http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Bobby-Dazzler/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Bobby Dazzler en-us Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:25:05 +0000 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:25:05 +0000 Friday December 19thThe cambodians drive on the right hand side of the road the thais on the left. After we crossed the border into thailand it was a wierd experience changing sides of the road in the middle of a journey. Once back in thailand there was a noticeable change in how advanced thailand is as compared to less well off cambodia. On approaching Bangkok we hit some crazy traffic that adde http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/blog-356578.html Sunday the 14thOn Sunday morning Myself Babette and Matt headed off back to Phnom Penh. This time we took a minibus and did actually have a seat to ourself despite the fact that there were 5 cambodians squashed into 3 seats for a while the are really thin. It took 8 hours to get to Phnom Penh which felt like a lifetime but we were kept entertained or you might even say in a state of total fe http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/blog-355298.html Monday the 8th DecUp at 6.30 we got our bus leaving Phnom Penh for Kratie at 7am. We knew that in kratie you can see river dolphins but apart from that we had no idea what to expect. The bus stopped for breakfastafter after a few hours a local breakfast noodle soup for me thank you very much and we got talking to some of the people on the bus. This englis lady Chris told us how she works in an http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/blog-354461.html Wednesday the 3rdI caught a flight to Siem Reap in Cambodia in the morning. Whereas Laos was pretty cold Cambodia is really hot and the heat hit me when I got off the plane. From the Airport I got a motor bike taxi to the hotel. The guy put my ruck sack between his knees and off we headed into the city with no helmets. Bit reckless maybe but its the way most people travel on bikes here. I got to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/blog-351828.html Sunday the 30thI took a tuktuk to changmai airport and caught my flight out of Thailand to Luang Prabang in the north west of Laos. Luang Prabang is situated in the middle of jungle covered mountains on the Mekong river. I got off the plane and the first think I realised was I didnt have enough money to buy my visa so I had to borrow a couple of dollars of a scottish couple that were on the plane http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/West/Luang-Prabang/blog-350612.html Friday the 21stHad what was meant to be the last night out with the clare boys and Nial. In the end there ended up being a group of 6 of us with a few liverpool lads joining the possy. We started in Papaya our favourite restaurant on Phi Phi. Half way through the meal this older Austrian guy and his sweedish girlfriend started talking to us accross the divide from the bar next door. The austrian t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/blog-348118.html Wednesday the 12thOn wednesday morning I woke up in my hotel room in Koh Samui an island off the coast of thailand. The first thing I noticed about thailand or Koh Samui is the amount of scooters and moterbikes. Everyone drives them here. Without having much time to look around Koh Samui i got my stuff together and headed to the ferry terminal. I caught a ferry to Koh Phagnan another thailand http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/blog-345280.html Monday the 10thI arrived in Singapore at 10pm and tooka taxi to John Sheehans place. The taxi driver gave me a brief history of Singapore on the way all taxi drivers are talkative here. John who worked with me in MCS galway and who also lived in paris for a while lives in an appartment in a high rise building like most people in singapore. We had a chat for a while catching up with what he is http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/blog-343961.html Friday the 31st to Sunday the 2ndThe weekend in cairns began with halloween on friday night. Myself and Eric dressed up as Pirates which is pretty easy to do as we found pirate hats and swords in a kids shop. Tony an american guy that was with us dressed up as a penguin and it was priceless. He got some inflatable penguin out of a shop cut it up and slipped into it. In the bars and clubs there wer http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-343074.html Thursday the 23rdThat evening the crowed from the whit sunday trip met up in a bar and got absolutely loaded. Party party party. A live band in one bar followed by a live band in another bar followed by a night club. I bloody hated the night club too many sweaty people too close together with terrible boom boom music but I loved the bars and music before that. Obviously my age is starting to sho http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-339906.html Monday the 13thMyself and Erich arrived in Surfers Paradise and really just chilled out. Surfers paradise is a real beach resort type place. There are lots of high rise apartment buildings that people use as holiday homes. Close by there are a number of theme parks. But despite the name the surfing isnt all that great well thats what the real surfers say. We sat on the beach for a while went for http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-336325.html Monday the 6th of OctoberAfter only 4 hours sleep and a crazy weekend in Sydney I got up to catch the bus for the surfari a surfing safari up the coast to Byron bay. I met the group and driversurfing instructor at 7.45am. There were a group of seven people Erich from switzerland Rachael from Adelaide Marusa from Slovenia Thomas from Germany Faith from Belfast and George her boyfriend from S http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-333774.html Tuesday the 30th of SeptemberAfter a good night sleep which was well needed after a crazy tim in melbourne i got up early to go Sailing. I had booked a two day sailing course in sydney harbour with a lady called Annie Bennet. I took a taxi up to where the course was as I had not a clue where I was going. I was staying south of the harbour but the course was at a place called Clontarf which is no http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-330050.html Friday the 26thPacked my bags and said good bye to new zealand and took the flight from christchurch to Melbourne. As it turned out I probably picked the best weekend of the year to go to Melbourne. On saturday the grand final of the Aussie rules was on and on sunday there was a festival. When I got into melbourne I met Mickey Lynch a mate from back home in Sligo who is now living in Melbourne. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/blog-328916.html The poster in the skydive shop said There is no such thing as TRY there is only DO or DID NOT DO. The skydive was one of the most enjoyable experiences ive ever had. I cant wait to do another one.Wednesday the 17thMyself and peter decided to do a skydive Wednesday. But unfortunately the weather did not work out and the skydive got cancelled. When we realised the skydive was cancelled it was to http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/blog-325852.html These lat few days the weather has improved and now new zealand has shown itself to be one of the most beautiful places in the world...Wednesday the 10thMyself and rob took a good few hours walking around wellington in the morning. Got myself the Official All blacks shirt as well as a big all blacks flag. Should come in handy at the Connaught final next year when we beat Galway. The town is way mo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/blog-323754.html September the 3rdThe flight from Santiago to Auckland took off from Santiago at 23h00 and 13hours later landed in Auckland on Friday the 5th of September at 04h00. Crossing the international date line in the middle of the pacific meant that i didnt really have a 4th of september. WeirdAfter the meal and film on the flight I slept for a full 8 hours which was great.Friday September the 5thAfter http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/blog-321137.html Monday the 1st SeptemberArrived in Santiago at about 11am after the over night bus from sorno. The bus was a cama bus meaning fulling reclinable seats with leg rest and usuall y i slepp pretty well on these but due to the shoulder i was pretty uncomfortable through the night. So by the time i got to santiago i was wrecked. But a shower in the hostel woke me up a bit and after a pasta lunch it wa http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/blog-319459.html Tuesday the 26thBariloche is a really pretty town on the edge of a lake in the argentinian andes. Accross the lake you can see snow capped mountains really beautiful when the sun is shining. One funny thing about the town is that it has loads of chocolate shops all with handmade chocolate. And my god is the chocolate good with a cup of coffee.Ate in an incredible steak house that night. This is m http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/blog-317628.html Monday the 18th to Monday the 25th of AugustThis entry will not be split into different days mainly because i dont really remember on which day each event happened. This lack of memory is mainly due to the fact that for one full week i was not really myself or more precisely i have never felt normal. For 7 days I have been one of the following a drunk b hungover c really tired d starving est http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-316525.html