ec - Will Scott

Friends, family, loved ones and any randoms who stumble upon this site - welcome!! This is my travel blog for an 8 month mega round the world tour. To your left you should see me in a totally non-posed photo taken on a riverboat tour in Bangkok, which was the first port of call in a journey taking in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and the good ol US of A. My companions for said trip are currently Mike and Jonny. For those who don't know they be two legends from my uni days. If i was to sum them up beyond that - one's a scrat and the other twines a lot. which is which should become clear as we go on. Then on March 12 we shall be joined by Chris Bull, also of Sheffield Uni fame. Can't promise you much apart from some good tales of general banter, a word u shall be hearing a lot of. Look forward to your comments - keep em clean guys, it's a family show! Love to you all, Hare Krishna and keep on smiling x x x

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By ec
October 4th 2006

New York - 'Start Spreading The News... North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan

You don't really need telling what this is, do you?

…I’m leaving today!!' That’s right, it really is all over! But don’t get too emotional yet, there still is one final instalment of my adventures to go… Whilst I took my last Greyhound ride of the trip, I realised that I was still suffering from the post-Vegas illness. Hoping it would be my last ailment of the trip and would leave soon, I took what proved to be my first and last yellow cab to get to my last hostel of the trip. I was staying at the Chelsea International Hostel, crammed into a 6-bed dorm room which I also had [View Full Entry]

By ec
September 25th 2006

Las Vegas and Washington, DC - What happens in Vegas and DC, does not stay in Vegas and DC! North America » United States » Nevada » Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas!

Vegas baby!! After a few too many Greyhound trips, and not fancying a 20-hour bus journey, I decided to travel in style and get a cheap flight from San Fran to Sin City. In an ideal world I would have stayed at one of the mega resorts on the strip. However, my budget had other ideas and I had to settle for a dorm bed at Sin City Hostel. It advertised itself as being ‘on the strip’; however they failed to mention that it was still around three miles to get to most of the huge hotel-casinos. It was time to [View Full Entry]

By ec
September 18th 2006

Santa Barbara and San Francisco - Are you going to San Francisco? North America » United States » California » San Francisco

Santa Barbara

What a silly question. Of course I am, I've just told you I've been there. ho ho holy crap, this is poor. Like all good Will Scott plans, the visit to Santa Cruz went all Pete Tong and didn’t happen. I blame the jokers who run the only hostel there, which throws everyone out from 11am ‘til 5:30pm or something crazy like that. Meaning I would be locked out when I got there, I decided to bomb further up the coast to Santa Barbara instead. Met an Italian guy Damiano on the Greyhound who was also booked into the hostel in [View Full Entry]

By ec
September 11th 2006

LA and San Diego - I like to be in America! North America » United States » California » San Diego

Hollywood...?

So, it was off to the States. And time to get back some of those hours that I magically lost crossing time zones. In fact, I reckon that September 5 actually lasted 42 hours for me. I’m Will Scott, and this is the longest day of my life. When we finally arrived at LAX airport, I set about trying to get into a hostel along with 2 girls called Lina who I met in Fiji. Turned out that the ‘Help Desk’ was anything but helpful, as the woman’s response to any question seemed to be ‘geez, I don’t really know’. So [View Full Entry]

By ec
September 5th 2006

Viti Levu - Busman's Holiday Oceania » Fiji » Viti Levu

The Magic 'Cool' Bus! Yo!

Bula! (That's hello/hey/how's it goin' and lots of other stuff in Fijian in case you weren't aware!) After waiting around in Nadi for another few days, getting sick and tired of hearing stories of some geezers from Guilford, Surrey, who had a great time staying at a local village (all a devious little ruse to get us to go into their shops and buy loads of crappy souvenirs), we managed to get ourselves onto the Feejee Experience bus for a tour of the main island Viti Levu. There are similar buses for Australia and NZ, where you spend your time travelling [View Full Entry]

By ec
August 24th 2006

Yasawa Islands - Fiji Time! Oceania » Fiji » Yasawa Islands

Sunrise

'Fiji time'. A phrase that you can't escape the moment you touch down in Nadi, a town on the west coast of Fiji's main island Viti Levu. It's nothing like 'Hammer Time', and has little to do with 'Chico Time' thankfully. From what I've gathered, it means they do what they want, when they want. So far it's been thrown at us numerous times walking down the main, and practically only, street of Nadi. In this context it has been used by locals to try and get us to slow down and buy some souvenirs or drugs from them. Don't worry [View Full Entry]

By ec
August 13th 2006

Taupo, Waitomo, Auckland - Farewell NZ and Jonjo Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

Bungy!!

Here it is guys, the final instalment of my adventures in NZ. After my birthday celebrations, we woke up slightly bleary-eyed and said our goodbyes to Rotorua. We then took the short journey to Taupo, which lies on the northeastern corner of Lake Taupo, NZ's largest lake at 606 sq km. The main purpose of our time here was to let Mike and Jonny experience the joy of skydiving. Unfortunately the Gods had other ideas, and our time there was very cloudy and very very wet! Even indoor rock climbing at the Sports Centre was a write-off due to some tool [View Full Entry]

By ec
August 4th 2006

Wellington through to Rotorua - Happy Birthday to me! Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

Wellington

Kia Ora and Welcome! Yes, that's right, ec has turned the ripe old age of 22. Before I go on I'd like to thank the rents plus sis, the Browns, and the D-Man for their birthday messages on my previous blog. Much appreciated guys! And another big thank you to all the other peeps who managed to get in touch in whatever way, shape or form - you know who you are! We'll get to the topic of my Birthday shennanigans later, for now let's have a bit of a catch up on the North Island. First port of call was [View Full Entry]

By ec
July 26th 2006

Milford Sound, Dunedin, Mt Cook and Kaikoura - Free Willy Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura

Road Block

(yeah, I'm gonna stop these poor blog titles soon. This one's just cos I went whale watching you see?!) Ok guys, it's time for a bit of a catch-up. Been racing around the South Island for the past 10 days or so, and now that it's all come to an end with us heading to the North, I begin to reminisce... Heading off from Queenstown was a bit sad for me. We'd just said our goodbyes to Dan and Chris, and now we had to say goodbye to one of the coolest places we've stayed at yet. A perfect place to [View Full Entry]

By ec
July 16th 2006

Queenstown - Freefallin' Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

extreme!

(aka. 'Queenstown and the 3 most exhilerating (sic) days of my life'). That's right, a sophisticated jibe aimed at you Danzil! Here we are in Queenstown, the outdoor adventure capital of NZ. Throw in some pretty mental nightlife, and stunning lakes and mountain views, and it's not too hard to see why people rave about this place. As we approached the town itself, our path crossed Kawarau Bridge, the original site of bungy jumping. Watching the people jump I thought 'hey, that's not too bad. Forty odd metres looks about right' Except the other guys had bigger plans, aka. a bungy [View Full Entry]

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