http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Ant and Jenny/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Ant and Jenny en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:28:11 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:28:11 BST Hello boys and girls. We expect you're very bored of these blogs by now but we'll keep soldiering on. Like talking to someone who lost consciousness years ago we feel it's important to keep whittering away in the faint hope that our words will offer some comfort. In fact let's start with some news for those that don't know. We're due back in England on 20th December which is less than 5 months http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Cochabamba-Department/Villa-Tunari/blog-302828.html Bolivia Bolivia Bolivia. So good they named it once. Bolivia's one of those destinations that people either can't wait to get involved with or choose to ignore. The bald Dutch giant we'd met in Argentina had told us in his broad Glasweigen accent 'Aaam spending as little time as possible in that shitehole' but most people we've met have been looking forward to it and see it as a highlight of t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Chuquisaca-Department/Sucre/blog-293267.html Well youre in for a treat with this blog. Frankly I'm tired of Ant's dulcet tones so thought it was probably about time that I put pen to paper. So thanks to the road being blocked off between Sucre and Uyuni a regular feature of Bolivian life we decided to head to Tupiza to try our luck there with getting a tour to the salt flats. Memories of India came flooding back as our bus miraculously http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Salar-de-Uyuni/blog-292972.html Tally ho and orf we go Weve had our fun in the sun and now its onwards with a proper slog through the middle of South America. Its intrepid travel time again after all that fun nonsense in Rio. As we all know the middle of South America is a dark jungle where few men or women have feared to tred and those that have have quickly had their heads boiled in pots and eaten by terribly unsport http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Pantanal/blog-285089.html So having admired Igazu from the Brazilian side we boarded a bus for Rio a mere 24 hours north. Pretty much as soon as we set foot in Brazil things began to change. It was like someone had turned up the colour and volume heightening our senses. Was it the music Was it the people Well yes to both. But the thing that took us most by surprise was the food. Brazils famous for its beaches its s http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Copacabana/blog-282206.html Blog time everybody. And well begin with a confession. It is 3 weeks since our last blog and weve sinned oh so many times. The main one being that were about a month behind. Were now in Brazil right now and have just spent a week chilling on the beach...so all that follows is whats happened in between.So after Mendoza which for the record we found a wee bit dull....well ok there was nothing http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Cafayate/blog-280059.html Can anyone explain how me and Jenny have managed not to kill one another Weve spent every waking minute of the past 14 months in one anothers pockets grubby pockets at that. Surely pychologists would advise against such close proximity between humans explaining that absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that. I'm at a loss and so's Jenny so it was no surprie that we grew ludicrously http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Mendoza/Mendoza/blog-272214.html Well gosh me what a lot of blogging we have to do today. We've been down and up and cold and hot and walking and sitting...all in great big proportions. Are you sitting comfortably I am...for the first time in a while. cerrtainly with no chance of a strange flea nipping me on the undercarriageWe left you in a foggy port before boarding the good ship Navimag bound for the cold and icy waters of http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/blog-264718.html Consider the mullet. No dad not the fish the haircut. Like any rare breed it has pockets of popularity in the case of the mullet these are East London Eastern Europe Australia the deep south of the United States and South America. In all but one of these places the mullet succeeds only in making its owner appear to be a cretin. The mullet can reveal a good many things about the owner inbr http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Los-Lagos/Puerto-Montt/blog-259284.html Bugger. Sorry. Im getting slack at this bloggage and theres still so much to tell. There is a reason but well come to that later.So then where we we Oh yes dogging Right well we moved on from that nonsense and continued our journey north towards Abel Tasman which is a very pretty place on the north coast of the south island. With a day before we got the ferry to the north island we decide http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-252397.html God we're unoriginal. First Asia then Australia now New Zealand. How unimaginative. Just like every other backpacker before us here we are. 'Why couldn't you have gone to North Korea or Antartica' we hear you scream. Well tough you're all going to have to hear about what a tremendous time we've been having in New Zealand even though some of you have been here and done exactly the same stuff http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Milford-Sound/blog-246390.html Happy New Year everybody For those of you that have been following our escapades you'll be well aware that we had an altogether unBritish Christmas planned. Gone was the snow the cold the clouds...bring on the sun the heat the dry arid desert. We'd booked ourselves off work for nigh on three weeks THREE WEEKS of roadtrippin' across the arid drought stricken skeletal dusty desert that i http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/South-Australia/Kangaroo-Island/blog-234302.html I've been around the world and I...I...I I can't find my babyLisa Stansfield 1989I don't know if Lisa Stansfield ever did find her baby though if she didn't it should cause some concern to the social services. How someone with such apparent wealth and fame can be so open about her neglect is beyond me it really is.We've not been around the world yet. We've sort of got half way and we're deli http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-228218.html You canrsquot do road trips in England. Theyrsquod be over in 2 days unless you took a route through London and then it would take you 5. And anyway imagine stopping at Sandbatch Services on your holshellipAustraliarsquos rather bigger though and we've just had a pretty effing fun four weeks driving at breakneck speeds heading for danger excitement and caravan parks. If you've got half a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Bellingen/blog-192974.html Grsquoday how you going AWESOME Awesome AwesomeYes wersquove made it to the very bottom of the earth and after a full month Irsquove finally pulled my finger out and got round to laying a hefty steaming blog all over your computers.I would apologise for the delay but I donrsquot imagine anyonersquos too upset not to have received the brain dribble that falls out of my head and o http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Blue-Mountains/blog-192948.html Nha Trang's one of those names that you've heard but are not sure why then you realise it's from watching too many films about Vietnam. It's occured to us that everyone gets here and really enjoys saying the names of some of these places Saigon Denang Nah Trang. It's as if everyone realises that they sound like American Generals directing a fleet of B52s everytime they say it 'Rodger that 2 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Red-River-Delta/Halong-Bay/blog-183262.html So Vietnam then. Cambodia was brief and that was fine. I'll let you into a little secret we didn't really get captured it was all a big lie to assure Jenny that I'd written another blog. She didn't find it very funny either. So we made it out of Cambodia. Leaving the country was a lot easier than getting in and for us 10 or so days was plenty. After about 3 minutes in Vietnam we headed to the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Central-Highlands/Da-Lat/blog-181796.html Jenny and Ant would like to inform you that they are safe and well inspite of the fact that they have spent the last 19 days chained to a bamboo radiator 10 feet below ground. They were kidnapped by us the Cambodian Ultra Nasty Tourist Swipers as they tried crossing the border into Vietnam late in June. They will be held by us and will be used to impart knowledge of Oralcare and TV Production http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/West/Sihanoukville/blog-179555.html Well after quite a few months of bugger all input into our 'joint' blog Ant suggested ie. bullied me into writing an entry. I tell you it's put my stress levels right up as I'm a much studious scholar than young Ant so I've been diligently taking notes on our adventures. So where to start. Well unsurprisingly our journey into Cambodia wasn't hassle free. Unfortunately it's almost impossib http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/West/Sihanoukville/blog-173605.html Now where were we Aaah yes we were about to head south. Our arses have taken a pounding in the last couple of weeks but not in a gay way. Getting around Laos can be done in one of two ways boats with seats made from solid pygmy church pews or buses on the kinds of roads that wriggle and squirm like a Tory MP. Bus trips go something like this. 1. Turn up 2 hours before departure to baggsy you http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-171405.html