Waiting roadside we hailed down the tourist bus going direct to Sauraha. The only thing was we were going to have to sit on the roof. I always wanted to do this and with the journey supposedly only another hour I thought 'why not'? The girls weren't too keen on this idea and ended up finding space inside whilst Pauly and I took up seats on the left rear. I was nervous to begin with and was just imagining falling off and trying to explain this to my parents. However after 10 minutes I was fine; the wind in my hair, [View Full Entry]

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Birethanti (1050m)-Tikhedhungga (1540m) We are going trekking today!!! Had a great sleep last night with only a slightly weird dream. Everyone has been having some crazy dreams over the last couple of days. We are all slightly suspicious there might be MSG in the food. The girls bags looked bigger than I had anticipated when we walked down the road to get a taxi to the Baghlung Bus Station for the journey to Nayapul. We were all jammed in the back of the bus on busted seats, the girls with their bags on their laps. The girls nausea from the night [View Full Entry]

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Here we go again!! This time it will be slightly different teaming up with 3 other people but that doesn't mean it's not going to be as fun. Nepal...I just love the mountains and to be able to experience the Himalayas will be a dream come true. The tea houses, friendly locals and their traditional cuisine I am all looking forward to. Yeh its going to be peak season but hopefully it will be peaceful enough when I want it to be. It's been a different experience living in the UK for the last 5 months post South America. Living in [View Full Entry]

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I looked to the left; and to the right; scanned the aisles front to back. This was the Easyjet flight from London to Split and there were Australians all around me. I swear I went to university with that girl; I have seen him somewhere before as well. This flight may well have been a Jetstar flight from Sydney to Melbourne. Its funny how word gets out about a place. I remember when I first moved to London and one of the first travel tips I received was to go to Croatia. That was all the encouragement I needed; so after [View Full Entry]

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"Do you mean I can have 4 days off?" I said to my boss after double checking the roster. Sounds good to me I thought, perfect time to get away for a couple of days. After looking around at my options I decided to take the Eurostar to Belgium for 4 days. Some chocolate, beer and waffles would do me nicely. So after spending Thursday evening with my friends in London (also for the last time at our house in Avenue Rd), I boarded the early Friday morning service from London to Brussels where I then connected on a northbound train [View Full Entry]

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Berlin. I thoroughly enjoyed myself last time I visited as a tourist and was looking forward to a 4 night break to escape the working life in England. I have just entered back into the daily wonders of working and it felt like the right time for a little side trip. On that note it was nice just to take a break for a couple of days, and in a city like Berlin it was sure to be a pleasure. Sarah and I met in Ecuador last year whilst we were studying spanish. We first met in the courtyard of our [View Full Entry]

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So after seeing the Argentinean side of Iguazu falls and living the resort life at The Hostel Inn (A.K.A Rancho Relaxo) we caught the bus to the border just before midday. With all the hassles that Bryan and I had in Buenos Aires trying to obtain a Brazilian visa I would compare the experience in Puerto Iguazu to buying a cup of coffee at Starbucks. Pay the money, wait for the stamp to roast, let it settle slightly and then Bob’s your Uncle. If only the people in the Embassy in Buenos Aires with tears streaming down their face could see [View Full Entry]

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We arrived just after lunchtime into El Calafate and with time not on our side we decided to visit the Perito Moreno Glacier in the afternoon. After checking into our hostel we realised that we had missed the last tourist bus for the day so we ended up hiring a cab which actually saved us a few pesos. That was until we had to pay the entrance fee...its hard in Patagonia to stop churning through the money but you just to cough it up sometimes and I wasn't going to miss this. It was freezing cold and windy when we reached [View Full Entry]

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The boys had arrived. After a few months of emailing back and forth Jb and Dunco had now made it to the continent. We met in the sleepy town of Rio Gallegos, where Argentinean life was uneventful so to speak. They didn’t seem to mind after a late night in Brisbane pre flight and then partying in Buenos Aires the previous night. I had sorted out or exit plan in a days time where we would travel to Puerto Natales and onto the Torres Del Paine National Park. You could see the mountains in the distance over the Sena Ultima Esperanza [View Full Entry]

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I have been looking forward to this trip for so long now and it was quite a relief once I jumped on board the Ushuaia on the 26th Of February. I arrived in Ushuaia 2 days before and kept everything pretty low key as I was constantly glancing towards the harbour and the waters that lay further south. Just from gathering comments from a few people who obviosuly didn´t like it there they painted a dull boring town at the end of the earth. Well I found it to be quite charming like a little toy box town and the view [View Full Entry]

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