Now I sorry, but the photos from here on may take a while to sort out, but they will come. Unfortunately they used my bag for an airport game of bulrush and managed to snap one of my CDs, but I will update the photos when I get my hands on them. We caught the VIP overnight sleeper bus from Pakse to Vientiane, which was a new experience for me. It was basically a coach with rows of double bed bunks along each side. When I went to grab a bed for the trip, thinking I would leave the girls to [View Full Entry]

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After the mission back up to Pakse, we had secured the scooters for another few days and were ready to hit the road again. We drove through some stunning countryside east of Pakse which mostly consisted of jungle with coffee plantations and villages scattered along the way. The road was generally in pretty good condition, but the talented riders in Team BeerLao managed to find some decent sized pot-holes which caused numerous yard sales. A “yard sale” as defined by my Urban Dictionary (thanks again Sarah and Lauren) is “The evidence or remains of a catastrophic accident or wi [View Full Entry]

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Well a little slow, as always, but it's time to write about the adventures of the last few weeks in Laos. At the end of November I managed to get away from of Dubai and decided to attempt to find Rhonda and her friend and join in on their adventures. "Join in on their adventures" is the correct phrase, as I had done no planning at all for this trip. After some quick internet research in the Dubai Airport, I knew at least where Laos is and what the currency is.... After a lazy day in the capital on Laos, Vientiane, [View Full Entry]

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After hearing that a small group of the Sharjah lads were entering an "aircraft" in the RedBull Flugtag, I decided that I was definately not going to miss the event! As with any event in Dubai, the battle for road-space and parking was an adventure of it's own. But it was all worth while once you were sitting on the grass under a tree in the Dubai Creek Park, with the BBQ sizzling watching people throwing their friends off a cliff in the hope that they would fly. For those of you that don't know about the Flugtag, it is basically [View Full Entry]

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Hey ther,The last few weeks have been pretty crazy. I have been marooned in Dubai after I, skillfully, managed to put my passport through the wash. You know, they just don't built them like they use to! The last few weeks in Dubai have been a pretty good time. It was really interesting to be in the UAE for Ramadan, as it is something that I knew nothing about really. The basics are that Muslims don't eat, drink (even water) or smoke during daylight hours hours of the month (on the arabic calandar) of Ramadan. This means there is no eating, [View Full Entry]

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Ok, so I've been an incredibly naughty blogger. I haven't written anything here for quite a while!! Well, since I last wrote I had a short work trip to South Africa and another to Qatar. After these I had a trip to France to work on my poor French and catch up with some friends on the west coast. The first couple of days was spent just walking around Paris and checking out the sights, drinking massive beers and eat baguettes and cheese. Typcial that when I walk into a backpackers in Paris and decide to try out my french [View Full Entry]

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Swede in the desert Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai By baileysblog June 24th 2007 Carl Bailey The last three weeks I've been hanging out in the office in Sharjah while they send away my passport to get my UAE visa sorted. Which means hours sitting on the bus to and from work, staying at the a [View Full Entry]

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As cyclone Gonu made it's way towards the middle east there were a lot of concerned people about. People were concerned about whether this was an effect of global warming, because it was the first cyclone to go through the middle east since anyone can remember. People were concerned about the damage that the cyclone would do to Oman, Iran and the UAE if it made it that far in-land. What they didn't show on the news here were the small, but very excited, group of people that were preparing to make the most of the rare weather event. Yes, [View Full Entry]

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Off the coast of Iran at the moment. Iranians are really nice. Even the ones wrinkle lines on their face from frowning too much turn out to be pretty cool. Just chilling on a barge while some Indian divers fix a pipe that keeps leaking. Diving to 70m for 3 hours at a time……but they wont let me try. You’d think that you would feel isolated here, but it’s like a city of boats and platforms and they are building heaps more. No wonder the US wants this place. Must be oozing with oil…….sorry that’s not a nice word. It’s [View Full Entry]

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