http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/monksgoneawol/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from monksgoneawol en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:08:24 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:08:24 +0000 Over the last 3 and a half months we have been jumping from beach to beach along the Pacific coast of Mexico Guatemala El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica and the Caribbean beaches of Panama. Half the time spent lazing around in the sun. There was swimming surfing snorkelling diving the summiting of volcanoes and pyramids to be done along with whatever else we could be bothered doing. The http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/blog-409984.html So after travelling through Europe and Morocco for the last 3 months a sleep over at Lisbon airport in Portugal a 13 hour flight and 36 hours of daylight. We have finally made it to Los Angeles California USA. Have only been here for a couple of days but what a spin out I am actually loving being here. I am often told that America doesnt get the rap it deserves and being honest I never re http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-373465.html For me I was sittingsleeping I am still not quite sure on a 42 seater overnight bus from Puerto Escondido to Tapachula Mexico. A twelve and a half hour journey from where we had been for the last couple of days and the border of Mexico Guatemala. The bus was freezing cold packed full of Mexicans and smelt a bit dodge from the toilet up the back. The song ldquoVisionrdquo by The Music h http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/blog-382352.html If I could describe Indo in one word it would be a short pause and then wow. I think in my last travel blog in my rush to get a blog out to everyone I made a pretty harsh comment about it being third world which it is and that I was jaded and something about a hand out. I feel very bad about this comment and my inability to express myself sometimes as what upset me about my time in Indo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sumatra/Padang/blog-353620.html Dear Diary I havent written in you for a very long time and feel very bad for doing so. It has been such a whirlwind journey for me so far and have been finding it hard to sit down and actually write. At the moment I am sitting in a cibercafe internet cafe in San Sebastian in Spain. I am surrounded by a whole heap of guys playing quake or some other game maybe counterstrike. It is very nois http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Basque-Country/San-Sebastian/blog-345325.html Hey Guys me again. So I am sitting in the lobby of our accommodation Daun Daun in Cimaja. Waiting for Mick to come back in from the surf. Gotta go up to Jakarta today to do a visa run to Singapore tomorrow. Mick's visa is about to run out so time to get out of the country. I have been in Cimaja for a week now. It's a nice place. One thing I have noticed about the place is that lot of weird st http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/blog-329208.html Woah So I have finally started to settle into my new job traveller. I am currently in Cimaja a surfing town outside of Palabuan Ratu about 45 hours south of Jakarta. This is day four we are cruising through Indo with 3 other people Michael Mikey from Phillip Island Victoria Tommo from Wales and Simon from London awesome crew hey Spent a night in Jakarta then took a Beemo ride t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/blog-327726.html