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| 2nd February 2007 DnH | Fantastic photos - From: Andaman Sea Tour: Koh Lanta & Krabi I suppose you're doing this for a living. If not, you should. Great work! |
| 2nd February 2007 adonai | beautiful pictures! - From: Andaman Sea Tour: Koh Lanta & Krabi what camera do you guys use? |
| 2nd February 2007 Mark | - From: Andaman Sea Tour: Koh Lanta & Krabi Unbelievable photos! Wow! |
| 1st February 2007 theresa | i'm going there!! - From: Life isn't that Bad i love your blog! great pictures and great travel stories. I'm going to Bali in a month .. I'm so excited! |
| 1st February 2007 cnak | incredible - From: Andaman Sea Tour: Koh Lanta & Krabi wow, your trip has been absolutely amazing. i can't believe how long it's been. makes me want to do it all over again. keep up the great work with the camera too! |
| 1st February 2007 Marcel | Pics - From: Andaman Sea Tour: Koh Lanta & Krabi Such fantastic pictures! You guys have a talent for it. |
| 1st February 2007 Jeremy | Savage Pics - From: Andaman Sea Tour: Koh Lanta & Krabi hey...just a fellow traveler about to head to Thailand...your pics are great and I hope to emulate many of them....p.s- am also Canadian |
| 21st January 2007 Ramses | Attractive message - From: Fluffy White Powder Sand & Your Own Beaches Thank u for updating your travel. The pictures are attractive and your experience of the orient is adorable. Ramesh |
| 19th January 2007 DGrant | Holy Indeed! - From: Holy Crete Wow! I've never commented on a random blog before, but wow. I love traveling to tropical countries, and have seen some beautiful beaches from Fiji to Cuba but wow! This place looks absolutely incredible, and I've never heard of it. This is definitely going to be researched and hopefully visited one day. Thanks for showing. |
| 19th January 2007 Jacque the idiot | Thank you - From: Fluffy White Powder Sand & Your Own Beaches Thank you for showing the beauty of my hometown. God bless.... |
| 19th January 2007 zaren | - From: Fluffy White Powder Sand & Your Own Beaches WOW! Amazing beaches of Langkawi and a great photo-Tq |
| 19th January 2007 Slater | Sweeeeeeet!! - From: Fluffy White Powder Sand & Your Own Beaches You guys got top-notche pictures!! Enjoy the rest of your trip! |
| 18th January 2007 Rowena | Happy New Year! - From: Fluffy White Powder Sand & Your Own Beaches Hey you two! I love getting your travel updates! Temporarily takes me away from the dreary Vancouver weather these days. You have fantastic pictures! Take care and keep em coming. xo Rowena |
| 18th January 2007 Philip | enough with the tropical pics - From: Fluffy White Powder Sand & Your Own Beaches No more tropical pictures until it warms up here on the Canadian tundra (translation: July) ;) |
| 18th January 2007 Inga | Incredible pictures - From: Fluffy White Powder Sand & Your Own Beaches Great pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 12th January 2007 Rory | Incredible - From: Life isn't that Bad Your photos are absolutely Incredible!! What kind of camera did you use? I miss Kuta beach and Indo a lot. |
| 12th January 2007 Matt | Wow - From: Life isn't that Bad Sorry if this is really random but i have just read some of your blogs and i think what you guys are doing is awesome... and i have to say your pictures are amazing keep up the good work. |
| 3rd January 2007 Ash | Photos - From: Hoi An, Hue & HCMC These are the best photos I've ever seen in a blog! Nice work!!! I'm going to VN in 7 days...so excited. Keep up the good work!! Ash |
| 30th December 2006 Philip | Merry Christmas - From: Hanoi, Sapa & Halong Bay Merry Christmas to you both! |
| 22nd December 2006 Ada | Thanks - From: How do they Not Hate? I want to say thank you for the reply to the stupid comment. I have been to Africa...and people are so destitute, t hey are looking for the next meal every second of the day. They do not have time to be cleaning yards, planting trees etc..etc. there is NO home depot. There is no time in the day to relax. You toil on your feet for hours. Usually as the blog states there is no transportation, so if you want to work in a "semidecent" part of town, you have to hike. Work hard. hike home. Find something to eat. By that time, all you have time to do is sleep and start all over the next day. It is easy for those that have no experience in what TRUE poverty is called to discuss it. I also have seen the people in America sittin on their front porch waiting for the welfare check. Now not ALL of these people are lazy...but at least they have more of an opportunity to make a difference about their circumstances due to the democracy we enjoy in this government and in much of the western world. That same democracy and opportunity is but a dream to much of the world. Ada |
| 18th December 2006 stickyrice | - From: Wat a Place! Nice entry and nice photos! Never realised one could fly from Luang Prabang to Siem Reap, might just do it myself soon. Cheers. |
| 15th December 2006 halefg | Very nice blog(s) and pictures - From: Stunningly Beautiful I really enjoy reading your blogs, those are very inspiring and informative. Keep up the good work, and maybe someday our paths will cross! Happy holidays. |
| 12th December 2006 Ostiguy | Vive le Quebec libre! - From: Wat a Place! Matt and Isabel, clearly, you have been away from the motherland for quite some time and have missed out on some very interesting political developments at home. Yes, Quebec finally seceeded from Canada on October 20 after a somewhat peaceful referendum (it seems most people couldn't care less about the outcome and instead watched the Habs dominate the struggling 'Nucks). Keep on bloagging, it makes a nice distraction from the dreaded number crunching. |
| 8th December 2006 Edie | language barrier, etc. - From: Monk'ing Around Do all the monks in Laos speak English? You said that you spoke to them for a couple of hours. Also, if there are monks, are there any nuns? Did you get to talk to them too? |
| 8th December 2006 Marcel | Trek - From: Monk'ing Around The 5 1/2 hour trek sounds like a perfect experience. I need to remember that when I go - sounds like a must do. Keep safe. |
| 7th December 2006 Tania | Uncomfortable! - From: Same Same but Different Wow - again great blog & pics!! Do the ladies sleep with those coils on?? I can't imagine how uncomfortable that would be! How do they get those things on anyway? |
| 7th December 2006 anon | again, great pics - From: Same Same but Different Were u offered any wacky tabacky in the north? Last time I was there, it was really cheap. They even made us bongs out of used water bottles. Nothing is wasted...no pun intended. |
| 1st December 2006 Tania | Great pics guys! - From: Nepal What wonderful pictures! So glad that you are enjoying your travels, what an experience! We are green with envy. If I'd have been on the safari I think that I would have cracked the elephant guide with that crow bar with the spikes - HOW CRUEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 1st December 2006 Marcel | Nepal experience - From: Nepal SO JEALOUS. I have talked about going to Nepal for a long time... so I will definitely be seeking your advice/input when that time comes. Too bad you didn't experience the trekking, but the flight tour sounds pretty sweet too. Great pictures btw. |
| 30th November 2006 Franco | - From: Nepal Great photos! |
| 30th November 2006 Laura and Eric | Photos - From: Nepal Your photos are great! |
| 19th November 2006 Ben | Yo! - From: Oh what a Yangtze! Matt and Isabel - Sorry I do not write as often as I used to when you started your World Tour but just so know I am still looking at your pics and reading your adventures! Take care |
| 15th November 2006 Larkin | - From: Horking, Squatting, & Shoving - Now that's China! Matt, Confucious say - You should learn to be more like Americans. . . eat more ice and you will be cool like them. More Bing please! |
| 3rd November 2006 Crazy Canucks | Fes - Dar Seffarine - From: Fez Tastick If you do a google search there information comes up. Here is there website address: http://www.darseffarine.com/ |
| 31st October 2006 fellow canuck! | just curious... - From: Fez Tastick im just browsing through travel journals (fantasizing my way through another school year), particularly some from Morocco as i'm hoping to make my way there later this year. great blog and some fantastic photos! im finding it hard to locate much good info on affordable (or at least memorable) accommodations in Morocco, including Fes. if ever you have a moment to reply to this and maybe pass on some info about Dar Safferine? it would be much appreciated! all the best, happy trails!!! |
| 28th October 2006 Crazy Canucks | Reply to: Reply to Stupid Comments/Poverty's Prison - From: How do they Not Hate? Thank you very much for both your comments - the idea of our blogs is to generate discussion, which we are glad has happened. |
| 28th October 2006 anonymous | Reply to stupid comments - From: How do they Not Hate? You're an idiot man. You saying that these people 'choose' to be this poor is ridiculous. Its like saying 'that guy living in the box down the street could TOTALLY make an effort to make it look nice'. What are they supposed to do, buy a throw rug or a few doily's and spread them around to 'spruce up' their shack? And the parents are supposed to do what for their kids? They have no money, no education, no means of doing ANYTHING for themselves but they're supposed to teach their children better? How do you teach someone something that you don't know? These people aren't 'lazy', they're trapped. Should they cut their lawns and plant some flowers to make their 'yard' look nicer? Maybe it would add to the appeal of their tin box. LAZY is when people with the means to make something better for themselves don't. As far as I can tell these people don't have access to the local Home Depot and garden store to fix up their home. OH, and that would cost money so even if they did it wouldn't matter. People like you make me sick. Get a freaking life and see it for what it is. EXTREME POVERTY NOT LAZINESS. |
| 27th October 2006 jrfromafar | poverty's prison - From: How do they Not Hate? very interesting read (and great photos too!) I cannot speak from experience, having never been to SA. And knowing people in poverty I know it is a prison of which it appears impossible to escape. But I can't help asking this question.... you show photos of the squalid condition of the 'front yard', whose responsiblity is it to clean up that mess? That isn't apartheid... am I wrong to say, it's laziness? If I were trapped there, I'd make the most of my situation, clean up the mess, figure out ways to improve things, have a garden, trees, have some creativity to make my lot better. I'd figure out a way to be industrious with what I have. I may be totally wrong. But I drive through neighborhoods in the USA, and some people simply don't have any decency to improve their lot in life. It is difficult to feel sorry for people who don't help themselves. Of course, the kids are total victims. I face that all the time, kids who don't have a chance because of lousy parents. But that isn't apartheid either. It's called not having the 'want' to, like in, 'you gotta have the want to!' Anyway, just my take on it all. I certainly wish I had an answer. Great read though, thanks much. Will make me think of it more. |
| 26th October 2006 lamlee | Disgusted - From: Gone Wild The poverty of South Africa always disgusts people, because the white South Africans see it every day and dont give up their houses. Remember, we might only be 15 minutes (my distance) away from poverty, but you are less than 20 hours away from it too. I should be disgusted with myself, but so should you. |
| 18th October 2006 Jeff | Great shots - From: Gone Wild Sorry we missed you in Cape Town guys. Starting a new job on 10/16 so couldn't stick around any longer. Make sure you spend a day at Stellenbosch doing wine tastings. I'd recommend Hartenberg for tasting and lunch, they really make you feel at home. Also hit Tokara for excellent views. |
| 16th October 2006 Tania K | What an Experience! - From: Gone Wild Hey guys, Sounds like the game drives were awesome and you got some great pics! I have to tell you HOW lucky you are to see so many leopards as Nathan and I only saw one and it was from quite a distance and we went on many a game drive! Isn't Africa amazing? Keep enjoying that fabulous trip!! |
| 16th October 2006 Marcel | Pics - From: Gone Wild Amazing pics man. Just awesome. |
| 11th October 2006 Marcel | Pictures - From: Kom-Ombo & Philae Temple Hey. Great pictures. I forgot I even went to Philae Temple, but your pictures reminded me! Your pictures also remind me of how much I didn't know before going to Egypt and how much I learned while on my travels (not just Egypt either - all places). Keep up the great blog! |
| 10th October 2006 Christie | living on the edge - From: Walk Like an Egyptian I am so impressed, as always, with the photos and commentary that you guys post....and let's not forget the timeliness! Thanks for keeping me involved on your exciting journey. Stay safe (especially after that truck picture!!) and enjoy the bumpy ride (loved the camel photos!). PS. I have the best TP (toilet paper for those of you not knowing of my lingo) here in Saskatoon. No need to import it anymore!! I bet you will agree after some of the washrooms that you have seen on your journey - only way to find out, though, is to stop by for a visit! |
| 7th October 2006 Jacque the idiot | LOL - From: Walk Like an Egyptian I cant help myself but I really like the 'Where's the dentist' photo! Hopefully when I visit Giza next month I can spot the same person and bring him to the dentist..... |
| 5th October 2006 Ben | Egypt - From: Walk Like an Egyptian Great pictures and text! Viva the toilet paper! Later |
| 3rd October 2006 Marcel | Egypt - From: A Country Gone TIPPY Well it looks like nothing has changed! Egypt once a dominant civilization and now??? I was quite surprised myself when I was there in 1999 to see how 'primative' life was in this once great nation. I chose the 'independent' road of travels (non-tour) and am very happy to have. Even learned the arabic numbers to ensure I didn't get the 'tourist' prices when shopping on the streets. Egypt is a great place for those who can appreciate it for what it is...and I know you guys will. |
| 28th September 2006 Gerald | Dubai to Egypt - From: City of Cranes Matt/Isabel, You'll be amazed at the difference between the two arab cultures. We went from Egypt to Dubai last year, and we couldn't believe it. While Dubai is amazing from a modern architectural point of view (apparently 1/3 of the world's high rise cranes are currently working in Dubai!) don't let the touts and lack of infrastructure taint the great cultural history and ancient architecture that Egypt has. Don't miss the Khan el-Khalili market in Cairo. You just have to have some sheesha at Fishawi's in the Khan. Wishing we were still living out of a backpack..... Gerald & Tamalyn |
| 26th September 2006 Marcel | Turkish Bath - From: Ephesus or Efes Yes.... I can attest to your dialogue. Nothing like a turkish (or moroccain) scrub down especially when you are on the road for quite some time. I miss those CHEAP chicken donairs. They are sold just outside Cafe Cairo in Bda for about $9-10 a donair. Please tell me inflation hasn't gone up that much in Turkey! |
| 25th September 2006 Larkin | "Ever spent time in a Turkish prison?" - From: Ephesus or Efes Matt, I guess you're more of a man than me because I'm not letting any dude rub me down with oil. Great pictures as usual. |
