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| 2nd December 2009 Barb | Enjoy - From: Tracking Through the Sahara - Drago Style Looks amazing, especially the oasis, White Desert is spectacular I agree, loved seeing you all in the photos!! Happy birthday Janet for 12th. |
| 2nd December 2009 Slowfeet | Safety - From: Walk Like an Egyptian - Welcome Hello Samantha. We have found Egypt quite safe and relatively easy. Tourism is very important here and there is a lot of care taken to ensure that tourists are looked after. You will find it very different from the USA though, especially if you haven't experienced bartering etc. One easy way of getting around is to join a tour group. But if you get yourself over there most hotels can arrange local tours for you. You might also get some advice or information on Lonely Planet's Thorntree website, but bear in mind that there is a great range of people posting on that. Good luck and I know you will enjoy it. |
| 2nd December 2009 Klaire | - From: Tracking Through the Sahara - Drago Style The desert looks fantastic! It's good to see all three of you in one photo! |
| 2nd December 2009 Hotel Kortet | Sahara The Desert - From: Tracking Through the Sahara - Drago Style Hi, Sahara a wonderful and the largest desert. Thank you for this blog so we come to know about it in detail. Thanks for sharing with us. |
| 1st December 2009 Sarah | Thanks! - From: Tracking Through the Sahara - Drago Style It's been lovely so far! Got your card from Thebes. xx |
| 1st December 2009 adamasao | looks great - From: Tracking Through the Sahara - Drago Style Looks great! We'll have to have a look one day, I reckon. |
| 30th November 2009 samantha | safety - From: Walk Like an Egyptian - Welcome hello , I am a young student traveling to Egypt in a few weeks and I just wanted to make sure it was a safe place to travel. I have never been out of the USA. Any info that would help ease my worries I would greatly appreciate. thanks so much! ~Samantha Pitera |
| 24th November 2009 Sarah | - From: Walk Like an Egyptian - Welcome Have lots of fun in African and make sure you look after your little sister! |
| 23rd November 2009 Ashley Street Gang | safe & exciting travels - From: Walk Like an Egyptian - Welcome Well you've certainly surpassed us now!! Great to read this yarn re the start of your latest continent adventure. Safe and happy travels to the 3 of you...may you be free of nasty tummy bugs but full of fun and interesting experiences. Will follow the blog with interest and send emails from time to time with top end gos. Take care...T&Txx |
| 23rd November 2009 adamasao | nice work. - From: Walk Like an Egyptian - Welcome the representations are becoming more and more stylised. The inclusion withe the ganja leaf is great - he used to summarily execute blokes that got into that when he was el comandante! If we don't talk again for a bit, have a great christmas, see you in Mexico! |
| 1st November 2009 adam | google - From: We're... In London Still hasta la victoria siempre! Anyway, I now think that you saw Liz Hurley - which is more impressive than Jordan anyway. I just googled the date, London and Estee Lauder and got this http://forums.superiorpics.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/2268833/Elizabeth_Hurley_London_Launch I'm like sort of super-detective-ninja! Love, Adam |
| 26th October 2009 Darryl | - From: Northampton on a Rellie Run It sounds like you are having fun tracking down the rellies. What a different world it is! |
| 13th October 2009 Raman | hi there - From: More Than One Delhi hi, I'm a design student and an architect here in India and I'm researching on the problems that tourists face while finding there way in Indian Cities. Please mail me your comments, ideas, observations on this. I'm based in Delhi and this research is for the improvement of signage systems in the city. Thanks Raman |
| 6th August 2009 Darryl & Graeme | So good to see you - From: Midnight Sun - There are Pros and Cons Thanks so much for adding the Batchelor Pad to your journey whilst back in the Top End. We enjoyed your company enormously. Now that we have subscribed to your blog we will keep up with the where and what of your journeying . . and maybe remind you about quiz questions. |
| 4th August 2009 hargai | - From: Mysore to Grotty Ooty hi i really enjoy by seeing these photes especially train |
| 25th July 2009 Susie | Amazing! - From: Midnight Sun - There are Pros and Cons Guys, I just have to say that I love your commentary and your photos - can't wait to see the rest of them one day. Norway looks breathtaking. Thanks for taking us along with you through this Blog. |
| 25th June 2009 slowfeet2 | trees in the mist - From: Little Old Slovakia I seem to remember that the trees in the mist are not a 'forest in the mist' because of a big storm that went through the High Tatras a few years ago. And we (Barnes and I) braved the cold and wet to get photos of the effects while the driver/author stayed warm. |
| 19th June 2009 Slowfeet | Blah - From: Serbia - Deserves a Mention Thanks for the comment PallMall. I actually enjoyed the scenery of Serbia. It was good to see productive land and mountains are not the only spectacle for us. Our only regret is that we didn't spend more time. Perhaps next time. |
| 18th June 2009 pallmall | blah - From: Serbia - Deserves a Mention just a few remarks from my side. Serbia is actually a country of a high mountains. you crossed via province of Vojvodina, that takes about 20% of Serbia and is almost totally flat, as you could see. Therefore, if you think you had seen Serbia in that way, that makes no sense. Also, there are no shelled houses and properties as Serbia hasn't been involved in a civil wars of Yugoslavia in 90ties. But there are bombed out evidences on governmental buildings, hospitals, kindergardens, schools, public buildings, bridges, residential areas, marketplaces, roads, etc, all made by NATO in 1999. Yet, almost 99% of these are now repaired by Serbia. However Serbia looked for you from the road (as you seems to have pretty much reserves, given all the spit-on-your=neighbor info from the rest of exYu) it is certainly more developed than that Bosnia, Montenegro and good part of Croatia. You just didn't go for it to see for yourself. Also, similar heys, hellos, good-byes, are actually the SAME ones, as the SAME language is spoken in Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro. Call that language as you like. It is simply the same language, just like your wife speaks with you. Belgrade is developing in a ultra speed mode, and it is recently regarded from the EU as the most prosperous city in south-eastern Europe area (you got info online about it). Novi Sad is actually Budapest-like place, but definitely smaller. The motorway you mention is right now under construction as panEuropean Corridor no.10 (out of 10 total across the Europe), financed by the EU funds. |
| 1st June 2009 Sarah | - From: Sunshine, Cheap Grog and Well Organised Rocks Who doesn't like organised rocks? |
| 27th May 2009 Andrew | speed - From: Sunshine, Cheap Grog and Well Organised Rocks And you thought I was exaggerating about autobahn speeds.... |
| 28th April 2009 Sarah | - From: In The End It Is Just Rocks If you are sneaky, you can wander along behind the Japanese tours and get your little interpreter there to tell you what is happening. Works better than with tours in English because there's less chance they think you're listening in... |
| 25th April 2009 Slowfeet | The Lights, the Lights - From: Into Istanbul They would look great. Only thing is we could hit our straps a bit and buy a few. That is the danger. |
| 25th April 2009 Sarah | - From: Into Istanbul Those lights are beautiful! I agree with Mum - if you pack it carefully, it will make it alright (or whatever similar thing she's saying). If you send it to me I'll look after it until you get back. |
| 24th April 2009 Klaire | - From: Into Istanbul Turkey looks amazing so far. Definitely think you need some of those lanterns/lights, they look beautiful (and would look lovely on a veranda overlooking the Obi Obi valley!). Our feet are getting more and more itchy with each post. Hopefully we can join you sometime soon! |
| 24th April 2009 Barb | Memories - From: Into Istanbul The photos bring back good memories of Istanbul! The restoration on Aya Sofia was happening in 2004 when we were there! |
| 22nd April 2009 Sarah | - From: The Thar Desert Chuckling, definitely. |
| 22nd April 2009 Sarah | - From: More Than One Delhi Yay photos! |
| 21st April 2009 Slowfeet | Photos - From: More Than One Delhi There was a problem with a server and transfers of photos apparently. I have now gone back and re-done the photos for the affected posts so they should all be ok I think. |
| 19th April 2009 Slowfeet | pictures? - From: More Than One Delhi Mine seem to have disappeared as well. not sure what is going on. |
| 18th April 2009 Sarah | Pictures? - From: More Than One Delhi Great post, I really liked the country of contradictions bit! Sadly, the photos aren't showing up for me... but I guess I'll see them in a couple of years when you make it home. |
| 17th April 2009 Slowfeet | Thanks On Amber - From: Rajasthan I did mess that one up. We had been discussing whether to go to Ajmer, made a decision not to go but the name just stuck in my mind. |
| 17th April 2009 Janet | Reflections - From: More Than One Delhi Your commentary on India has brought back so many memories of my time there with Rachel. We had a slightly different experience than you but I too was tentative about going and would definitely go back. Looking forward to reading about your Turkey experiences which will also bring back memories of my time there with Rachel and Barb. |
| 11th April 2009 Keep Smiling | "Ajmer" is Amber - From: Rajasthan Hi both. I'm enjoying following your travels. Just a small thing - I think that what you refer to as Ajmer is actually Amber (pronounced Ah_mare). There IS a place called Ajmer in Rajasthan, but its up to 3 hours by expressway from Jaipur and its small fort certainly doesn't look like your photos and there are no elephant rides either! Carry on enjoying my favourite country. I wish I was there with you! Keep smiling, Mike |
| 11th April 2009 anonymous | - From: Rajasthan The Hilltop Fort outside is AMBER FORT not Ajmer which is the name of a town close to Pushkar |
| 25th March 2009 Slowfeet | Pure Or Not - From: Mysore to Grotty Ooty The vego food here is excellent, non-vego I can take or leave - and normally leave. The beer - well this purity thing is overrated |
| 24th March 2009 SusieQ | - From: Chennai This has been especially interesting reading. It sounds like a very special experience that the general tourist would miss. I can see how it touched your heart. |
| 24th March 2009 Marika | Not Very Likely - From: Mysore to Grotty Ooty Hmm now there is an unpleasant thought. Abstaining from beer that is...and wine if that too falls in the same category. As I sit here reading your blog, sipping a cheeky little red after a post-work beer it turns out that I'm not that pure a vego after all. Despite this, I would imagine that the vego eating around those parts is pretty decent. Even better with a nice cold Kingfisher or Taj Mahal to wash it down :) |
| 24th March 2009 Andrew | Thank you - From: Chennai Just to let you know that your postings are providing me, at least, with a fascinating insight into the places to which you have traveled - and a welcome escape through some fairly dire times here... |
| 23rd March 2009 Slowfeet | Ernesto - From: Kruising In Kerala They are doing well in Kerala unless appearances deceive. It hasn't always been the case so perhaps the government does get to claim credit |
| 23rd March 2009 Slowfeet | Ducks - From: Kruising In Kerala thousands of young ducks herded by 3 boats up the river. We couldn't believe it but this is apparently part of farming them. We also couldn't really get a proper shot of them. The duck herders didn't want the boat coming too close and all the movement made a closer shot impossible |
| 20th March 2009 Sarah | - From: Kruising In Kerala Are those really ducks? |
| 19th March 2009 adam | done well - From: Kruising In Kerala Well, it looks like you're having a reasonable time then. well done on ernesto, I didn't know about the government in Kerala. |
| 14th March 2009 Sarah | - From: India - First Stop Bangalore Sounds very lovely! Unfortunately I don't have a spare room... but I'm sure I could take a few days off work and go sightseeing with random visitors. And, also, my friend who taught me to eat with my fingers says - if it's too hot to touch with your fingers, then it's too hot to put in your mouth. |
| 4th March 2009 Slowfeet | Iran - From: Hanging Around in KL We have jumped through their hoops but aren't hopeful on this first attempt. Looks like it will be on to Turkey and then into E. Europe. We may have another go later on. So when are you two going to join the caravan? |
| 3rd March 2009 Marika | Thanks - From: Hanging Around in KL Hi Guys, thanks for the birthday cheer! I look forward to updates from the Indian leg of the trip. Shame about the Iranian visa situation. I hope they come through in India for you. |
| 2nd March 2009 Slowfeet | thanks - From: Hanging Around in KL We have been using the bottled stuff most of the time but I think the tablets might be easier. We will give it a go. No new wars in Africa so far so it is looking good. |
| 1st March 2009 Janet | A couple of tips for India - From: Hanging Around in KL Hi, when we were in India we used the water purifying tablets and never had a problem with any water - just filled up from any water tap, put the tablet in and not a problem. We stuck to vegetable dishes mainly and fruit. Neither of us had any gastric problems. Good luck…enjoy, it is a great place. See you in Africa! |
| 27th February 2009 Slowfeet | Italian Bikes - From: HaNoi - 999 years Old This Year So, you going to meet us when we get to Italy? Not sure when that will be but probably not till mid-ish 2010. We will need an interpreter and you will be speaking it by then eh? |
| 26th February 2009 SusieQ | - From: Mountains, Junks and Dead Pigs Very impressive photos. Hope the gastro didn't last too long. |
| 26th February 2009 SusieQ | Gotta luv those motorbikes! - From: HaNoi - 999 years Old This Year Wait till you see the motorbikes in Italy. Maybe not quite as bad but would go close! |
| 23rd February 2009 Slowfeet | Che - From: HaNoi - 999 years Old This Year No so hard in Vietnam but Malaysia might be just a bit more difficult. |
| 22nd February 2009 adamasao | Che - From: HaNoi - 999 years Old This Year Thanks for that....and that is now your challenge. You are going to have to find a depiction of the man for each blog post from now on! Easy! have fun. |
| 11th February 2009 s | - From: Mountains, Junks and Dead Pigs Hope you get better soon, old man! Can't take too many risks at your age. |
| 10th February 2009 trish & tony | Good Morning Vietnam - From: Happy Year of the Buffalo Enjoying the Vietnam entries...brings back fond memories of our excursion there. Fantastic country and people. Interesting to see how your itinerary and camp overs are pretty much identical to what we did but in the reverse order...ie we went north-south. See you on the 24th...wait up for us and we can crack a red (will bring a bold and mature shiraz across) to celebrate the start of our next adventure. Look out India, Iran, world! T&Txx |
| 1st February 2009 SusieQ | - From: Happy Year of the Buffalo The story so far sounds great and your photos are beautiful. |
| 1st February 2009 Slowfeet | Comments or Private Messages - From: This Time for Real Either is fine. I go into emails a little more often and I am still learning the system here but it is nice to get comments. |
| 25th January 2009 adamasao | yard - From: This Time for Real Good idea, I think it would be cool for the yard at samford road, but I'm not sure that I could get the huey through the gate. |
| 24th January 2009 Ken Kramme | Comments or private messages! - From: This Time for Real Would you like comments or are private messages the go?! Ken |
| 23rd November 2008 Andrew | Road conditions - From: Tacking North Into the Breeze Just a heads up on one of the other peculiarities of NZ roads. The tarmac that they use seems to have a quite low melting point. Consequence is that it tends to go a bit soft - even melt - in temperatures as low as 30, especially at altitude. At least that was my experience. Can result in a little more excitement than you need when discovered in the middle of a corner, particularly if you are trying to make the Hippie Camper handle like my Cooper S !! Take care in the unlikely event that it warms up on the North Island... |
| 22nd November 2008 sarah | Great post! - From: Tacking North Into the Breeze I really, really enjoyed that post. Particularly the bit about Blenheim. Sounds like you are having a great time, Hippie Camper and all. |
| 17th November 2008 sarah | - From: Need A Better Camera Gorgeous piccies! Don't worry, I still remember the ones from Alaska. Glacier... glacier... glacier... rock! ... glacier. Looking forward to seeing more. Glad you got some warm clothes too! |
| 17th November 2008 Susie | Fantastic Photos - From: Need A Better Camera Just catching up with your travels. Your photos are fantastic and your travel blog is a great idea. Look forward to maybe catching up with you when you land back in Brisbane. |
| 17th November 2008 Andrew | Thanks - From: Need A Better Camera Have now read through all of your blogs. Please keep them up as its great to keep track of where you are and also to vicariously have a holiday while staying at work!! |
| 26th October 2008 Slowfeet | - From: On the Road Thanks. We will keep track of you. |
| 20th October 2008 Weggs | Good Luck - From: On the Road Came across your blog, you similar in age, we doing it differently. Will follow you, who knows, we may even catch up somewhere? Wish you all the best. We at: mytb.org/weggs |
| 29th September 2008 Taimi | Congratulations! - From: The Beginning I think it is wonderful that you are taking this step and wish you well. My Dad and Stepmother have just returned from 2 months travelling around Europe and had a fabulous time. My Dad had never been travelling before and it has been truly eye opening for him. I know how our 6 month adventure travelling Australia changed our lives forever - so enjoy!!! |
