http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Kuttel/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Kuttel en-us Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:36:01 +0000 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:36:01 +0000 London Woburn England End of my World Tour 5 9 May 2009After Honk Kong it was great to set foot on Europe again after 5 months away and knowing that I would stay at Eva Aman's place in South Kensington definitely helped me a lot to overcome the little sadness occurring at the end of my world travels. Anyway it was great seeing them again and having a beer with them at their local pub http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-399231.html Hong Kong China 1 4 May 2009A quick stopover for three nights in Hong Kong was the last wing of my journey away from Europe. I was staying at a little apartment in Causeway Bay which I shared with a guy from Belgium and another one from Japan.I did a lot of sightseeing e.g. Victoria Peak and shopping Kowloon Mong Kok and in the evening I met up with my good friend Anya from Moscow and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-398962.html Gili Trawangan Bali Indonesia 13 31 May 2009After yet another day in Kuta I was picked up at my hotel at 6 o'clock in the morning on Tuesday to be taken to Padangbai to catch the ferry over to Lombok. Whilst I was too tired to chat up with the people in the minivan I was meeting Johnny an English guy and Melanie from Germany on the 4 12 hours boat trip and it soon turned out that they http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Gilli-Trawangan/blog-398410.html Bali Indonesia 1 12 Mai 2009After yet another longhaul flight I was arriving in Bali's Denpasar airport on Wednesday evening. Whilst immigration took me almost 2 hours the taxi ride to my hotel Dayu Beach Inn in Kuta was very short and because of the heat and humidity I immediately took a first swim in the pool. Very refreshingThe first couple of days I stayed in Kuta exploring the be http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/blog-390208.html Perth Fremantle Western Australia 22 31 May 2009Once arrived in Perth I checked in at a hostel in Northbridge where most of the residents were longterm British and Irish. Pretty cool people and during my 2 nights there we mainly spent the time playing cards or going out in one of the nearby pubs clubs in this lively neighbourhood.However after visiting Perth and the surroundings I he http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-390204.html Whitsundays Airlie Beach Port Douglas East Coast Australia 7 21 March 2009After Irene hat dropped me off at Brisbane airport and I had arrivd in Airlie beach I spent most of Saturday and Sunday in the local bars and at he hostel cyclone lsquoHamishrsquo was passing by however not as strong as expected so we didnrsquot have to be evacuate. During that time I decided to go on a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/blog-383849.html New Zealand Part II Nelson to Christchurch 18 26 February 2009Travelling through New Zealand is easy you either rent a car get on a public bus that brings you straight from A to B or you choose one of the hoponhopoff bus companies that serve the whole country and stop at scenic points of interest during the day and drop you off directly at your accommodation at your destination. I wa http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/blog-379546.html Melbourne 26 February 2 MarchArriving in Melbourne it was great to see Garb again who picked me up from the airport and took me to her house in Flemington a lovely Victorianstyle area only a couple of train stops from the centre. We ended up chatting for the rest of the day and on Friday while Garb was working I went to the city to see her artwork as part of an exhibition in a gallery. C http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-379553.html New Zealand Part I Auckland to Nelson 9 17 February 2009Arriving in Auckland at 14h45 on Monday afternoon it took me a while to get through immigration and then afterwards with the airport shuttle bus to the city. The YHA hostel I was staying at was very sterile and clean and didn't offer many interfaces for social networking so since I was hungry anyway I decided to go to the harbour a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/blog-375433.html Sydney Australia 5 8 February 2009After a 13 hours flight from Buenos Aires I finally arrived in Sydney on late Wednesday afternoon and I went straight to the hotel near Kings Cross and then went for a beer with some people I met there.On Friday I met up with my Swiss friend Martina who just moved from Geneva to Berne and now just started her 6 weeks trip through Australia and New Zealand. T http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-375425.html Uruguay 1822 January 2009On Sunday evening after yet another weekend in Buenos Aires I got my light baggage ready for my departure the next day to Colonia Uruguay. Having spent some time of the weekend with 3 Australians John and his two adult daugthers Joanne and Caroline we decided to take the ferry from Buenos Aires over to Uruguay to visit this lovely little medival village at the Rio http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/blog-370137.html Buenos Aires Mendoza Argentina 19 January 4 February 2009After another weekend in Buenos Aires yes you're guessing right I love this city meeting Nadine Roger SUI again I took the Sunday night bus over to Mendoza in the west of Argentina just at the edge of the Andes.Mendoza is a lovely little city full of trees parks bars and restaurants. I checked in on early Monday morning http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/blog-370165.html Puerto Iguazu Buenos Aires 4 17 January 2009Iguazu 4 13 January 2009On Sunday I decided to go for a trip over to the Brazilian side and visit the nearby Itaipu damm the world's biggest water damm between Brazil and Paraguay producing as much energy as 14 nuclear power stations. It would be a rather long journey to get there taking three different public buses and getting the passport s http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-363354.html Rio de Janeiro Brazil 24 27 December 2008Christmas in Rio For the first time in my life I have spent Christmas in the sun Great feeling After a great BBQ in the hostel with lots of meat lots of fruit punch Sigi and I went down to Copacabana beach to hang out the rest of the afternoon with Camilla. In the evening we stayed in and unwrapped the Christmas gifts I received a pack of Ferrer http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Copacabana/blog-359703.html Puerto Iguazu Argentina 28 December 2008 4 January 2009Arriving in Foz do Iguacu BRA we immediately took a taxi over to the Argentinian side where we had booked a hostel upfront. There were to Israelian girls on our bus so we shared the cab got off at the Brazilien border to get the emigration stamp stopped again on the Argentinian border control for passport controls and finally arrived http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Puerto-Iguaz-/blog-359715.html Rio de Janeiro Brazil 11 23 December 2008After a rather long flight from Heathrow I arrived in Rio with an hour delay at 2215 local time. Since I had booked a pickup service through my guesthouse I was arriving there shortly before midnight just as it began to rain. There were some guests on the covered roof terrace and so I chilled out having my first Brazilian beers...The Rio Backpacker http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Copacabana/blog-356655.html Dubai United Arab Emirates 7 17 November 2008After Sri Lanka the contrast to the life in Dubai could not have been bigger What a city one big construction site with sky scrapers up to 900m Burj Dubai traffic jams all over posh people gold and glitter mega shopping malls amusement parks indoor skiing water parks and so on an artificial Disney world for adultsMeeting Roli a http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/United-Arab-Emirates/Dubai/blog-355374.html Moscow Russia 17 19 September 2008Coming from a 4 weeks holiday in Sri Lanka and Dubai I was definitely not prepared for a cold arrival in Russiarsquos capital How freezing cold it was and windy too BRRRRRMonday night I went out with Volodya a former PG working colleague from Kiev and after some beers at one of the watering holes at Arbat we decided to celebrate our friendship by g http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/Northwest/Moscow/blog-355375.html London United Kingdom 2 11 December 2008After some fantastic days including the infamous Boat Party on 22nd November The Roaring Twenties what a blast and a serious billiards competition with Marco thx again a lot or your hospitality btw I took once more off to London to spend the first couple of days on the countryside in Hampshire.Together with local Nathalie Eva and Aman and My http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-355376.html Dear friendsPlease find attached some pictures illustrating my visit to Sri Lanka from October 21 to November 7 2008.Basically I visited Steffi in Colombo she's woring for GTZ there and travelled around with her and her boyfriend Daniel who flew in from Geneva. Was great funThe route Colombo Kandy Rangala Nuwara Eliya gt Horton Plains Tissamaharama gt Yala National Park http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Sri-Lanka/blog-348795.html