It was 39 celcius at 10.55am today........ OMG!!!!! I looked around at people, wonder how they are surviving. The only thing I do mind is the heat. There was no breeze, just hotter and hotter. I surrender!!!! Everyone here is football craze at the moment. Watching the matches on TV. Didn't think Australian would even go to the second round, but they did!!! Way to go Aussies. Watching a program on TV, a talk show - four girls talking to each other. All they talk about is who is the good looking one in which team rather than who is the [View Full Entry]

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Here I am again. In 2006... Well, what a day to spend my birthday... on the plane for over 12 hours. Flight from Christchurch - Auckland - Bangkok. Yes I have heard that Thai Airways has new airplanes from AUK - BKK. I thought... yeah yeah... But wow. I was impressed. Especially with the entertainment they offer. Bring it on 12 hours flight... it's not even enough I say! (Luckily I havn't seen any movies as of late) But imagine if you gotta sit next to an over ordinary large person. .................. Anyways, don't wanna! Next to me was an empty [View Full Entry]

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So, arriving back in New Zealand. It was over so fast!!!! Seems like it was just yesterday that I was so excited to go on the vacation... Well, all good things must come to an end... But fear not, I will return to Europe again!!! Next destination??? Not sure yet... but it will definitely have Italy included as well. Well, missing the food there already!!!!! [View Full Entry]

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At the time I arrived Thailand, it was during the Vegetarian Festival. This is when people don't eat meat and a certain kind of other food for a period of time. Didn't do much just resting for couple of nights til another long flight to New Zealand... [View Full Entry]

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((Finally I get to final this thing!!!)) The last few days I spent in Italy was going up and down from Firenze and Roma catching up with few friends before I had to leave Italy. The time I spent there, five weeks, was just amazing!!! I sure will miss Italy. Obviously not everything is all good and perfect, but all in all, that just makes it so charming. Italy sure will be right on top of my loved country. Definitely have to go back there again... and again... and again... [View Full Entry]

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So, I have been to Catania and back with no part missing. I have to say that Catania is probably one of the craziest place I have been in Italy. It is so lively and chaotic. But charming in its own way. Most memorable thing here would be the mosquito bites. I got loads of them all over my arms and legs. I was practically covered with the repellent from head to toes. But seem they were just immuned to it. By the day I left (stayed here for 4nights) I looked like I have chicken pox all over again.... (It [View Full Entry]

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I was supposed to go down to Pompei yesterday but realised that I have no memory left on my camera. So I spent the day uploading pictures and send them all away. Took a train down to Naples and changed to local train to Pompei. Naples local train was just so crazy. It was noisy and full of people. Everyone was having their own discussion about something. Half way to Pompei, this girl came on board with an old man and sat down beside me. From the moment she stepped on the train, she was yelling. Sounded like she was having [View Full Entry]

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Kelli and Nathan decided to stay for another night before heading down south to visit Nathan's relatives. So we headed to visit the Catacombe. It is an underground maze burial. It was just amazing down there. It is huge and big. We got there just before it closed for lunch but didn't buy the ticket in time. Which worked out well, because we brought the picnic so instead of carrying it around we can just easily carrying it around in our tummies. It was such a nice day and we didn't mind waiting for two hours at all. Afterwards we felt [View Full Entry]

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OK, so I forgot to mention a few things. I have met a bunch of fellow travellers. Among those, I was lucky enough to be staying with these guys, Kelli, Nathan, Wytske and Leslie. Kelli and Nathan are travelling together from the US of A. Leslie from US of A travelling with Wytske from Amsterdam. Wytske is studying in the US. We were staying in the same dorm room at the hostel and had fun with joke like assulted peanut and white horse (inside joke for more information please contact me directly :D) [View Full Entry]

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So, I am now back in Italy again. The train ride from Genéve to Roma was delay but it is normal here. It is great to be back in Rome again. But somehow sitting on the train all day doing nothing makes you even more tired than doing something all day. The next day had a bad headache but survived. Walked around in the morning without the map and I got to everywhere and back without getting lost once. Quite proud of myself :) Visited the Vatican City the day after. It was good. The guards in front of the gate [View Full Entry]

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