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Todd Maddock Joined: June 23rd 2009
Logged in: August 11th 2009
Logged in: August 11th 2009
Travel Blog Posts
Buonjourno from Siena, Vico Equense (near Naples on the Amalfi Coast), Devia Marina (near Cinque Terre), Verona and Venice.. Have been trying to put this together for a while! I'll cover the trip to Siena now and the rest in the next exciting installment... I started composing this sitting in the tent typing this up at about 7.40 in the morning. I awoke to the dulcet tones of insects buzzing by the tent, thought they were inside but it appears the mighty Spinifex tent has come up trumps again and none appear to have made it in! So far it has stood up to extreme heat and some pretty cold and wet weather too. When we were in the French alps it snowed one night ..... Not at our campsite but further up the mountain.. It ... read more
Currently sitting in the evening sunshine beside the river here in the transport hub of Europe knocking out this update, it's tough I tell ya.... I'm going to try to keep this 'word light' and readable, to I'll try to fill you in on the high-lights (or low-lights...) of each location and throw a few pics in where appropriateĀ It certainly has been a whirlwind last month or so, seems like I've been living out of a suitcase forever without actually being on holiday (it's actually only been since the 20th of May...). That finally changed last Thursday afternoon when Rach and I flew out to Bangkok. Fair to say Bangkok was a bit of an assult on the senses, it was hot, humid and had people everywhere, day and night, essentially the complete opoposite of ... read more
Hey folks Just a quick note to say g'day and to get this thing kicked off. Hitting the road in a few days, going to be a bit of a culture shock I think. After 20 days in Wellington I'm fighting off a cold (Just a cold, I swear it's just a cold) and at times sub zero temperatures and will be heading to the rather more humid environment of Thailand and Bangkok. The weather has been somewhat 'changeable' in Wellington with more rain that in the last two years in Melbourne falling in the last couple of weeks, it proved a good test for the tent which was severly tested in the practise pitch in Stokes Valley on my Folks lawn. Righto, time to go do something else, catch you later! Cheers Todd... read more








