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Our friends of Hanoi

Around the World Travel — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:21:40 +0000

As we were due to arrive in Hanoi late and the likelihood of hostels being closed for the night, we pre-booked using Hostelbookers, which is far easier to use than Hostelworld (yes, we have used both a few times). Our A/C, luxury taxi took us to the door, where we were greeted well, but with …

50 Bucks in Brisbane

Around the World Travel — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:33:50 +0000

23:00 we land in Australia. Through what we expect to be our most scarey customs yet without a problem. It works in our favour to admit to tea, a few shells and a tent. They don’t even glance at all the weird objects hanging around Al’s neck. Phew! With printed out detailed directions to Andisha’s …

Earth Repair in Qamea, Fiji

Around the World Travel — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:45:16 +0000

From the beach we walked down a long garden path through trees, shrubs, vegetable patches, a huge Bukka tree. Tucked away, a house on stilts emerged with coconut trees towering throughout the land surrounding the house. A huge friendly smile greeted us that never left Gella’s face the whole time we were there. “Bula Vinaka!” (A …

The Slick State of Sikkim- Gangtok

Around the World Travel — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:03:27 +0000

Wow, what a contrast. Are we still in India? After the dirty market town of Siliguri making our way north and further a further up the luscious green mountains I feel as though we are somewhere further east like Thailand or Vietnam. A mixture of tropical trees with towering pine trees cover the steep hills. …

Leaving Goa, Onwards to Pune

Around the World Travel — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:28:51 +0000

So the adventure really begins. After our 2 week break on the golden sands of Goa, relaxing as much as possible, getting acclimatised to the hot, humid heat of the Indian summer. We spent our last day at Boomshanka, soaking up the relaxing vibes and trying to memorise the beautiful sunset. The next morning we …