Hi all this may end up being a bit quick, but am more intersted in trying to get some pictures available to you. They sometimes say so much more!!!! So last time we met, I was in Krawkow in a rather reflective mood. After that we left onto the slovakia Tatras mountains for some serious hiking. Very glad to find that I have a reasonable level of fitness, because this was some hard work. 4 hours the first arvo we arrive, then up at the crack of dawn the next morning to hike again for several hours. There is something so cool [View Full Entry]

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Hello all once again, Last time we met I was still in Prague on a wettish afternoon. Well that night after some well needed washing we went out for a very glam dinner at this wonderful small, glitzzy restaurant that we had found. Can you imagine back home spending only $18 on a cocktail, glass of wine, bread and a chicken caeser salad? I love Prague baby! After some late night disco action and frivolity, we woke the next morning to hit the castle. rghhhhhhhhh I have never been surrounded by so many tourists in my whole life in one place [View Full Entry]

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This is is gonna be a quick one, suspect that will have to go back at some time to fill it all out a little more for mysef, but sceduled washing of clothes is uup son and this is critical as am starting to get a little ripe I assure you! So I am  on the tour de force! I like to think of it as my heritage trail at the moment Started out Sunday evening in Vienna  13 of us crowded around the table, ad honestly my first reaction was 'oh my lord I don't think I am going to enjo this [View Full Entry]

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Word of warning this is another quite long blog, but wanted to get down all the fun details of the ast few days so that I too won´t forget them. If you haven´t got a great deal of time, maybe just skim it - but then again, you never know what fun details you may miss by doing that! Well, well, I am now settled into Vienna, Austria. Infact have been here for a few days now, and with some spare time up my sleeve until my eastern european tour with intrepid starts, me thoughts it best to get some blogging down [View Full Entry]

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SO much to update and struggling with a keyboard where all the letters are in the wrong place!!!! On Thursday last week? I bid a fond farewell to my lifestyle of sun and drinks in malaysia to make the long slog to Europe. 3 planes and 15 hours later I landed in Basel, Switerland. After a short bus ride into the city? I was gleefully met by my friend Rosie atthe train station ( I stayed with her and her brother in england last year in Bournemouth)? so almost a year to the date I was on her doorstep again with a smile. Lord [View Full Entry]

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Brilliant - first encounter with o/s internet at hotel is absolute nightmare! Was well on the way to great first blog on the road, only to have it destroyed by pop ups! Ahhhh alas I must try once again! Well if independant travelling/backpacking is a religion and Lonely Planet is the bible, right now I am about the equivalent of the anti-christ of travel :) Right now am living the life of a prima donna - and just on the side - it is a pretty good lifestyle :) I wake up, have some breakfast, hit poolside, read, sunbake (try to [View Full Entry]

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31st May 2004. A watershed date. My very first day of being officially unemployed! The rain of the past several days has subsided, and the sun has shone brightly as I enjoyed my very first day of freedom by the very genteel shores of Sorrento. I like to think at the moment Mother Nature and the very heavens are appropriately marking each of these major occassions! Naive, but a fun thought no less. Consider my thinking for a moment..... Friday was my last day at Ford Credit, and was always going to shape up as a big day for me. Emotionally, a [View Full Entry]

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A warning to the reader: At times the content of my enteries may contain more than 'check-the-box' travel stories. To your dismay, it is entirely possible that you will be exposed to the thoughts and emotions (and general streams of consciousness) I experience on my little journey. Whilst, I hope that you will often find it to be entertaining, uplifting, inspiring, witting, funny, heart warming or just a little sad, I very much intend to use this as a resource to look back upon, and see just how far I manage to go physically and personally. So please just do as mo [View Full Entry]

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