http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/dneal/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from dneal en-us Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:21:16 UTC Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:21:16 UTC Best of New Zealand Australia Thailand and Cambodia http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Australian-Capital-Territory/Canberra/blog-325099.html Whakatane flowers http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Akaroa/blog-324415.html Here are a few photos that I may use in the exhibit. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/Albany/blog-317767.html Hello for the last time from this travel blog. The end of my journey is finally here. It is hard for me to believe that 5 months of traveling have gone by already. It seems like not so long ago I was sitting in the same spot I am now at my computer in the house I grew up in looking at the dogs lying on the couch and enjoying the peace and quiet. It feels nice comfortable after constant http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-255847.html Hola again I am back for the second to last post I will make of my trip so lets get to it. The following morning in Granada I awoke at 530 to a morning of travel. I took a taxi to the train station followed by a 4 12 hour train ride to Madrid a 30 min express train to Toledo and two buses one took me to the opposite side of Toledo I needed to go to which finally put me at the doorstep http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/Castile-La-Mancha/Toledo/blog-254020.html Hola I felt I should post again so soon because otherwise my final post would be ridiculously long with way too many pics. So on the morning of the 4th day in Sevilla I took a train 3 hrs east to Granada. I managed to make it to my hostel without much difficulty even though I had to transfer buses and walk through crazy angled cobblestone streets. I found out upon arriving that I had booked http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Granada/blog-252743.html Hola all I'm glad those that responded to my last blog enjoyed my pics. I had fun taking them and a ton a video. I'm trying to get a little more fotage because I'm planning on cutting together a personal narrative of my trip when I get home. So check your local video store in a few months. Paul and I split off and are basically traveling to the same citys but at slightly different paces thr http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Seville/blog-252233.html Hola The past 4 days have been packed with sights here in Barcelona. Here we go. Alright so the first day in Barcelona which was my birthday I spent getting my barrings and seeing some buildings designed by Antoni Gaudi. Gaudi was a Spanish born architect who designed many unique buildings in Barcelona in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The first building I went to was the Temple Expiato http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-250352.html Bonjourno for the last time from Italy. Alright so we traveled from Naples on an overnight train to Palermo which is on the northern coast of Sicily. Paul and I had a sleeper car which we payed way too much for but on the plus side we did get a good nights rest for our day in Palermo as compared to Kam who was an angry beast until he got his Fanta. We walked through the city finding our http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Sicily/Agrigento/blog-248900.html Bonjourno We are currently in Italy the 5th country on our trip around the world. First let me back up to when we were still in Bangkok though. The day I wrote my last blog we had a wonderful Japanese dinner with Lily and her boyfriend Bank and then we were kindly escorted to the airport by them directly afterwards. Upon checking in for our flight we were told that it was delayed by 8 ho http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-245541.html Hello all I know it has been a while since my last post but in my defense it is because there was no internet on the islands we stayed on for over the past week. But now you get to hear all about the islands Horray Your patience paid off. Alrighty so if I have this correct the last time I posted was on the 23rd of January after the stimulating full moon party. After posting my blog I http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/South/Tarutao-Marine-National-Park/blog-243669.html Sa768wa768tdee Thanks for your message Uncle Barry. I'm glad that I am bringing back memories of your trip from my writing and pictures. We are officially back in Thailand and have been for the past 6 days. We crossed the border back into Thailand on the 18th without incident and traveled for about 6 hours by bus to Bangkok where we stayed at Lily's place for a night. The follow http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/South/Ko-Pha-Ngan/blog-238702.html Hello hello. Thank you to all of those that continue to send comments they are much appreciated. If you would like responses though it would be easier if you email me because if I respond on the blog I don't know if you will get it or not. Alright so the day after arriving in Phnom Penh we took a 6 hr bus ride south to Sihanoukville where we were greeted to the strangely comforting words of http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Cambodia/South/Sihanoukville/blog-236766.html Hello to everyone that reads this. So for the last 5 days we have traveled into the north eastern part of Cambodia and it has been fantastic. We left Phnom Penh early to catch a bus up to Kratie which was about a 6 hr bus ride on a paved road thankfully. Once in Kratie each of us took a moto and a driver on a 15 min ride through the town and rural areas to a dock where we would take a boat to http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Cambodia/East/Banlung/blog-235876.html Hello from Cambodia I want to respond to Uncle Barry's inquiry into my comparison of the Kiwis and the Aussies first. Of course I can't accurately compare the two because I had much more time in New Zealand than I did in Australia resulting in less time interacting with any authentic Aussies. Whatever that may be. But I did notice that the Kiwi seemed to be very laid back with an I'll ge http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-234286.html Hello from Siem Reap The last two days in Angkor have been just as incredible as the first. Yesterday we had a Tuk Tuk drop us off at a gate near where we ended the day before and treked through Wats for the better part of the day. We first stopped at a couple of smaller temples that were nothing special besides being built around 1000 AD It is fun to explore all the nooks and cranies f http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Cambodia/North/Angkor/blog-233712.html Hello hello I am really tired from walking all day in Angkor Wat so excuse the multiple errors that I am bound to make. I lot to cover so bear with me here. Alright so last I wrote I was in Brisbane. Travelling from Brisbane was a breeze on New Years. Celebrating the holidays while travelling has not exactly been what I'm used to but I can now say that I rode a bus all night Christmas da http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/Central/Bangkok/blog-232499.html G'day again from down under. We left Noosa the following day to travel further south 2hr to Brisbane. We arrived at our hostel a short time later and then set out to explore the area we were in which was just north east of the city center. One of our first stops was at a local cinema to see if No Country for Old Men had arrived yet and to my excitement it had. I read the book about a year a http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-231641.html G'day mates I have heard that saying about 20 times a day here and it never gets old Thanks for the elfyourself thing Uncle Phil Aunt Molly and cousins. That was hilarious. Was there music to it as well I didn't have any speakers when I watched it. Mk so today we went hunting for koalas. There is a national park near our hostel which we hiked through for most of the day today and http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Noosa/blog-230989.html Happy Holidays all It has been a few days since I posted a blog so I figured I should go ahead and do it now. First though I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and thank all of you who are helping me continue my journey by way of monetary support. I very much appreciate your gifts. I reflected a bit on Christmas Day on my family and friends and I very much miss all of you. This is the f http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-230694.html