http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/andrewandkim/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from andrewandkim en-us Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:07:07 +0000 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:07:07 +0000 We've been home for 6 weeks but we thought we'd finish this blog properly whilst we are still bumming around looking for a job. We spent over two enjoyable and chilled weeks in Brazil mostly lazing around on the beach. From La Paz we decided to get ourselves to Rio as quickly as possible. Its fair to say that this journey was an epic. We flew from La Paz to the BoliviaBrazil Border via Santa Cr http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/blog-324943.html Hello weve been in Brazil for 10 days now so time for a quick update of our two weeks in Peru. We spent the time in southern Peru visiting the main tourist spots. The first stop was Puno on Lake Titicaca. The city is only 3 hours from the Bolivian border and we didnt notice too many differences except that it became immediately obvious that Peru is a mass tourist destination. Puno itself was fa http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/blog-305263.html Hi everyone its us again hope youre all ok. Were both really well and have had a great time in Bolivia for the past month or so. Our last destination in Argentina was Salta and from here we caught an early morning bus to San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. At the bus terminal we had a lucky escape as a thief grabbed Andrews bag and did a runner. Fortunately another traveller who was more on the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/blog-294470.html Hello everyone weve now been in South America for over a month so this is an update of our time in Chile and Argentina. So far weve had a brilliant time and have met loads of friendly travellers.We arrived in Santiago and it was a gentle introduction to the new continent. It feels very european both architecturally and culturally. Chiles status as South Americas richest country was evident f http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/blog-285943.html Hey everyone we are running a bit behind on our updates. Weve been in S. America for nearly 3 weeks now so before we forget its about time we did a report on our time in New Zealand. Unfortunately we only had two weeks in NZ in hindsight it definitely warranted more due to financial constraints Australia rinsed usAlthough in our last blog we moaned a lot about our campervan we decided tha http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/blog-279069.html Hey everyone here is the second instalment of our Australian journey. This one covers our trip up the east coast from Sydney to Cairns in a ldquohippierdquo camper van. Prepare to see a lot of photos of us by the sea By the way if yoursquore still reading our blogs thank you. Yoursquove got the patience of a saint We picked up our blue ldquohippierdquo camper from Sydney where Dee http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-272024.html Hello everyone hope you're all well and enjoying the snow in April We've spent the last few weeks in a van travelling up the east coast which means that we've been a bit lax on keeping our blog up to date. However we've arrived in a town called Bowen unfortunately its too windy to snorkel and our only alternative entertainment is bingo at the church hall so we've decided to do an update.Afte http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-263822.html Hello everybody I hope that you are all well thanks again for all your wonderful congratulation emails we have really enjoyed reading them. Since arriving in Sydney a week ago we have had a great time hanging out with Dee Dave in Coogee Sydney. It has been a very welcome change to the chaos of India and there has already been many highlights including an aussie barbie a homecooked roast di http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jodhpur/blog-252073.html Hello everybody the last few weeks of our Indian journey have differed somewhat. The first two weeks comprised frenetic travelling across the incredible state of Rajasthan and then onto Goa via Mumbai. The last two weeks have involved chilling out on a beautiful palm fringed Goan beach the latter being a great antidote to the former.After leaving Rishikesh we had a nine hour bus journey back t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jodhpur/blog-242007.html Hello all we trust you had a very happy Christmas and New Year We did miss everyone. Andrew is still in recovery after missing out on his favourite meal of the whole year his mum has promised to cook a Christmas dinner especially when we get back in September Gifts from each other were a bit disappointing and very fleeting on Christmas Eve we exchanged minitoblerones then sat in our hotel http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jodhpur/blog-232520.html Hello all we have just arrived in Varanasi India after spending 3 chilledout weeks in Nepal. We really enjoyed our time in Nepal because it gave us the chance to do lots of new activities. Its a really easy country to travel around and we have been doing lots of touristy stuff.When we arrived in Kathmandu after being driven by the 17 year old who had just passed his test we were surprised at http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/blog-227511.html Hello all this is our final blog from China. In the last few weeks we have had an amazing time travelling through SouthWestern China and Tibet. Our first port of call after Guilin was the city of Kunming in Yunnan Province. When we arrived it was a bit of a shock to the system as it had suddenly become cold and was no longer Tshirt and shorts weather. We used Kunming as a stopover enroute to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-221672.html Hello all its us again. Since we last emailed we have travelled for 3 more weeks around Eastern and Southern China and we are still having a brilliant time.After leaving Shanghai we travelled to Huangshan in Anhui province which was a 12 hour train journey away and is known for its picturesque villages and for the Huangshan mountain. After visiting so many big cities we hoped to experience pea http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-215536.html Hello all hope you're well and everything is good back home. Last time we wrote we had just arrived in Beijing we have now been in China for nearly 3 weeks so thought we'd update you on our Chinese adventure so far....................Our hostel in Beijing was in a great location 5 mins from Tiananmen Sq and right in the middle of a traditional Chinese hutong. These are narrow lanes bustling wit http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-209240.html Hello everyone hope you are all ok we are still having loads of fun really feel like our adventures have begun over the last week. Earlier we completed the final leg of our epic 130 hours in total transsiberian train journey and arrived in Beijing. We have met a couple from NY and Peggy speaks Mandarin so we are very lucky as we all made our way to the hostel together. Obviously before we http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/blog-204819.html Hello all just a quick note to update on our first week of travelling. We arrived in Moscow on Saturday night where we met by a scary looking passport control officer. Managed to get to our hotel OK and then had a quick look around Red Square which is pretty impressive especially St Basils Cathedral. My Russian G.C.S.E came in very handy for reading signs on the Metro so a big shout out to Mrs http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/blog-202363.html Hello all just a quick note to update on our first week of travelling. We arrived in Moscow on Saturday night where we met by a scary looking passport control officer. Managed to get to our hotel OK and then had a quick look around Red Square which is pretty impressive especially St Basils Cathedral. My Russian G.C.S.E came in very handy for reading signs on the Metro so a big shout out to Mrs http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/blog-199354.html