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McKechnie "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, screaming Woohoo...what a ride!!!"
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By Tan and Mick
November 11th 2009
Lobster anyone? Asia
calling all electricians.....
calling all electricians.....
check out the overhead wires.....
Actually I'm possibly more of a salmon colour now rather than lobster, no sign of blisters just yet, but there's still time. Well, my plan for this blog was to have a whole heap of interesting pics from our Mekong Delta river tour, aswell as pics from whatever tour we ended up doing on Monday…. Slight change of plans… So, we got sunburnt… I had to take it that one step further and go and get sunstroke, wasn’t happy with just looking like a lobster, decided I also had to act strangely and pass out in a restaurant before I was [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 11th 2009 | 36 Views | [diary=452412]

mui ne
lunch?
the beach again

The worlds most awesome bus
The worlds most awesome bus
Mick relaxing on the sleeper bus.
That's Vietnamese for 'how much is this?' which by the way I have no idea how to pronounce, and which also is fairly irrelevant cos I already know the answer will be 'cheap, very cheap' So we’re currently in Mui Ne, about 200kms north east of hcmc. Let me just get back to the ‘awesome’ bus again if I may…. I tell ya, that was seriously the most comfortable mode of transportation ever. The ‘sleeper bus’ as they’re called, well they didn’t have air con, but the windows opened so that was okay, are simply the best! Mick slept for just [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 8th 2009 | 125 Views | [diary=451515]

Fishing Boats
traffic obstacles
ready....set.....

is that enough mopeds?
is that enough mopeds?
try stepping out in front of this.... on second thoughts, kids, dont try that at home.
Predictable title I know, but I’ve always wanted a purpose to say that! So, we are in HCMC, actually to be precise I am writing this from the worlds coolest bus, seriously, it’s a sleeper bus so its full of beds instead of seats, we’ve only been on here 10 minutes and mick is already snoring, (apart from the noise) I’m loving this bus. I actually wrote this huge blog last night, stayed up til the wee hours of the morning producing a flat out masterpiece and the damn site crashed as I pressed submit. I was not a happy camper [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 6th 2009 | 160 Views | [diary=451136]

who needs a ute?
friendly locals
has this really been widened?

The setting
The setting
How nice is this?!?!
Okay, so we flew to Koh Samui for Aris and Erica's wedding, and let me say, it was honestly the best, most beautiful, amazing, cultural wedding we've ever been to. We were picked up late arvo and driven to our secret destination. It was a secluded beach (by the way, just so you know, i've had a few too many drinks tonight, and i'm typing this at around 1am thai time, 4.30am Aus time, so my eyes arent really open and i cant be bothered fixing spelling mistakes AND, i already typed this about 10 hours ago and somehow lost it, [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 20th 2009 | 105 Views | [diary=375330]

The happy couple
Posers
wishing lanterns

Petronas Towers KL
Petronas Towers KL
The twin towers at night....arent they pretty!
Yes thats right, we're on holidays yet again, sooooo addictive, really need to get help, maybe some travel patches or hypnosis is required to make us stop?!?!? naaah! So.... we're back in colourful thailand, this time for a friends wedding in Koh Samui. We stopped over in KL (we love you Air Asia xx) for one night, then proceeded to Phuket for a few days before flying on to Koh Samui where we are right now. We pretty much covered KL in our last blog, so I wont go in to that again, as we almost covered the same footsteps. Come [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 17th 2009 | 103 Views | [diary=374594]

Monkeying around
Petronas Towers again
Pink Jeep

By Tan and Mick
June 21st 2008
We're Back!! Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu
Batu Caves
Batu Caves
That's a lot of steps for 2 fat white tourists!
To all our loyal readers (fans) out there... (Hi Mum) We thought we might as well put our latest adventure up for the world to see. So, I'm feeling rather lazy and pressed for time, so you're going to get our whole trip in just one blog, so here goes.... We left Aus last Sunday and headed for Kuala Lumpur thanks to our new fave airline Air Asia and their unbelievably cheap fares (good for you Air Asia, we're sure to become regular customers.) It was an overnight flight, arriving in KL at 4am, urgh, not good, why do we never [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 21st 2008 | 166 Views | [diary=289965]

Batu Caves
Petronas Towers
China Town Markets

Who's a pretty boy!?!
Who's a pretty boy!?!
Dad and I posing with one of the locals. Isnt he cute!! Actually, just after this photo he let one rip, it was an absolute stinker.....the elephant, or so Dad insisted!!
In the words of my dear old pop 'this is living man!' The contrasts of this great place have to be seen to be believed, but one thing is for sure (and this is the part that would have impressed old pop the most) there is beer for sale on every corner, in fact its more likely every metre, every corner would be a definite under estimate. Thus this means.....Dad is happy! (and possibly putting on extra weight...hmmm, excess baggage charge coming up??) So anyway, we've spent alot (I mean a LOT) of time relaxing (does eating, swimming, eating, drinking and [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 1st 2007 | 244 Views | [diary=124637]

Is that beautiful or what?
speaking of Canonballs????
Fuel Stop!

We do! We love you London, we do, oh London we love you......repeat and sing it louder this time.....We love you London, we do, we love you London, we do, oh London we love you!! Woohoo. Obviously we are finally back in London, and have just realised how much we love this place, compared to being detained in Spain, this place is Heaven. And I know I've said before that there is nothing on British TV, but try watching tv for a week with it all in a different language (yes we watched an entire movie in spanish, just staring at [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 20th 2007 | 134 Views | [diary=120971]


By Tan and Mick
January 15th 2007
Mullet Country! Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona
Barcelona Architecture
Barcelona Architecture
Here´s a building in barcelona.
Boy, have we got a story for you, kick off your shoes, sit back and relax, this could be very long winded........... Okay, the beginning is as good a place to start as any, so we´ll go with that. Last tuesday we flew from Malta to the Pisa airport and then had a flight to Barcelona. When checking in at malta the rude baggage lady said she could not check our bags in all the way to barcelona even though we were flying with the same carrier, and that we would have to go through security, collect our baggage, check our [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 15th 2007 | 205 Views | [diary=119289]

Barcelona Architecture
poser
food markets

By Tan and Mick
January 14th 2007
We have a winner! Europe » Malta » Malta
Did you think Malta would look like this??
Did you think Malta would look like this??
This is Sliema where we stayed. Its very touristy, but very nice!
Well its official, of all the European Counties we have visited during this last 12 months, Malta is the hands down winner for our fave. The people are the friendliest, the beaches are the bluest, the weather was the warmest and the food was the tastiest. Hows that for a good rap hey, well they deserve it. First of all let me say that it was nothing at all like the picture I had in my head of what Malta would be like. In some parts like Sliema where we stayed, it reminded us of queenslands sunshine coast, it was so [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 14th 2007 | 399 Views | [diary=118987]

The great Explorer
The great Poser
The famous buses!



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