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Russell Brown Joined: April 17th 2004
Logged in: December 27th 2009
Logged in: December 27th 2009
Travel Blog Posts
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 with a few buddies before Christmas. the end is nye :(... read more
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 the day = Elephants can do minute-long farts!!!... read more
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 really good), did a cooking course, got some christmas shopping out of the way and ate a lot of very good food with the Couch family. tomorrow we head up to Pai for some elephant ... read more
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 pretty proud of. we enjoyed a lot of the local food, swim time, nap time, drive time, dream time... raged it up at the Full moon party aaand got a tan so I'd call Thailand ... read more
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, so I guess we'll see you again tomorrow" phew! So I'm still having trouble with my Airport apointments, but atleast I'm back on the right side of the ledger now. Next stop - Thailand. and ... read more
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, I got to drive our taxi to the Taj Mahal! you'd of been proud of me bro, accept that I wiped out a cyclist before I had even got behind the wheel. poor guy came ... read more
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.... read more
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 you, beggers with no fingers but puppy dog eyes, gutters clogged with black sludge, homeless people sleeping in the middle of busy intersections, flies hovering over piles of yesterdays rubbish, hotel rooms with rock hard ... read more
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 saw one bar or nightclub anywhere. Trash city was well worth a look, but it's almost impossible to find so you could watse a couple of days asking taxi drivers until you find one thats ... read more
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 were recharged and we headed south to what we soon found out was the real Egypt. Luxor the destination, a city on the edge of the Nile river with a couple big old Temples, the ... read more
