Travel curse arrives again. Our train journey to Hanoi was a write off. We arrive at the station in plenty of time, and when it comes to boarding we are told we are missing an important piece of our ticket and are given a cursory wave of the finger by the conductor as to where we should go to get it sorted. Walking around looking a bit lost and a guy comes over to me, taps me on the shoulder and points to another guy carrying a folder of sorts. He grabs my ticket, gives me another one, this time with [View Full Entry]

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Well we are back on the road again after what seems like a long time of work - 3 months to be closer to the mark!! Off to Thailand for a few weeks of sun, sand and surf which in fact as been closer to rain, clouds and indoors. The weather has been pretty average but we have manged to see some pretty cool stuff again and it has been really relaxing for the first part of our trip. Our arrival into Thailand was pretty typical, and one that Kris enjoyed as we have landed safely again and didn't die on [View Full Entry]

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So sorry for the slow ending to the final installment of our 8 month trip, but here we are. We arrived into Ahmedabad on time for once, after a great nights sleep with our newly aquired blankets. It was the complete result all round!! It was nice to be picked up by our friend Harishbhai (the man who looked after us on our last trip) after once again all the special offers from the rickshaw drivers of beautiful, yet cheap hotels. Our return to the school was great as the more of the premises have been completed since our last visit. [View Full Entry]

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If our last train journey was anything to go by, you'd think that we would have been a bit more organised this time. Well we were to a certain extent; we had out extra jackets, polyprops and socks, yet this coldness was nothing like we have ever felt in any country we have travelled in. The journey was in a freeze box for 14 hours, and that is counting the 3 hour late arrival of it. We could see our breath in front of us, and it got to the point where we jumped in the same single bed to try [View Full Entry]

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We are now in India. The flight from Singapore was quite bad. As we were boarding the rain came down, and for those of you who have never been in tropical climates, the rain came down in a torrential downpour that lasted a long time. The flight took on a very bumpy ride and continued to last for over an hour. Even the pilots were surprised by the turbulence and lightning flashing around us. Kristyn almost got to the stage of giving herself the last rites, and along with my dead arm (from her hands gripping around it) I too had [View Full Entry]

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Our flight to Brisbane was pretty low key. We arrived into Brisbane and got a transfer to our hostel where we bascially got some dinner then went to sleep for over 12 hours. The next day we headed straight to Byron Bay to meet up with Kristyn's cousin Tony and to check out this legendary beach. In between showers of rain and intermittent sunshine we were able to hit the beach for a few days, grab some sun and get pounded by the surf. Spent a few nights checking out the towns bars and kebab shop which got a working over. [View Full Entry]

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Well our New Zealand leg of our trip is all over. It was nice to arrive into Christchurch this time and not face the wrath of the immigration people unlike our last visit. Our first point of call was to be my sister's work place in Christchurch, however we both got a bit side tracked by the Speights Ale house and Kumara chips so ended up being a couple of hours late, and a little light-headed!! We have spent almost 6 weeks at home, and time has not stood still at all. The initial problem we were facing when we arrived [View Full Entry]

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Hi there everyone! We last left you in Durban where we spent a few days before jumping on a bus to Jo'Burg. Well it wasn't a very good bus at all and broke down 1 hour into the 9 hour trip! After spending many hours on the side of the road with a few passengers freaking out about getting robbed and shot, a new bus came and we finally made it with all our stuff and no injuries! Not much to say about Jo'Burg except the Apartheid museum was awesome and it was great catching up with our fellow truckies for [View Full Entry]

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Last point of contact we were in Stellenbosh. From there it was a short commute to Cape Town where our tour officailly ended. We had our final group meal down on the water front where there were a number of awards handed out - as voted by all the truck members. Kristyn won the coverted "Scaredy Cat award", while I won the "Dancing Queen" title and the 3rd "Coolest"!! What a result. We also claimed the 3rd "Most Patriotic" on the truck as well. Must've had something to do with the rugby! All in all a very successful evening. We made [View Full Entry]

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After all the thrills and spills of Victoria falls we moved into Botswana, where the pace didn't really slow down. Botswana is famous for the Okavango Delta, a huge number of small waterways that move through reeds, with a great number of wide life in a concentrated area. We were taken through these waterways by Mokoro, or hollow canoes by the local people where we set up camp for 2 nights. As we arrived at our camp, there were 4 bull elephants grazing on the grass only 30 metres away!! We went for a guided walk with one of the locals [View Full Entry]

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