http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Bega/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Bega en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:55:07 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:55:07 +0000 Abbotsleigh Reunion in BrusselsLate in June there was the largest Abbotsleigh school reunion ever to be held in Brussels or maybe the only one So it was that 4 exAbbotsleigh girls and 3 bubs all met up in Brussels and it was just like old timesIngrid and her little girl Saskia travelled down from Paris Kelly and her little girl Eliana travelled up from Mallorca and I travelled from Londo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belgium/Brussels-Capital-Region/Brussels/blog-428474.html With Benny and Karen inviting me to their wedding in Spain during June it was a great opportunity to make the most of spending a few days in the sunshine exploring the nearby town of Granada. Granada and the Alhambra PalaceI have always heard wonderful things about Granada and it exceeded my expectations in every way I arrived around 7pm and decided to just drop my bags and head out into the li http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Granada/blog-414190.html Well May has been a very busy month travel wise with trips to Argentina and India for work however there were certainly some other fun times in London in between all this travel as well I'll start with my most recent trip to India and there's two pages of photos this time as wellTo India hellip This time getting to Jaipur and completing the Golden Triangle As I was saying I am lucky to get http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jaipur/blog-404449.html So... I was quite busy during April getting out and about to the Cotswolds for easter doing a weekend photography course in London going to my friend Jule's wedding and also spending the long weekend in Stavanger Norway visiting my friend Jo Mitchell. Girls weekend in the CotswoldsSo I was just back from Ghana and heading off 2 days later for a weekend with Tania Zappala an old friend from co http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Vestlandet/Stavanger/blog-404326.html So.. I'm up to February with my blog... being back in London after having been on holiday for so long in Mexico and Australia was rather tough although I'm not sure you'll be feeling that sorry for me though considering I'd had a very easy start to the yearCrutches and top floor apartments don't mixThis good run of holiday luck grinded to a halt back in London where in my first fortnight I ha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-400086.html Well it was only about a week between holidays so it was tough to be heading off again on another adventure This time it was heading home to visit family and friends for 3 weeks with the added bonus of getting a taste of aussie summer A brief weekend in Sydney Surfing Australia Day BBQ and cocktails with 360 views over Sydney Surfing with Lizzy in CronullaI arrived back in Sydney on the http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Bega-Valley/blog-382791.html Hi everyone I haven't done a blog for a little while but wanted to update you on a few of my adventures before christmas including a weekend away with my girlfriends from college and a work trip down to GhanaWeekend at Caen Hill Lock with the girls and MaxStarting with a weekend away with the girls which is not actually completely correct as it was the first time in history there was a boy http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-364749.html Happy new year everyone Holidays in San FranciscoSlightly overdue I know however in November last year I had a lovely holiday in sunny San Francisco for 10 days staying with Sarah a friend I had met travelling in South America. Sarah and her sister Leah were the perfect hosts as I was treated to a great pad a bike so l'd feel like a local following the bike routes all over the city and of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-356922.html My website it telling me that it's been 79 days since my last blog so this is VERY overdue and I'm sorry that it's only now that I have some time away from work and travel to catch up on my blogging I hope that wherever you are in the world that you're having a great Christmas and look forward to hearing all your news in the new yearPremia da dalt for Anna's birthday weekendIt was with much ex http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-331188.html I had been counting the days until my sister Cath and her husband Jason arrived in the UK for a holiday. It had been 2005 since Cath was last on this side of the world so it was so great to see them again. Their time in London started with a typical UK welcome... rain rain and more rain against a backdrop of grey clouds Jason and Felicity had planned a summer BBQ for their welcome lunch however http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Castle-Combe/blog-325391.html Hi everyone Sorry that this blog is so very long overdue Haven't quite had time to sit still and write it out however hopefully getting up to date shortly. So I'll start by taking you back to July...Girls netball trip to LeedsSo it was that I was reunited with the girls from netball that I hadn't played with since before I went to South America last year as we gathered at KingsCross Station and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Central/Nazare/blog-306458.html Well here we are again ... time has gotten away on me and I haven't got this blog out for quite a while However it might be getting a little repetitive as the first thing I have to report is yet another trip to Buenos Aires and also to Delhi so it's a slight case of deja vuBack to Buenos AiresWell it was with great pleasure that I appeased work by traveling back out to Buenos Aires for anoth http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-279765.html Well I originally held off publishing this next blog until I had enough new material but it now turns out I have more than enough In the past month I've been travelling a lot for work including going to Delhi for 3 nights New York for 1 night Buenos Aires for 2 nights and then for pleasure rather than work to Scotland for 3 nights .... so lots of places but all very quickly Despite the ex http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Agra/blog-267504.html Hello everyone Well I have decided to continue with my blog now Irsquom back in London just to keep family and friends updated on what Irsquove been doing as well as share a few pictures from time to time so I hope you enjoy my first 2008 blog To continue where I left off in my lsquofinal blogrsquo from my 2007 South American adventures I arrived back in London in January and have qu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-265063.html Well the inevitable happened and of course my year in Central and South America drew to an end and I found myself heading back home to Australia to spend a week with my family over Christmas and then onto the UK hopefully ready to start work after a year of adventures abroad...It was absolutely fantastic flying into Sydney seeing the beautiful harbour and the sun trying to poke it's head throu http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Bega-Valley/blog-234340.html So ... as I mentioned at the end of my last blog Fran and Hannah recommended me a fantastic place in Chile to spend my last few days in South America. The only problem being that from where I was it was quite a distance to get there... And so it was that I spent two nights and around forty hours travelling on buses to get to Talca all in a bus with seats that barely reclined as there was nothi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Maule/Talca/blog-231070.html Well I am now into the last 10 days of my yearlong adventure it's crazy how time flies So... since the very beginning of my trip I had been looking forward to seeing the whales and their calves in Argentina during their breeding season. And finally the time came when i arrived in Puerto Madryn hoping these gigantic mammals had not yet migrated to Antartica. Oh my god the whales are a jumping http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Valdes-Peninsula/blog-229956.html So ... it was after a day of rest in Puerto Natales after the big Wwalk that I headed across the border again this was crossing number five at this point I arrived at the town of El Calafate which is a town that is built solely on the basis of the Perito Moreno glacier that is nearby Catching up with Emma and Andrew in El Calafate It was great timing that my old flat mate from London Emma http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Chalten/blog-228065.html Well ... my time in Buenos Aires has sadly come to an end and although my first two weeks were amazing my time here has only got better and in the last few weeks I've been having such an great time that's it's tough to leave So ... a few things that I've been up to of late ... A day trip to UruguayDymutsja and I embarked on a day trip across the giant mouth of the river separating Argentina an http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/blog-211870.html So it was in Buenos Aires that I decided to stop backpacking for a month and try to live the life of a Portea a person from buenos aires. And all I can say is that my first two weeks here have just been totally crazy or Loco as they say in SpanishI have been going to spanish classes for 3 hours a day going to the gym exploring the city and trying big emphasis on the trying to party l http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-211814.html