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Bay of Islands and Waitomo

NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 14 Jun 2009 | Views [424] | Comments [1]

30/5 Sleeping in the van was not that bad at all, just had to be careful rolling over as there was a gap between the bed and the door which one could get wedged in!  We decided that there wasn't that much to do in Whangarei so we left and hit the road ... Read more >


New Zealand- Auckland

NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 12 Jun 2009 | Views [404] | Comments [2]

Hello from the other side of the world, 11 hours ahead of you all at home 23/5 Different time zones now from what we have been used to so Oz time we landed in Sydney at 5.15am and a 2 hour wait until the flight to Auckland.  I finally brought a NZ ... Read more >


Singapore

SINGAPORE | Wednesday, 3 Jun 2009 | Views [247] | Comments [2]

Can you believe I'm back so soon again! 20/5 Awake early today, which was typical as we had a day of waiting around for our flight which was at 17.40.  So we checked out, went on the net for a a bit, got a drink and then headed to the airport.  There ... Read more >


Malaysia- Kuala Lumpur and Taman Negara

MALAYSIA | Sunday, 31 May 2009 | Views [567] | Comments [1]

Back so soon, 11/5 Today we were up at 4.30am to be ready for the taxi booked at 5.15am.  We had to catch a 8.15 flight which only lasted about an hour.  The flight was with Air Asia, but this time there was no free meal like with Lao Airlines.... Read more >


Ko Pha Ngan, Ko Phi Phi and Phuket

THAILAND | Thursday, 28 May 2009 | Views [471] | Comments [1]

Hello (finally!) Not even in Asia anymore now, sitting in an internet cafe in Auckland, but that story is for another time..... So, 30/4 Got up today, had the last included breakfast, who knows when we will next get that.  It's been so much easier ... Read more >


Ko Samui

THAILAND | Sunday, 3 May 2009 | Views [344] | Comments [1]

Continued...... 25/4 Arrived at a travel agent at 6.30am and had to wait until 7am for the pick up to the dock.  Got to the dock only to find out that a bus was taking us to another dock, the point of that I will never know!  Another 1 hour on a bus ... Read more >


Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Ko Chang

THAILAND | Sunday, 3 May 2009 | Views [678] | Comments [2]

Attempt number two- as I spent an hour typing and then the thing crashed! So since the last time, some really cool things have happened...... 15/4 Didn't do too much today, tried to go out for some food without getting wet (still celebrating Songkran) ... Read more >


Chiang Mai

THAILAND | Wednesday, 15 Apr 2009 | Views [376] | Comments [2]

Another day, another country! 8/4 Back on a plane today for an hour anyway!  Chiang Mai is so different to everything we left behind in Laos.  There are 7/11's everywhere, Starbucks, McDonalds, Burger King is here and they even have Boots and Tesco!  ... Read more >


Luang Prabang

LAOS | Wednesday, 15 Apr 2009 | Views [348]

So as usual the plans changed, this time it was pretty much unavoidable..... 5/4 Today we wandered around the town for a bit.  It is a nice little "French" town with lots of good bakeries, yum! It also happens to be a UNESCO World Heritage ... Read more >


Laos- Four Thousand Islands, Pakse, Vientaine and Luang Prabang

LAOS | Sunday, 5 Apr 2009 | Views [1191] | Comments [2]

Sabaidee from Laos 26/3 Today we got back on a plane, albeit for 55mins!  The flight took off early and there was only 15 people on board, all Westerners.  The plane could have heldabout 70 ish.  Got a taxi into town (Pakse) and then found somewhere ... Read more >


Siem Reap- Angkor Wat

CAMBODIA | Sunday, 29 Mar 2009 | Views [629] | Comments [2]

22/3 Today we checked out of Shadow II only to go back there as Shadow I was not as nice and there, they would charge us $2 a day to use the pool at Shadow II, outrageous!!  It was only another $5 a night to stay at the nice place so what with the heat ... Read more >


Sihanoukville and Siem Reap (well day of arrival)

CAMBODIA | Sunday, 29 Mar 2009 | Views [457] | Comments [1]

Hello again!!  So I am now in Laos, but that part can wait for another day, I will finish telling you all about Cambodia (well hopefully, depends on how much I can do in the rest of my hour!) 15/3 Today was a nice day, spent the day on the beach.  ... Read more >


Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 19 Mar 2009 | Views [239] | Comments [2]

Back again, so quickly this time! So on 12/3 (Phnom Penh) We went to the Killings Fields (Genocide Centre) at Choeun Ek and saw the mass graves where the Khmer Rouge slaughtered their own people.  It was pretty grim.  There was a "monument"... Read more >


Vietnam continued

VIETNAM | Tuesday, 17 Mar 2009 | Views [475]

2/3 Up early today, it was worth it as we went scuba diving.  That was cool.  I only did one dive as the sea sickness was there again.  Also beacuse I don't think that they attached the equipment to me properly as it kept leaning and floating to one ... Read more >


Vietnam

VIETNAM | Tuesday, 17 Mar 2009 | Views [490] | Comments [1]

So since I last updated, I have got all the way through Vietnam and I am now in Cambodia! 18/2 Went to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, went in and came out thinking the same thing.  It was really weird.  You file in, no talking, no hands in pockets, no ... Read more >


Guilin, Li River Cruise, Nanning

CHINA | Sunday, 22 Feb 2009 | Views [793] | Comments [4]

Finally I have made it to a computer for an update So when I last left it, we had just got to Guilin.  So on 10 Feb, we went to Elephant Trunk Hill.  It looks like an elephant drinking and it actually did, the Chinese seem to think all hills look like ... Read more >


Chengdu, Chongqing, Yangtze River and Guilin

CHINA | Monday, 9 Feb 2009 | Views [693] | Comments [3]

Hey everyone! Really dodgey computer so not sure how much of a mess this text will come out in?  It has got some Chinese translation thing on and I don't know how to turn it off! Went to Leshan (4 February)to go and see the Giant Buddha?  Seemed pricy ... Read more >


Xi'an to Chengdu

CHINA | Tuesday, 3 Feb 2009 | Views [329] | Comments [2]

Train ride to Chengdu was interesting, 18 hours on a seat no sleeper this time!  Slept on a off, and then I swear I have never been so bored.  I did have a book, my ipod and a puzzle book but I was just to bored to think about picking them up!  Can't ... Read more >


Xi'an

CHINA | Saturday, 31 Jan 2009 | Views [252] | Comments [3]

29/1 Got to Xi'an, as you know from the previous blog entry, room is cool. It's very Chinesey, with the furniture and there are shutters over the windows, all very cool.  The service in the restaurant here is shocking, but that made us eat out so in ... Read more >


Beijing and Arriving in Xi'an

CHINA | Thursday, 29 Jan 2009 | Views [442] | Comments [4]

Hello All!!  Hope all is well with everyone at home! 25/1 Since the last update, we have been to the Olympic Stadiums, didn't get to go in them though as they were shut, not sure whether it was because of Chinese New Year's Eve or just because it was ... Read more >


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