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James1985
| Real name: | James |
| Hometown: | Brixham, England, UK |
| Current Location: | Palolem, India |
| Website: | www.couchsurfing.org/profile.… |
| Join Date: | July 6, 2007 |
| Contributions: | James1985 has written about 146 places and shared 4408 photos. |
| Interested in: | meeting new people, meeting other people to travel with, showing people around my hometown, sharing travel tips and blogs, just browsing! |
Future Travels/Dream Destinations
IndiaNov 23, 2009 – Dec 5, 2009
Annoyingly i have a hernia so im forced to go to Goa for the next two months as im not allowed to carry my backpack anymore! 4,090 others are going here
Countries I've Traveled To
Languages Spoken
English, id love to learn more but im very lazy. Little bits of Croatian, German and Spanish though. When i say little i mean very little.
Interests
rock and roll,
Travel,
football,
cycling,
kayaking,
Tae kwon do and other martial arts,
Football Manager,
History,
Wildlife,
Walking/trekking/mountaineering,
outdoor survival,
open fires,
camping,
swimming,
snorkelling,
scuba diving,
English Food,
zoos,
drawing my monthly pension,
Final Fantasy,
Football manager,
Hong Kong Movies of the 70's, 80's and early 90's,
Studio Ghibli,
Talking Shit,
beer sampling,
south west coast path,
pyromania,
my dogs,
tattoos,
camping,
anything involving the sea really,
Books you might find in my backpack
Currently reading...... The Last King of Scotland
, Long way round/down, Michael Palin books, The Hobbit, Into the wild, Lord of the rings, A Brief History of Space and time, The colour of Magic, Two wheels in the Dust, A Bike Ride, Red dust, The Beach, Seven Years in Tibet, Into Thin Air, Are you experienced?, The Damage Done, Touching the Void, Homer-The Iliad, Nineteen Eighty Four, Hells Angels, The Motorcycle diaries, Watership down, Slumdog Millionaire(aka Q&A), Life of Pi, welcome to hell, The Overloaded Ark, Between a rock and a hard place, The Da Vinci Code, Playing the Moldovans at tennis, White tiger, Eragon, Eldest, Brisinger, Round Ireland with a fridge, Angels and Demons, Marching powder, Shantaram, Deception Point, Northern Lights, Harry Potters
..........i only read whilst travelling!
Music you might find me listening to while waiting for my plane
Acdc, Iron maiden, Eagles, Beatles, Thin lizzy, Audioslave, Rage against the machine, Queen, Sting and the Police, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Rainbow, Aerosmith, Walter Trout and the Radicals, Jimi Hendrix, Hayseed Dixie, The Killers, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Gary Moore, Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Phil Collins, Dire Straits, Muse, The Doors, Guns and Roses, Led Zeppelin, Tommy emanuelle, Joe Hisashi, Vangelis, The Who, Erasure, Spandau Ballet, Joy Division, Genesis, Alice Cooper, Airborne, Rhino Bucket, Ice T, Black Rebel Motorcycle club, Wolfmother, The Black Mages, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double trouble, Joey Bonamassa, The Datsuns, Roadstar, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert
Most Memorable Travel Experience
-Diving Sipidan and Mabul island, Borneo
-trekking through gunung leuser national park and seeing wild orang utans.
-Relaxing at Lake Toba, sumatra
-Watching sunrise at Mount Bromo, java
-The Temples of Prambanam and Borodobur, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
-Getting attacked by triggerfish while snorkelling on Pulau Weh
-Tokyo at night, simply mesmerizing.
-Setsubun festival in Kyoto,absolutely mental
-The Dalmation coast in Croatia, possibly my favourite place in the world.
-Seeing the Icaruses of Mostar in Bosnia, mentalists!
-Getting ridiculously drunk in Prague and almost going into a midget strip club
-Gellert thermal baths in Budapest,sooooooo relaxing
-Trekking through Niah caves national park, Borneo
-Relaxing and Diving on the Perhentian islands, malaysia
-Chang Mai and Mrs Wan, the best host you could hope for.
- Riding a motorbike around the stunning scenery Pai, thailand has to offer.
- Halong bay, Vietnam .... beautiful
-Hanoi and all its mentalness, and the 10p beer
-Exploring Angkors temples, Cambodia
-The bus journey from Split to Dubrovnik, Croatia
-Wrestling with tigers, Chang Mai, Thailand
- Cycling round the countryside of Yangshou, stunning.
-Hong kong, people we met and the food was good,really good!
- Pingyao, China and all its small town feel!
-Sleeping on the great wall of china at Huang Ha!
- Sunset at the Golden temple in Amritsar, India.
- India/Pakistan border closing ceremony!
-Sitting in on the Dalai Lamas teaching in Mcleod Ganj
-trekking through gunung leuser national park and seeing wild orang utans.
-Relaxing at Lake Toba, sumatra
-Watching sunrise at Mount Bromo, java
-The Temples of Prambanam and Borodobur, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
-Getting attacked by triggerfish while snorkelling on Pulau Weh
-Tokyo at night, simply mesmerizing.
-Setsubun festival in Kyoto,absolutely mental
-The Dalmation coast in Croatia, possibly my favourite place in the world.
-Seeing the Icaruses of Mostar in Bosnia, mentalists!
-Getting ridiculously drunk in Prague and almost going into a midget strip club
-Gellert thermal baths in Budapest,sooooooo relaxing
-Trekking through Niah caves national park, Borneo
-Relaxing and Diving on the Perhentian islands, malaysia
-Chang Mai and Mrs Wan, the best host you could hope for.
- Riding a motorbike around the stunning scenery Pai, thailand has to offer.
- Halong bay, Vietnam .... beautiful
-Hanoi and all its mentalness, and the 10p beer
-Exploring Angkors temples, Cambodia
-The bus journey from Split to Dubrovnik, Croatia
-Wrestling with tigers, Chang Mai, Thailand
- Cycling round the countryside of Yangshou, stunning.
-Hong kong, people we met and the food was good,really good!
- Pingyao, China and all its small town feel!
-Sleeping on the great wall of china at Huang Ha!
- Sunset at the Golden temple in Amritsar, India.
- India/Pakistan border closing ceremony!
-Sitting in on the Dalai Lamas teaching in Mcleod Ganj
Profile
Top 5 countries
1-Japan
2-Croatia
3-India
4-China
5-Indonesia
Top 5 places
1-Mabul Island, Malaysian Borneo
2-Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia
3-Dubrovnik, Croatia
4-Mostar, Bosnia-Hercegovina
5-Pai, Thailand
1-Japan
2-Croatia
3-India
4-China
5-Indonesia
Top 5 places
1-Mabul Island, Malaysian Borneo
2-Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia
3-Dubrovnik, Croatia
4-Mostar, Bosnia-Hercegovina
5-Pai, Thailand
James1985's Travel Blogs
Jan 09, 2009 – Oct 11, 2009
Parental advisory:explicit content!
A completely unsanitised documentation of the trials and tribulations of backpacking through asia!
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Mar 19, 2008 – Jun 04, 2008
Brixham, England, UK -› Split, Croatia -› …
Decided to spend three weeks in eastern europe to see what some of these relatively new countries have to offer.Taking in Croatia,Bosnia,Hungary,Austria,Slovakia and Czech republic.Starting in Split,Croatia and finishing in Prague,Czech republic.
Jun 20, 2005
post school holiday with friends!
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James1985's Travel Reviews
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Cheap "Hostels" in Lake Toba, Indonesia After a gruelling journey to get there and a nights stay on the mainland, we finally arrived on Samosir island and checked out some rooms at samosir c…
Expensive "Hostels" in Penang, Malaysia Unfortunately for me, when we arrived in Penang it was late. And it was also chinese new year.
So when we got to looking for somewhere to stay, thi…
Average priced "Hostels" in Melaka, Malaysia Admittedly the guesthouse itself isnt that fantastic. But that doesnt matter.
There are few guesthouses i have been too where the place itself hasn…
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I thought I should finally update some blogs. I dont like sitting in front of the computer during good weather but now its getting to winter here I dont feel so guilty.