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| 16th July 2009 irma | - From: The Most Radical Festival in the World? i love ur blog very much esp on this event! | ||
| 2nd April 2009 Firana | Cool:) - From: The Most Radical Festival in the World? ONe of my friend always said,it is the best festival he ever been:) Enjoy:) | ||
| 30th March 2009 Madnomad Films | Dust & Illusions - From: The Most Radical Festival in the World? http://dustandillusions.com Dust & Illusions looks at 30 years of history of Burning Man all the way back to the late 1970s deep into the origins of the event. Through 21 interviewees the film presents the philosophies that fueled the creation of the festival, and its evolution from a small gathering of friends to the largest “counter-cultural” event in North America. It offers a new perspective of the meaning of the event, and questions whether its organizers are more concerned about making sure the show is ready when the gate opens or they still truly engage in building a community and fostering art (4% of the total budget). | ||
| 29th March 2009 CP | WOw - From: The Most Radical Festival in the World? I surely want to attend this once in my lifetime. Looks difficult as i live in India and dont have the means to travel to US, but i am inspired to may be start a burning man here in India. | ||
| 2nd February 2009 AnnaAdventuring | - From: Five Thousand Concubines A very entertaining blog. The Taj Mahal is beautiful... I don't recall ever hearing about socks being stored there however. :S | ||
| 16th December 2008 deb | Thanks for Climb account - From: Legs of Jelly Planning in a Borneo/Mt. Kinabalu adventure in Feb '09. Your account gave me hope that I can actually do this! Thanks so much, fun and well-written, excellent pix. | ||
| 26th October 2008 jarred | cruel art cafe - From: Fishing With Dynamite art cafe is run not by a german lady but by a swiss woman(judith distal). the woman is quite rude and brusque both with her customers and her staff who clearly fear her. ufortunately she is the only one in town selling plane tickets. so if you want to fly out of el nido you have to go to her. philippinos lose commision and control of their own resources. to rude ,unpleasent foreigners to boot.very sad. apart from that el nido is truly beautiful. and luckily there are alternatives to that swiss amazon as far as eating and hanging out is concerned. if you are a conscientious tourist you should avoid that ghengis khan of a woman. | ||
| 16th October 2008 Christine Wong | Nice Blog! - From: Hello, I am a truck and my name is Catwoman Hi Pete....Thanks for sharing your experiences in Mount Merapi and Borobudur. I will be heading to these 2 fascinating places soon. | ||
| 12th September 2008 LobsterCheeks | CORRCT information - From: Bits and Bobs about Bolivia Sorry to have a rant, but I feel I need to defend myself here 1. I am not negative about Boliva. In fact, out of the 50 countries I have visited, Bolivia is in my top five favourites. The people are warm and friendly, and the landscape is varied and stunning. The whole country simply captivated me 2. Not ALL women wear bowler hats. I have exaggerated here. However, MANY of them do. In the area of La Paz in which I was staying, MOST of them did. The purpose of this fact was simply to illustrate that women wear bowler hats, which is not the case in England 3. Yes, most Bolivians are Catholic, but their faith can be intertwined with that of Pachamama. In fact the special worship day of Pachamama, called "Martes de challa", is held one day before the Catholic “Ash Wednesday”. It is possible to be a practicing catholic, but still make offerings to Pachamama. For some people, they identify Pachamama with the Virgin Mary. 3. Just because you didn’t SEE anyone sprinkling alcohol on their cars, you assume it doesn’t happen? The ritual is called “challa”, and the sprinkling of alcohol is an offering to Pachamama. People sometimes sprinkle alcohol on the ground before drinking, and have been known to sprinkle it over a new home as a blessing. The practice may not be a wide one, but it does happen, more amongst the indigenous population 4. “DIDN"T SEE THE POLUTION THAT THIS WRITER IS WRITING ABOUT EITHER” You didn’t see ANY pollution? Take another look at the photo of the truck above, belching out fumes. I saw many, many instances of this. How could you miss it?? 5. “I DIDN'T FIND THAT EVERYONE WAS NOISY OR LITTERED THE ROAD”. I never said everyone was noisy. Just that there were no noise pollution laws. As for the littering, some roads on the outskirts of La Paz were disgraceful. Plastic bags, bottles and general refuse piled high along the sides of the roads. Some of this may have been piling up for years, because as you know, plastic does not decompose. Not everywhere, but large enough amounts on some roads that you would have to be blind not to see them. There was much less littering once you got outside of La Paz 6. What is your point about the potatoes? Yes, many meals consist of potatoes. But there are also a number of Bolivian specialties (which incidentally do include potatoes). Did you not try Pique Macho or Silpancho Cochabambino which I mention above? I have no idea why you think this information is incorrect. It seems to be that despite travelling through Bolivia, you yourself have missed many things | ||
| 4th September 2008 A Y | Funny - From: Nigi Nigi Noo Noos I laughed my heart out reading your blog! You are a very funny and articulate blogger. | ||
| 3rd September 2008 Dear | i love your story - From: In Search of the Singapore Sling I love your telling style , it's eazy to imagine. ^^I'm the one who impressed Singapore also. There is clean ,clam but untra modern as you said. | ||
| 25th August 2008 Kees Boer | Incorrect Information - From: Bits and Bobs about Bolivia Much of this information is incorrect. Not all the women in La Paz wear bowler hats. You see quite a few, but maybe only 20% or so, if that high. Most Bolivians are Catholic and I went on many trips, never saw anyone sprinkling the car with alcohol. Didn't see the polution that this writer is writing about either. Much of the food consists out of potatoes. As a matter of fact, the Aymara people were the ones, who discovered potatoes. I didn't find that everyone was noisy or littered the road. I'm not sure where this writer gets his/her information from. I get the idea that they are pretty negative about the country. Kees | ||
| 27th July 2008 Louise | Curry overload? - From: Five Thousand Concubines Hi Pete, I am a random person that used to enjoy chuckling out loud whilst reading your blogs. I'm just concerned that you haven't blogged for a while. Are we to expect further musings or has all the curry affected your creativity and left you with writer's block? | ||
| 22nd July 2008 Daizy | Giant Guinea Pig?? - From: Cowboys and Caimans I think its called a Capybara Not sure though | ||
| 21st July 2008 GregoryTheAmerican | yeah, that's how we eat - what's the problem? - From: Medical Rodents and other tales Yes, you did accurately describe how Americans eat - fork in left hand, knife in right, cut the food, put the knife down, then put the fork in your right hand and eat what you cut. What's wrong with that? Most folks are right handed - so if you're a righty (and 85% of us are), you will have more control over the knife if you cut right handed. And once you cut, you use that same dominant right hand to put the food in your mouth. It's really the only logical way to use a knife and fork (I never even knew that other folks in other countries don't eat like that!!!) | ||
| 10th July 2008 Footloose | Where are you? - From: Five Thousand Concubines Lobstercheeks where are you? We miss your fun and very enjoyable read. Please let us know that you got home safely. | ||
| 8th June 2008 May | Greatly written - From: Hello, I am a truck and my name is Catwoman Witty! Funny! Plus correctly written. Come again then. Cheers. | ||
| 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 around_the_world | 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. | ||
| 20th November 2007 Shells Bells | Food Porn! - From: Food, Glorious Food Loving the blog your so funny, and i must say eating is more than a hobby, its a religion. at least it should be, we could all be foodists. Anyway keep up the food porn!! | ||
| 14th November 2007 Martin | "armed with torches" - From: Hello, I am a truck and my name is Catwoman I don't surpose the torches were the solar powered type ? Saves you from having to buy batteries you know.. | ||
| 14th November 2007 Martin | Well.... - From: Typhoons, Monsoons and Buffoons It might get dark in a few hours and you wouldn't want to walk down the volcano in the dark. You might hurt yourself, have a nasty fall or something.. | ||
| 2nd November 2007 Francoise | Fish ?:) - From: A true life tsunami story as told by Uncle Bill Hi Pete, Y are so brave,I would never had any food from the canteen(cv photo)... Kisses and Take cAre.Francoise. | ||
| 2nd November 2007 Deka | - From: A true life tsunami story as told by Uncle Bill Nice experience, I'm Indonesian and I feel that we don't respect the earth just like you do. Only few of us consider to keep the earth clean and green. Visit my blog: "Discover Indonesia" | 2nd November 2007 pPamela | Pangandaran Beach - From: A true life tsunami story as told by Uncle Bill Really enjoyed reading about Pangandaran. I visited there in September 2000. Agree about the food- just fabulous. Thanks for the update about the tsunami. I post on many Indonesian forums and will put up the link to your blog. Pictures of Green Canyon brought back lots of memories. I, too had a swim, but did not jump bravely like you did. Pamela. |
| 1st November 2007 Gareth | Nice big red cock ring ... - From: Saturday Night Fight ... but impractically large. | ||
| 1st November 2007 LobsterCheeks | solar-powered torches - From: Typhoons, Monsoons and Buffoons yes, but they wouldn't be much use in daylight on top of a volcano! | ||
| 28th October 2007 Martin | Er you can... - From: Typhoons, Monsoons and Buffoons buy "solar-powered torches", well you can on trademe.co.nz. | ||
| 22nd October 2007 smatlanek | Good One! Pete - From: Cannibals, Chiefs and Coconuts Lesson learned ... only carry your own s--t ... but it sure was a good laugh ... and makes one think of all the times we nearly did the same thing ... feliz viajes | ||
| 22nd October 2007 Aaron | Fijian Culture - From: Cannibals, Chiefs and Coconuts Your story of visiting Fiji, everything from the issues with Customs to getting to know the locals, made me homesick for the time I spent in Fiji! Sounds like you were well rewarded for getting off the beaten path. From what I saw, most tribes are moving away from the thatched bures and towards plywood and cement, unfortunately. You might find the Tribewanted community interesting - they've built up a backpacker retreat off of the north shore of Vanua Levu together with the local Fijians that is true to Fijian culture. At least back to the cannibalism! | ||
| 22nd October 2007 Martin | It was great having you here... - From: Old Faces From Home Good to see you again Pete, you must come back to Auckland again soon - I think you've taken our travel plug - haha ! Have a safe and interesting trip, Martin, Merle and Ella xx | ||
| 20th October 2007 LobsterCheeks | focus - From: We Are Not Alone I did actually focus, but that was how the moon was looking that night!! A little rough after a hard night out? | ||
| 18th October 2007 james st. james | whoops.... - From: Tsunami Awareness Program oops, i accidentally told you iquique used to be bolivian. it was actually peruvian (i forgot that they still have the old peruvian custom's house near the docks). my error may be due to the fact i was watching the chile-peru game and the last thing i wanted to do was think about peru (i'm chilean). anyway, i corrected my attempted correction. saludos! (cheers!) (chile won 2-0 btw) | ||
| 18th October 2007 Liv | Oops - From: Tsunami Awareness Program I submitted that last comment before I wanted to!! I just wanted to say Pete that I am very grateful to you; reading your blog has really helped to while away the boring days at work!! It really is a masterpeice, you should get it published!! | ||
| 18th October 2007 Liv | Hotdogs - From: Tsunami Awareness Program I agree that there is absolutely nothing wrong with putting mayo and guac on a hotdog. However, there must also ALWAYS be cheese. | ||
| 18th October 2007 Tim ruddock | VLT - From: We Are Not Alone Why not call the VLT Dave? Shame you forgot to focus when you shot the moon Pete :-) | ||
| 18th October 2007 LobsterCheeks | er, not colonial after all - From: Tsunami Awareness Program Hi James. Thanks for correcting me! Always helpful for someone to point out historical blunders in my blog. History and architecture aren't my strengths! cheers, enjoy your travels Pete (lobstercheeks) | ||
| 18th October 2007 james st. james | vamos chilenos! - From: Tsunami Awareness Program sorry about the title. i was reading your blog at halftime between chile and peru for the world cup 2010 qualifier (yes, that was a horrible and terribly boooooring chile-mexico game you had to suffer through....the worst i've ever seen). what a wonderful adventure you're on. i'm glad you've gotten to know chile and their hot dogs (i think there's nothing better than avocado/palta on a hot dog). just two points. the "peninsula" whose folklore you very accurately describe is actually an island called chiloé. their tales are mostly based on a blend of indigenous and spanish tales. also, the iquique's architecture is not "colonial". i'm not even sure it existed in colonial times. it used to be bolivian but was taken by chile in the war of the pacific (1879-1884). the architecture dates from the 1890's-1915 period, during the nitrate boom. anyway, your blogs are very interesting and well written. you are defintely squeezing all the juice out of your trip and wallowing in the particularities of every country, something too few adventurers are willing to do. good luck with the rest of your travels. ¡cheers! | ||
| 15th October 2007 gypsy | permits - From: Supermen and Supercrops 500 a day ONLY!!? How in the hell many people were doing the trail before the restrictions were in place? I'm flabbergasted...is MP the tourist capital of the world or what? | ||
| 11th October 2007 Sally | Pizza - From: Salt of the Earth Ahhh, pizza with altitude.... I remember it well. Glad you are still thinking of the perros. xx | ||
| 11th October 2007 mark glamfrocker | Easier to absail down.. - From: The World´s Most Dangerous Road Yo Pete, Interesting that your blog is sponsored by Am Ex Travel Insurance! | ||
| 9th October 2007 Francoise | OUah! - From: Salt of the Earth nice to see you are doing well,thank for the photos. xxFrancoise. | ||
| 3rd October 2007 Hank | Thanks - From: An Explosive Experience I have read your entire journal and enjoyed your adventure. Hope you are safe. Thanks. | ||
| 28th September 2007 Richard | Chocolate-side-up - From: Supermen and Supercrops Clearly having chocolate-side-down is just plain wrong. Apart from anything else, if they get a bit melty, and you were eating them upside-down, you'd get chocolate on your fingers. Furthermore, I believe a close study of Bagpuss will show the mice (having manufactured their biscuits from breadcrumbs and butterbeans) stowing them chocolate-side-up. And only a fool would challenge their expertise... | ||
| 27th September 2007 Dave | Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck... - From: The World´s Most Dangerous Road ...in'ell.... | ||
| 26th September 2007 Tinky down under | Fab blog!! - From: Steamy Bottom Hotel Just stumbled across your blog, as i prepare to start my own: one word-fabulous! You've got a great sense of humour. Just wanted to say, i hope your travels get better on the accomodation front, and i shall think of steamy bottoms whenever i visit delapidated hotels from now on :) Caroline x | ||
| 26th September 2007 LobsterCheeks | the Great Chocolate Digestive debate - From: Supermen and Supercrops this debate is actually quite widespread. I have joined a discussion group on Facebook called "Chocolate Digestives: the chocolate side is the TOP" | ||
| 26th September 2007 Marty | You would not..... - From: Supermen and Supercrops Believe the discussion you have started around the office - the great chocolate digestive debate, its been raging for some days now. Perhaps we should call the UN..... | ||
| 26th September 2007 Marty | Hmmmm potatoes - From: People of the Lake what no mashed potatoes ? | ||
| 21st September 2007 gypsy | Similiarities with Rwanda - From: In Search of Paddington Bear 10. Yes! except for the sheep and shopping 11. Yes! except the govt cracked down on the tax dodge in 05 12. Yes! except I have developed the famous gypsy technique of bargining AFTER the ride. Only works if you know the fare beforehand though... | ||
| 18th September 2007 Bob | Cats - From: Conspiracies, Cocktails and Conmen So Pete, how do you milk a cat? | ||
| 3rd September 2007 tim innit | Caption competition - From: The Danger of Dogs Ey Pedro, oo eez the coppertop midget with the camera? woof woof | ||
| 1st September 2007 Francoise | Can you take one home for me? - From: The Danger of Dogs Pete, The photos with the Panda are just delicious.They look so fluffy and so glamourous in their own rights!...CAn you take one back home for me as a pet.? Nice to read you,I think you are a very good writer. Keep smiling.Francoise. | ||
| 30th August 2007 gypsy | U b@st@rd! - From: Black Sheep, Red Wine and Blue Skies I am soo jealous... | ||
| 30th August 2007 gypsy | money hiding - From: A Truly Terrible Journey (part 2) I usually keep extra cash (local or $$) stashed somewhere on my travels but the trouble is I usually hide it so well that eventually I forget about it, then end up finding it months after I'm off the road :( My theory is that if I actually had no other cash, the stress of the situation would cause me to remember where the stash was! So far I've not had the op to test the theory. | ||
| 29th August 2007 gypsy | OHMIGOD - From: Medical Rodents and other tales I eat like an american...what a total fuckard I am! ps I don't believe that egg thing...will immediately go to the nearest part of the equator with a nail and egg. | ||
| 29th August 2007 gypsy | - From: Reaching New Heights I was thinking you looked a bit skinnier in your latest photo...now i know why. Good effort, I did a lot less well on Karisimbi (4500m) even without altitude sickness to contend with. Gave up on the 2nd day of hiking at 4000m (we started at 2500m) | ||
| 24th August 2007 Dogstar | Bunting - From: Chick´n´Mix It's the way forward mate. Bunting for chickens! No longer should bunting be the domain of the eccentric English fete, just imagine how happy even the most bored battery hen would be with just a little bunting. Maybe some morris dancers...... | ||
| 17th August 2007 Francoise | Laziness - From: Reaching New Heights I would not have even try to climb a mountain ,what the point and for me they all look the same boring ....But great effort! | ||
| 17th August 2007 Mez | Good effort mate ! - From: Reaching New Heights I wouldn't have made base camp - I'm too lazy. | ||
| 14th August 2007 LobsterCheeks | RE: one-day-tour - From: Exceedingly Wet Hi Mikael. My trip was a three day tour. Some companies do a two day tour, but it´s not much different in price, and it would be very rushed. We saw some people on a two-day tour and they were arriving at Angel Falls when it was getting dark. Cheers, Pete | ||
| 13th August 2007 Mikael | One-day trip ? - From: Exceedingly Wet Was that a one-day-trip to Angel Falls ? My family and I was in Venezuela in july, and all the tours for Angel Falls were 3 day-trips at BS 3.000.000 each. A bit too expensive for a family I think. But we'll be back next year, so if you know how to get there in a cheaper way it would be cool. | ||
| 12th August 2007 Francoise | Ouah! - From: Black Sheep, Red Wine and Blue Skies Thank for the beautifull photos. | ||
| 12th August 2007 LobsterCheeks | RE: What I would have done - From: A Truly Terrible Journey (part 2) Sadly, travellers cheques are almost useless over here. Good tip on Western Union though. Are they 24 hour? I am now carrying extra US Dollars at all times, in hidden compartments! | ||
| 12th August 2007 LobsterCheeks | The Sloth - From: Exceedingly Wet Estoy buscando otra sloth. ¡Mire este espacio! | ||
| 10th August 2007 Mez | ¡El sloth que él vuelve! - From: Exceedingly Wet ¡El sloth que él vuelve! Ahora puedo imprimirlo hacia fuera y pegarlo en el refrigerador, así evitando más lejos el regañar de Merle y de Ella. "podemos ver el sloth representar otra vez?" | ||
| 10th August 2007 gypsy | Mexicans and football in weird places - From: Pete Does Football excellent stuff... I also have no interest in football but once paid scalp prices to see Man Utd playing in some obscure town in eastern Slovakia....travel makes you do weird things! and speaking of mexicans, I was recently offered a job with their embassy in Nairobi. Maybe as a mexican diplomat i could swing you some favours in South America? | ||
| 9th August 2007 Francoise | What I would have done. - From: A Truly Terrible Journey (part 2) I would have try to find the next Western Union and called my parents or close relatives for a express deposit. It is sometimes good to always have some holiday cheques(if accepted there?) too.... Well done anyway.Keep smiling:) | ||
| 7th August 2007 mez | What have you done with the star of the.... - From: Exceedingly Wet show ? The sloth ???? m. | ||
| 1st August 2007 Richard | its... - From: Cowboys and Caimans ...a capybara. | ||
| 27th July 2007 Mez | Lifes a beach - From: Harry Potter National Park And then a tree grows out of your head ! | ||
| 27th July 2007 Mez | Passports - From: Harry Potter National Park Phew indeed - now lets hope the National guard don't read travel bloggs ! | ||
| 27th July 2007 Livvy | Yum yum! - From: Harry Potter National Park Wowsers, that super dooper hot dog sounds DELISH!! I may have to try and recreate that myself! Loving the blog Pete, such entertaining reading, sounds like you are having a great adventure!! | ||
| 22nd July 2007 nathan from delaware | theft - From: Cowboys and Caimans an interesting read. my camera was taken by the NG last year. complained to our embassy but never heard more. dont let it put you off venezuela though great place | ||
| 17th July 2007 taryn | so jealous !! - From: Venezuelan Time and Space Hi Pete !!!! I love your blogs, they are hysterical, and very informative !!! When do you get back? Gareth & I want to invite you to our wedding, but not sure when you get back. We have just booked our honeymoon, a round the world trip for 4 months, so excited !!! Keep having FUN !!!!!!! Love Taryn x | ||
| 15th July 2007 draak | Hows it going? - From: Welcome to Venezuela So how are you enjoying your trip? Have you been to Angel waterfalls yet? Looking forward to seeing more pictures. We are in Suriname and it is very hot. Pieter and Rae. | ||
| 6th July 2007 Matt | Not so far from home - From: Saturday Night Fight Chickens feet.... Bayswater (Dim Sum) & Spain too eats all parts of the animal, not long ago I tried a tapa of "Orejas" (cows ears), needless to say I didn't get far through the plate Moooo | ||
| 5th July 2007 Doris | What the hell's he doing out there???? - From: Pirates of the Carribean The bloke drinking beer looks like Marks doppleganger. All he needs is a bum-fluff goatee :-) Dogstar | ||
| 4th July 2007 Rooby Roobs | Slothalicious! - From: Pirates of the Carribean OH MY! I am so in love with that little Sloth! How cute is he! Bring him home for me?? please please please! He looks liek he lubs you and he has a really big smile. | ||
| 2nd July 2007 Icklestew | Column of Beer!! - From: Pirates of the Carribean Looks more like a Bong to me!! Good idea though. Sounds like you are having lots and lots of different experiences good and bad! Enjoy! | ||
| 27th June 2007 Gareth | Bitter - From: Quito Curry Club you certainly looked bitter......... couldnt have been to bad, if you drunk them! how could you order 2 each by mistake? | ||
| 27th June 2007 gareth | columbia - From: Sunburn, Soldiers and being Scared i like the way you carfully plan you 1st stop on your trip in Columbia... i bet you will be visiting a few chocolate factories!? | ||
| 27th June 2007 IainC | Jungle warriors - From: Jungle Boogie Jungle warriors hey? It all looks quite familiar for some reason. (www.dontstayin.com/uk/london/a-secret-location/2005/may/14/photo-387521) As always your writing never fails to entertain and educate - keep up the good work, and good luck my little fillet mignon. | ||
| 26th June 2007 Dogstar | copper top - From: Sunburn, Soldiers and being Scared Being more than a bit ginger might have something to do with your sun tolerance Dogstar ;-) Really enjoying this mate. See they put you in the girls' abseil team!! Keep up the good work and have lots of fun little fella. Dogstar | ||
| 26th June 2007 LobsterCheeks | Reply to "What?" - From: Welcome to Colombia Hi Frank. Thanks for your comments. I hope I didn´t make Colombia sound worse than it actually is. What I was trying to say in the blog was that despite Colombia having a bad reputation, it is a safe country if you take due care and precautions. It doesn´t deserve it´s reputation as a "no go zone" for travellers. And my comments on dangerous areas was based on: 1. UK foreign office travel advice 2. United States government travel advice 3. A Colombian company called Colombia-57, who specialise in travel advice for Colombia Since you have been to most areas personally, maybe their advice is overstated and exaggerated. As for the statistic of 40% of the country being under rebel control, this was correct as far as 2004/2005. A few reference articles are listed below. I cannot find any current stats for 2007, but it is likely that this percentage is much lower now, due to the American investment in Plan Colombia. I will update my blog to state this, and if you can find some firm stats for 2007, please let me know and I will include them http://davisiaj.com/content/view/387/86/ http://www.ciponline.org/colombia/infocombat.htm Cheers, Pete Ellison (Lobster Cheeks) | ||
| 21st June 2007 Frank D | What? - From: Welcome to Colombia I've been to Colombia 6 times over the past 5 years, and i've travel all over the country, I mean ALL OVER, yes there are some areas that should be approached with caution, but overall I love the country and it feels pretty safe to me. Also you might want to check your sources there is no way that the Guerrillas control 40 % of the nation. Alaso you might want to know that all rebel groups are, marxist comunists. check this list of foreigners who like me fell in love with Colombia too: http://sestafford.nomadlife.org/default.aspx http://www.casakiwi.net/ http://www.blacksheepmedellin.com/ http://www.deunacolombia.com/index.html Please get your facts right and happy travels. I love that country, | ||
| 17th June 2007 Bob in Carolina | Thanks - From: Saturday Night Fight About to travel to Quito and appreciate your writings. Any problems with food re Montezuma type revenge? (Yea, he was further North) Have a great experience! | ||
| 17th June 2007 Debbie | loved it - From: Saturday Night Fight I especially liked the pictures of the lovely cocks | ||
| 17th June 2007 Angelqiue | uh oh - From: A Truly Terrible Journey Oh pete, poor you...the highs and lows of travelling eh?!?! I hope it was worth in the end. I remember doing a bus journey to Tena too, and it was pissing it down with rain, and the biggest mutha f*ck thunderstorms I've ever seen. We were right down the front of a bus that kept breaking down, and swerving all over the place on that road...I actually feared for me life on that journey..and yes it was cramped!! have fun hon | ||
| 16th June 2007 Francoise | Gosh. - From: Saturday Night Fight I think you had great courage to go and see this...This the men that we should make fight and bet on them...Like the Gladiators.would be more funny..... I am like you,i am against this kind of this...but after all ..... Take care. | ||
| 10th June 2007 Shalala | Oh Dear! - From: A Truly Terrible Journey Hey Pete HAPPY BIRTHDAY! What a nightmare you are having! Remember it can only get better. I must say though it is very entertaining and something you will look back on and laugh at in your retirement days. Good luck for your travels this week. | ||
| 7th June 2007 Francoise | Hey. - From: Welcome to Ecuador Nice to have news and nice to read you seem to have such a fantastic time. Thank for the beautifull photos and the tips about the locals,very interesting. Take care. | ||
| 7th June 2007 Matt | Curry - From: Quito Curry Club It's tough beating a Tooting curry me old mate ! | ||
| 6th June 2007 MonzaBruce | the Dodgy Brothers Hilton?! - From: A Truly Terrible Journey Ohhhhhhh Pete! Talk about a run of bad luck!!! Couldn't believe it when you lost your wallet to boot!!! Thank christ almighty you managed to find a place, even if it was dodgy central. And I thought my work trip to Sydney last year was bad when the travel agent stuck me in a seriously run down gay-friendly hotel (not that there's anything wrong with that; Seinfeld style) but it was smack bang in the middle of busy busy oxford street and I awoke for the umpteenth time at 4am to unbelievably loud (bad) house music coming from the massive gang bang in the room next to mine!!!! Don't go there girlfriend. Yours is much much worse! It can only get better from here sunshine ;o) Ah the joys of travelling!! M.x | ||
| 6th June 2007 dukes | tena - From: A Truly Terrible Journey pete repete, How is the curry, and what level of luscious accomodation would you get for a £tenner? dukes | ||
| 6th June 2007 Dogstar | :-) - From: A Truly Terrible Journey Dogstar, this is brilliant! Sounds like you're having a ball out there. I'll probably forget to log on sunday so I'll wish you a happy birthday now. Hope you get smashed on local brew and have a ball. Laters, Dogstar | ||
| 4th June 2007 Lawrence | Raw Fish with lemon..... - From: Food, Glorious Food ...is lovely mate !! (as long as the fish is fresh !!). If you hav'nt already, give it a try (but no responsability if you get food poisoning accepted !!) First time I've ever read a blog mate, it's brillant !! You're a natural !! | ||
| 1st June 2007 Loopy | Foodies United - From: Food, Glorious Food Hey, eating could be viewed as far more than a mere hobby, if taken seriously mate. If you're food snob (which I recall you confessing you are once, when refering to the fact that you would only deign to eat in pub chains where all dishes come out of the freezer or worse in a moment of TOTAL desperation) - then I'd say travelling halfway across the world to widen your palate has to be seen as far more than a hobby! It's a mission!! Can't say I'm sorry to hear you didn't like the gp tho - but the incredible corntastic experience seems to have no bounds... Take care sweetie xx | ||
| 1st June 2007 Loopy | Chronicles of the English Curry Fanatic - From: Quito Curry Club Love it Pete, most entertaining. Totally bizarro re popadums, samosas and chicken bread - and the bitter sounds revolting. Did you drink both pints?? Eeeww... xx | ||
| 1st June 2007 Debbie | Hello sailor - From: Food, Glorious Food Wowee! Sounds like you're having a ball. I'll think of you when I'm at the fat duck... | ||
| 31st May 2007 Icklestew | DISGUSTING! - From: Food, Glorious Food Well Pete I agree you have to try everything once but that Guinea Pig looks Awful, they could have dressed it up a bit!! Curry and shit beer in one night? Well at least you tried it. Have fun Stew x | ||
| 30th May 2007 Richard | Fair Play Indeed - From: Food, Glorious Food Fair play indeed to Elisa - the steaks in Argentina are indeed good enough to turn a veggie! Btw, another speciality to look out for is lamb with spiders. It's actually meant to be lamb with orange, but my Spanish pronunciation was that bad... | ||
| 29th May 2007 Sha la la la | Muy chistoso - From: Food, Glorious Food Hola Pete bueno oír que usted tiene todavía su apetito! Es advertido que ellos comen el conejillo de indias en Perú también.. Los amigos míos vuelan fuera allí este el sábado para viajar arduamente al Machu picchu . Esto me recuerda de los cuentos Poderosos de Limón. tome el cuidado y Feliz viajar. | ||
| 28th May 2007 MonzaBruce | The Guinea Affair - From: Food, Glorious Food Peter Ellison I'm incomprehensively grossed out!! Wolf Creek gave me 2 weeks of sleepless nightmares and now I'll be imagining a crispy skinned yellow guinea pig ready to pounce with a vengence in the shady dark corners of the loo in the middle of the night! Thank god I'd already eaten tonight. And it was vegetarian. Keep up the chronicles and a massively 'uge mega cheers to you for my parcel - you really are a true champion (thanks too Justine!) and I was absolutely stoked a.k.a. stoked-newington-on-stoke-under-tyne-over-lyme-with-ma-tribe (english style). So much appreciated. Bon Appetite wee wee mr Guinea Pork crackling! MonzaChops xXx | ||
| 23rd May 2007 Abby | not quite spanish - From: Spanish Disasters hey pete! loving your blog, as a new zealander i could tell you exactly how the sheep got on the bus ..... but that would be giving away national secrets. let's just say it's not as innocent as it looks. as for the spanish, i could quote a few words at you in italian, but it's not quite the same thing ..... have fun and don't go eating too many guinea pigs, they have friends everywhere. x abby | ||
| 17th May 2007 LobsterCheeks | Dear outraged veggie - From: Spanish Disasters Sorry Lu, I wasn't joking about the Guinea Pig! Today I ate "papas con cuy merida". Only half a guinea pig, if that's any consolation. You could see the teeth, the ears and it's little claws. Tasted a bit like chicken, but wasn't too keen. (When I get to Peru, I'll be trying Llama) | ||
| 17th May 2007 Taryn | eloha ano - From: Spanish Disasters Hey Pete, sounds like you're having a great time already !! you're antural at spanish, love it !!! have a ball you, and keep us updated along the way. if you have the time, pls give me a little run down on the areas you are going to and when you're coming back. Lots of love Taryn x | ||
| 17th May 2007 Roobarb | tee hee - From: Spanish Disasters Hey Petey Pie, Sorry I missed your farewell! I had my interview and then had to go to uni to study :( Its paying off though, I've had two exams so far and my biggest problem was deciding which question to answer! 1 more to go and I'm free. You're travel blog is great........its been making me giggle at my desk.....man I can't wait to travel again! xxx | ||
| 17th May 2007 Matt | Hablamos pronto ? - From: Spanish Disasters Hombre, no puedo esperar hasta podemos tener un conversación en Castellano Guay del Paraguay !! M | ||
| 17th May 2007 Matt | Estoy de acuerdo - From: Spanish Disasters Petey, Glad to hear you're there safe and sound. You'll be pleased to know that the año/ano pitfall was 1 of the 1st that I learnt too... I do enjoy so much saying "Feliz Cumpleanos" to someone, they always laugh ;@) No puedo esperar hasta podemos tener un conversación en Castellano Here's a good saying to impress your teacher ;@) don't know if they use it there but in Spain they do. So when you say "guay" (meaning "cool", not referring to temperature, cool as in cool dude) you can say "guay del Paraguay" Matteo | ||
| 17th May 2007 Livvy | Hilarious! - From: Spanish Disasters Pete, this is one of the funniest things I have read in AGES!! Glad to hear you're having a great time, I look forward to the next installment!! | ||
| 17th May 2007 Paula | Suerte - From: Spanish Disasters Hola chico Te deseo mucho suerte en tu viaje! Yo tambien disfrute aprendiendo espanol! Antes de tu salida, no tuvimos mucho tiempo porque yo pudiera darte consejos para tu viaje pero segura que lograras! Mientras en Quito, intenta irte a Otavalo y lago Cuicocha - es solo dos horas de la ciudad y es muy lindo. Y tambien vete a el bosque de Mindo - es excelentes. Ahora me instale de vuelta en Londres con el clima fea - me extrano mucho america del sur pensandole mucho. Pero parece que pueda empezar trabajr el lunes! Hola a tu profesora (to whom I'm sure you'll show this to help translate!!!) Suerte, besos Paula x | ||
| 17th May 2007 Icklestew | Guinea Pig - From: Spanish Disasters Como est as ? not sure spelling is right but that' show it sounds! Are you sure it's a Guinea Pig, I understand their favourate out there is sewer rat!! Bon preveccio! ( again I have no idea how you spell it but ist sounds like that!) Love Stew | ||
| 17th May 2007 Loopy | Outraged veggie! - From: Spanish Disasters Please tell me you're joking about the guinea pig??!! (p.s. you're spanish sounds like it's coming along brilliantly! there are also several other words you have to be careful with too though, spanish for cushion is similar to two other spanish words, all of which you have to be very careful not get mixed up (my useless memory fails me at the moment at to the other two!) | ||
| 17th May 2007 Mez (Yes me again) | You forgot to add ... - From: Farewell London .. Number 4 to the list of things you'd miss - can I suggest - 4. Control of my bowels. | ||
| 17th May 2007 Mez | I find the following phase useful when visiting... - From: Spanish Disasters South America "mi armadillo necesita su cortar de los clavos del dedo del pie" Mez | ||
| 17th May 2007 Mez | WTF ? - From: Farewell London Bloody 'ell - when I left blighty (less than 2 years ago) you didn't even like footy - let alone support a football club - who are you and what have you done with our mate Pete ? | ||
