So.................home it is! 128 days, 13 flights, 20 hostels, 8 hotels and mikes set of bed bugs later and it was back to England on the first ever flight into the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow, the most high tech, highly advanced terminal in the world.....soon to become the laughing stock of the entire aerospace industry!! What to say about the last few weeks of the trip?....... Well, I was just about ready to come home. The timing was perfect. We were all tired, all out of cash and we were all looking forward to arriving back home to the snow [View Full Entry]

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"My name is Tom, so what else do you need to know? Stuff about my family or where im from? None of that matters. Not once you've crossed the ocean and cut yourself loose, looking for something more beautiful, something more exciting, and yes i admit, something more dangerous. So after 14 hours in the back of a Thai bus, three dumb movies, two plastic meals, six beers and absolutely no sleep, I finally touched down in Bangkok. Thats it, Bangkok, good times city, the gateway to south east asia. Where dollars and deutchmarks get turned into counterfit watches and genuine [View Full Entry]

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Okay, so here i am sat in the reception of the 'Boon Siam' Hotel in the middle of Krabi town or should i say so far..."Crappy Town!!", waiting for skype to download so i can call HSBC and have another go at 'Punjab Pedro' on the other end of the line. I cant tell you how annoying it is to keep ringing these people just to continually be called 'Mr Kejjin', its doin my head in!! You remember last time i had to ring the fraud squad to tell them AGAIN, that i was infact on holiday and my card hadnt [View Full Entry]

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This week on 'BLOG'. Gossip, humour, near fatal crashes and a very special surprise. Coming in especially all the way from Kuta Beach, Bali.......please give a warm welcome to Mr Mike Dodgson and Mr Robert Dodgson.........(applause) They were becoming disgruntled at how popular the blog was (ish) and so wanted a piece of the action. So i thought id spare them a paragraph or so.....you'd better be excited! :-p Ladies and Gentlemen, my friend, give a big hand to Mr Robert Dodgson; 'NOTES FROM A PECULIAR ISLAND: Hopping from country to country felt a little bit strange a couple of mont [View Full Entry]

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So here we are, were into our last three days in Australia. Part of me wants to go because its so damn expensive here but the rest of mewants to stay forever. The last month has been absolutely amazing! ive had the best time, we all have. So anyway, its been yet another big gap between blogs and for my fans out there, I apologise!lol! The past two weeks since Melbourne have been so so so busybut most possibly the best two weeks of the whole trip to date. So, where do I start?... The last you heard, I think it [View Full Entry]

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Right, ever been on a holiday or to a place u think is gona be amazin simply because its so damn hot?!?! well, here we are, three english boys all the way over in australia!! and the weather i hear u askin........ cloudy!!!!!! its shockin!!!!!!! u couldnt get skin cancer if u tried, all u get instead is wet cos of the torrential rain that throws it down like its goin out of fashion! since the last blog in sydney the weather has gone downhill. i know the point of this blog is to make all of u readin it so [View Full Entry]

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Hey and welcome to 2008!!!! nice of u english to join us here!lol! Firstly, i wana say just how awesome it was to be on Sydney Harbour for the New Year celebrations.......if u get chance to experience it then do it!!!! but be prepared for the long haul if u want a good spot!! more of that later...... so its been ages since i was last bothered to write on here and i bet ur thinkin thank god......we needed the break!! well tough, im back now and ready to bore the legs off some of u with the astronomical happenings of [View Full Entry]

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Hey people, have u missed me!?!? haha!! i hope youre sitting comfortable and r ready for a long read haha!! its been such a busy week i almost forgot about all my adoring fans back home simply sat on the edge of their seats waiting for my next blog!lol! anyway here goes once more......incase your wondering about the title of this blog, there are so so so so many aussies in south america its a wonder bloody australia can still function....evrywhere u go, theres another group of aussies all calling Buenos Aires "BA". Its a pain in the arse!!!! so anyway [View Full Entry]

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Hello hello, to all you guys and girls back home. How is everybody? me and the dodgers are all sound havin a wicked time here in florianopolis. the beach is amazin the scenery is amazin and the general atmosphere is a whole lot nicer than in rio, a lot more relaxed and safe!lol! just thought id crack on and tell you a bit about what weve been upto the last few days since i last got on here. rite.....arrived on friday mornin off an 18 hour bus ride to discover that our hostel was another hour long bus ride away, so [View Full Entry]

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Hey all. the time has come today to move on from Rio and head for somewhere fresh. yesterday we went and paid for bus tickets to our next destination which is south of rio recommended by lots of people at the hostel. so we thort we wud try it out. its called Florianopolis. its supposed to be absolutely amazin so were all excited to get there. unfortunately the bus takes a massive 18 hours!!!! yes thats 18 (eighteen) hours to get there so weve booked an overnight bus so we can sleep as best we can on the way. :-p as [View Full Entry]

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