 Pete Ellison - LobsterCheeks | All Comments |
Pete Ellison - LobsterCheeks | All Comments |
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| 11th May 2008 Adrianm | Great Blog - From: Five Thousand Concubines Hi Pete, You don't know me, but I found your blog, and it's really very good. Thank you for sharing! Super effort too. 1 year of travelling. You must have lied in your first entry. I think you must hate english breakfasts and your in love with your sleeping bag! :-) How much longer are you travelling, or is this your new way of life? Adrian |
| 10th May 2008 Katm1987 | - From: Food, Glorious Food I'd forgotten how weird and wonderful Ecuadorian food is!! Loved reading your blog - brought it all back to me |
| 16th April 2008 Vikram | Vikram - From: Five Thousand Concubines Hi! The photos were very good and the content also was good. I have started a blog just recently myself, as I wanted to elaborate about Indian culture, travel and ancient temples which are excellent example of engineering in India in those days. Kindly look at it and comment. http://travel-arena.blogspot.com/ |
| 15th April 2008 zoe | beautiful - From: Five Thousand Concubines thank you for sharing. the photographs are beautiful and interesting. good reading. |
| 6th April 2008 Jonah | nice! - From: My Cloak of Invisibilty Your approach to your travels is very arrogent however it is also very detailed. The places you are visiting are look well researched and your writings of these places are greatly worded and I enjoy that you not only have your personal views but also write a little history about the place, hopefully see you around sometime! |
| 1st April 2008 arjun | - From: The Living Goddess i am socked to hear the news that you people are cheated in thamel.I am a guide and a student who is working as a ambessador of my country.I come to know that this milk scammer cheated not only you but many tourist.I think he should be punished, he is a curse to our county if you have photo of him do put it on the blog so everybody know him as great thief. |
| 30th March 2008 The Nomad | Technicality - From: Medicinal Cow Dung Hey mate good observations but one thing.. To be technical, not every flag in the world is rectangular, the flag of Switzerland is perfectly square with a symmetrical cross in the middle to represent Switzerland's complete neutrality and not show favours to any one side. Just thought you'd like to know ;) |
| 25th March 2008 juliakp | - From: Rafting and Rhinos It is a really nice trip to do: combine rafting and do "elephant riding", two things really different but both radicals, and unforgettable. |
| 24th March 2008 life_is_great | Great trip! - From: Rafting and Rhinos Looks like you had quite an amazing trip and the pictures are really stunning! Was looking at going for a rafting/ trekking trip in Nepal too, so guess got lucky that your blog was on the front page! Which rafting club did you go with? thanks! Laetitia |
| 18th March 2008 LobsterCheeks | Everest - From: A Mountain on the Move Hi Mountain Man. I have amended my blog accordingly. As for Mt Fuji claiming more lives than Everest, if people are commiting suicide, are their lives being claimed by the mountain, or by themselves? Just a thought |
| 15th March 2008 Mountain Man | Deadliness of Everest - From: A Mountain on the Move Mt Fuji has claimed more lives than Everest - it's a popular place for Japanese people to commit suicide. And if you consider the ratio of the number of deaths to the number of successful ascents, Everest barely gets in the Top 10. |
| 13th March 2008 bob | i think i met that milk scammer - From: The Living Goddess i think we met that same guy in thamel that wanted milk. he was very good. he told us about the book he was writing and his life story about being sexually abused and all this horrible stuff to get some pity. and yeah, we would have bought him a meal or something, but no, it had to be two large tins of milk at one particular store only. every time after that when he saw us in thamel, he avoided eye contact. |
| 11th March 2008 Cristina | You come back and I go - From: Apes and Atrocities Hi Pete, I'm reading your latest adventures, thinking I'll soon be there, as starting my RTW trip in May, and will start in SE Asia before going to Australia, NZ and then South and Central America. Hope I will have as great adventures as you did. Cristina x |
| 1st February 2008 Matti | Great :D - From: Tokyo: Gadgets and Gismos, Fads and Fashions Your blog was very interesting to read,I really wanna go to Tokyo now!! |
| 1st February 2008 Tom | Cheesetastic - From: International Cheese Smuggling Hey Pete loving the blogs as usual. Shame you didn't get to really explore Australias fine cheeses as they are excellent! Coon and stuff like that is just mass produced rubbish though. Did you realise that 'Tasty' cheese is actually the same as mature english cheddar? Now I am off... for some cheese... |
| 26th January 2008 Lochaber | Excellent - From: Legs of Jelly Kudos on the quality post and excellent photographs. Keep up the good work! |
| 23rd January 2008 Manny Steiner | Great Blog! - From: Deer Hoof for Dinner You really gave some great detail, I am not sure I wold want to go through your experience but it gave me some good chuckles - thanks. |
| 19th January 2008 SabahTour.com.my | what a nice start - From: Apes and Atrocities what a great start for 2008, here is our website http://www.sabahtour.com.my or http://www.sabahtour.my come back again next year |
| 18th January 2008 joy | - From: Horse to Horse Combat yes, philippines is underated. some are blinded by news they hear or by the dirt and polution in manila...they are afraid to look beyond. i enjoy reading your blog, thanks. |
| 18th January 2008 Francoise | Like in France! - From: Horse to Horse Combat I liked so much your comment number 19...It is like in France!!!honnest:) |
| 17th January 2008 Francoise | So funny... - From: Apes and Atrocities I think that is it.We now know why men are like ouran outan...bse as you said it pete "They have the longest childhood dependence on a mother of any animal."...a bit like men really?Dont you think?? Just kidding.I knew for the cucumber so... lot of Love.Francoise. |
| 16th January 2008 two4deroad | Enjoyed your blog tremendously! - From: Horse to Horse Combat Hi there, Nice blog, funny and informative. We consider the Philipines to be a hidden gem. It is such a wonderfully diverse country with people who have a healthy sense of humor! Can't wait to get back there. Cheers, two4deroad |
| 16th January 2008 Marco | Tidbits - From: Horse to Horse Combat HAHAHAHAHA, great info! Where did you get these? Nice job! |
| 14th January 2008 25 Hours Travel | Excellent Report on Philippines BUT......... - From: Horse to Horse Combat Good report on the Philippines and in partuclar about their TEXTING appetite. It is monstrous. Price dicates of course as using a Cell Phone is expensive but what I like is the innovative uses Texting has been used for. As to the rest of the dialogue I agree over all and add that the Philippines is highly underated. It is truely a fabulous group of islands and a country in change. About those islands, well they probably have more than listed at low tide but with oceans rising I am aware some islands are likely to dissappear. I love the Philippines. Why? Mostly because the people are genuinely friendly. Sure the odd case and the insurgents bent on their idiology and religions spoil the broth but generally speaking I would visit the Philippines anytime. |
| 13th January 2008 phaedrus | Boracay skeptic - From: Nigi Nigi Noo Noos I've had doubts about Boracay for a long time simply because everyone knows about it. I'm sure it's no Alex Garland "Beach" but the way you're describing it, it may have some potential after all and I might actually try it. |
| 12th January 2008 Vince | Boracay... - From: Nigi Nigi Noo Noos Great blog and I'm glad you guys enjoyed the island. Well, it does go both ways, as you said. Westerners like to tan, you have tanning salons all over America and EU, you have whitening lotions in tropical Asia...Human nature, no? We always want what we don't have. |
| 10th January 2008 Francoise | So Cool - From: Nigi Nigi Noo Noos So cool to see you and Justine seem to have the time of your life. Happy New Year.lot of love,money and a good health and may the force be with you. xxxx. |
| 31st December 2007 Liv | Cheese rules!! - From: International Cheese Smuggling Hey Pete, I share your infatuation with cheese. In fact, I have had lengthy discussions about its abundant qualities, and I have decided that if I was only allowed to eat one foodstuff for the rest of my life, cheese would absolutely win hands down. And hats off to Justine for having the presence of mind to take you such an excellent gift. Love to you both!! xx |
| 31st December 2007 Liv | - From: The Ex-Headhunters of the North Hear hear!! |
| 31st December 2007 Lloyd | The 80s - From: International Cheese Smuggling I had several pairs of day-glo towelling socks & used to mix & match them... ! |
| 29th December 2007 imogen | - From: International Cheese Smuggling crikey pete, didn't know u were so fanatical about ur cheese! |
| 27th December 2007 El Don | Brrrrrr.... - From: Grim Towns, Nice Scenery You have astute observation skills and creative writing skills!! Kudos! In '95 my nephew warned me that the bus from QC to Cabanatuan would be cold. Coming from NY, I laughed. Boy, was I wrong. |
| 27th December 2007 francoise | The true cheese are in France. - From: International Cheese Smuggling The real camembert and brie are from France;I doubt australians can make something they did not invent properly...;bit the same about Champagne:leave to Ceaser what belong to Ceaser. Pete thank so much for the beautifull photos of the little monkeys;so cute |
| 25th December 2007 travellingmum | THis cheese STINKS!! - From: International Cheese Smuggling well now... i think australians will take offense!! ha ha ha .. you probalby just didnt try the right cheese... australia wins lots of awards for its cheeses like vintage, camembert, brie etc .. cause we have lots of cows and lots of room for them to make the cheese taste good!! ha ha ha ah |
| 24th December 2007 Miles | Jew's Ear - From: Tokyo: Gadgets and Gismos, Fads and Fashions is a fungus that grows on trees. |
| 24th December 2007 Miles | Not real leather - From: Tokyo: Gadgets and Gismos, Fads and Fashions How old are you? I can't believe you've never seen a car with leather on the roof. In the seventies, there were loads of them . In fact, I owned one. Though not until the early eighties. It's not real leather, it's vinyl. Real leather would rot if it was wet all the time. Which it would be in England, let's face it. |
| 23rd December 2007 LeGrandBleu | - From: Grim Towns, Nice Scenery Totally agree with the air-con comment! Great photos from the kids. |
| 22nd December 2007 Miles | Ha! - From: Typhoons, Monsoons and Buffoons Wimp! Whole baby squid is one of my favourite dishes. I get it in tins from the local Chinese supermarket. |
| 22nd December 2007 Miles | - From: Condors and Canyons Oh, yeah, I forgot to say : The Tibetans (those that will let you do it at all) also want money if you take photos of them. |
| 22nd December 2007 Miles | Interesting similarities - From: Condors and Canyons Your tales and pictures of Peru remind me so much of Tibet that I have a lump in my throat. OK, so they're both mountainous, I'll grant you and I guess that the similar environments caused similar ways of life for both animals and people. But it's strange that the people actually look simliar. The Tibetans do not look like the Chinese who have invaded their land from next door. They look like the Peruvians who have lived for thousands of years in a land so like theirs, but on the other side of the world. Hmmm. |
| 22nd December 2007 Miles | Local cuisine - From: Condors and Canyons I also like to try the local specialities. OK, you got me on the Alpaca (and the Guinea Pig, of course!) but I have eaten most of your list and have one you don't. I have eaten Yak many times, including Yak Burger, which I highly recommend. You strike me as a Steak man. Yak steak is excellent, too, though rather tougher than the burger! My attempt to procure scorpion in China failed, though. A plate of scorpions is expensive and my Chinese was not good enough to obtain just one to try with a promise to buy a plateful if I liked it. Ah, well. |
| 22nd December 2007 Miles | Dogs - From: The Danger of Dogs Yep, I had a reaction to my first rabies jab so couldn't have the second. So what's the first thing that happens when I get to rabies-ridden Tibet? I get bitten by a dog. Nice. Fortunately this was in Lhasa and it was the cleanest, healthiest dog we saw in Tibet. Later, I was attacked by a pack in a Mountain Monastery we were staying at. Once bitten, twice shy. I put the boot in hard and fought the bastards off. Score one for the humans!! |
| 22nd December 2007 Miles | Bees Knees - From: The Danger of Dogs Beeswax is produced by bees in the form of tiny scales which are "sweated" from the segments on the underside of the abdomen. To stimulate the production of beeswax the bees gorge themselves with honey or sugar syrup and huddle together to raise the temperature of the cluster. To produce one pound of wax requires the bees to consume about ten pounds of honey. |
| 17th December 2007 tim innit | :-) - From: The Ex-Headhunters of the North Keep it up mister! Absolutely loving yr blog and looking forward to the tales "in person" |
| 27th November 2007 Francoise | You are so lucky! - From: Tokyo: Gadgets and Gismos, Fads and Fashions This is time,I envy you I always wanted to go there!!!! Is it true,that you can find some vending machine with girl knickers inside that school girls leave there and that dirty old men by from the machine!?Some one told me this once,and I always doubts it? Did you see any? xxxxxEnjoy! |
| 27th November 2007 Jamil Syed | About Indonesia - From: Coffee from a Cat's Butt Nice and informative observations. Nice pictures too... |
| 27th November 2007 grantcorp | Coming soon to a low-cost airline near you... - From: Fear of Flying As you probably already know, Scandinavian Airlines have recently retired all their 27 Dash Q400s due to unreliability, so when Merpati Nusantara, Adam Air, Sriwijaya and all their friends have run out of 737-200s and 727s to crash this might be an affordable and welcome addition to their fleets. I took an active interest in flying around on domestic airlines during my stay, circular daytrips is my specialty which was difficult to set up in Indonesia. I think the next time I come back I will allow for some overnights as well to really open up the possibilites. Btw, I love that random facts list... ;) |
| 26th November 2007 Francoise | there are clock in UK airport! - From: Fear of Flying Hi Pete, Nice to see you are still having a great time...I am almost 100 %I saw some clock in Heathrow ,Gatwick and Standead! xxFrancoise. |
| 21st November 2007 Richard | Teasmaid - From: Cucumber Viagra and The Unknown Sausages Have you really never heard of teasmaids?? They were just the thing in the early eighties - I bet your granny had one! |
| 21st November 2007 erictjie | welcome - From: The Night of the Ladyboys I have been following your blog, it is very interesting. Iam Indonesian living in Sydney. I would like to recommend you to go to Sulawesi- tanah Toraja to watch their unique funeral proccesion and go to Bira beach and also floating village in sulawesi as well, also go to Papua to see the primitive locals. I think you should try scubadiving too. how bout joinning 3 days cruise around Komodo island too. well too many places to go actually , please enjoy while your are there, but watch your belongings and don't trust them about money. |
