russ - Russell Brown

I'm russ, I'm from New Zealand and have developed a love for travelling over the last couple of years. It was the best descision of my life for sure, breaking the routine and heading off to explore the globe, and I would highly recommend getting out there and having a close up look and anything that you've read about or heard about that intrests you, because if it looks cool on TV, I can garuntee you that it'll be even cooler when you are there amoungst it. And if you're stuggling for ideas about where to start, I'd highly recommend buying a oneway ticket to South America and the rest will take care of itself. meanwhile though, I hope you enjoy my photos and stories. russ

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By russ
December 24th 2006

Bangkok to Sydney Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

Sydney Opera house

A month in Thailand zoomed by without any hick-ups, twas really nice to finally get to spend some quality time with Steph and enjoy some easy travelling. Thailand really is set up well for tourists just wanting to escape for a while and relax, eat good cheap food and get a taste for a differant culture. perfect place to start or finish a trip I reckon and if you're considering going it definately won't dissapoint. We went our seperate ways from there with plans to meet up again after christmas. Steph went home, and I swung by Sydney to catch up [View Full Entry]

By russ
December 18th 2006

Swimming with Elephants Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Pai

in the Jungle the mighty Jungle

This blog is well over due, almost a year actually but I've decided to finish it off anyway to sort of wrap up my travel diary... I've probably got 3-4 entries left to go before my life got back to normal at the start of this year. Here I pick up where I left off with Steph in Thailand, we did a quick trip north from Chang Mai to a little hippie town called Pai, to relax and try out our elephant whispering skills. The Trek was a bit boring, but swimming with the Elephant was plenty of fun! Fact for [View Full Entry]

By russ
December 15th 2006

Thai massage and temple time Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

please don't snap me

after all that beach time we thought we better get into a bit of the Thai culture and head up North to see some temples and do some other cool stuff. lucky for us, a good friend of mine Joy volunteered her family to host us while we were up in Chang Mai, so we were made feel very much at home when we showed up and ended up staying the better part of a week with them which was fantastic. we got to have a good look around town, saw some beautiful temples, got a Thai massage(painful at times but [View Full Entry]

By russ
December 8th 2006

Koh Pah Ngan Island with Steph!!! Asia » Thailand

Thai sunset

yahooo Steph made it to Thailand a couple of weeks ago so we shot straight down to an Island in the South called Koh Pah Ngan to put our feet up and work on our tans. it was magic. we rented a scooter(A.K.A Pete the pusser) and hooned around till we found a cute little bungalow on the west side of the island which was right on the beach and had sweet sunset views for us to enjoy everynight from the hammocks on our deck. we didn't achieve a lot, accept a morning swim before breakfast every day which I was [View Full Entry]

Steph and our humble bungalow - $8 a night

By russ
November 22nd 2006

Assorted picis from Rajasthan Asia » India » Rajasthan

Eyes on the prize buddy!

after the Taj Mahal I did a bit of a whirlwind tour of a few cities in Rajasthan with Bon, Stevie and another "Geezer" called Steve we'd picked up, before I had to leave them to it and go and catch my flight out-a-here. I wouldn't be writing this entry just yet, however I've just got back from the airport where I was very sympathetically told at the Bangladesh Air counter that "your ticket says your flight is on the 23rd sir" - yeah thats what I thought, so what's the date today? fearing the worst... "today is the 22nd sir, [View Full Entry]

By russ
November 16th 2006

the Taj Mahal Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jodhpur

the big ol' Taj!

I woke up the other morning and realised that I'd fallen victim to the legendary "Delhi Belly", and there was no escaping it, I got slammed! It was one of the worst days of my life by far, that evil sickness violently purging every last drop of energy out of my system until I had nothing left to give. The next day was better though and by the day after that I was flying high again, so I went down to Agra with an Aussie couple I'd met and we visited the Taj Mahal. very impressive. side note for Timmy P, [View Full Entry]

By russ
November 13th 2006

The Golden Temple Asia » India » Punjab » Amritsar

the Golden Temple - Amritsar

There truely are some amazing things to see in this country. after fleeing the mountains I went over to Amritsar, which is a city in the Punjab Province near the border with Pakistan. Amazing Sikh temple(the famed "Golden Temple"), and wierd flag-lowering ceremony at the Wagah border, which was the most effort and commotion I'd ever seen over a couple of flags being pulled down in my life, but it was an eye opener anyway and well worth the visit. [View Full Entry]

By russ
November 6th 2006

the land of colours and smells Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi

best eyes prize - India

When I missed my flight to India the other day, I quickly set my self a goal that was to not miss any more flights before the end of this trip. and then when I missed my second flight to India the very next day, I realised that maybe I shouldn't be setting myself such high and unrealistic goals while on Holiday, so have chilled out somewhat, and am proud to say say that 3rd time lucky I finally made it to India. It's not a pleasant place however. full on madness everywhere you go, with cars and Rickshaws honking at [View Full Entry]

By russ
October 26th 2006

From the heights of the Pyramids to the depths of Trash City Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

the great Pyramids of Giza - Egypt

a few days in Cairo isn't really enough, but in saying that, 10days to try and cover Egypt and your having a laugh. this country deserves atleast a month, it's cheap but still come with plenty of coin so you can do everything. And don't come during Rammadan if you like eating, because it's pretty much impossible to get a meal here during the day. the guys are very intense so I wouldn't reccomend a single girl traveling here by herself, and it's definately not a place to come if all you want to do is party. I dont think I [View Full Entry]

By russ
October 19th 2006

Snorkling in the Red Sea Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab

the leaning tower of russ

by far the clearest water I have ever snorkled in, and the coral and fish were amazing too! Dahab is a little Diving town on the coast of the Sinai region up in the north of Egypt, perfectly set up for relaxing and exploring the magical underwater world of the Red Sea. We stayed for a few days and just read books, snorkled and treated ourselves to the cheap, quality food you find in all the restaurants along the waterfront. everyone in the world would love this place, without a doubt. After a good few days of doing nothing, our batteries [View Full Entry]

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