NEPAL | Tuesday, 18 Mar 2008 | Views [1684]
On occasion, I have been known to laugh in the face of danger, or at least snigger a bit in the face of reason. And so, food poisoning or no, I started out on the journey to Gumda early in the morning of February 12th. I had totally repacked my rucksack ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 1 Jan 2008 | Views [827] | Comments [1]
If you have been keeping up with this journal, you may have gathered that I haven't had a great deal of luck with trousers since coming to Australia. As I travel with the bare minimum of clothes, it doesn't take much to deplete my trouser stores to a ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 20 Dec 2007 | Views [1213]
The overnight bus deposited me in Airlie beach at around 6:30am and already the Farmer's Market by the beach was almost ready to open. I put my luggage into storage and set about exploring. The beach is fairly uninspiring, but you can't go in the sea ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 6 Nov 2007 | Views [888] | Comments [2]
As usual, the comfortable and efficient Greyhound bus took me on to the next leg of my journey: Rainbow Beach. This really is a very small town, apparently of little more than a thousand residents but boosted by the steady stream of tourists. The place ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 5 Nov 2007 | Views [2935]
Let the regaling begin! Noosa is a small, laid-back coastal town. It's somewhat like Byron Bay except without the strong hippy influence. The hostel that I stayed in - Dolphins Beachhouse - is in a quiet area of an already quiet town, near to the ... Read more >
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UKRAINE | Monday, 16 Jul 2007 | Views [687] | Comments [3]
So, in the evening of 9th July I got the night bus from Krakow to L'viv. There's a lot to be said for night buses: they're not uncomfortable (as long as you have short legs and don't get travel sick, like me), they're cheap and they're often quicker ... Read more >
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