http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ailee/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from ailee en-us Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:05:54 +0000 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:05:54 +0000 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mali/blog-236626.html Senegal a world of opposites amazing tribal villages in the secluded pays bassari vs ugly slums in big cities the most generous villagers you will ever meet vs conman and moneyhungry maniacs in st louis http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Senegal/blog-229561.html http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Gibraltar/blog-228667.html http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/blog-228658.html http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/blog-228639.html a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Poitou-Charentes/blog-228623.html First stop in West Africa and a good place to warmup before heading south. Vast empty and amazing landscape. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mauritania/blog-228528.html I missed my friends in Venezia Hence went back again over Carnevale. The flat is like a squad people come and go you see new faces ever so often by the hour at the peak of it all there were more than 10 people sleeping in the tiny flat bear in mind that there's only 1 0.5 bedroom in the flat. The only thing is that the main occupants actually do pay rent so theoretically it's not re http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-135933.html gong hei fatt choy happy chinese new year what the hell am i doing in london i missed all the ang pows... am so skint right now would really appreciate a little side 'income' i'm sorry dear family and friends havent been diligent at all at maintaining my blog however i am feeling very inspired right now and cant wait to bid farewell to europe to embark on yet another journey into the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Clapham/blog-135308.html memba the horror movie 'hostel' well it wasnt actually shot here it was shot in cesky krumlov http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/blog-126671.html working on my first piece of abstract art in klosterneuberg http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-126665.html midnight escape to hungary http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Transdanubia/Lake-Balaton/blog-126649.html the highlight in austria for me is probably the ice cave although it was torturing walking in the dark in sub zero for over an hour.... called the salzburg train station home for 2 nights even had my personal sleeping bench.... met santa at the station one night the real one pity his elves were missing http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/blog-108371.html ailee in the smallest country in the world... i think....well in europe at least... i dont care.... its small http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/blog-108175.html so max n stefan were bodyguarding me to interlaken...we sorta went all over in the end....luzerne...rotkreuz....bern and everywhere in between....they were disappointed with interlaken where were the backpackers http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/blog-108159.html So have you driven through a pass in Switzerland Dont even try Especially in summer when everyone is heading the same direction for the same purpose... St Gottard pass one of the longest at least 15 min in the tunnel. Do the calculation it equates to '3 hrs stuck in a stand still traffic' The worst jam I've ever seen but we had fun.... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/blog-108148.html Neva knew illegal camping cud be so much fun Not telling u where this lovely paradise is.... well unless u do favours http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Liguria/Cinque-Terre/blog-108126.html Continuation of unfortunate events... first night in France homeless on the beach in Nice on Bastille Day. Fell asleep on the beach....this bit is removed as it is 18SG too much violence.... left for Monaco the next morning pissed off and swore neva to go back to France....somehow returned to Nice for a cocktail party which basically involved angry neighbour and smashing of glasses into our b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Provence-Alpes-C-te-d--Azur/blog-108119.html Ah. Spain. The very beginning of my journey. Alone. A first. 2 weeks into my journey I've already been homeless at least 34 of the time. Endless nights spent in train stations bus stations beaches hospital...... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/blog-108111.html Fiesta San Fermines 2006 Running of the bulls....go toro go http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Navarre/Pamplona/blog-108106.html