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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 8 Mar 2007 | Views [1025]
Darwin is our stopping off point en route to Mumbai. We passed through Alice Springs to get to Darwin, a miserable little spot in the middle of the continent with loads of flies and not much else at the airport. Not sure how they ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 8 Mar 2007 | Views [862]
Our
time in Australia has come to an end... we’re leaving with lots of great
memories and experiences from our first two months on the road, and starting
the journey on our Round the World ticket with a flight from Perth to Darwin, to
Mumbai, India.... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 1 Mar 2007 | Views [1032]
Ah, a huge sense of freedom washed over us today, as we finally ditched our campervan. It's been 20 straight days in our van, and we've had enough. While we love camping, and the freedom to stop wherever we want and cook our dinner, watch a sunset, ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 22 Feb 2007 | Views [2255]
We have learned the real meaning of bush camping... We spent the night last night, literally in the bush; a very cool area just 60k's west of Esperance. A fellow camper man we met at the visitor center in Esperance said Quagi Beach was ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 18 Feb 2007 | Views [3826]
Smash against our windscreen, and slip their way through the front grill of the van, into the vents blocking our ability to get natural air piped in. It was a sick experience as we drove 200k's just before the Fitzgerald biosphere and into Esperance.... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 16 Feb 2007 | Views [923]
After a very productive
morning in Dongara bringing you an actually "working" website, we put
in a full 7 hours of driving south, with the goal to get past Perth, and away
from the confusing highway infrastructure that had us spinning our ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 15 Feb 2007 | Views [874]
Disappointed that I still cannot equalize my ear, and about 7 days into a nasty sinus, ear and upper respiratory infection, we made the decision not to make the additional two day drive up to Coral Bay and Exmouth, which are supposed to be phenomenal ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 10 Feb 2007 | Views [751]
Today was a long haul day of driving, with phenomenal sights along the way. We left behind Lancelin, the town famous for wind and extreme sports such as kiteboarding, windsurfing, sandboarding, and surfing, and headed up the coast line over ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 9 Feb 2007 | Views [897]
We decided to splurge and hire a classier vehicle for our next two weeks on the road. We really wanted to hire a Britz or Maui campervan, but they were all booked out. So between the high end and the "wicked" end, we found "... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 8 Feb 2007 | Views [737]
The last thing I really wanted to be doing on my birthday, today, is hanging out in an internet sweatshop... But we really had no choice, we had gone without access for so long on the road, that there were bills to pay, tax docs to download, ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 2 Feb 2007 | Views [649]
You know you're old when people camping next to you make too much noise at night and keep you up. However, this nights caravan park was a bit over the top. We awoke at 3:00am, and the couple camping next to us turned up their car stereo ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 14 Jan 2007 | Views [947]
If you’re in Auckland, make the time to see Waiheke Island...
it’s a short ferry ride away, and so worth the trip. They have a ton of great hiking trails,
wrapping around the coast and cliffs.
Don’t forget to take the water... the walks ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 11 Jan 2007 | Views [988]
… was our saying as we explored the big volcano islands of Nicaragua, the stunning Mombacho Volcano in particular. New Zealand was formed from hundreds of volcanoes. Today we hiked remains of dormant volcanoes. It was the first clear, sunny day we’ve ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 10 Jan 2007 | Views [900]
… is the type of accommodations that some of our friends have described how they traveled on a budget for similar duration/budget round the world trips. We know we also will get there, but going cold turkey I think would put us in a state of shock ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 9 Jan 2007 | Views [797]
…says the young woman behind the register. Perhaps I’m delerious, after a 14 hour flight, and now that it’s only 6:00am. Or the fact that we’ve been searching for two hours since our 4:00am flight arrival for a cup ‘o caffeine to keep us up till we ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 7 Jan 2007 | Views [922]
…an unusually calm day at sea, not a ripple on the surface, glassy conditions and head high. A typical day out at Wilkes, a distance offshore from Tavarua, Fiji. The boatman drops me off into the middle of the ocean, a reef break, no land in sight.... Read more >
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