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Laos to Thailand by boat

Around the World Travel — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:54:02 +0000

Back to Luang Prabang we opted to try out a hostel recommended to us by a couple that we had met on the trek, Fi and Dan. This was better value. 60,000kip for a huge double bed, free tea, coffee and banannas. Worth a try for sure. We got dropped off at the Elephant Camp …

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 …

Our final week in Fiji

Around the World Travel — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:24:08 +0000

Al, Pietro and I caught a small chartered boat back to Taveuni and then a taxi to Nagala Bay. The taxi was full of India-Fijians who reminded me of the Indians we encountered in India. Loud and dominant. They took over our 8 seater taxi for about half an hour. Al and I secretly smiled …

Adventures in Fijis Qamea

Around the World Travel — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:50:45 +0000

To Fiji! Waiting for our 4:30pm flight to Nadi, Fiji from Auckland in the airport debating on what our last NZ dollars on. We decide Sushi and casually walk to our gate. The Screen still saying, ‘boarding in 5 minutes’, so we thought we had time. For the first time in our lives, we were …

Last stop in South America – Santiago, Chile

Around the World Travel — Wed, 11 May 2011 04:37:52 +0000

After the staggering journey through the Andes and crossing into Chile, we arrived at a hectic and bustling bus station in Santiago. My first encounter with a Chilean was with the porter offloading the bags from under the bus. ‘Money money money!’ he shouted in my face. Laughing, I turned away from my blatant gringo …

The Jesuit Missiones Argentina

Around the World Travel — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:54:01 +0000

The bus station was straight forward. We had another packed lunch of cream cheese and egg sandwiches (we also took about 20 of these for later use to go into our food pot as things like this always prove massively useful when we are on the road or have no easy means for other food). …

The Iguazu Falls vs Itaipu Dam

Around the World Travel — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:53:55 +0000

We walked through the gates into another spotless Brazilian airport, everything was extremely smooth, organised and not a queue in sight. In 15 minutes we were ready to board the plane and before we knew it were looking at the night time Sao Paulo skyline, pointing out the features we recognised for seeing it from …