Heya Folks! Another on-the-fly update. Just arrived in Damascus yesterday for a few days but we crossed the border (4hours of crossing) a few days ago. Despite being evidently a very poor country it is very friendly here.. some times too friendly .. but all is going well. I had not expected to see so much greenery everywhere. And as soon as we crossed over the border the whole landscape changed. Especially noticable was the different design of houses. Syria is very much different to Turkey. Cheap as and so so so much more conservative. Here is not a place to [View Full Entry]

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Hey! Just thought I'd send you a quick note to let you know all ıs good. Today we vısıted Ephesus (huge and amazıng) and we are even stayıng ın a hotel ın Selcuk tonıght. Makes a nıce break from the campıng. I've booked ın to experıence a Turkısh bath tomorrow too.. just one of the thıngs that has to be done you know? One thıng I have decıded sınce beıng here. Europe ıs for pansies. Want a proper travel experience? Head to the mıddle east. Well.. Its stıll Turkey so perhaps should ho [View Full Entry]

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more to come.. this pc is waaaay too slow... [View Full Entry]

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A white dress. A black suit. A minister & a translator. This is Italy. If the books and movies are to be believed, one of the most romantic places on earth. With much better food than France. But aside from the rows of grape vines lining the rolling hills, the pocket-sized cars weaving disconcertedly amongst themselves and other road paraphernalia, plus everybody else speaking Italian, you wouldn't really know it was Italy. "You're not in Australia or England anymore, this is an African house" I'm informed by Big Mamma as I'm ushered inside from the crispy clear Italian night air. [View Full Entry]

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... gather them all together and assemble a lemonade/lemon meringue/lemon pie/tequila stand with over-inflated prices and an aggressive market strategy. With the profits, invest in more lemons (alternatively life could give them to you again for free) and build on further collecting every single lemon zest of all the lemons you've ever had so when you're good and ready you can squirt the acid into life's eyes. Them's the breaks when you travel in the off-season I suppose. Instead of the relaxing, adventurous, sun-filled countrywide venture I was planning. This trip instead turned into a [View Full Entry]

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31 Dec 2005 New Year's Eve Waterloo Bridge 3 Dec 2005 - 20 Dec 2005 Mum's Christmas Visit Camden Markets, London's 'Monopoly' Sites (Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, Euston Road, Kings Cross Railway etc), Week trip to Finland, see: , West End shows: Stomp & The Woman in White and Leeds Castle Visit (20 Dec 2005) 23 Nov 2005 Winter Party The Generator 31 Oct 2005 Halloween Party The Generator 27-29th Aug 2005 Nottinghill Carnival Nottinghill 18 Aug 2 [View Full Entry]

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Dear Santa, All I want for my Christmas trip this year is: * A trip to cold but snowy Finland * To cross the Artic Circle (the imaginary line on the earth’s globe north of which the sun never sets for at least one day in summer and never rises for at least one day in winter) * To visit you! & run around the village in my Aussie boxer shorts * To visit the quirky Spy Museum in Tampere, Finland * Eat a traditional viking meal at Harald’s Viking Restuarant in Tampere * Take an overnight train and wake up [View Full Entry]

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Jodes' Top Ten List.. .. Things To Do in New York City (all tried and tested by yours truly) 1. Lounge beside the running track (around the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir) in Manhattan’s Central Park munching on soft bake chocolate chip cookies and watch the joggers reactions. 2. Strap all your worldly possessions to yourself (a money belt helps) and fall asleep in Central Park. It’s for the buzz you get between waking up and checking you still have all your stuff. 3. Chase squirrels. It's the American equivalent of chasing pigeons in England [View Full Entry]

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No seriously. I was 2 days into an incapacitating illness aggravated somewhat by the seemingly incessant smoking, the copious drinking, the pushing and breaking of mental limits of the previous 5 weeks. Our saying of the trip was "...the journey is not to arrive in London in a well-preserved body but to skid in sideways, totally worn-out, shouting 'FU£K, What a ride!'..." Mission Accomplished. I spent the next 2 weeks in bed with the worst case of tonsillitis the emergency nurse had ever seen. Still if I did it over, I wouldn’t go any easier. In fact, I’d go harder. :) [View Full Entry]

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EUROPEAN CAMPING TOUR 35 DAYS 12 COUNTRIES DAY 32 HIELDELBERG TO AMSTERDAM SUN 7-AUG-05 Due to leave Germany, we made a quick stop to shop for the classic German souveniour. Beer steins. The shop at St Goar offeredan interesting informative talk about their creations and the different types (including Berlin Wall Stiens which had a fragment of the Wall crafted onto the lid). Their offerings however were a little expensive for me. There were so much cheaper versions back in Munich. Also here in St Goar we shopped for teddy bears and cuckoo clocks. St Goar is the h [View Full Entry]

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