http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Bexterwexter/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Bexterwexter en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:35:03 +0000 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:35:03 +0000 I Recently took advantage of a Ryanair 1 million flight sale to go to Dublin for the day now Ryanair get a lot of bad press and yes they are very crafty with their pricing structure and to the naive or unprepared quite frankly you can get stung badly but use them right and they will probably be the cheapest flights you can buy anywhere in the world.So it was armed with that past booking expe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-459618.html In December 2001 I visited Grimsby on the East coast of England with my pops for a football match that will live long in the memory... for me and my Dad that is the reason for this unmemorable event was that we both agreed that it was the coldest we had ever been in our lifetimes.Biting wind driving rain and sleet and two seats on row 1 with no roof above us all contributed to a shivery dither http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Latvia/Riga-Region/Riga/blog-451014.html One of the promises that we made when we returned home was to go and visit Maarten and Lyke in Holland Since we met this lovely couple they have had a beautiful baby girl called Sophie who is 4 months old now.........So on one day in May we arrived into Dusseldorf Weeze airport to be greated by Maarten It was a bit unreal at first to see him there as the last time we saw him was back in Hanoi in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-410549.html Well here we are blogging late again.......it is so hard now we are home to keep up with this writing but we really want to keep blogging So apologies for the confusion in random blogs dated a while ago.......The NZ Jones family came over to visit for Easter which was fab We enjoyed every minute of the time we spent with them here even though it was a little strange to start with as we felt http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-410544.html Back In January we went on our first trip to Italy and our first trip out since we returned to the UK in November We did say that it wouldn't take us long to book a flight to somewhere.......this time to Milan to see our good friend Mar with Liz and Rory as companyBefore we knew it here we were on a cheap Ryanair flight once arriving in Bergamo airport we picked up our hire car and set up Liz's http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lombardy/Lake-Maggiore/blog-378837.html Having finished our 20 month vacation six months ago we felt it was time to properly finish our trip by updating the website to reflect our status why we haven't done it before now I don't know but here goes.....We checked out of Singapore finally after dashing through the border here on a few occasionswe were the only westerners on our flight with cheap Tiger Airways in Singapore's low cost http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Colva/blog-366564.html Borneo land of misty mountains orange fur pimates and many animals unique to this part of the worldFrom Kota Kinabalu where we arrived we firstly headed to a place called Sepilok which is where the Orang Utan sanctuary is...........around a six hour bus ride away. We had been told by the people at the hostel that it was very easy and all you needed to do was get to the long distance bus stati http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kinabatangan/blog-333460.html Just a quick blog from south Eastern Sabah in Borneo Becky will add another blog today or tomorrow after leaving Sandakan and Sepilok OrangUtan Rehabilitation centre we heading down to the town of Semporna so i could do some diving I had read alot about the diving here especially at the acclaimed island of Sipadan regarded by many as one of the best dives in the world I had also read alot http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Semporna/blog-333172.html Hello everybody we hope that you are all ok........here is our story about our latest movements...............Eight hours from the Gold Coast airport on a bargain 200 each flight with Air Asia X we arrived back in the hustle and bustle of KL It was strange going back to somewhere where we have been before but nice that we knew where we were going and what we wanted to do. Kl hasn't changed one http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-329616.html Our final blog from Australia.............wow it seems like we have been in this country for so long this time. It will be almost eight months when we leave that we have been living and working here in the land of Skippy Jaws and crocodile dundee's dreamland This is the end of another chapter and the beginning of a new one so very exciting for us both.Now a bit about what on earth we have been u http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Stanthorpe/blog-325106.html We missed out a blog on another place that we visited in Western Australia..........this place being Rottnest Island we visited there on my birthday.Rottnest Island is a 20km 30mins boat ride from Fremantle docks. We were lucky enough to have bikes that Lynda and Sean had kindly lent to us. The Island itself is only 11km long and 4.5km wide so nice and easy to ride around The ferry that you t http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-295876.html Hello everyone and welcome to a belated update of our blog almost 16 months after we have left home and Irsquom delighted to announce that Rebecca has found it in her heart to trust me with my very own take on our misadventures around the land. So whatrsquos to report Well after nearly 5 months of inactivity and our brains leaking out any sense we once had in that pit of a supermarket we h http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Coral-Coast/blog-308116.html Our apologies for not updating this any sooner but to be honest we have not really had anything exciting to write to you all.........working in a supermarket is obviously very exciting though ha ha ha Also we don't seem to have time to do anything but work eat and sleep at the moment it's a public holiday today so we have had time to relax and I can get around to writingSo what have we been upt http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Perth/Mosman-Park/blog-282720.html HAPPY EASTER READERS I hope that you are all so full of chocolate eggs that the bunny left for you that you can not move..................Work work work and not a lot of play for us for the past few weeks I'm afraid From the last blog we in fact started working for the supermarket with a casual position and have ended up being there full time The supermarket is called Cole's and is the place http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Perth/Mosman-Park/blog-258868.html Yep we are back in Australia just at the other side of the country Which is miles and miles away from where we have visited before.We went and changed our tickets in Auckland before we left as our tickets still said we were going to South America so that cost us a nice ripe sum of 502 for the privilege...........lesson to be learnt do not change your route on a round the world ticket as they c http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Perth/Mosman-Park/blog-244677.html Two German backpackers an Israeli backpacker a camper van with three wheels.........the fourth wheel in a nearby field all sat outside the house on a normal sunny afternoon here I was just getting out of the shower when auntie Judy shouted to me I sent Ste down who had looked out of the window moments before as he had heard a loud noise and wondered what it was. As he looked out he saw James http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Ninety-Mile-Beach/blog-238829.html HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY AND A BELATED MERRY CHRISTMASWe hope that you enjoyed the festive season and you are all ready for this new year 2008.Now then last time I wrote we were on the countdown to Christmas..........it is strange here as it is nowhere near as commercial as it is in the UK which is a good thing we feel. Before the 'few days to go' countdown Clayton had us organised to fit in http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Ninety-Mile-Beach/blog-231845.html Kaikoura was a bit of a disappointment we booked to go and see and swim the dolphins the morning before the ferry so we got up at some silly hour.........it had rained and the wind had got up during the night so we were in two minds if we would still go. On arriving at the office we were told that the skipper was making a decision on if we were able to go or not due to the weather. After half an http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Tongariro-National-Park/blog-220314.html Dunedin was the next stop a true Scottish settlement complete with a cadbury's chocolate factory which smelled divine We travelled down to the peninsula where all the wildlife is it was a beautiful day again so the views were once again spectacular You are all probably getting a bit sick of us saying thatThere are a few well known places that are obviously in the lonely planet guide one of t http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Oamaru/blog-216684.html New Zealand keeps on getting better and better every place we go we see something new and unique that we haven't seen before it is just simply wonderfulWell from the last entry we yet again have done so much.........The weather cleared up for the day in Queenstown so we were able to take the walk up the hill which if you go or have ever been you will know which hill i mean the one with the gon http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Milford-Sound/blog-216676.html