Trip: Middle Easty
There are [27] stories from my trip: Middle Easty
WORLDWIDE | Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 | 
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Assorted pics from my travels from my flickr account
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Tags: castles, easter island, flickr, ireland, palmyra, photos, plane wreck, vanuatu, wadi rum
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 10 Feb 2002 | Views [3394] | Comments [2]
Hiya Everybody, Well, I'm back in sunny (not) Sydney after my latest jaunts through a couple of states. Firstly I went for a nice drive up the east coast to past Coffs Harbour, visiting numerous friends & relatives along the way (all conveniently ... Read more >
Tags: alice springs, ayers rock, kata tjuta, kings canyon, olgas, outback, rock art, rolf harris, sunscreem, uluru
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 30 Jan 2002 | Views [1203]
Oh yes, I flew down to Tasmania for 10 days. Hopped on a sort of minibus tour with about 6 other backpackers & went around the island staying in youth hostels. Climbed cradle mountain, went to Port Arthur, wineglass bay, Marakoopa caves , Hobart ... Read more >
Tags: cradle mountain, marakoopa caves, port arthur, tasmania
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 10 Jan 2002 | Views [1803] | Comments [5]
Hiya everyone, Well I'm back in Australia(for those who didn't already know this). I survived the chills of London and the multitude of customs inspections with my shoes, backpack, shish pipe and mandola intact. The tube train broke down on the way ... Read more >
Tags: customs, heathrow, home, mandola, rockstar, sydney
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 22 Dec 2001 | Views [2269] | Comments [2]
Departing Vienna for a slightly warmer England and it's straight down south to jolly Portsmouth by the sea. Land ahoy & shiver me timbers, there's some ye olde ships there like Nelson's flagship ‘Victory’ (surely I don't have to explain that one), ... Read more >
Tags: blighty, england, ironclad, mandola, merry christmas, portsmouth, victory
AUSTRIA | Tuesday, 11 Dec 2001 | Views [15028] | Comments [4]
'We walked in the cold air, freezing breath on the window pane, lying & waiting.... yadda yadda yadda..... Ahhh Vienna '. Oh well, it will make sense to 80's music junkies like me. Yep, I'm in Vienna, Austria.
I'm having a bit of reverse culture ... Read more >
Tags: austria, chocolate, christmas, hot chocolate, snow, snow, travel broadens the behind, travel broadens the mind, ultravox, vienna
EGYPT | Sunday, 2 Dec 2001 | Views [5649] | Comments [8]
Meanwhile, back in Aswan, Batman prepares to escape from the clutches of the dreaded tourist police jokers by leaping onto the BatBoat...
Well, perhaps it wasn't quite the Batboat, but we did sail a Felucca (small single-masted sailboat) down the ... Read more >
Tags: aswan, cairo, egypt, felucca, nile, on the road, pyramids, sphinx, tomb, tutankhelvis
EGYPT | Tuesday, 20 Nov 2001 | Photo Gallery
On the trail of Tutankhelvis...
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EGYPT | Monday, 19 Nov 2001 | Views [3964] | Comments [4]
Then it was off to Wadi Rum , a desert region of sand dunes and impressive vertical rock mountains made famous by the exploits of Lawrence of Arabia, who used it as a base during WW1, and also lived there for some time after the end of the war. It wasn’... Read more >
Tags: abu simbel, bedouin, bedouin, cairo, egypt, lawrence of arabia, on the road, pyramids, ramses, wadi rum
JORDAN | Saturday, 17 Nov 2001 | Photo Gallery
Overtaking Lawrence of Arabia with the help of a landrover
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SYRIA | Friday, 16 Nov 2001 | Views [6068] | Comments [1]
After camping a night in a disused rock quarry to evade the Turkish rangers (who aren't very keen on people camping by the roadside in the middle of nowhere), we crossed the border to Syria. Strangely, the soil changes colour from dusty grey to rich ... Read more >
Tags: b52s, crak des chevaliers, damascus, mesapotamia, on the road, palmyra, syria
SYRIA | Thursday, 15 Nov 2001 | Photo Gallery
Does growing a beard & wearing Nepalese trousers make you look like a local?
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TURKEY | Friday, 2 Nov 2001 | Views [4731] | Comments [4]
Today we visited Cappadocia, a large area of amazing rock formations & underground cities carved straight out of the soft rock. One area we visited had 11 levels - 3 floors above ground carved into the cliff, and 8 levels below ground! A bit ... Read more >
Tags: bath, cappodocia, massage, relaxation, turkey, turkish massage, underground city
TURKEY | Sunday, 28 Oct 2001 | Photo Gallery
Turkish delights
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TURKEY | Sunday, 28 Oct 2001 | Views [4364] | Comments [7]
We left Greece and after a long and annoying border check, we entered Turkey and drove to Instanbul. I had 3 days there to wander around and went to the Blue mosque and St Sofia and lots of museums (such as the archaeological museum, the museum of ... Read more >
Tags: anzac, belly dancers, blue mosque, food & eating, istanbul, olimpos, termessos, troy, turkey
GREECE | Thursday, 25 Oct 2001 | Views [2198]
A 9 hr ferry ride took us to Greece. Greece was fun and we camped everywhere, being the only people in every camping site we went to. The weather is getting colder & there are very few tourists about which is fine by me - you get to see most sites ... Read more >
Tags: greece, james bond, meteora, monasteries
ITALY | Wednesday, 24 Oct 2001 | Photo Gallery
High speed through Italy & Greece
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Tags: greece, italy, leaning tower of piza, meteora, mt vesuvius, pompei, rome, ruins
ITALY | Tuesday, 23 Oct 2001 | Views [11505] | Comments [4]
Hang on, it's Wednesday.... so I'm in... (checks watch) .... well it's 4am in the morning in Sydney anyway (note to self: much change watch to local time, after finding out where I am & what day it is).
I'm pretty sure I'm in Rome today, there ... Read more >
Tags: cistene chapel, colosseum, italy, piza, pizza, pompei, rome, sightseeing
NEPAL | Thursday, 11 Oct 2001 | Views [4624] | Comments [3]
Hi Everyone, I'm Back in Kathmandu, Nepal, after wandering up & down a few small hills to have a bit of a look at Mount Everest. Before that I did a week long trek to the Annapurna ranges (kinda at the other end of Nepal). It started at a fairly ... Read more >
Tags: annapurna, ballooning, chitwan, himalayas, kathmandu, mountains, mt everest, nepal, thanboche, trekking
NEPAL | Thursday, 20 Sep 2001 | Photo Gallery
Trekking in the Annapurnas and on the path to Mt Everest
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Tags: ballooning, durbar square, kathmandu, lukla, mt everest, nepal, stupa, thomba, trekking
NEPAL | Tuesday, 18 Sep 2001 | Views [2658] | Comments [2]
Hi All, Well I'm here in sunny Kathmandu, Nepal, about 28 degrees and not too humid (unlike Bangkok). It's nice here - like a big friendly village (except the airport which is surrounded by hundreds of touts & taxis to take you everywhere you ... Read more >
Tags: kathmandu, kathmandu valley, landslide, nepal, on the road, rafting, thamel, trekking
THAILAND | Thursday, 13 Sep 2001 | Views [2244] | Comments [1]
Well, I've said goodbye to Cambodia now, I quite enjoyed it, especially Angkor Wat & Preah Khan. After driving slowly for ages along the incredibly bumpy & potholed roads we eventually got to the border with Thailand at Poipet (a horrible yukky ... Read more >
Tags: 9/11, bangkok, border crossing, cnn, poipet, royal palace, thailand, tuk tuk, twin towers
THAILAND | Wednesday, 12 Sep 2001 | Photo Gallery
Bangkok
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CAMBODIA | Sunday, 9 Sep 2001 | Views [2830] | Comments [3]
Hi All,
I'm in Siem Reap in Cambodia at the moment and have another day here before moving on towards Thailand. I went to Angkor Wat and other temples yesterday, the day before yesterday and yet again today. They are absolutely amazing, especially ... Read more >
Tags: angkor wat, bayon, cambodge, cambodia, monsoon, preah kahn, siem reap, ta prohm, tonle sap, wat
CAMBODIA | Friday, 7 Sep 2001 | Photo Gallery
Angkor Wat & other temples around Cambodia
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Tags: angkor wat, cambodia, fast boat, preah kahn, siem reap, tonle sap, wat
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