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| 30th May 2008 Stephan | Wonderful story - From: Why Finland? As an Austrian who has not only been together with a beautiful Finnish girl for almost five years, I've also been working in Helsinki now for over two months. I've had similar experiences during my many stays in this wonderful country and I have to agree with you. Fins are crazy!!! CRAZY!!! Give them booze and all hell brakes loose. Literally. I've been a witness :-) But like you said yourself, these people are wonderfully kind after you spend some time with them. Not everything is golden but that goes for every country. However the biggest challenge (despite my countless short stays) - to survive the harsh Finnish winters with basically NO SUNLIGHT - lies still ahead of me. Thanks again for sharing your wonderful everyday occurrences . Good luck with finding your own Finnish girl - I certainly have. |
| 6th May 2008 Deronda | International Significance - From: Why Finland? In the mineral processing industry, the company Outokumpu is very internationally significant. |
| 13th April 2008 anonymous | - From: Chasing A Ferry By Train Sounds like the normal routine for mediterranean (east) travelling. |
| 1st February 2008 Leah | Eye opener - From: On The Spur Of The Moment Hey. Swede here aswell. I live in the beautifull part of stockholm called Sodermalm. Really gotta say that your blogg opend my eyes. I guess living here makes you to used to it all. Ive taken it for granted. Loved the pictures aswell. |
| 22nd November 2007 Chi | - From: Contrasts in the City of the Future - Part I Shanghai!!! Have to go there someday... must be a great city! :) |
| 9th October 2007 Hutcho | Long - From: Contrasts in the City of the Future - Part II Did you edit these two or did you just plagiarise yourself? I didn't find out as they were too long and have have places to be and important people to see!! |
| 8th October 2007 garth | Y? - From: Contrasts in the City of the Future - Part II y r u still making these things? u r home!!! |
| 23rd September 2007 anonymous | - From: So This Is Why They Snowboard In Heaven Of particularly terrible skill were people such as Madan and Elena, who can add "sucking at snowboarding" to their things-in-common list. hahaahhaahh QFT |
| 31st August 2007 stone | - From: So This Is Why They Snowboard In Heaven it is really amazing snowboarding story, i never heard of it, because my area never snowing, i really enjoy this story :D www.edward-adventures.com |
| 31st August 2007 Joel | Brutally honest! :) - From: So This Is Why They Snowboard In Heaven I particularly loved your descriptions of each individuals snowboarding prowess! :P however you overlooked ziggy! can you please make meantion on his sublime carving skills and acrobatic jumps and olleys! |
| 23rd June 2007 sprucemoose | Rebuttal - From: Photos O how foolish and ignorant you truly are. 1) Your foolishness is inherent in your personality and needs no further argument. 2) Your ignorance is displayed by the fact that you have done something similar to that of which you accuse me. Remember your first blog, which you probably wrote from Perth about your future travel plans. I.e. you too had written a blog without having done any travelling to write about. O the nerve you have for accusing me of such "disgraceful behaviour", when you yourself have done the same. Step down from your high pedastal and heed the faults you have displayed. Think before you speak, my friend, so that your folly need not be bestowed upon the world for all to mock. |
| 22nd June 2007 Hutcho | Confusion - From: Photos So you've written a blog but you haven't actually been travelling anywhere. Discraceful behaviour. See you in a couple of weeks. |
| 17th June 2007 ziggy | OMG - From: Photos i saw your blog title and was like "zomg im going to write choice ey bro". i was so damn excited, then i read the actual blog where you added it in at the end. "farking justin" said an exasperated zichung. you also forgot to mention my name in your blog. |
| 13th May 2007 Mel | I Agree - From: Four Years In Hell Just got back from visiting Sarajevo, as well as Zagreb, Croatia, and Austria. I knew about the "Sarajevo roses" but when you see it up close, it smacks you in the face that these people lived in sheer terror everyday. One burek shopowner talked to us for two hours about how bad things are still as far as the economy is concerned. I'll be relocating to Sarajevo in the fall for a year and look forward to not being a tourist but a local. |
| 20th April 2007 J. Timothy M. | what a year eh! - From: The End of the Beginning "I had left Perth a young boy at 19, all to return a man at 21." rofl i hope you typed this with a smile on your face! :P let's do it all again mate! south east asia 2008??? maybe you can return as a warrior or something... :P |
| 20th April 2007 Joel | cheers bro - From: Four Years In Hell thanks for sharing this moving blog with us all. it took me right back to when i was wandering the streets of sarajevo in bewilderment. best blog so far for sure. |
| 19th April 2007 sashi | we have a town hall?! - From: The End of the Beginning (read subject) |
| 18th April 2007 clara | great times.. - From: A Mixed Bag justin....great, really i just read through your blog and really had to laugh out loud at your part about our ski/snowboard trip...and also i remembered that i actually was supposed to give you the fotos i took when we were on the slopes..but i think i nerver did, but joel has all of them... |
| 18th April 2007 Hutcho | - From: The End of the Beginning And only 3 months late |
| 18th April 2007 ziggy | - From: The End of the Beginning im still taller than you jusin |
| 15th April 2007 Julia | - From: Chilling Out In The Second Best Hostel In Europe i'm polish. your opinion about poland is funny :)! haha, really good :D ! juleczka1818@wp.pl |
| 14th April 2007 sashi | impressive blog justin.. - From: Four Years In Hell every time i start questioning your intellect you go and pull something like this.. |
| 11th April 2007 Nicky | - From: Four Years In Hell I really liked reading how Sarajevo affected you, and the thinking you'd done about it. I also found my time in Sarajevo very meaningful, and I wish them all the best in trying to get themselves back together. If only they'd stop voting along ethnic lines! Pretty understandable though. |
| 11th April 2007 asra | - From: Four Years In Hell This blog entry reveals a very humane side of your travel experience. The ability to reflect and put urself in the shoes of other people who have witnessed horrific times is not commonly expressed by people in general. Congratulations on your bold attempt and unfortunately its also true that similar atrocties are still being perpetuated in the world in war ravaged Iraq. |
| 10th April 2007 anonymous | - From: Four Years In Hell Great blog, and very poignant I might add too. It's jut another indication that traveling opens one's mind and can often change one's perspective, in many ways showing how similar people are. If everyone in this world could travel for a time in their lives I think the world would be a better place, at least more tolerant and peaceful. And if they can't travel, then at least they can read a blog like this one to gain perspective. Can't wait for the next entry |
| 10th April 2007 Cessna152 | - From: Four Years In Hell Absolutely fantastic blog - one of the best I've read on this website. I was drawn to it because I'm going to Sarajevo myself in the summer. Looking forward to it even more after reading this. Thanks. Jason |
| 20th March 2007 sashi | your blog.. - From: A Mixed Bag .. is very 'ate' indeed if it helps, my new years was spent in the ladies bathroom in some hotel in cairo where a power blackout meant the only light we could really see were the canadians cigarette butts :) aloha 2007! |
| 19th March 2007 Joel | Here we come NZ! - From: A Mixed Bag Great blog mate! I feel so lucky that you come to visit me twice in Vienna and that we got to go snowboarding together too! Looking forward to our next snowboarding trip in the land of the Kiwi!!! :P |
| 13th March 2007 Hutcho | Nice - From: A Mixed Bag Sounds like you had a great New Years. I am impressed with the 180, bring on NZ |
| 13th March 2007 Barbara | Reliving the Memories! - From: A Mixed Bag I had a few laughs Justin reading your latest blog. Well done, you certainly captured our feelings of frustration and bewilderment that night! We certainly won´t forget that amazing snowboarding/skiing holiday at Tauplitz either! Michael and I are in Barcelona at the moment still enjoying our travels through Europe! |
| 26th February 2007 Jani B | I know that girl! - From: Why Finland? Ha ha, Funny to reading a blog from an australian and to find an old school mate of mine in one of your pictures. Eeva was in the same high school with me. Funny. Im off to Sydney in two weeks. Yippee! |
| 24th February 2007 Al | Beatiful - From: Why Finland? Magnificent article! |
| 14th February 2007 baz | get a haircut - From: Above the Arctic Circle - Sauna and Snowboarding and put a shirt on |
| 9th February 2007 Paul from Adelaide | Finland Rock - From: Above the Arctic Circle - Sauna and Snowboarding Hey man, I caught your journal on the frontpage. I must say Finland looks rad in Winter time, I was over there travelling through in August and it was quite snow-less and heading towards Lapland was like travelling through the most depressive landscape known to man. Great country though :D sounds like you're having fun. I tried my hand at snowboarding on this trip, too ... but yeah I wont talk about it here haha. |
| 7th February 2007 Hutcho | Snowboarding - From: Above the Arctic Circle - Sauna and Snowboarding HAHAHA You are not an ambi-turner. I am DEFINITELY a better snowboarder than you are. Seriously thought snowboarding is the greatest thing ever, greater even than sliced bread. |
| 28th January 2007 sprucemoose | Complying with popular demand - From: Feel the Rhythm, Feel the Rhyme, Get on up, It's Bobsled time... COOL RUNNINGS! OK so i admit in retrospect that the video MAY be a TAD on the low side... but at the time it was a good, nay... GRAND idea |
| 27th January 2007 Joel | Justin, Justin, Justin... - From: Feel the Rhythm, Feel the Rhyme, Get on up, It's Bobsled time... COOL RUNNINGS! Im sorry, I usually like to be different when adding comments, but that movie is just so bad that I have to mention it... :P I'm leaving tomorrow for Ljubljana so will do my best to get the email address of your "dream girl". I'll keep you updated! |
| 24th January 2007 sashi | sorry justin, im with ziggy - From: Feel the Rhythm, Feel the Rhyme, Get on up, It's Bobsled time... COOL RUNNINGS! several words rushed at me upon seeing that video.. heres one.. atrocious.. thanks for ruining that song for me. tell me an egg really survived that ride, THAT would be gold. |
| 22nd January 2007 ziggy | Worst. Video. Ever. x2 - From: Feel the Rhythm, Feel the Rhyme, Get on up, It's Bobsled time... COOL RUNNINGS! it reminds me of gay. cya in a few days! |
| 22nd January 2007 Hutcho | Worst. Video. Ever. - From: Feel the Rhythm, Feel the Rhyme, Get on up, It's Bobsled time... COOL RUNNINGS! Also discombobulated is not a word I think you will find and I bet you miss my dry British wit and sarcasm:) |
| 20th January 2007 hibachi | :-D - From: Chilling Out In The Second Best Hostel In Europe baz has no peni |
| 8th January 2007 me | leuven - From: The Land of Beer, Chocolate and Rock Music - Heaven on Earth If you still consider yourself as a young person, a visit to my hometown is imperative!!!! the square with the over 40 bars is called '' Oude Markt'' which means ''Old Market'' and is far underestimated by this guy. The old market is a perfect place to spend aal your time, money and maybe even your life!!! This of course is possible because of a high school and a part of the world renownded university are present at this marktsquare. I've lived here my whole life and there's no place like home.... |
| 8th January 2007 baz & emil | chics - From: Chilling Out In The Second Best Hostel In Europe hey man, can you post some pictures of some hot polish girls cos emil is lookin for a wife. would also like to look at hot polish chics. would appreciate it if you dedicated an entire blog to hot chics you have met in europe. cheers bro, cya soon |
| 11th December 2006 Joel | Love those Polish women! - From: Chilling Out In The Second Best Hostel In Europe Great blog mate, like you said Krakow is a really fun place but also a very sad place... Oh yeah and btw The Hostel of the Sun is worth making a 300km detour for, especially when you cheat with your rail pass and get lots of free days! |
| 7th December 2006 Hutcho | You learn well my young Padawan - From: Chilling Out In The Second Best Hostel In Europe Glad to see that you are the only one pulling the official "Look off into the distance with hand on chin gesture." Good Work :) Dan PS Your hair is beginning to become its own seperate entity. Soon it'll probably start making decisions for you. I bet there are things living in it. . . . . . |
| 30th November 2006 Tanel | :) - From: The Forbidden City Hi, you have a small mistake with the headings: you have a picture which title is "Church - One of the many, many Churches in Old Town Tallinn", actually the tower on the picture is not a church but it belongs to the medevial city hall :) But very nice overview and I'm glad you like our old town! Regards, Tanel from Tallinn |
| 16th November 2006 Joel | Na zdravie! - From: Ice Hockey, Beer, Some History And More Ice Hockey Awesome you got a chance to visit some friends from last semester, and catch up on old times. On that note cheers for looking after us so well on our visit to Finland last week! We all really appreciated it! |
| 13th November 2006 anonymous | - From: May The Force Be With You sir, i think that u are marzouki. first, the tunisian speak english very well specially students. the proof sadok sp eaks english. also jemnah is not a small village and is not poor. sick man |
| 10th November 2006 Gina | JEALOUS - From: The Land of Beer, Chocolate and Rock Music - Heaven on Earth I am so incredibly JEALOUS that you went to Rock Werchter. And I thought that if I missed out on BDO I'd be crying! haha Good blog, by the way :) www.livejournal.com/~crime_time |
| 7th November 2006 Hutcho | Nice - From: Ice Hockey, Beer, Some History And More Ice Hockey Het JC, nice blog, ice hockey looks sweet as does the cheap beer. One question, do you reckon you could break up the letters in your words to make it less daunting to read;) Keep having fun. Dan |
