back now so hope they are ok,collecting them tomorrow. todays its my turn to feel a bit grogy ,the problem is the beer is 60c euro for 650ml at 6% and i have one with dinner (1euro) in the street ,,the food is fab.but all cooked in the street on bbq wok things adding more smog to the city,,,,whilst eating you can play count the cockroaches and choose one and see if it makes it to the other side without being squashed!

lidias better today and after the tinternet we are going to try and head down the river and later to thia boxing or ping pong show or both!

After collecting my shirts tomorrow we will decide where to go to next ,,ie BEACH ,and head off to some island .both of us are clueless and are just going to go with the flow......

need to buy some undies though as only have 2 and one is washed and currently spinning around on our room fan with selotape!

Bangkok is filthy but the street food is fab.and so cheap i could stay here for 2 months!

arrival

gizmo — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:06:00 GMT

well traveled a long way ,lidia and i enjoyed the flight but no one told us about it being so cramped! thought we where on squeesyjet,

yesterday had a cool first day ,arriving at 7am and taking a taxi to the road featured on the beach ,,,found a hostel 12 euro ,with shower ,air con etc. but pricy allthough for first few days its good

yesterday wonderd about in a daze but its very relaxed and cheap here

and as lidia likes chineese food and the thi is sim. we are both fed.

a plate of food each and 2 litres of water and a sprite was 2.5 euros!

so this is good news ,and in the big shity too!

havent explored yet but last night had some beers a bit tipsy

650ml local beer (6.5 %) is only 40 baht about 85c in euro!

omly had 3 whilst watching a thi group play guitar and all was well.

well today is a new day....got up with hangover ,paid for another day as not fit to move yet and went for brekfast ,,,,problem is lidia is still jet laged and also ill ,,,,tummyetc,,,,,,but its prob.just for arrival in foriegn lands.......FLASH as you are prob.the only person reading this we say hello and hope you ok.....its pretty good here and i think we are going to enjoy it a lot.

waiting

gizmo — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:25:00 GMT

leaving on the 9th of jan from barca to rome(iberia) then bankok(china air)

then rtn on the 22nd march same route

hopefully to find my flat the same as i left it