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Welsh Wanderers - Stuart and Emma

Hello,
This is our plan so far - we will try and update it as we go along.....
We'll miss you all like crazy, family, friends and of course Wendydog.

Jan 27th fly to Bankok, spend the night
Jan 28th fly to Hanoi - travel overland to Saigon, then through Cambodia, back to Thailand, through Malaysia, across to Borneo, for Kota Kinabalu and Sepilok, then back to KL onto Taman Negara, and then onto Singapore

March 25th Singapore to Bali, from here travel through some of the islands - Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores.

April 23rd Bali to Sydney - travel up the coast to Cairns

July 2nd Cairns to Port Moresby (PNG)
July 17th PNGvia Brisbane to Fiji

July 31st Fiji to Auckland - from there travel to the Cook Islands for 3 weeks, then back to NZ to tour North and South Island for 8 weeks

Oct 16th Auckland to Santiago spend some time in Chile, then up to Lima and Cusco for Macchu Piccu, then along the coast of Peru, from there to Iguassu falls, to Buenos Aires, through to Uraguay onto Brazil for Rio for Christmas and NY 2008...... then home Jan 2009!

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By Welsh Wanderers
April 28th 2008

Road Trippin'

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Crescent Head

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Ok, so now we had the van and we were truckin’. What a feeling….wind in your hair… moaning in your ears. We had just 7 days to get to Brisbane in order to meet Duncan and Lisa at the airport. That was nearly 1000km to cover, but to try and enjoying exploring the coastline too. We left Penrith on Monday afternoon stopping for supplies at Woolworths - yes, it’s kind of like Asda over here, only the bread is not as good and everything is the same price or more expensive than home. Oh, and of course, they don’t sell alcohol [View Full Entry]

By Welsh Wanderers
April 24th 2008

Green, Green Grass of Home

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Penrith

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It was a 5 hour flight to Sydney on Jetstar (Qantas’s budget airline). It was an easy flight as we had seats either side of us free, but you know how it is with night flights, decent sleep rarely comes, after dinner and a film there was little time left anyway. But it was definitely one of the flights where you wake up and you have dribbled on your own shoulder. Besides that, we had a rather late one the night before, thanks to Bali Hai and a Balinese Elvis impersonator. So we arrived in Sydney around 7am feeling tired. We [View Full Entry]

By Welsh Wanderers
April 20th 2008

Undiscovered

Asia » Indonesia » Lombok » Kuta

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Lombok, what can I say? Just the name of it conjures up mystery and mystique. We had built up an idea of the place before we arrived from fellow travellers; we were given the impression that as the country was strictly Muslim the atmosphere would be repressive and less accepting of tourists. Well it must have been national friendly week as we found it to be the opposite. The people were friendly, helpful and far more understanding than some of the people we had met over the pond in Bali. Even the street sellers took the first no for an [View Full Entry]

By Welsh Wanderers
April 17th 2008

Welcome to My Paradise

Asia » Indonesia » Lombok » Gili Islands » Gilli Trawangan

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So once again we were back in Kuta and back in room 4 of the Bendesa. It was just a quick stop over on our way to Lombok. Lombok is an island that is in fact larger than Bali lying to its east, but is still relatively untouched by tourism. It is strictly Muslim, rather than Hindu, as in Bali. We had heard it was very beautiful and definitely worth the effort of getting there, but also to be on careful as it could be a bit more dangerous for the naïve Westerner. We could get there the expensive way by [View Full Entry]

By Welsh Wanderers
April 11th 2008

Point Break

Asia » Indonesia » Bali

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Medewi is a small village situated on the west coast of Bali. It is not on the normal tourist trail as there are probably much better resorts elsewhere on the island. Medewi is well known among the surfing community, so we had to go and check it out. It was a long and interesting drive through beautiful countryside and busy towns, really giving us a feel for what Bali is really like when you take the tourists away. We arrived in Medewi in the early afternoon and the sun was shining. The options for places to stay were quite limited. There [View Full Entry]

By Welsh Wanderers
April 6th 2008

In Between Dreams

Asia » Indonesia » Bali

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Gee whiz, they are coming thick and fast now aren’t they! Bali has a peninsula at the bottom of the Island called Bukit and it consists of many areas of natural beauty. Most of the coastline has fantastic surf and is world renowned with many of the surfing world travelling there each season. We arrived there after a drive from Sanur, we nearly lost our lives about three times, which for the Bali roads makes it a cool journey. We had planned to stay first on the West coast at a place called ‘Dreamlands’, the name unfortunately did not describe the [View Full Entry]

By Welsh Wanderers
April 5th 2008

Islands in the Sun

Asia » Indonesia » Bali

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The morning started with Donna (not a girl) taking us to the port where the public boat/ferry was to take us over to the Island of Nusa Lebongan. A mouthful I know, especially with these teeth, Ken Dodd would be jealous. The boat left every morning at around 6:00am, so it was an early start, but the yellow man in the sky was already up and working overtime. We bought our tickets from the booth and got charged Western prices but as we had been used to this in the rest of Asia it did not come as such a shock. [View Full Entry]

By Welsh Wanderers
April 3rd 2008

Lazing on a sunny afternoon

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Sanur

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So travelling is meant to be a time when you rough it, well the Stones and me have suffered, I can assure you. We got a sense of comfort however from the moment that we entered the sleepy East coast town of Sanur. The lonely planet had described it as ‘Snoozy Sanur’ but as it was our gateway to a tropical island it would be home for a couple of nights. We arrived mid afternoon and as per usual headed for the beach to check out the sand, it is our habit to get to the beach ASAP so that we [View Full Entry]

By Welsh Wanderers
April 1st 2008

Field of Dreams

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Ubud

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After a 1-2 hour drive we arrived unscathed in Ubud. We passed through the capital Denpasar and quickly moved on, it’s not a pretty place. Ubud, however, is a very pretty place. It sits in the hills among stretches of paddy fields. It is cooler than the coast and has a very upmarket vibe. This is reflected in the cafes and hotels. We stopped on the main street which is called Monkey Forest Road, by virtue of the fact it has a forest with lots of monkeys in it at the end of the road. We had a coffee in a [View Full Entry]

By Welsh Wanderers
March 29th 2008

In Her Shoes

Asia » Indonesia » Bali

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So with the worst map in the world and our £4 a day rental jeep we made it to Perernan Beach just outside of Canggu, another surfing hotspot. The L.P had mentioned a lovely little homestay called Pondok Wisata Nyoman, right on the beach with just 4 rooms. We actually managed to find it, more by luck than judgement I think. It was at the end of a long road through the paddy fields dotted with houses of typical beautiful Balinese design. As it was firmly off the tourist trail it was frequented with a lot of local surfers, and on [View Full Entry]

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Blogs & Travel Journals

Road Trippin'

Green, Green Grass of Home

Undiscovered

Welcome to My Paradise

Point Break

In Between Dreams

Islands in the Sun

Lazing on a sunny afternoon

Field of Dreams

In Her Shoes