Notice: Undefined index: limit in /home/www/travelblog.org/html.v3/_internal/rss-index.php on line 26

Notice: Undefined index: location in /home/www/travelblog.org/html.v3/_internal/rss-index.php on line 36
<rss version="0.91">
<channel>
<title>Travel Blog | Gus C</title>
<link>http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Gus-C/</link>
<description>Travel adventures in journals and photos from Gus C</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
<lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:49:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><item>
                    <title>Safari Ho</title>
                    <description>After Kili I went on a 6day private safari to Tarangire NP Ngorongoro Crater Serengeti NP and Lake Manyara NP. Had an excellent time but felt very inadequate with my teensyweensy 28 to 300mm lens next to the bazookas being shouldered by other paparazzi. Whilst I have been previously on safari to Botswana and South Africa I did see a few animals and birds that I hadn39t seen before plus</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Ngorongoro-Conservation-Area/blog-658772.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>The Roof of Africa</title>
                    <description>Being the ultimate professional dubious when I was asked at work if I would go up Kili via the Rongai route since noone else had been in the office I thought  hey why not At 5895 metres Kili is the not only the highest mountain in Africa and one of the Seven Summits it is also the highest freestanding mountain in the world. There39s also no technical climbing involved just good h</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-658759.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Yolngu Dreaming</title>
                    <description>It always made me cringe that most Australians seemed to have an opinion on aboriginal issues even though they more than likely had never met an aboriginal person. I have to admit I was totally ignorant about the indigenous culture being typically schooled on AC after Cook Australian history. But since travelling in the Northern Territory I have tried to listen and expand my limited knowledge</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Arnhemland/blog-655527.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Larapinta Trail</title>
                    <description>Having done a fair bit of trekking overseas I thought it was about time to hoof it and see a bit of my own country for a change. The Larapinta Trail is a classic trek along the West MacDonnell Ranges out of Alice Springs around 223km over 23 weeks. I signed up for a 7day trip with World Expeditions which covered the highlights of the Trail. NT had a lot of rain earlier this year so instead of</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/West-McDonnell-Ranges/blog-652953.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>The Rock</title>
                    <description>Did a 3day trip to Uluru Kata Tjuta  Kings Canyon. Last time I visited here was 25 years ago with my family. The sites  facilities have been updated and improved a fair bit since then with greater emphasis on the sacred sites which I really liked. </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-655529.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Ice and Fire BBQ that is</title>
                    <description>Met up with a couple of my friends in El Calafate  visited the Perito Moreno Glacier. Then it was onto El Chalten where we did 2 awesome day walks to Laguna Torre and Laguna de los Tres near Monte FitzRoy in the Los Glaciares National Park. The succulent Patagonian lamb was the best I39ve ever eaten  stuffed myself stupid. Sadly had my camera stolen in Santiago so these photos are courtesy </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-652919.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>ABC  it's easy as 123</title>
                    <description>Spent a relaxing week in Pokhara getting fat on good food with a couple of mates before undertaking a 7day trek to Annapurna Base Camp ABC. I wonder if anyone's counted the steps because there were a hell of a lot of them. The panoramic views were well worth it though. The photos will tell the story but I wanted to make special mention of the FOOD. Like Kathmandu the food in Pokhara has rea</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Annapurna/Annapurna-Base-Camp/blog-556114.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Hot dogs  hot springs</title>
                    <description>For a country that made front page news during the WFC in particular losing a ton of British local council savings Iceland may be a bit cheaper than it used to be but don't come here without packing a fair bit of cash and plastic. Stayed the week in a Reykjavik apartment and just did day trips. Iceland is chockfull of amazing natural wonders wacky cuisine not for whale or puffin lovers un</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/Southwest/Reykjavik/blog-551887.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>From Crapmandu to Yakland</title>
                    <description>The last time I was in Nepal was 16 years ago when I did a short 7day Annapurna Panorama trek and blimey a lot has changed since then. The pollution  air quality is so horrendous in Kathmandu now nicknamed 'Crapmandu' with all the taxis  motorbikes that it's really hard to breathe. You develop this hacking smoker's cough and feel the urge to spit like the locals but hold back because it</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/blog-552328.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Italian delights</title>
                    <description>Spent 2 weeks in Italy at different times  places with my family  friends. I LOVE Italian food  the variety in the various regions is awesome. Plus a bit of sightseeing to walk off the calories.  </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/blog-544310.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Bulgaria</title>
                    <description>Joined my walking group in Bulgaria for a weeklong trek in the Rila  Pirin Mountains. Unfortunately due to my right foot not being fully healed after a bad broken metatasal in May I could only spend 1 day with the group trekking up Musala Peak  the highest peak in the Balkans. Spent the rest of my stay sightseeing in Sofia horseriding near Plovdiv and cycling in the Rodopi mountains.  Bulga</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bulgaria/blog-541433.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Malta</title>
                    <description>Stayed in a lovely farmhouse apartment in Xaghra on the island of Gozo. Went to Comino Island for the day which was fabbo. Also stayed a couple of nights in Sliema Malta main island which was rather blah Thought it was touristy like Surfers Paradise. However a couple of highlights was the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum superb prehistoric underground necropolis and the St John's CoCathedral HQ of </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/blog-541195.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Sicily</title>
                    <description>Visited with the parentals and relo's cuz Chaudie and her parents for 3 days. Hung around Trapani and went to Favignana for a day trip.</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Trapani/blog-536776.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Scurvy Dogs</title>
                    <description>Yo ho ho. Life doesn't get much better than cruising the Maldives. Did little else but swim snorkel eat and laze about. What's more  no honeymooners The first night was the captain's 30th birthday which we celebrated in grand style with chocolate cake and Gin  Tonic's.  Each midmorning and midafternoon we travelled to a different snorkelling spot. There was a huge variety of marinelife ju</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Maldives/blog-222541.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Hassled  hustled in the High Tea Country</title>
                    <description>I have been in Sri Lanka for 3.5 weeks. Being the offpeak rainy season and given the recent attacks by the Tamil Tigers in hindsight 2 weeks would have been long enough. This country is eerily quiet and sometimes I would be lucky to meet another soul in the various guesthouses I stayed in. Who knew it was such a small island But once you're on you can't bloody well get off. It's a crying sham</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Sri-Lanka/blog-219824.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Can someone tell me where is the Axis of Evil </title>
                    <description>Esfahan was our next destination after Shiraz. They say this is the jewel in this country and I would have to agree. The hotel we stayed in Abbasi Hotel was a beautifully restored caravanserai. Over the next couple of days we took in the sights which were mainly located near the Imam Square.  Then it was onto the capital Tehran for our last day of the tour which we spent visiting 3 museums  C</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Iran/blog-218447.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>From Mashad to Shiraz</title>
                    <description>Crossed the border from Turkmenistan to Iran on the 15th October. A much easier undertaking compared to the previous one except now the ladies had to cover their hair with scarves and wear long shirtscoats. First stop was Mashad where the ladies in the group hit the shops to purchase long robes or manteaus kneelength coats and head scarves. Considering that the only form of selfexpression fa</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Iran/blog-216536.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Wacky Dictators</title>
                    <description>The 11th October started out like any other day except we were leaving Uzbekistan and crossing into Turkmenistan. Things seemed a bit dire when I told everyone to make sure they had their Uzbekistan Customs Declaration forms ready to present at the border and found out that 2 people didn't even have a form both copies were mistakenly taken off them at Tashkent Airport. There was nothing we cou</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Turkmenistan/The-Silk-Road-of-Asia/blog-214530.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Turquoise domes  other delights</title>
                    <description>Arrived into Tashkent Airport on the 4th October evening to find noone at the visa office. After hanging about for 45 minutes and hassling every official looking person I could find finally a man came up to me asked for my visa number and passport and just ran off with them. Before I could stop to wonder if I would ever see my passport again he was back after 10 minutes with the visa asked f</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Uzbekistan/blog-210117.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>From Moscow to St Petersburg</title>
                    <description>Moscow hit us like a ton of bricks. It always comes as a shock when you come from the countryside to a huge bustling city. The language barrier Cyrillic alphabet makes it even more challenging. We hit the usual touristy spots such as the Kremlin Armoury Annunciation Cathedral Assumption Cathedral Red Square and St Basil's Cathedral Church of the Saviour Sparrow Hills Kolomenskoye Tsars'</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/blog-207966.html</link>
                </item></channel></rss>