Real name: Adrian
Hometown: Adelaide, Australia
Current Location: Brussels, Belgium
Website: listonlab.blogspot.com/
Join Date: August 16, 2007
Contributions: Adrian_Liston has written about 309 places and shared 2493 photos.
Geo Quiz: Adrian_Liston's best Geo Quiz Challenge score is 10,000
Interested in: meeting new people, sharing travel tips and blogs
Future Travels/Dream Destinations
Countries I've Traveled To
Languages Spoken
English, beginners Dutch
Interests
Books you might find in my backpack
Most Memorable Travel Experience
* Greenback turtles laying eggs in Borneo, Malaysia
* Dusk on the Kinabatangan River, Malaysia
* Carvings of Banteay Srei in Angkor Wat, Cambodia
* Turtles hatching on Heron Island, Australia
* Halong Bay sunset, Vietnam
* Medieval Talinn, Estonia
* Nevsky Prospket in St Petersburg, Russia
* Stonehenge, England
* New York City at night, USA
* Prague old town and castle, Czech Republic
* Auschwitz, Poland
* The Kremlin, Red Square and St Basils Cathedral in Moscow, Russia
* Banya by Lake Baikal, Siberia
* Riding through mountains on ponys, Mongolia
* The Great Wall, China
* Cafes with friends in Melbourne, Australia
* Stockholm in winter, Sweden
* Picnics by the lake in Canberra, Australia
* Sunset behind Kata Tjuta, Australia
* Scuba diving with a Weedy Sea Dragon, Australia
* Al Qasr mud village, Egypt
* Karnak and Luxor Temples, Egypt
* Swimming with dolphins in the Red Sea, Egypt
* Hiking through Petra, Jordan
* Palmyra and the Fakhredin al Maany Citadel, Syria
* Having tea with merchants in the Aleppo souks, Syria
* Climbing chimneys in the Göreme Valley and scrambling through the underground city of Kaymakli in Cappadonia, Turkey
* Dinner and beer overlooking Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
* Exploring Victoria on Canada Day and being taught about global warming by a sheep in the Royal Museum of British Colombia, Canada
* Chichen Itza, Celestun and cenotes in the Yucatan, Mexico
* Proposing to my dearest on a perfect day in Debrovnik, Croatia
* Butrint and the Blue Eye, Albania
* Strolling through the romantic old town centre of Vienna, Austria
* Cycling through Stanley Park and watching nesting Great Blue Herons, Canada
* Watching whales and glaciers in the Inside Passage in Alaska, USA
* The streets of Paris, France
* Getting married in the Canadian Rockies, Canada
* Swimming with sea lions in the Galapagos, Ecuador
* Racing around St Kitts, St Kitts and Nevis

And so much more!
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Profile
I'm an Australian ex-pat scientist living working in Belgium. I have lived in Adelaide and Canberra in Australia, Seattle in the US and also Leuven and Brussels in Belgium. When work leaves me spare time I love to explore the world with my wonderful bride.

I also write a science blog:
http://listonlab.blogspot.com/
My photos are online in high resolution at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrianliston/sets/

Toleration ought in reality to be merely a transitory mood. It must lead to recognition. To tolerate is to affront.
- Goethe
berber-nomad says:
welcome to morocco,it's really a destantion that you will not be regret to choose, i'm mohamed from zagora located in sahara deserti'm originally from nomadic berber tribes of southern morocco.i study study in university in marakesh, i'm interesting about others' cultures, i will be happy to meet you if you are in marakesh,or if i'm in zagora i will be happy to show you around, and if you need any information just ask and i will answer for sure.
if you want to make a camel trek or spend a night in the bivouac camp in the desert my family in zagora is working in this,they have an agancy of tourism,they orgnize(4x4 tours,camel trekking,bivouacs in the desert)
hop to meet you in marakesh or zagora and be a great friends,if you need any information concerning your travel just let me know.
Posted on: Oct 28, 2009
dolfijn says:
Hi Adrian,

CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH TRAVBUDDY'S FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ON A PARTYBOAT IN AMSTERDAM! THE PARTBOAT IS LOCATED ON AN EXCLUSIVE SPOT WITH THE BEST VIEW ON THE AMSTERDAM SKYLINE AND THE CITY'S FIREWORKS! DRINK AND EAT AS MUCH YOU CAN.
D O N 'T W A I T B U T J O I N U S
For more details please check the forum:
http://www.travbuddy.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=14442

Hope to see you there :-)
Cheers Anna
Posted on: Oct 25, 2009
ozzie77 says:
Hey dude, you should be the next telstra ad. lol. Happy tavels buddy.
Posted on: Oct 24, 2009
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Adrian_Liston's Travel Blogs

Winter in the Low Countries
Oct 07, 2009 – Nov 07, 2009
The glorious days of summer in Europe are over, now we will survive and enjoy winter in the Low Countries
Overview 1,379 words 34 20 9
Living at the hub: a life on rails
Jul 10, 2009 – Sep 27, 2009
Living in Brussels we are at the centre of an iron web stretching across continents. Every day I roll along the rails to work in Leuven, and when it comes time to travel the parallel bars run to London, Paris, Amsterdam and beyond. And every now and again we have a day to spend exploring our new city.
Overview 11,049 words 231 66 99
This trip was featured on Wednesday July 29th, 2009
The conference circuit
May 16, 2009 – Sep 24, 2009
A bit of travel during a lot of science...
Overview 4,406 words 260 15 114
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Adrian_Liston's Travel Reviews

Free! "Sights & Attractions" in Hasselt, Belgium
Hasselt is one of the historic and modern centres of Jenever. Although often called "a type of Gin", more correctly gin is one form of Jenever, taken …
Very cheap "Sights & Attractions" in Haarlem, Netherlands
We really enjoyed visiting the Molen de Adriaan in Haarlem. The beautiful windmill sits on the Spaarne River surrounded by gorgeous Dutch Renaissance-…
Average priced "Hotels & Accommodations" in Amsterdam, Netherlands
It is hard to be enthusiastic about paying €120 for a standard hotel room in a standard hotel chain, but after paying €80 for the rat hole we stay…