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| 3rd May 2008 Dad | - From: From the cocha to the coast So nice to feel that the journey is going to be completed for those of us unlucky enough not to have been traveling. |
| 28th April 2008 krishna | i agree with U - From: Sex in India u did understand india right..thats the way it is |
| 24th January 2008 Sof | bum bum bum bum bum - From: To the jungles of Peru...jaguars and piranhas and anacondas, OH MY! hehehe... picturing ana with a square bum.... :) |
| 23rd January 2008 Amanda | I'm loving it! - From: The stunning remains of an empire (and Chas crapping on about stonework) I for one am LOVING your blog - so interesting and vital - it's great to hear both the positives and negatives, as that is all part of travelling, especially to the places you are visiting. (And not everyone has to agree with you!) Keep it up! Lots of love to you both and special love to Rachel. xx |
| 12th January 2008 Sof | Corn, corn, corn - From: The stunning remains of an empire (and Chas crapping on about stonework) Have you found a cornballer yet? Do they have corn flavoured lollies and sausages in S.A.? |
| 10th January 2008 Esteban | Well done - From: I bet the Inca didn't bloody walk it! I've just been looking at some of the other blogs on the Inca trail and you're not the only one to struggle up the Dead Woman's Pass. Some have turned back altogether so well done Ana for pushing on and overcoming the dreaded soroche! |
| 7th January 2008 Chasanaski | Ouch part 2 - From: South... south... but not south enough! I have just reread this particular blog and the only negative vibes are criticsing the government for building a highway through an archeological site (similar to knocking down a pyramid to build a carpark) and how seeing a condor at a distance for 15 seconds after 2 days of travel was anti-climactic. I apologise profusely. |
| 7th January 2008 Chasanaski | Ouch! - From: South... south... but not south enough! I think you make a fair comment in that often what we, or more particularly, I find strinking about countries is negative. But we are certainly not going home as we are very positive travellers who go into very interesting places and always have a great time. I am sorry that this does not come through enough on the blogs. In regards to this particular blog, we did not mean for the condors to be anti-climactic, they simply were for all involved. Also, I seem to remember writing about enjoying the monastery, Juanita museum, the Nazca lines and much more. While I like to criticise governments, my friends know that I do that to every country I visit especially my own; governance never sits well with me. But rather than insult us, I would welcome some more positive feedback. Yours faithfully Chas |
| 7th January 2008 Lisa | Hi - From: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism You forgot to mention "How simple and easy it is to dance tango". |
| 7th January 2008 Viktor | Hello - From: South... south... but not south enough! It sounds like every blog you guys write have a negative vibe. You guys need a positive attitude pill. If not you guys can catch your flight back to where ever you guys are from. |
| 18th December 2007 Molly | - From: Argentina Part II - The Hedon Empire crumbles in the face of tourism Wow! What an adventure you are both experiencing. The stamina you have is amazing! Looking forward to Jan! Lots and lots of love, Molly xxxx |
| 14th December 2007 zac | no nazis - From: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism Can't you see??? That 'stupid sign' doesn't mean no crossing the road, it means no goose-stepping. |
| 14th December 2007 Sof | now i'm really jealous... - From: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism do you think you could post some of that icecream over? it's getting really cold here, so it shouldn't melt too much... (Ana, are you putting on weight yet? You must be... a kilo of icecream???I don't even think I could do that) |
| 12th December 2007 Paul J | BE CAREFUL - THERE IS A FINE LINE - From: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism Oh yes. It is one thing to send carefree 'bons souvenirs' of Argentina, and QUITE ANOTHER to expose former residents and connoisseurs to photographs of indigenous steaks. Fortunately for you both, the sample was merely from Recoleta (PAH!) and not La Nelly, Olivos. Otherwise, who knows what vengeance Lufthansa might have suddenly flown in from Gatwick via Frankfurt. You have been warned. There are limits. |
| 11th December 2007 Sara Sigurdardottir | hey guy's! - From: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism how great is it to be able to read your blog and see what you're up to! just wanted to say hello to you and tell you that Melbourne is such a lovely city and we've been having a really good time. Looking forward to see you here next year... Sara |
| 28th November 2007 Chasanaski | A reply to the above comment - From: Sex in India Dear Sir I understand all of your comments on our blog, especially that not even Indians understand all of India. It is a country I have visited five times and am amazed by the diversity and change in a nation where every states speaks a different language and the southern states refuse to teach the national language. So, please do not feel that I am holding myself out as an expert. You tell me to write, and I quote: 'In my experience'. If you had read my blog carefully, you would see in the opening paragraph the following words: 'This is an incredibly interesting and controversial topic and I am far from qualified to speak on the matter so please do not consider the following gospel or expert opinion. I have however travelled to India 3 or 4 times now and certain aspects of their sexuality strike me every time. Let be known that: this is the opinion of one white, male, Christian, Anglo-Australian and should be treated as such!' Please notice the highlighted text. Does this not suggest that I stated that it was only opinion, the opinion of a westerner, and hence not to be treated as expert opinion? Hence, does my first paragraph not make your comment on my blog completely superfluous? Yours Charles Fisher |
| 20th November 2007 dov | Analyzing India - From: Sex in India As an indian who have lived in western countries let me say this fwiw. One thing the westerners just can't grasp is the actual depth and breadth of human social environment that India is. No one who has lived in India for all their lives and travelled to its many parts are qualified to comment on India because India is an amalgam of an incredible array of social artefacts. Let alone a one time visitor. All you have said in your article is wrong in my personal experience, but I would not for a moment doubt your experience of India was exactly what you wrote. When discussing India its always better to state who you are and then say 'In my experience'. This is what we indians do. We attach one's opinions to the context of that person's religious, linguistic and other relevant background, without which it won't really make any sense. While there are broad ideas that bind indians together, in reality every indian is a minority. |
| 3rd November 2007 Sof and Zac | officially unkitsch castles - From: Too much Iberia, too little time (damn the Alicante beaches) that was not a kitsch castle... you need to appreciate mosaics more. we live in China, there is way more kitsch here than in portugal!!!! btw, chas, have a haircut. :) |
| 18th October 2007 Chasanaski | NO! - From: Lástima que todos hablan Catalán (porque no entiendo a nadie despues de haber aprendido español!) Ana had a bath before me and shaved her legs. The ONLY part of my body that I shave is my head excluding eyebrows, nose and eyes (although it may only be a matter of time...) |
| 17th October 2007 Kavitha | after a long time - From: Lástima que todos hablan Catalán (porque no entiendo a nadie despues de haber aprendido español!) La Casa Balltó looks fab because its just so different. I've never seen anything like it in my life. There's something so unique and dramatic about its aesthetic appeal. And oh I had to really ask this about your now-famous last journal entry (ha!): what caught my eye was the razor on the side (that's what the purple and white thingy is, right?)..what was it doing on the tub? Charles was going to shave his legs, is it? :P |
| 16th October 2007 Salvador | Ok - From: Lástima que todos hablan Catalán (porque no entiendo a nadie despues de haber aprendido español!) Hi, thanks for your answer. I apreciate your understanding of my comment. This is going to be a short comment (because I've a lot of other things to do (it's not a weekend day ;-) ). Anyway, your statement about the destruction of native languages in Australia makes me happy to find someone who positively sees the richness of linguistical diferences arround the world. In fact my first reaction about your title was quite angry because there's a lot of people who sees this rich cultural diversity as a problem (being the "problem" catalan, euskera, gaelic, or a thousand indian languages), and in Spain, a lot of castillian-only speakers think we speak catalan just for complicate things, and that speak only castillian is the "normal" thing (tell that to the swiss, who speak half french-half german and partly italian, there is no "swiss" language). In short, thanks being open to cultural diversity. |
| 15th October 2007 Chasanaski | A complaint in disgust regarding the title - From: Lástima que todos hablan Catalán (porque no entiendo a nadie despues de haber aprendido español!) I've read more or less all your text, and I supose that the title refears to the café in "Port Beau" (do you mean Port-Bou?). With only that, I think that your title is a bit disgusting, because seems to point that's a shame that catalan exists. I don't know your level of knowledge about Catalonia, catalan or some political problems about this, but catalan IS the language of Catalona, although about 50% speak usually castillian (spanish), which I and everyone fully respect. But the catalan language has been endangered for centuries, and still now has survived barely. It's the strongest (in number of speakers) language in Europe without a country behind it to suport it. And just last week has been the official invited culture in the Frankfurt book Fair. So, please reconsider your title. Many thanks, Salvador REPLY Dear Salvador, The title in no way criticises the existence of catalan. I am sorry that it came across that way. I am from Australia and very few things about our national heritage sadden me more than that British colonisation has destroyed over two hundred native languages there. The majority of our readers are from Australia and only speak English, so the title would mean little to them. I meant to add a paragraph explaining the title (which translates as "Pity that everyone speaks catalan") thus: after travelling for six months through countries where we did not speak the language (other than England), I was looking forward to coming to Spain as I am a fluent Spanish speaker and wanted to communicate to locals in their own language. So it was a bit of a surprise to not understand a lot of what was going on around me (naturally all Catalans speak Spanish so we could at least communicate). I hope this satisfies you sense of outrage. Would it be possible for me to add this exchange on the comments section of the blog so that anyone else who misunderstands the intention of the title can be assured? Thank you so much for taking the time to read the blog and I hope that apart from the title, it was of interest to you. I am adding a rider to the title as I write this. Yours faithfully Chas Fisher |
| 3rd October 2007 Zac and Sof | No assing around this time - From: The curse of Father Steven remains strong... In your last blog you referred to Andy Warhol's 'ass produced' art. Just as well he didn't eat all the crepes that you've been eating, or he would have needed pretty big canvases. Chas, that's cleavage in your naked photo. Dude. Seriously. |
| 21st September 2007 Molly | xx - From: Hot Carnival in a cold town Hey guys! Love the blog....so many fun memories! I returned home 2 days ago, and boy it feels a little strange, but slowly getting organised with stuff like........ work! Blaaaaaaaaa!!! ove you guys xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| 5th September 2007 Chasanaski | Another comment emailed to us by a friend: - From: Fear and loathing in immigration succumbs to good natured Dorset A line of solidarity about the lovely UK welcome. Seriously depressing. How well I remember passing through this period myself. Horrendous. Mine was prolonged because despite polite reminder, they put the incorrect stamp in my passport on first entry. It being unthinkable to concede that this had occurred, there followed an eight year paper chase. Oh, enjoyed the graphics. I thought the shot of The Cleft especially simpatico. Angle could possibly have been improved, but who knows what next times may be imminent. |
| 5th September 2007 Chasanaski | Too true - From: Fear and loathing in immigration succumbs to good natured Dorset I guess I must be as talented as Alanis. Irony wrong word. Maybe should have used goldy or silvery. |
| 5th September 2007 Zac | ironic??? - From: Fear and loathing in immigration succumbs to good natured Dorset I fail to see the irony of a house being 4 times older than Australia. Unless you went to see an agent requesting a house to stay in that was much older than Australia, due to your keen interest in pre-european Australian history, but much to your disappointment there was no such house available. But you accepted because there were no other options. Then, upon arriving at the house, you found that it WAS in fact older than Australia, and much much older at that. THAT would be ironic. You doofus. Oh, and Sof says I should say something nice as well... the photos look nice. |
| 3rd September 2007 Sunita Hand | How beautiful!!! - From: My favourite place on earth I love the pics you have from St Just.... it truly looks magical. My favourite pic is also the black and white photo, and I also love the one of everyone posing on the dance floor. I'm so glad that Chas got to celebrate with close friends and family with you Ana in a place that means a lot too both of you. Love and hugs always |
| 30th July 2007 Caroline | Happy 2nd Wedding! - From: My favourite place on earth Hi Chasanaski!!! I'm so happy for you guys- you seem to be having the best time overseas! How lucky you both are! Ana, you look amazing in that dress and my fave photo of you guys is that black and white shot at the end :) Chas, that photo of u dancing is a CLASSIC!!! haha St Just sounds fantastic! Have a ball and may you have safe travels ahead! (go Cadel Evans!) Love lots, Caroline |
| 23rd July 2007 Molly!! | Sooooo Exciting!!! - From: Clash of the travel bloggers - Brittany to the Alps! Wow.... We have spent the last half hour in the tourist office in Ljubljana laughing very loud at your latest blog!! So many great memories, and we to have been missing your company. We actually have achieved a week long drink-wise since we went our seperate ways tho!!! All the best for the following leg of your amazing journey. Much love, Molly and Luke xxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| 20th July 2007 Sally | Lovely - From: My favourite place on earth It looks so lovely - glad you all had a wonderful time. Must have been awesome to see Luke and Celeste - hope thay are well. Ana - you're hair looks fantastic and the dress was an excellent decision! Yay Team Chasanaski!!! Much love to you both, happy second wedding. x x x |
| 22nd June 2007 Sof | - From: Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen Chas, are you implying that the litre of beer was a struggle? Im disappointed. And where is the picture of Ana drinking a litre beer?? However, I am very excited about the cow exhibition!!! Keep partying on!!! I want photos of Ana eating chocolate croissants with nutella on top! :) |
| 21st June 2007 Chasanaski | Response to Zac - From: Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen 1. The bikes needed no repairs other than I was given a woman's bike (no comments allowed, I will not publish them if they are submitted). 2. Unoriginal though it may have been, it was no where near as unoriginal as the photo of the little mermaid and I will have you know that that litre of beer was a big struggle only for the posterity of said photo. 3. Only position interested in is the one on the pool table. Can you make it out? |
| 21st June 2007 Chasanaski | Presents for a Friend - From: Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen So many thanks for the Daneblog. Just so you don’t worry - instead of that large expensive gift you were planning for me, I want ONLY and EXCLUSIVELY the doll’s house WITH the movable figures, if you please. If some rotten toadying creep has dished me in the line already, the golden scrotum may prove acceptable, if autographed. |
| 21st June 2007 Zac | Nice - From: Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen 1. You didn't mention the condition of the bikes you hired. I hope you had to visit a repair man at least 6 times over the day due to flat tyres, faulty brakes and pedals falling off. 2. A picture holding a litre beer is totally unoriginal. 3. Did you try to emulate a life size doll house erotica yourselves? |
| 20th June 2007 CANI | Yes, I'm definitevely the first to comment this one - From: Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen I never really thought of denmark as ever being an extremely hot country..... maybe thats just because I've never really been there..!! Hey, did you plant yourself in front of the guards and make silly faces, hoping that they would not retaliate!!?? that's an experience nobody should skip....!!! Anyway, Cheers to everybody..!!! and cheers to the others that will be commenting this blog too..!!! |
| 11th June 2007 Zac Attenborough | Animal Sex - From: The Honeymoon! (Warning: here there be elephants, many many elephants) I'm sure Sri Lankan elephants know how to be raunchy, but I don't reckon they could outdo the duck sex that we saw in Bordeaux. Those French. Come to think of it, I think the Polish peacocks need a lesson on kinkiness too. |
| 11th June 2007 AaronBourke | Good Times - From: The Honeymoon! (Warning: here there be elephants, many many elephants) It seems like you guys are having a magical time in Sri Lanka. Good for you. As promised, I've followed in your footsteps and started a blog. Here's the link: http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/AaronBourke/ Short Link: www.mytb.org/AaronBourke Everything has gone to doo-doo (this is a G-rated blog site) since you left. |
| 2nd June 2007 Gian Sealy | Interesting Blog - From: The final Indian blog... Chas and Ana, very interesting blog. thank you for sharing it with me, it made me laugh and made me realise how juxtaposed our country is. Stay in touch. Gian & Samanthea |
| 2nd June 2007 margaret das | The last Indian Blog - From: The final Indian blog... I loved reading about your experiences and want to assure you that you have only scratched the surface of what is India both good and not so good. Am so glad that you both fpund some respite after every frustrating contact with officialdom and beaurocracy! Now you know why I am a teacher !!! Hope the rest of your travels will be just as amazing! Margaret |
| 2nd June 2007 Steve & Licenia | Enjoy your honeymoon in Sri Lanka - you deserve it! - From: The final Indian blog... We've really enjoyed reading your travel blog guys and hearing of all your adventures, a la Kim, along "the great road" that is India (I've just read the comment about the turkey getting squashed!). It really, really is a fantastatic place to visit isn't it? Just mind boggling and so totally in your face all the time, there's so much to do and see. You've been lucky to meet some very interesting people along the way as well as doing some valuable work in the human rights arena which will, I'm sure, have a ripple effect over time that could help result in some significant improvements in the lives of the downtrodden (not only in india, but even further afield). Enough said, enjoy Sri Lanka (now that you've beaten me to it!). Check out Galle and Warnie's stadium Chas (the one that the tsunami dumped a bus in the middle of the pitch) - he's supposed to have contributed to renovating it (?for sentimental reasons - he achieved some remarkable feat there before succumbing to the inidian bookmaker scam!). Look forward to seeing you both in Copenhagen. S&L |
| 1st June 2007 Kavitha | - From: The final Indian blog... So, the journey has come to an end finally! Looks like you guys had your share of good and bad moments, and well that happens with any place. Is the coughing fit that Ana is talking about the one at Asha Bhavan when I was present? :/ Ana looks really nice in the salwar. I wonder if Charles tried wearing a kurti? If you liked the momos at Kodai, then you would love the quaint but authentic momos here in Calcutta. Well, next time in India perhaps? :) Have fun in Sri Lanka and the other places! |
| 1st June 2007 Luke | abusive relationship - From: The final Indian blog... i like that, the abusive relationship bit i am sure you could have guessed but that is exactly how i would describe Uganda. (i am very much looking forward to the Brittany wedding also!) |
| 29th May 2007 Sof | Stupid signs - From: Fighting Against Torture Pt IV - Keralan Sunsets & Stolen Days of Honeymoon Do you think they would allow Zac in a bathroom anywhere in Kerala? |
| 29th May 2007 Zac | Stupid Signs - From: Fighting Against Torture Pt IV - Keralan Sunsets & Stolen Days of Honeymoon Hmmm, perhaps India and China could have an international competition of stupid signs. For my liking, "Climb Great Wall by boat" takes the cake here. Or perhaps the numerous "437 Days to go" signs around BJ at time of writing. You can buy 2008 Olympic Souvenirs everywhere already... |
| 26th May 2007 Chasanaski | The turkey... - From: Fight Against Torture - Part III - Camp! Oh yes the turkey...poor thing. It makes me feel so sad whenever I think about it. But to fill you all in: whilst Chas, Jordan and I were making our way back from the summer camp, there was this little baby turkey that was coming towards us. As we neared it, it veered off the the right hand side, which meant the middle of the road, and just at the moment, a great big huge truck came roaring on top of it. It was so awful because one moment it had been a happy little turkey, and within a second was...quite...flat. And we felt terrible because it had only veered into the road to avoid walking into us. :( |
| 26th May 2007 jordan | what about the turkey - From: Fight Against Torture - Part III - Camp! also, you forgot to tell about the baby turkey we saw get hit by the truck. that was a pretty powerful moment for all of us, i think. |
| 26th May 2007 jordan | my bus trip from hell - From: Fight Against Torture - Part III - Camp! my report of 300 people on that bus was not an exaggeration. there really were 300 people crammed into that bus (i counted at least 35 standing in the space between the first row of seats and the windshield). however, I'll graciously accept your vicious allegation that I embellished as evidence of the fact that my real life experience was one of those things that just can't be grasped by everyday imagination. |
| 10th May 2007 Skye :) | chazy! - From: Fighting Against Torture! - Part 2 - Ana joins the fray! Nice tshirt chazy! i want one!!!!!! meow! luv cleo xxxxx |
| 8th May 2007 Sally | Yo dude, What's up? - From: A weekend of palacial grandness (no hyperbole present I swear) Hey!!!! Glad to see you are having fantastic adventures. Miss you both - LOVED Ana's laughing fit story - a true classic. Hope married life is blissful and keep adventuring. Lots of love, Sal. xxx |
