stephcaunter

Hi Everyone So we have been informed that we are letting the team down by not updating the travel blog on a regular basis so here we are sitting at our new favourite internet place updating our BLOG!!! The reason for the laps on entries is that we have been looking for JOBS and housing (very important) So finally after staying on Kim and Ryans lilo, and at LOVELY backpackers we have found a house (for Ryan, Kim, Glen and I) its lovely its central and its known as West Maitland street!!!!!! I started working for a place called Full Circle and they were such WANKERS that i had to quit, no we all know that i am not a quitter but i was having daydreams of smashing the boss in the head with a ... read more

Hi everyone this is Stephanie here updating you on our adventures seeing that its been a while (well it feels like a while). So a quick summary - and then i will let the photos do the talking. 1 - After Rome we went to PARIS and it was fantastic the streets are wide, the beers are HUGE and the food was fantastic we went up the Eiffel tower and it sways in the wind up there (i was a bit scared) we also looked at the Louve and the whole time we never had to wait in one que it was GREAT. 2 - Then it was off to the UK and to see my Grandma and my dad in the little village of East Coker were we rested up and ate grannys home cooking ... read more

Hello all friends and family Since we have been in assisi we have hired a car, a Fiat Panda it is very small with no guts and it struggles to go down hills let alone up. Here everyone drives on the WRONG side of the road so we had a few close calls while we adjusted to the road rules, and still now we are guessing what all the different road sings mean (Casey you would love driving on these roads - however maybe not in the Panda). We went to Spello and Spoleto one day (Spello was a bit crap!) Spoleto was great Glen ate Lobster AND LOVED IT !! We also saw a huge bridge - we will let the pictures do the talking. The italian way of life is just perfect you get ... read more

Ok well we are finally out of Bangkok are a number of misshaps 1 - Stephanie ordered 24 spring rolls in stead of 4. 2 - Stephanie set off the safe alarm in the hotel 3 - And finally Stephanie Glen and Fiona CANNOT undersand 24 hour time and we missed our flight out of Thailand (as a result Fiona got to enjoy some very lovey hotel fitness centers.) NOT reccomended!!! EVERYONE pls learn 24 hr time before you travel (espically what 00.01 means) So we got stuck in Bangkok and we all REALLY REALLY wanted to leave so after spending LOTS of $$ in the lovely Novetel we decided to book a new flight with Emarits Airline (waiting on stand by was not going to cut it, seeing that the Thai flights to rome were ... read more

just incase anyone is looking at this a quick update we missed our flight to rome by 24 hours, a huge stuff up on our behalf (how stupid are we) so we are stuck at the EXPENSIVE novotel and are on the sand by list to rome. We could be here for days!!!!! Anyway miss you all - ill update you all with our progress love steph, glen and fi. ... read more

Hi All - Well here we are in Bangkok and we have never ever experienced such culture shock. It is HOT and polluted and steamy. We arrived after travelling on the lovely Thai airways (highly reccomended) and we got a METERED TAXI and still we got ripped off ALOT!!!! The backpackers has no hot water and Glen and i get the luxuary of sleeping on a round bed in a room that is full of mirrors - very porn star very sexy !!! I think this place use to be a brothel :) Today we got up early and trecked around the city the public trasport ONLY the MET and the SKY RAIL are fantastic little to be said for the rest of the city totally 3rd world and as for the Took Took they are ... read more