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May 4th 2008
Well, as you may have noticed Jeff and I haven't done anything at all after the Blue Mountains.......well, okay we all know that's not true cause I'm writing from Singapore at 4 am waiting for our flight to Bangkok. The problem with this blog was not the lack of desire to share our trip but rather the difficulty in posting photo's and thus ultimately the loss of inspiration to share stories without the picture to go with. But needless to say, there will be a whole bunch of photos and stories to share with upon our return.....May 12th!!! Can't wait to catch up with everyone. See you soon!!!... read more
Sydney....and the Blue Mountains!
Published: March 31st 2008Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Darling HarbourMarch 31st 2008
(S) After we travelled down from the Granite Belt and skipped through The Hunter Valley (sigh, but I'm determined to make a trip of it soon!!) We found ourselves in the Blue Mountains ALOT sooner than we anticipated!! We drove through the clouds for hours as we climbed the mountain to an elevation of about 3000 ft. It was pretty cool, quite a scenic drive, I can only imagine what the scene looked like if we could see BEYOND the clouds! We arrived about 7pm just when it was getting dark and I finally got to see my dear friend Kristen again after 10 years! It was a highly anticipated arrival on all our parts and we met her daughter Jaida who is 6 going on 12! Craziness. After spending a few days catching up, Jeff ... read more
March 16th 2008
(S) So in the last few weeks we have found ourselves driving through Queensland outback, down through some cool National Parks, windy roads, waterfalls and mountainous regions (perhaps foothills), to the coastline of Byron Bay and up the Gold Coast to visit some good friends. Nightcap National park was a gem to find and to get there we really put Betsy to the test. All the roads were narrow (very narrow) up hills, down hills, winding around coffee and nut farms for miles on end. We visited the infamous Nimbin where the Hippie lives undisturbed (other than the bus loads of backpackers coming through to sample some of the best local grown herb around) and we thoroughly enjoyed the...atmosphere. I couldn't keep a smile off my face...at the cliche of the place. It was far out ... read more
Took a little drive......
Published: February 25th 2008Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Nimbin
February 23rd 2008
(J) So we spent about a week in darwin. it was hot, humid and monsoon'alishus , so much rain!!! we then bought a kick ass ride....nice 92 lexcen station wagon....pimp!!!! she was named betsy, it came stocked with campin gear and 3 coolers, all for beer...mmmmm Drove 3800 km...... very eventful!!!! from very green Darwin into the outback...check the pics's..outback...outback...outback.. outback.. GREEN! thats u's drivin into queensland from out of the dust filled centre of aus. car overheated only once....after we got to the coast... betsy's good now !! (S) And it's of course hot. 37 today so we are searching for some forest - water and shade!!! hope you enjoy the pics from our not so eventful, but still quite eventful for us trip inland and toward the coast. we're just outside of Brisbane now ... read more
February 9th 2008
(J) Sorry for not posting for so long, were in aus now but i thought everyone would like to know what we've been doing for the last couple weeks. Chiang-mai was a very cool city tonnes of stuff to do....and we did do a lot!!!! (S) One of my favorite things to do in Thailand was cruising the countryside on the back of a motorbike and take in the scenery. We managed to find a few parks and waterfalls of which we thought would be an awesome place to pack a lunch and stop, but we were never REALLY that organized. Our plans stopped at getting on the bike and riding North! I took off for 4 days to a vegetarian cooking homestay which was located right beside a sustainable organic farm. They had just wrapped ... read more
January 18th 2008
Well we took a day trip out to Railay beach about 45 min from Krabi town, long tail boats are fun ....but loud as hell!!! Amazing limestone cliffs and wild lil islands, tons of climbers....but sadly very little bouldering for lil ol me (jeffy). I did find one wall that was uber fun, and i made friends with an aussie guy who climbed hard with me and we shed some skin and stained the rock red with blood.....sweetness!!! I got first blood!!!! Lots of fun, lots of adventures.....next were headed to Bangkok, then to Chang-mai and Lao. We got our tickets to Aus...we jet on feb 7th!!!!! till next time..... JB... read more
January 14th 2008
Well we spent a couple days on the uber sweet islands in the gulf of Thailand, they were beautiful, but we got sick of stuff being so expensive compared to the mainland, not to mention the lack of Thai culture. So we crossed Thailand last night on a bus and came to krabi, the hippy climbing town on the Andemon sea. I'm hoping to check out Railay beach (sweet climbing) tomorrow and bust some sweet moves. Dam it's hot, laity between 11 and 2 we have to chill in our room because we just sweat constantly......good..... bad we still can't decide!!! Hope all is well at home back in Canada! We've met two Canucks thus far, but mostly its Swedish, Brits and Aussies. we've made a couple of friends while pounding back the tasty Chang beer!! ... read more
January 11th 2008
Well, we left Cha-am to head south down to the islands about 6 days ago. We thought a train trip would be fun and an exciting way to see the landscape so we headed toward the station. Since we were in an area that most local Thai's go on vacation, English was hard to come by and there was a lot of miss communication. Having said that we ended up on a train on 3rd class down the coast for the price of a chocolate bar. The price really was the best part of that trip (REALLY) and it was a gruelling 6 hrs. We've been island hoping the past week and it's been really beautiful, but rather exhausting too. It's been tough trying to find comfortable places that fit within our budget and so basically ... read more
December 27th 2007
Hey everyone, we arrived in bangkok pretty late yesterday, spent the first few hours off the plane checking out ko san rd. It was uber busy, smells of tasty stuff and ....some not so tasty, had my first bananna pancake, it was wicked!!! today we woke up early and walked to a cool little market close by, then we headed over to siam square the bling bling shoppin area, way cool! tomorrow were going to chi-am to meet up with sanna's bro, and to chill at the beach all this smog and nastyness burns the eyes and lungs! As I'm typin sann's havin a little nappy poo, we walked and hour back to ko san from siam, not smart but our foot massage helped a lot....once again my first!! well till next time yall'ens peace out ... read more
December 18th 2007
So, this is the first of many blogs to come....I'm kinda pumped. Sannya and me are both strung out and just cant chill, the countdown is on. I got a little head start on holidays...i got fired from petrocan....it was kinda fun, the boys had a little walkout,nothing to serious. The next time we write will probably be in bangkok!!!... read more
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