http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Cabbie and Gill on tour/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Cabbie and Gill on tour en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:22:39 BST Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:22:39 BST Buenos Airies June 08First of all massive thanks to Bro and Hollers for coming over to visit us. I had a superb 30th birthday cheers.The two weeks with the above two didn't start as smoothly as we would have liked We had arranged a flightfrom Rio to Buenos Airies the night before Bro and Hollers'arrival we landed around midnight got into a hotel near the airport knowing that we wouldn't be http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-300629.html Iguauzu falls Brazil side May 08To cut a long story short and because we are so far behind .............. Iguazu Falls were amazing loads of water falling off cliffs ...........lovely. We will let the pictures speak for themselves. Fozzy you can stick the 'not enough detail comments come bac http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/blog-298211.html Rio June 08'At least we have a flight next is what I was thinking as our 4th 24 hour bus in 9 days headed into Rio. We had booked a flight back to Buenos Airies so we could have as long as possible in Rio before meeting up with Bro and Hollers. Once we had arrived we dropped the bags off at the hostel and then went straight to Copacabana beach which was brilliant especially as it had been http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Copacabana/blog-296111.html Bariloche May 08We arrived in Bariloche around midday after the overnight bus from Mendoza. We had heard a lot about the buses in Argentina and this one didnt let us down The food was good there was wine champayne and even bingo Sometimes a hostel makes a place this was definitely the case with the Marco Polo hostel. As soon as we got off the bus a guy from the hostel was there to http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/blog-293325.html Mendoza May 08We were really excited about arriving in Argentina as we had heard so many good things about it and we werent disappointed On the first evening we got into Mendoza about 11pm and decided to go straight out and sample some steak and Malbec. It was fantastic I think the fact that the whole meal only cost us about 8 pounds so made it taste even better We decided to have an early ni http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Mendoza/Mendoza/blog-286652.html Wellington Taupo April 08We drove our happy campervan onto the ferry and set off to the North Island. The ferry crossing itself is supposed to have beautiful scenery but unfortunately the weather was still rubbish and all we could see in any direction was white mist. To make matters worse it was the end of the school holidays so the ferry was infested with hundreds of unruly brats running arou http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington/blog-286351.html May 08 Rotorua and AucklandSo on the road again. This time at least not too far from Taupo to Rotorua. The weather was beginning to annoy us to say the least The drive from Taupo to Rotorua in decent weather would be superb there is a lot of thermal activity along the way Cant explain this without sounding like a geeky scientist . Its really strange to drive by some countryside and s http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Rotorua/blog-283044.html Kaikora Nelson April 08We had been looking forward to visiting Kaikoura due to its whale and dolphin trips which we had heard so much about. We made our way over from the South Islands west coast the the east coast the drive took longer than we had anticipated. Obviously the van wasnt so keen on hills most of them I was doing in 2nd gear with my foot to the floor to cut a long story short http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Kaikoura/blog-281886.html Santiago May 08We were really looking forward to arriving in South America it felt like proper travelling again although we absolutely loved New Zealand it is very similar to England culturally and obviously they speak English so its just a bit too easy. When we arrived in Santiago we got into a taxi and immediately started to practice the little spanish we had learnt. Que Tal I asked the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-280770.html New Zealand QueenstownArrowtownWanakaHaast PassFoxFranz JosefApril 08After a few more days in Queenstown we decided it was time to leave. Just half an hour down the road is the really pretty town of Arrowtown there isnt really much to do there its just a quaint little place which looked beautiful with the Autumn leaves and colours everywhere. We had a stroll around the town had a coffee http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Franz-Josef/blog-280557.html April 08From Mount Cook we drove to Queenstown which is a really beautiful place as you approach there is a huge lake with mountains surrounding the city plus there are lots of lovely bars and restaurants As Queenstown is lively we thought it would be a good place to spend my birthday. Great idea except when we went to draw money out the bank it had frozen our card as they thought it was being http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Queenstown/blog-275172.html Yes I smuggle Bananas. I have to hold my hands up to this crime. Some people prefer smuggling class A drugs and making money that way but I just cant get enough of the yellow fellas.On the flight over from Sydney we had been given the usual paperwork to complete for customs. The usual questions were on there have you got any animals explosives cocaine ...... the important one for me turned ou http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Akaroa/blog-274902.html Sydney March 08I was really looking forward to going back to Sydney as i had spent quite a few months there during the meFozzyWaz trip of 2000. I needed to go back to well in my mind anyway ..................................1 The Manly Wharf Backpackers just to see if Hollingsworth was asleep on an ironing board and still paying no rent2 Eva's place in Surrey Hills was worth a visit as http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-273988.html Singapore March 08A lot of people we had met had told us that one day in Singapore is enough as we were short on time this is all we had I wish we had a bit longer as with KL and HCM City. It didn't help that our legs were still in bits from the Mount Kinabalu trek so we were both walking a bit strangely. Most people had told us not to stay long and if we did anything there 'just go to t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Little-India/blog-273985.html KL the Perhentian IslandsWe left Ko Tao and headed to Krabi it was a long trip We took an overnight 'nightmare boat' from Ko Tao to the mainland then a bus then a car and then two more short boat trips and then we were there We stayed in Ao Nang I stayed there years ago with Stu and Warren it has changed a lot since then. I remembered it being a fairly quiet small town with a nice beach http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Selangor/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-272600.html Mui Ne and HCM City feb 08We got off the train in the nearest station to Mui Ne it was still about a half an hour journey to get there. Taxi was our only option and as usual the drivers were very keen to fleece tourists of money to take us to be honest there was no other option other than to walk it in 35 degree heat with massive backpacks So we paid the going rate which for the 30 minute http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Mui-Ne/blog-269430.html Borneo March 08One of the main reasons we went to Borneo was to see Orangutans in the rehabilitaion centre. It became apparent that a lot of other people had the same idea The orangutans live wild in the huge jungle and twice a day is feeding time were they can come along to eat if they want but there is no guarantee that you will see any. During the morning feeding time the viewing platform w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/blog-268554.html Mekong Delta Phnom Penh Feb 08We were both a bit disappointed to leave HCM City but needed to as our visas were due to run out. On our last day there we booked a two day trip which took us along the Mekong Delta and into Cambodia and finished in Phnom Penh. The first day of the trip was a bit boring really we visited a 'floating market' but I couldn't really see a 'market' going on just some http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-268519.html Hue Hoi An Feb 08Coming back into Vietnam from Laos we couldn't bear another 24 hour bus we had been on enough overnight trains buses and it was about time we flew again It worked out to be an ok price even though we booked a couple of days before we flew with that world leader Lao Airlines. At least it didn't have propellas We flew back to Hanoi from Luang Praba http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/North-Central-Coast/Hue/blog-267581.html Feb 08We spent a couple of days lazing on the beach at Sihanoukville it was nice but we had been spoilt with the great beach at Mui Ne. There was quite a lot of hassle from kids on the beach who were selling everything from fruit and bracelets to leg hair removal They would come around and inspect your legs and say 'Miss do you want your hairy legs done charming I thought There was also a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Sihanoukville/blog-266983.html