http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/canucks-abroad/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from canucks abroad en-us Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:59:54 +0000 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:59:54 +0000 Samir's article. As you sit there your eyes glued to the screen your f305ngers frozen to the keyboard as a chill runs down your spine and your hair stands on end these questions may run through your head Where's Samir What does perposterous mean Who is Archibald All these questions inquiries and global annoyances will be answered in due time........ Anyway normal Samir here. Jus http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Mediterranean/Antalya/blog-179111.html Jamil. Hi it's me Jamil. We are in Alanya which is a big city in Turkey. They have good food here like doner kebab and cheeseburgers and the beach is nice because of the blue water. Yesterday we went to Side a small town on the mediterranean where the beach is not as pretty as Alanya but they have a lot of ruins from the Roman period about 2000 years ago. They had a hospital a library and a http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Central-Anatolia/Konya/blog-179125.html Samir's article. Title explanation Why be forced to do something dumb when you can do something dumb at your own will Anyway way back 305n Kashmir we came back from our road trip alive to our houseboat. In our last few days there we went to a floating market...hunky dory hunky dory....had a water f305ght...hunky dory hunky dory...Jamil fell into the lake...hunky dory hunky dory. Par http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Central-Anatolia/Ankara/blog-173393.html Jamil. Hi its been so long and 304 have not written on the blog. Anyway we have been in Turkey for about one and a half weeks long and 304 did not think it would be like this for one reason because the breakfast is always the same 1. tomatoes 2. cucumbers 3. and a couple of olives 4. meat and if you're lucky watermelon and the only thing to drink is tea. So we are really sick of it. 304 http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Central-Anatolia/Ankara/blog-175766.html Untitled Hello everyone Earlier this morning 304 admit that 304 was missing Vancouver a bit and that I wanted to come home believe it or don't as Samir says. Mom of course told me otherwise not to wish away our trip and no more negativity but 304 seriously think 5 months is long enough and we were thinking to go for a year Anyway that was just a small whatchyamacallit Dad an http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul/blog-173405.html Jamil. Hi we had come back from Leh at 1145 pm so then we all were very tired because of the bumpy track in the car. Anyway the next day we took a tour through the canals and went to a papier mache shop and got some little things like papier mache elephants and turtles. Then we came back and we fished for just little fish in the afternoon but then came night fall and we ate dinner don't worr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Srinagar/blog-167988.html Hello Well I know Samir has told you quite a bit about our crazy enough to make you sick road trip to Leh Ladakh. So as a recommendation I advise you to read his entry before mine as I am going to only write about the most interesting part of the trip which he didn't really have time to tell. First of all we took the car from Srinagar on a terribly bumpy road to a dirty restaurantles http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Leh/blog-167998.html Jamil. Hi it's me. We went for a 5 day trek through the Himalayas with a man who cooked and 3 men who got the ponies going by saying bachoo and bracoo and making other noises. One man danced at night for us and the rest were for packing the tents and sleeping bags on the horses. Anyway the first day was easy. It was a 4 hour walk all together. Now it was easy because it was flat. So we came bac http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/blog-166633.html Samir's article. After breaking records such as most nights spent in hotels 358 and most restaurants eaten at a whopping 1709 the Bhimjis set out to break two new records. Largest amounts of pit stops and neardeathexperiences in two days Yay So we left Srinagar 3 or 4 days ago in a rented car on a crazy road to Kargill where everyone wants to run you over or badhotelpoison you. The n http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Leh/blog-166639.html Hi everyone Finally having a bit more spare time we squeezed in a short writing period right after our breathtaking but cold Himalayan trek. First let me tell you how we got to Srinagar from KL. The morning after our last day in Kuala Lumpur we flew back to Delhi this time not for long. In fact we really didn't want to come considering it was over 42 degrees celsius Anyway being f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Srinagar/blog-164780.html Samir's article. The gas in your lungs the droppings on your shoes. That's the Himalayas for ya. Just yesterday we finished a 5 day trek in the Himalayas the pain so you can probably guess there's a lot to tell. Day 1 We drove up a mountain through some creeks and streams thank god for land rovers to get to a place for equipment and such. Then we set off with a parade of ponies and an ar http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Srinagar/blog-164791.html Hi it's Beth which you can probably tell from the title since I am the one who recently turned a year older. Could have titled it We're not as young as we think we are or would like to be... Really just trying to convey how stiff and sore I am since returning from trekking just yesterday. Both Azim and I were feeling our age and a little nostalgic for those days 20 years ago when we could tre http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Srinagar/blog-164795.html Hi it's Jamil. Well we're back in India but it is not so bad because I think it is the houseboat it is one day old we are in. We were not so sure at first because of Allepy and the houseboat we rented there. But this one does not move and we can still smell the cedar they used to build the boat. They even have chandeliers for lights It has a living room a diningroom 5 bedrooms but we rente http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Srinagar/blog-162597.html Hi it's Beth. I have to say Happy Birthday to my Dad and sisters Suse and Chris and of course Raju Singh We are celebrating my birthday on a beautiful houseboat in Kashmir and I couldn't have asked for a nicer setting. But first we better say a few words about Malaysia because I'm not sure anybody besides Samir is taking that country on. We are all so taken with Kashmir it's hard to look back http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Srinagar/blog-162598.html Samir's article. On our last day on Langkawi we went on a cable car up a mountain that had a suspension bridge. The view was great but you should have seen Dad shake The next day we went back to Georgetown and rented a car. We went to a steep mountain car and a butterfly farm. The day after we flew to Kuala Lumpur the main city of Malaysia. We basically ate slept and shopped there. When d http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Srinagar/blog-162603.html Hi everyone. It's me Alia. We're now in India's Kashmir the far north near the famous Himalayas. Surprisingly it's freeeeeeezing here unlike the rest of India But let me start from way back when on our last day in Indonesia. Somehow it had something to do with visa extentions we ended up in Malaysia instead of being in Indonesia for two more weeks. First we took a cockroach infested p http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/blog-162609.html Samir's article. Don't get me started with all that legal visa stuff but let's just say we somehow wound up in Malaysia. We first took a roachinfested ferry to an island called Penang and watched Spiderman 3 on the boat ride what do you mean it just came out in theaters We stayed at a hotel near Chinatown so if you walked past shops you could see roasted ducks with their heads still on. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Kedah-and-Perlis/Pulau-Langkawi/blog-159359.html Hi it's Beth. I can't tell you how much we like all the comments everybody sends. It keeps us all interested in keeping this blog going. To start with I better answer a few questions...No we don't encourage Samir to write more often than Alia or Jamil but he is always begging to get on the blog whereas the other two realize how much they like writing on the blog once we have convinced them http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sumatra/Medan/blog-156692.html Samir's article. About half a week ago we left Toba and drove up to a city called Berastagi that sits at the foot of an active volcano. As soon as we arrived we instantly began hotelhunting as always but soon realised that it would be awhile before we found a decent resting place. We'd just turned down another hotel when our driver pulled into what he guessed was a hotel. Dad got out to tal http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sumatra/Medan/blog-156693.html Hi everyone Well as you can see we've had no time in the last month was it that long to write anything on the blog and we have gone through every place in Indonisia that we were planning to. Sadly today is our last day in the country and even I'm overwhelmed by how time flies So we are now in Sumatra an island that is described by tourists as the adventure island. Before Sumatra t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sumatra/Medan/blog-156695.html