http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/bluenazar/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from bluenazar en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:04:22 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:04:22 +0000 Nothing can prepare you for arrival in India. No matter how many stories you have read or experiences you have heard no preparation can really help for what can await you in this amazingly diverse and huge country. Our arrival to Bangalore airport was without much hassle and we were surprisingly greeted with a chilly night and cool breeze passing through. In the city centre it was difficult to f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Varanasi/blog-454357.html Occasionally on my many travels plenty of travellers would ask me curiously what is the best place I have been to. Of course this is a question that is extremely difficult to answer for many reasons. For one you may have had an amazing experience in a place due to the people you happened to be with or just bump into. Perhaps it was due to your particular state of mind you were in at the the tim http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/blog-445173.html We powered down the Pacific highway towards our next destination of Sydney at lightning speed. The wide open Australian road made it easy to drive quickly and with little hassle Apart from the odd speed camera There is an indescribable feeling of freedom and power that comes with having your own car. The ability to go wherever you want whenever you want to with one arm hanging out the window http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-407593.html It had been a long and eventful day before I even realised I was on my way back to Australia after so long being out of the country. Four years had past in an almost similar fashion to the past few days in transit a tornado of flighty transient memories of great sceneries interesting people and world ever full of mystery. It was only now a few minutes before touchdown in Darwin memories from a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Litchfield-National-Park/blog-421755.html We are not trying to selling the tour. We are only give information on how to enjoying our country. Many people will trying to offer better price but we can giving happy good time and looking after important tourist. We looking after you like family so have to paying higher price we respecting the tourist so please taking the tour with us... It had been almost a week of a whirlwind of travel http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/blog-398797.html We were awoken on New years day when the sun was barely rising over the horizon. It was dim and grey with a slight patter of rain tapping on the old tin roof that gave us shelter. Pekon Soi had arrived early looking bright and cheery as he always does and I started to wonder if he even sleeps at all. We were all still a bit dreggy from the previous nights festivities which concluded with some ce http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ucayali/blog-365424.html Can you imagine a place in this world today where money is no longer needed where a endless varieties of fresh fruit trees are growing surrounded by crystal clear water filled with ample fish that are swimming around your ankles It almost sounds like a dream to find a place where we are not caught in the endless monetary trap of buying a selling and worrying about bills and car payments working http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ucayali/blog-378329.html Pucallpa is in the heart of Peru. It lies about 1500kms from the coastal capital of Lima and is known as the gateway to the Amazon. It is on the river Ucayali which connects to Brazil and the mighty Amazon River. My main reason for coming to this area has been due to my long time curiosity with medicinal plants that come from this area and shamans that use these plants to cure apparent life threat http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ucayali/Pucallpa/blog-365423.html After crossing the border of Bolivia and entering Peru I passed the usual passport formalities without any hassle. I board a camioneta and head out towards the city of Puno. The area is dry and arid and there are low lying mountains spreading out towards the horizon. The air is cool and crisp and rather thin due to the extreme altitude almost reaching 4000 metres. Irsquom surprised that it has n http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/blog-365421.html I couldnt really understand what was going through my mind when I decided to hand over the cash to the tour agency operator cheap and nasty tours. Bells were ringing relentlessly in my head and I was even hearing the voice of the robot from Lost in space saying Danger danger Will Robinson But I just wasnt listening surely I should have investigated this further asked more questions and foun http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Salar-de-Uyuni/blog-336548.html After 46 hours of bus rides from the north of Brazil I have finally made it to Iguazu the second biggest waterfalls in the world It is difficult to describe the sheer might of these grand falls in mere words even photos pale in comparison to reality. One really needs to see to believe the awesome power and majesty of this phenomenal feat of nature. The falls border with Argentina and Brazil http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Paran-/Foz-do-Igua-u/blog-332699.html One of the great feats of our time is our ability to just jump on a plane and within the space of a few hours be surrounded by timeless sandy beaches warm tranquil water with colours of turqoise and teal that shimmer against a harsh sun beating down onto its surface. Whilst sipping on my Caparinha the national Brazilian drink consisting of cacaca crushed lime sugar and lots if ice to quench e http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-330180.html Life can sometimes be difficult for a traveller im not talking about going on holidays or taking a year off from college to get trashed in as many bars as possible. Im talking about people who sell everything leave home and embark on a life journey with just the solely the possesions on your back to see and experience the beauty of the world to the point that it can ultimately change the perso http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Cork/Cork/blog-321923.html When most people think of the Czech Republic they immediately think of the wonderful majestic castles of the capital Prague. However there is much more to this country then this tourist mad city. Decin is a small town about 30 kilometers from the German border which has the beautiful Labe Elbe river running through it. The northern area of the Czech Republic is much more ru http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Usti-nad-Labem-Region/Decin/blog-194465.html I awake abruptly a feeling of a sharp jolting pain shooting up my leg peering around with my eyes half open I notice that im jammed between a four foot ninety year old mayan woman on one side and a fat sweaty middle aged man on the other squeezing all the remaining blood and circulation out of my leg. I needed to go to the bathroom the word urgently was a serious understatement I regret eatin http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Flores-Tikal/blog-136547.html Colombia was never really on the map in terms of my journey to South America but having heard such good things being here felt somehow just right. Sitting in a little outdoor bar in the quiet town of Carpugana there is a trickling of street folk milling around chatting whilst the famous Vallenato music seeps through the tepid swarmy night and heats the veins. I could not help but feel like a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Barranquilla/blog-191008.html The ferry to the Island of Ometepe from Granada is a four hour journey. Lake Nicaragua is the second largest lake in the world and it falls short of Lake Titicaca in Peru by a mere 100 sq km at 8264 km sq. Ometepe is the largest freshwater island in the world. As it goes.Irsquom a big fan of moving around in all forms of transport pleasantly sitting for hours in planes trains and automobiles. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Isla-de-Ometepe/blog-152841.html arrive late in the morning to the bustling colonial town of Len Nicaragua. The bus terminal is of a typical Central America variety bustling with people touts pulling you by the arm to buy clothes fruit or some shoes that will probably fall apart within a week. I get a whiff of a sweet smell of smoke coming from the corners where little ladies in are frying up various kinds of meat over the o http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Leon/blog-145551.html Attention all those shoe stringers out there looking to get to South America quick easy and cheap. If you are one of those travelers who eats in restaurants with walls or sleeps in hotels with a concrete floor then this information is not for you otherwise please read on.There are several ways to get from Panama to Colombia. The first and most dangerous is to walk a few weeks through the Darien http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Panama/Panama-City/blog-168861.html As you cross into the Guatemalan border at El Carmen you immediately notice a difference in the surroundings. For one you stand at the feet of giant mountains most of which are extinct volcanoes bold and mighty and are quite inspiring. Another difference is the transportation long gone are the deluxe first class over airconditioned behemoth Mercedes buses and are replaced with brightly pai http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Quetzaltenango/blog-81803.html