I dont understand how Jordan can be so poor and yet have one of the strongest currencies in the world. the Jordinian Dinar, is almost worth as much as the British pound - and they loooove getting you to hand over more of them than you need to. there's no real structure to the public transport so getting around is quite a mission. for example, there might be a bus going from A to B, but it doesn't leave untill it's full of punters, and if there aren't enough punters then you might get told to wait till the next next [View Full Entry]

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Jerusalem is a very spiritual place, where religions from all around the world meet and share a common interest in the holy land. you sense a wierd tension in the air, and some people even fall into what they call "Jerusalem Syndrome", where they get overwelmed by the spritualness of the place and find their whole life adopts a new direction inline with their calling from God. I loved it. not only are there people from all over the world and a lot of history and culture and things happening... but it's a beautiful city built entirely out of Limestone blocks(its [View Full Entry]

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wow Israel is something else. I don't think I've ever been to a place where everywhere you go has got so much history and the people are so well schooled about it. I'm glad the war with Lebanon has come to an end and life is back to normal for most, because I've met some amazing people and been showed around places that a month ago I wouldn't have had the opportunity to do. The people here are really nice, and just stoked to meet a backpacker in their country, who's willing to ignore the media and give it a proper [View Full Entry]

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now this is a special place! a volcanic region, sort of in the middle of Turkey, and land has been sculptured over the years by layers of fallen volcanic ash and rock, and valleys where the waters have eroded it. truely an amazing place, and I think my favorite part of Turkey that I got to see. I also met some really cool people there which made it even better so I went out on a high note for sure. sorry my photos are looking pretty average these days too, my camera is starting to die on me and it's hard [View Full Entry]

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heading further down the West coast I got to a place called Selcuk, which has some old Roman ruins near by in Efes(Ephesus). they were great, and I haven't been to Rome yet so it was nice to get a taste for Roman Architecture. then I cut across through the centre of the country to a place called Pamukkale which was fantastic! they have something in the ground that causes a white sulphur deposit to spill out over the land and it's formed some natural pools. nice to check out more small town Turkey too, the kids here are so cute! [View Full Entry]

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Turkey is the first Muslim country that I've been to, and so far I like it. I think they've still got a bit of work to do before they'll be a part of the EU, but there are a lot of cool things to do and see here for sure. 2weeks wasn't nearly enough time for a decent look around, but I saw quite a lot and got out of there with out buying a carpet so I did allright. I started off with a few days in Istanbul, then headed over to the West to check out Gallipoli and all [View Full Entry]

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A couple of days in LA with Dawson, then an extended weekend in London with the old crew and I'm on my way to Turkey!! got up to some good ol boys fun in L.A., with a big day at Magic Mountain theme park followed by a night on the Go-Karts... Cheers for all the hook ups Paul!! Timmy and Jime dropped me off at LAX and next stop was smokers reunion in London!!! hooohoooooooo! massive night with Paul Hart, Aaron and Liznizzle the day I got back, and the other few days I pretty much just slept in and hung [View Full Entry]

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So I got to catch up wıth Paul Dawson, Tım Paterskın and Jımena my old roomate from Argentına, whıch was fantasıtıc. Paul put us up ın hıs hotel ın the valley, LA, then we rented a car and shot off down to Mexıco for a bıt of a road trıp whıch ıs always good tımes. got to meet Pauly's new gırly Amber too whıch was cool, she's really fun so fıtted rıght ın wıth us. we drove rıght through the nıght untıll we arrıved at some lıttle beach town ın the m [View Full Entry]

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Brasil, ten points!! the people are fantastic. Really funny and good fun, and totally helpfull too. I found it hard to understand their colourful Portugese but scraped through with my Spanish and the various international hand signals that have never let me down. and aside from the wonderfull people, the country is beautiful, food is great(very important) and there is a great atmosphere most places you go. It's a shame I didn't have more time to have a better look around, but I'll be back after this little taster for sure. I did get to visit a couple of friends i [View Full Entry]

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well I left Argentina with a bang! I tagged along with Joaquin and his Football team up to Santa Fe for the weekend where they had a couple of games lined up for Sunday against other social teams they'd met on the internet... what a riot! we all crashed at Joaco's parents Quinta(farmy sort of holiday home), and pretty much drank non stop from as soon as we got there untill it was time to get up and play football on Sunday morning. the poor fallas. I dont know how they did it, it was hard enough for me and Colo [View Full Entry]

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