AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 1 Jan 2009 | Views [441]
December
18 th to 21st
When most
people were probably rushing around the shops on the last Saturday
before Christmas, we were flying, almost oblivious to the time of
year and usual festivities, from Cairns to Alice Springs, one of Australia's ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 27 Dec 2008 | Views [324]
You found us but we didn't ask to be found, For you arrived but we were here first. You saw us but you didn't watch us, You therefore acknowledged us but you didn't learn from us. You heard us but didn't listen to us, And you spoke but not our ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 27 Dec 2008 | Views [613]
- When a park ranger asks you if you have stayed the night in the spot where they find you, answer no or speak in another language. If they ask how many people are in the van, get someone to hide in the toilet quickly or to lie on the floor and say ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 18 Dec 2008 | Views [749]
Time Period: November 23rd - December 16th Route : Sydney (+Manly) – Bulahdelah – Sea Rocks – South West Rocks – Evans Head – Lennox Head – Byron Bay – Tweed Heads/Coolangatta – Currumbin – Paradise Point – Mt. Tamborine – Caloundra ... Read more >
SINGAPORE | Thursday, 18 Dec 2008 | Views [453]
November 17 th - 20 th
Our last bus journey in Asia, from
Bukit Lewang to Medan in Sumatra, was typically hot, noisy and
cramped. What with not getting much sleep in the jungle, however, I
was very tired and managed ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Monday, 8 Dec 2008 | Views [878] | Comments [1]
November 14 th – November 17 th Author's note :-) I'm going to write in some detail about Bukit Lewang as I loved the time I spent there. The story serves more as an aid to help me remember the experience rather than to entertain whoever may be reading ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 | Views [515]
November 10 th - 14 th It's a shame that the "Superior Executive" night bus from Bukittinggi to Parapat didn't come with the comfort implied in its name. Whilst there were only three seats across the bus, so that in theory there was more ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 | Views [525]
6 th - 10 th November What should you do after a 22 hour bus journey followed by a night of little sleep because your room is next to the main road and you get woken by Muslims wailing at 4am? Probably not climb Sumatra's most active volcano ... but ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 | Views [695]
November 6th
We got to the ferry port in Melaka
(Malaysia) at 9am for our 9.30am ferry to Dumai in Sumatra
(Indonesia). Given that I am writing this at 1.30am (after putting
our watches back an hour) on a bus, on the ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 | Views [636]
November 3 rd - 6 th 2008 On arriving in Melaka, I left the bags with Robbie and told him I'd check out the hostels in the area and return. Return I do, telling him that I'd found a 25 Ringgit hotel room (approximately $7) with a TV, air ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 | Views [930] | Comments [1]
October 30th – November 3rd 2008 I'm not the biggest fan of cities but Kuala Lumpur, or KL as most travellers and Malaysians seem to refer to it, surprised me. Its population is about 1.5 million which makes it quite small for a capital city ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 | Views [562]
October 28 th – 30th 2008 I take it Penang doesn't want people staying there as there is a free and frequent ferry service from the island to Butterworth on peninsular Malaysia. After four nights in Georgetown, we got on it, pleased with ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Monday, 3 Nov 2008 | Views [625]
October 24th – 27 th 2008 We took a minibus from Hat Yai to Butterworth and then a ferry over to Georgetown - the capital of the island and state of Penang, off the west coast of peninsular Malaysia. The border crossing ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 27 Oct 2008 | Views [302] | Comments [2]
Mmm, that's enough about me...How is everyone else? Let's make this journal interactive!
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 27 Oct 2008 | Views [349]
The Travelling Song (Tune to be worked out when a guitar is available) Here we are, we're living the dream To some a little crazy it may seem. We gave up everything we had, Worrying our mothers just a tad, Travelling may be baffling ... Read more >
THAILAND | Monday, 27 Oct 2008 | Views [324]
October 23rd-24th We decided to stay in Hat Yai, the largest city in the south of Thailand, to break up our journey from Ko Lanta to Butterworth in Malaysia. Driven by some people's desire for independence from Thailand, it is a town that has been ... Read more >
THAILAND | Monday, 27 Oct 2008 | Views [295]
October 20th - 23rd It wasn't only difficult leaving Ton Sai because it was such a beautiful place. The official departure time for the boats back to Ao Nang is "the boat leaves when there are seven people". There was only one other man ... Read more >
THAILAND | Monday, 27 Oct 2008 | Views [914]
17th October - 20th It was a 5.30am start on the day we had to leave our idyllic beach on Ko Phangan to get a pick-up truck to the port, a ferry to the mainland, a bus to Surat Thani, a second bus to Krabi, a tuk-tuk to Ao Nang and a longtail boat ... Read more >
THAILAND | Monday, 27 Oct 2008 | Views [557]
October 14th - 17th 2008 We arrived on the island of Ko Phangan, a short ferry away from Ko Tao, on the day of a Full Moon Party. The parties are quite legendary on the island, often attracting thousands of people who need no other excuse than "... Read more >
THAILAND | Thursday, 23 Oct 2008 | Views [265]
October 9th-14th We were up at 4.30am on the 9th to get the bus from Bangkok to Chumpung and then a high speed catamaran to Ko Tao, an island off the east coast of southern Thailand. I should have known myself better than to think I was allowing myself a ... Read more >
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