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Tuesday morning was our first full day in Dreamland (New Kuta). Our plans were just to explore the hotel property and the surrounding area, and maybe check out the beach. The first thing we did was visit the hotel restaurant (Kayu Manis) for our free breakfast. From our private balcony we had a goo…

Hi,This will be a short update from Cordoba before we catch the 20 hour bus to the Iguazu Falls.  Took a 10 hour bus trip here from Mendoza across desert plains and then large ranches to Cordoba.  The bus was comfortable with seat that reclined quite a way and footrests.  The view fr…

Today was to start with a visit to a Nubian village.  We were up well before the 7:30 wakeup and met Dia, our Nubian guide at 8:30 for a short walk to a motor launch.   Dia is an ornithologist as well as an Egyptologist so first order of business was to cross directly to the very rur…

Business trips to india

If you've read my blogs you'll know a few things.Firstly, I'm fascinated with toilets, secondly im fascinated with Windows and finally - I really had a great time in Ukraine.Well on this particular day my world's collided and it topped off what really was a superb holiday.It was my first night in O…

So here we go....I've joined a GAP adventures tour of China and Japan (Trip code ACCJ in case you wanted to know) that will take me on a 18 day tour through Northern China and the south of Japan. I'll hit up Beijing to start, through the City of Xi'an then Shanghai. That's one full week in China,…

It's another "late" time to rise rise again today, since there is just one city on the program for today: Arequipa. So after breakfast, we step out of the hotel to wait to be picked up by the bus right in front of the exit. But during our waiting time, we are besieged by saleswomen, who try to sell…

I waited a life time to walk the hall of mirrors at the Palace of Versailles--it and the grounds were everything I ever imagined and more!

Rome was very hot when I was there....soooo being a cold blooded Canadian, we were not destined to love each other :)Really I must blame myself I am a bad packer.

Tuesday 26 Feb, 2008This was a super early morning! No shower as we rushed to meet Augusta on time. We had to pay for the hostel in cash again. It was S/. 108 and I paid S/. 100 of it. We piled into the taxi and headed to the train station. Here we had to wait a bit for Augusta and Chris to work ev…

Was meant to check out at 10am, but with it being cold and grey hung about as long as I could. Even got round to reading the card from the Ministry Of The Interior and their valuable insights on how to look after your cash and luggage and that drugs and prostitution were naughty things to be i…

My first contact with Thailand and from there a whole new life for me. I felt in love with this beautiful country. The nature, the people, the food, the magic... Patong beach is really something. There i learned about Buddhism and its power. I learned also about elephants and their power. Fin…

Third day in Tokyo, and my my what a sunny day it was ! The sun was shining brightly, not a cloud in the sky and it was hot enough to walk around with just a T-shirt; which is a far cry from the reality back in Amsterdam with what i’ve been hearing from friends. I decided to take it easy and stay…

We woke early expecting to leave the hostel at 8-9am but after speaking with the hostel staff they informed us that we were best to leave after 10am otherwise we risk sitting in rush hour traffic.  So instead we decided to make use of our time and walk up to Federation Sq and visit the tourist…

This trip took place over 10 years ago and I'm just writing about it now, so lots of the details are forgotten now and the photographs were pre-digital and not very good quality. It was more than a one day trip, but this will just be a one entry blog. If you were wondering, Saint Vincent and the Gr…