Amigo Arrives in South America Hola Chicos & Chicas So I am back on the air typing this blog of Colombian adventures while I am here in Ecuador! S.A has been interesting so far and I am enjoying the ride, even though some of the rides in Colombia were expensive!! Colombia? 3 x the size of France, bordering Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador and Brazil with a northern Caribbean coast and a western Pacific coast. Unfortunate things that it is famous for are FARC, Nose Candy a.k.a coke and it's most famous drug baron Mr. Pablo Escobar, the ultimate badass drug baron who [View Full Entry]

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HOLA AMIGOS Now broadcasting from around the globe with bitesize clips is the new Dude Show called El Mundo and Its Peeps which you can watch on the following address www.youtube.com/salala1980 Once you go to the webpage you will see 6 videos that I have uploaded, they are towards the bottom of the page on the right hand side. Click on any one to watch it. Once you have watched it, go back to www.youtube.com/salala1980 and click on another video to watch it. More videos of China, Cambodia, Burma and around the globe to follow. Dude, Cali Colombia Over and Out. [View Full Entry]

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Journey into the Unknown Hello Peeps! After a rollercoaster few months in Asia I have finally managed to hop across the pond know as the pacific ocean to the promised land, South America and have been here in Colombia for almost three weeks now. From Philippines to Colombia it took me a mega three days and five flights and also one incident of landing at my destination airport BEFORE I had even taken off.. Hmm confusing yeah, took me a while to work it out as well... Lying on a beach in the south of Philippines, I fly to the north [View Full Entry]

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Hello Peeps, Hope you are all well.. I have been lazy and hence there is no blog of the past month or so since Bangkok. But, there are photos: Thailand, Kho Tao, Kho Phangyang Islands Click Here Malaysia, Georgetown [url=http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=84077&l=3f0cf&id=672660622 ]Click Here Malaysia Pangkor Island: Click this Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur KL is here Then I went to Singapore Then I flew to Indonesia (top destination, will return here) Jakarta & Bali Photos here That's all the photos for now folks. I arrived in Manila, Phillipines fice days ago. Spent four days there and then I flew to Cebu, the second major [View Full Entry]

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Mandalay, 2nd - 4th December Bus from Bagan to Mandalay 8,500Kyats 8+half hours, ...km Dep 07:00 arrive 15:30hours Royal Guesthouse, twin room with fan & shared bathroom 4USD The bus from Bagan to Mandalay is small and the seats don't recline, but I have just enough leg space and relived not to get DVT. The drive is nice and it is the only bus journey I manage to do during the day as the Burmese love to travel by night. The road is much better this time. I arrive in the evening to be confronted by hotel touts for the first [View Full Entry]

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Trekking, 8th - 10th December Approx 70km over three days, 10USD per day for Guide, all food by the Cook on the guide and accommodation Day 1: Starts of uneventfully as the walk through the town and into the mountains is not so scenic. But once we are out of Kalaw and climbing towards our lunch-stop (the Viewpoint) the views are spectacular. We meet two blokes on the way, both carrying a huge piece of wood. They ask our guide where he saw any Rangers on the way. It's illegal to The wood their carrying We get to the Viewpoint around [View Full Entry]

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Hi All, Hope you are well and mothers & fathers, brothers & sisters, husbands & wives, boyfriends & girlfriends, neighbours, bosses (unlikely) are treating you nicely. Wishing you all a merry x-mas & happy new year. I have typed a few blog entries of my adventures in Myanmar, but they were 'quiet published' so you did not get any emails - but now you know. So have a look if you are interested… For you dudes & dudettes that don't have time to read but just want to see photos, the links are below. I also have some fantastic videos of [View Full Entry]

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Thannaka This is a yellow powder made from the bark of a tree and the women and children here in Burma put a yellow powder on their faces as a natural sun block. The women sometimes blot, sometimes swipe and sometimes make other patters on their cheeks and noses and sometimes forehead with it as well as they believe it also makes them more beautiful. They are right in most cases! It has grown on me and I think it looks fab.. Longyi The men wear Longyi here, which is a type of sarong, but unlike a sarong it is made [View Full Entry]

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Yangon, 28 & 29th November Royal Guesthouse, 7USD twin room with shared bathroom Arriving in Yangon airport I am shocked to land at a super cool, super new airport terminal with air conditioning cranked up to the MAAAAAXXXX. I was expecting an old bamboo shed, but as ever the Lonely Planet is either wrong or out of date! Reading through the web and LP, I am determined not to stay in the Motherland Inn Guesthouse, as everybody stays there and I believe it is best to spread the wealth to other places. I end up staying in the Motherland Inn Guesthouse... [View Full Entry]

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2 Names - Myanmar or Burma? The country was called 'Myanma' for centuries before the British arrived. During the British 'occupation' shall we say for about 100 years, the name was changed to 'Burma'. The majority ethnic group making up about 70% of the population is Bamar. The British being as they are, called them 'Burmese' instead and hence named the country Burma during their occupation. The military changed the name back to Myanmar in 1989 along with the names of many towns and streets which previously had English names. e.g. The capital 'Rangoon' was changed to it's previous name of [View Full Entry]

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