http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/sam-and-tim/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from sam and tim en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:44:24 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:44:24 +0000 Well we left Edinburgh after a fantastic 3 months We spend our final weekend celebrating the All Blacks victory over the Scots at Murrayfield drinking pints of beer in the local pubs eating out and basically having a wicked time.To top it all off we watched Nz Drum'n'Bass group Shapeshifter and were absolutely blown away they were great.A quick flight down to London on Monday night and we were http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/blog-29352.html Hey dudesWell at the end of our term in edinburghjust two weeks to go so i thought id post some shots from our time here.Weve had a wicked time and its been great staying in such a beautifull city that is soo different to London and even more so to what we are used to in NZ.Speaking of NZ not long now till well be back in the mother land.Still lotts to do yet we still have an 'all blacks' v http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/blog-27531.html Hey peepsWell only 2 weeks left in the UK for Sam and I now. Wow that year went quick But it will be great to come home and see all the family and friends weve missed soo much.Because we are coming to the end of our time in the uk we decided to make the most of it and i booked a flight to Prague for 3 nights.Prague is amazing. I highly recomend going there very romantic There are dozens of dif http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/blog-27413.html after partying at the notting hill carnival and staying with 039pauls039 'kieeeefth' 'zach morris' and the rest of the lynfield crew we said goodbye to london to meet up with sams dadwe have spent the last couple of weeks cruizing around the uk with sams dad and visitng the family thanks for being so good to us dudesits been a great way to ease ourselves back into british life and the weat http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/blog-19915.html hey guyssorry its taken us so long to blog we have been very busy with our jobs and the fast pace of london townin the past couple of months we've been back to bristol up to bradford for easter and had numerous good times in london.last week we went to the breakin' convention 05 to watch stlye elements tim was like a kid in a candy store and even busted some moves himselflondons been wicked b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-9093.html hey guyswell italy has been nonstop crazy driving hot bitchesdan tasty food intense heat clear seas overall its been amazingwe picked up the car from perpignan in southern france and made our way along the coast stopping in nice monacco and some other beautiful spots.we met up with debbie and annamarie in an italian campsite and started the mission down italy stopping in pisa for t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-14996.html holasince we left you its been full on travel we boosted up from sicily to venice verona and milan then passed thru france where we dropped off the car and dan.Then back to barcelona to pick up our new wagon and 'raul herculi the wanderer' aka russ brown and we started our trek through the coast of spain and portugal.spain has been amazing lots of beaches paella olive groves and long scorch http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/blog-16576.html hey peepssadly all good things come to an end...here are the last of the pictures from spain and portugalthanks for a wicked trip timmy p dan b and raul the wanderer http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Algarve/Lagos/blog-17509.html Well we are here in thailand and we have lasted our first week But what a ride The plane was horrible and there was no individal tv's or video games on thai airways Who told me that anyway we arived in at Bangkok at 430 thai time and stayed awake plotting our day. We organised a tour of the local temples and city so come midday sam and i jumped in the van and off we went. Bangkok is an abso http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Samui/blog-1849.html Arrived in Ko Pha Ngan after a rough ferry ride to be greeted by the firendly staff from our resort. Long Beach is amazing is still is our favourite place so far. We spent four great days relaxing and soaking up the sun. We went to the legendary fullmoon part at Hat Rin which definately lived up to its wild reputationOn the 31st we made the 12 hour trip from east to west coast destination phu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/blog-1961.html The boat ride to Ko Phi Phi to Ko Lanta was immaculate sailing conditions clear flat water and blue skies that is until 1 minute out from our destination the thunder storm hit with full force out of no where. Thunder and lightning in thailand is very impressive but not so good for the 12 hr ute ride to our hut.We spent two sun filled days in Ko Lanta riding elephants and drinking cocktails on http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/blog-2051.html We arrived in Vietnam on Tims birthday 15th Nov for those who unspeakably forgot it The cultural differences between Vietnam and Thailand have been subtle yet evident. The first one that struck us was the fierce nature of the Vietnamese women unlike the more reserved thai women they run the show and are not to be messed with. The moterbikes swarm like bees this is a very vibrant country. We ha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/blog-2237.html Cambodia has been interesting to say the least. Our first experience of Cambodia was the border. Apparently unless you have a guide to bribe the officier behind the desk to stamp your passport you can not get out of Vietnam. We waited for a good couple of hours in the 40 plus heat not impressed.After a bumpy bus ride we made it to the capital phnom penh.The next day we headed off to the Killing http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/blog-2434.html We have been in the United Kingdom for over a month now and last week decided it was time to settle down and get a job the NZ dollar does not go far over here quite a shock to the system after South East Asia. But it has been great seeing some of the uk and being made so welcome by all of Sams family.Christmas was amazing we now know why we sing about dreaming of a white christmas it snowed http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Bristol-County/Bristol/blog-3608.html sorry we got cut short on our post yesterdayHere are the rest of the pickies. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-3632.html Well we are settling in to life in London although it has not been an easy feat. Tim starts his full time job on Monday as a membership advisor at the local gym which takes some of the pressure off. Sam has been working at an advertising place doing adminreception. So we have been keeping busyOur new house has been great the flatties have made us really welcome so thats wicked.Now that we ar http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-4425.html