SINGAPORE | Friday, 16 Nov 2007 | Views [209]
Well it's now that time when all good travellers must get to. A Cointreau on ice sitting in the Qantas Club lounge after weeks of hard travel. Yep, it's the final countdown to home town. Still practising my alliteration and mis-spelling lots of words, ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
FRANCE | Friday, 9 Nov 2007 | Views [219]
It's back to the froggy keyboard for me for another thrilling instalment that make the Lilliputians want to pig out on Arnie's Body Mass Builder so they can read the screen. Some more learnings on the travels - I've learned that if you want to speak ... Read more >
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FRANCE | Thursday, 8 Nov 2007 | Views [205]
This is Part One of a two-part instalment. Firstly, some background. The area around Tours is 'Chateau Land' and home to many trogolodite dwellings. A fascinating area that to drive 50km on the A10 (to Paris) costs you 5 Euro! What a rort! Time to ... Read more >
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FRANCE | Thursday, 8 Nov 2007 | Views [210]
At last, the computer is available and the chores are done... Trivia Time: Which country has Europe's largest sand dune and whereabouts in that country? Answer: France and Arcachon! Climbed up the bastard with help from the fibreglass staircase and ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 7 Nov 2007 | Views [336]
So where does one start with Good Ole Toulouse... For a start, let me make plainly clear that yes, I will practise my alliteration on you! You are (somewhat) a willing and (tenatively) captive audience. So now onto the good stuff! There are so many ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 7 Nov 2007 | Views [244]
After the initial buzz and excitement of learning that my little pocket iPod Touch could easily connect via wi-fi to some reputable establishments, One was non-plussed to learn that THIS particular website has a singular problem with the Safari web browser ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 6 Nov 2007 | Views [297]
Hello all sports fans, and welcome to another (unfortunately brief) instalment. Only have a little time for an update so here's the synopsis. Big spewy toilet time. Yep, got a dose of the bug and spent some time in recovery mode (not such a great thing ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 29 Oct 2007 | Views [252]
As can be discerned from the title of this latest update, was it really six days ago when I last blogged? I must admit that finding Internet cafes is harder than I thought, especially if you don't have yourcomputer with you. There have been plenty ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 23 Oct 2007 | Views [297]
After your intrepid explorer was busily entering the latest travels in the currently screening diary logs, of course the Internet place (the only one open at the time) suffered a catastrophic meltdown that it failed to fix in time for me to become really ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 19 Oct 2007 | Views [301]
Once again it seems as though the curse of the Internet Gods has struck again with seemingly few Internet Points able to actually tell me they have a connection. As a short note: For those who are unfamiliar with World Nomads, check the right-hand side ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 13 Oct 2007 | Views [224]
Arriving in Roma was about as exciting as watching Visual Basic code being converted into COBOL. Okay, so some may find that exciting, but then I guess I'm showing my non-propellor side. In a twist of irony, our flight brought rain to Roma. It hasn't ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 13 Oct 2007 | Views [185]
For those wondering why it has taken so long for stories to appear on my blog, well it's not for lack of trying. I'm with Sean when I say that Italian keyboards definitely take some getting used to. In searching for some Internet cafes, I was soundly ... Read more >
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SINGAPORE | Friday, 12 Oct 2007 | Views [282]
It was with interest that I noted the flight left on time and, in the comfort of an economy seat, dined in splendour on the exemplary Qantas fare. Qantas, if you're reading this, I'd like a promotional percentage... The trip was going according to ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 7 Oct 2007 | Views [313]
The start of the journey begins with a single jet engine whining to fever pitch as it decides whether or not to join it's friends in a turbine frenzy. And you thought that air travel was safe... So after a night of saying farewells with other friends ... Read more >
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