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| 28th September 2008 roxanne | Go to.... - From: Ireland - a slight chance of rain DONEGAL! |
| 17th September 2008 Ellen Around the World | Little Corn - From: Nicaraguan Paradise Hey Jeff - before we went across, we were unable to track down anyone who'd actually been to the Corn Islands to give us current feedback about the safety situation. But as you can see - we had no issues, they've cleaned up the islands a lot in the past few years apparently. Cheers, Ellen |
| 16th September 2008 el Jefe | Ah memories.. - From: Nicaraguan Paradise Lot of fun reading your blog, I was in Nica earlier this year and in many of the same places (Granada, Isla Ometepe). We spent a good part of our time at a friend's place in Playa Remanso, about 15 minutes from San Juan del Sur... Very intrigued about the Corn Islands now, I had read they were pretty seedy/dangerous and to not bother going...after seeing your pics and reading your stories I guess I have to go back! |
| 16th September 2008 barrygahan | Greetings from Kilkenny! - From: Ireland - a slight chance of rain Some fantastic observations about Ireland, it sounds like you're enjoying it so far. Hope you enjoyed the hurling final - everyone in Kilkenny did:) I think the point about there being more Polish than Gaelic speakers is very true. Btw, Bertie Ahern is the ex-Prime Minister, not the President. Good luck with the job hunt and with living in Dublin. |
| 13th September 2008 Beverley | Hello from Eyre - From: Ireland - a slight chance of rain Ellen,wonderful to read about your world travels! Say hello to Noreen from me. We are back at the Observatory for 7 months then hopefully to Bungle Bungle for season next year. Keep well and hope you get a great job! Guess it is time for you to settle a bit ! LOL ! XX |
| 12th September 2008 jessie | mighty craic maynes!! - From: Ireland - a slight chance of rain mighty mighty craic!! |
| 11th September 2008 Melanie May | Great Craic! - From: Ireland - a slight chance of rain Well done Ellen! You are the first person to write a blog that has actually made me want to go home! Cant wait to see you when I do finally reach the Emerald Isle again! Cant wait to read the Bariloche blogs! Remember to keep those bananas up turned!! x |
| 11th September 2008 Kelli | Silent Disco - From: Ireland - a slight chance of rain I read your blog and had to wonder what a silent disco would look like. I'll be pondering that one for a while! |
| 10th September 2008 emma | gwan ya good ting saya pudu! - From: Ireland - a slight chance of rain hey duuuude!! loved reading yer blog, makin me homesick!!! GREAT that you got to see the hurling and the atmosphere there, and i love that youre gettin in many pints of guinness!! all from pudu say a big hello to all the skangers n the spike!xxxx |
| 10th September 2008 Jon from Dublin | He-fringes - From: Ireland - a slight chance of rain Stumbled onto your blog - heading in the opposite direction. Laughed out loud at loads of your observations about my home town. Good luck with your job hunting, sounds like you are truely integrated already - I'm off to get me hair chopped ;-) |
| 10th September 2008 Ruth from Wales | Grand - From: Ireland - a slight chance of rain Hi there, great blog. I have just returned to the UK after a year in South and Central America. And I completely agree about getting used to the lack of a bin for the toilet paper!! Hope you get your job sorted soon. And keep up the blogging. Ruth. |
| 6th September 2008 Overlanders | Last Resort is Right Mate! - From: Massive guns and dirty moustaches Shall remember to knock Metalio Beach of my must-see destinations! Glad you're clearing the blog backlog - we Look forward to more (and go on, tease me with some Dublin pics!). |
| 7th July 2008 Charlie | Yep, that sounds about right - From: Earth Lodge ... the Guatemalan boomerang It pleases me very much to hear the accounts of our times at beloved Earth Lodge, hope all is well. When do you plan to return home? |
| 9th June 2008 Andy Horsman | My Fave Blog So Far - From: Earth Lodge ... the Guatemalan boomerang Hi Ellen, sounds like you are having a fab time. This was one of my favourite blogs so far - felt like I was there, in fact, I wish I was! Where to next? Hope to catch up with you in the summer if you're around. Cheers, Andy |
| 1st June 2008 kenneth | I love Belgium - From: What's wrong with Belgium? Since studying in Spain I've traveled quite a bit and must say I loved Belgium. While I agree with you on Brussels, I also wouldn't' suggest it to anyone. Bruges is absolutely beautiful as you mentions, but you missed out on Antwerp (another cool college town like Leuven) as well as Ghent, which is an extremely cool place (up there with Bruges). |
| 22nd May 2008 Overlanders | Worth the wait! - From: Tales from the chicken bus Great blog Ellen - cracked me up as usual. Take care and looking forward to finally meeting you at EP! |
| 10th April 2008 Katie Maynes | The Life... - From: You better Belize it Now that looks like the life! |
| 6th April 2008 ida b. | Wow! - From: Viva Cuba Libre! I had no idea Cuba was on your route. Love this entry! |
| 17th March 2008 chad | bruges - From: What's wrong with Belgium? Recently returned from vacation in Europe and I came back with the same opinion of Belgium and Bruges in particular..What a bunch of a-holes...I usually never say that about an entire town...but I got the opinion that they honestly don't like Americans in general...I won't be back and I encourage others to avoid Bruges... |
| 11th March 2008 Enrique | Hey! - From: La vida loca ... an Aussie giant on the loose in Mexico Right now, I was watching the movie we saw together here in Mexico, and I would like to thank you for those wonderful days together here in my beloved country, I miss you so much, stop by again, once again miss you, and wish you were here enrique and Family |
| 10th March 2008 anonymous | - From: La vida loca ... an Aussie giant on the loose in Mexico Hi Ellen well we are enjoying all your travels through your blogs you sound like you are enjoying every minute..and why not.!! Cuba sounds interesting keep us posted Love Jeni and H |
| 10th March 2008 Scott Snodgrass | reliving the dream - From: La vida loca ... an Aussie giant on the loose in Mexico Maynesy.... So good to read the blog, just like reliving the trip a few weeks later. Have you been keeping notes becuase I wouldn't have been able to recal that detail off the top of my head (except about the stinking hippies, how could we forget the?) One little side note, Teotehuacan is its own civilisation, prior to the Aztec civilisation by a few hundred years. Just thought id chuck that in becuase if some day I take over a large portion of mexico I don't want anyone else taking all the credit ;) keep well |
| 9th March 2008 Andy Horsman | Hi - From: La vida loca ... an Aussie giant on the loose in Mexico Hi Ellen, sounds like you're having a ball - sadly the whiff of well-used and still-damp travel towel is but a memory for me now! Looking forward to hearing about Cuba. Cheers, Andy |
| 28th February 2008 Jessie | why no tatt? - From: SoBe Miami: of Madness & Mojitos Maynes, I'm disappointed in the lack of tatt from Miami Ink!! Still on your list of things to do, surely. Jessie x |
| 12th February 2008 Kathy W | - From: White Christmas That's a fantastic summary. Even I forgot how much we managed to cram into those few days...we were busy girls. I think the picture in the Lolita's Lust page actually shows our table..yummy! |
| 12th February 2008 Ellen Around the World | Thanks! - From: White Christmas Thanks ladies (and mum) ... no wonder this blog gets so much hate mail!!! Cheers, Ellen |
| 11th February 2008 Mariellen | all things Canadian - From: White Christmas Hi Ellen, So sorry I didn't get to meet you when you were in my hometown, Toronto. Really enjoyed reading about your Canadian Christmas. I can't tell you how many pit stops I've made at Tim Hortons in my life ... P.S. I actually never talk about hockey ... but just in case a Canadian hockey fanatic reads your blog, our team is called the Toronto Male Leafs. The Blue Jays is our baseball team. Wouldn't want to incite any more blogflames ;-) |
| 11th February 2008 Kady | One small, but important correction.... - From: White Christmas I just can't let this pass... The Toronto Marlie's is the feeder team for the TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS, not the Blue Jays! Blue Jays play baseball sweet, innocent Ellen ;) Love you! |
| 10th February 2008 Sarah | Go Ellen! - From: Sun drenched Southern India Right back at you Johan! |
| 29th January 2008 sapere18 | Disregard Patriotic Indian - From: City of Joy Hi there... Do not be dissuaded with such silliness. Call it like you see it. You have depicted Calcutta in all its tormented images. You are writing well. Your portrayal is vaild. Keep it up inthe future!!! |
| 18th January 2008 Ellen Around the World | Thanks Everyone - From: Sun drenched Southern India Brilliant to read your comments and receive so much support regarding this blog - from Indian nationals and foreigners alike. I hope to continue to generate so much active debate in future blogs. Cheers, Ellen PS - Johan, no I didn't travel first class. Who is arrogant now? |
| 18th January 2008 Kashyap: yet another Indian | Clarification - From: Sun drenched Southern India The statistics in my previous comment is based on comparison between Australia and India (population of India is greater than 50 times the Australian population && area of Australia is more than twice the India's area) -Kashyap |
| 18th January 2008 KAshyap: yet another Indian | Great blog - From: Sun drenched Southern India Really nice to read with hard but appropriate vocabulary(?). Rohit, lets do some maths. guess what would happen when you go to a place which has 50 times the population living in an area which is slightly less than half of your native place. This means there are on an average 100 people occupying the same area as 1 person at your place with very limited resources. What would you get? a SHOCK!! No wonder things are done in group here as there is litrally NO personal space. And it is a fact that westerners are seen as the walking money-making machines here due to obvious reasons, and hence left with even lesser privacy than Indians. You can't blame them for complaining at times. I think the blog is great and your prejudices about goods and bads might have made you see it in a negative way. Its better to present India in its true flavour as it is not luxury but curiosity/chaos/entropy/energy that brings people here in India. People won't stop coming here at all, in any case Showing everything in positive shades would be injustice to the tourists whose expectations would be thrashed on arriving here Please don't be critical about my spelling mistakes; I have tried had not to have any. English is not my mother tongue (neither Rohit's)! :D Keep writing :-) -Kashyap |
| 17th January 2008 Andy Horsman | Evocative Blog - From: Sun drenched Southern India Hi Ellen, thanks for another evocative blog. As you say, no greater compliment for a blog than that which stirs passion amongst it's readers. You've clearly described your own experiences and nobody can ask or expect more than that from a personal travel blog. Safe travels and hope you're having fun out west! |
| 17th January 2008 Johan | Arrogance - From: Sun drenched Southern India "Blokes had to pay Rs 500 for entry, which restricted the sleazy, local element" So now the local "element" is sleazy? You have the audacity to go to a country belonging to other people, then implying high entrance fees are there to keep the locals out and you, who are by implication then not "sleazy", in? By the way, did you travel in third-class trains all the way? I spend four months travelling through India by train, and always found first class on intercity trains to be of a much better standard than your description. |
| 17th January 2008 travellingmum | This blog makes people want to visit, not stay away - From: Sun drenched Southern India Rohit - you are fooling yourself if you think that westerners dont already know/have heard these things about India. If anything, Ellens chirpy, upbeat, infectious tale told here will make people want to see past the difficulties associated with travelling through India. I have never had India on my "to visit" list, but Ellens account makes one think about it. |
| 17th January 2008 Sally | A comment to Rohit - From: Sun drenched Southern India Perhaps you should learn to spell "bloody" before you start criticising other people's work. |
| 17th January 2008 Ellen Around the World | - From: Sun drenched Southern India Rohit - I've accepted your comments for public view because everyone is entitled to their opinion. Once again I'm honoured my blog and account of India has evoked so much passion in a reader. I look forward to reading your fair and balanced account of India on travelblog. Ellen |
| 17th January 2008 Rohit | Not again - From: Sun drenched Southern India Someone gave u a good dressing down for showing India in poor light in your previous entry. Well guess what, you have done it again and you rightly deserve another round of criticism You have gone on and on about everything under the sun and in the process have created an unfair picture on minds of those who have never been to India. Don't even start to say you have written things as you saw them. Yes there are so many things that could be improved and done in a different way, but there are hundreds of things that are so bloddy great and unique to India and you have conveniently failed to highlight them. To all those reading this blog. Don't make your judgement reading this woman's blog. She is neither fair nor balanced. |
| 17th January 2008 Mariellen | om shanti thanks! - From: Sun drenched Southern India Hi Ellen, Thanks for the trip through southern India -- and especially for the pic of Shahrukh Khan, my fave Bolly-hunk! |
| 16th January 2008 Kate G | I can't wait - From: Sun drenched Southern India Your blog has brought back all my memories of India and I can't wait to get over there - less than 3 weeks now! Hope the rest of your travel is going well and look forward to the next installment |
| 4th January 2008 Claire | Hello - From: City of Joy You mean 'Mrs. Smith' ISN'T english?? She told me all her beef was flown in from her home country. Yikes! |
| 2nd January 2008 A Patriotic Indian | - From: City of Joy This is not the way to portray Kolkata.You have shown Kolkata in bad light and have insulted India.Remember that the cultural heritage of Kolkata is way beyond your dreams............and your imagination(i.e. if you have it).............. |
| 2nd January 2008 ida | - From: City of Joy Happy New Year, Ellen. Sending you best wishes for continued adventures in 2008. |
| 1st January 2008 Jeni | - From: Lessons in Happiness Thanks Ellen for the most touching of all your blogs !The photos of the children who have nothing and are completly thankful for any thing they have are priceless and left me a with a few tears, I can only imagine the personnal reward you got from teaching there, it can only make you think of all the superficial things we all think we need, certainly made me think. Glad you enjoyed the experience a great memory...keep on enjoying..Cheers Jeni |
| 1st January 2008 Mariellen | very inspiring - From: Lessons in Happiness Ellen, I was waiting for your blog entry from India and it was worth the wait! Thank you so much for the detail, the pictures, and for sharing your heartfelt enthusiasm for the school and the kids. I am planning to visit this region on another trip to India and will definitely visit the school and help out in any way that I can. About two years ago, I volunteered to work as an art therapist with Tibetan refugee children in Dharamsala (north India) and it was an amazing experience. I wrote about it on my blog, lemonindi, but I wasn't allowed to post any pics of the kids -- the organizers were worried Chinese authorities might patrol the internet looking for "escapees" from Tibet. It would be great if more people from the "first world" would avail themselves of these kinds of experiences to find out how most of the world lives, and also to find out that beauty, joy, contentment and happiness can be found anywhere, and do not depend on material richness. Thanks again for a great blog! |
| 1st January 2008 Robert Lee | Can We Make A Difference - From: Lessons in Happiness It's a crime that hunger and such unsanitary conditons still abound in so much of our world. Aftrer all these years of prosperity we haven't been able to eliminate such conditions. If the money that is spent around the world on WAR ,could be diverted to uplifting the people in such circumstances, we could then say, WE HAVE MADE THE EFFORT. As usual Ellen, your descriptive blogs transport us to where you are, Keep it up and enjoy. Bob |
| 22nd December 2007 Jackie | enjoyed - From: Doing time on Khao San Rd I really enjoyed your very, very acurate summing up of what makes bangkok. Very easy to relate to if you have been there and experienced it. If you have not well Ellen you have summed it up, Will be watching out for your blogs. |
| 22nd December 2007 lemonindi | hello from Canada - From: Doing time on Khao San Rd Hi Ellen, I am really enjoying your blog! I've read several and have quite a few more to go. I am looking forward to an entry about your time in India (I just returned from my second trip to India -- you can read my blog at http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/lemonindi/). Hoping ot hear more about the volunteering you did. I am in Toronto -- where are you in Canada? Cheers! |
| 21st December 2007 Overlanders | Ah, the memories ... - From: Doing time on Khao San Rd Great depiction of Khao San Road - you had me reliving the memories! Hope the travelling world is treating you well. Work life doesn't agree with me at all ... but today is officially the end until Jan anyway. Dave will come back from Oz and join me, and then we'll hit some sun in Morocco and escape the Ireland chill. Take care, Suz |
