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Date: 7th May 2012
I am one of your Followers and have missed hearing from you...
I'm pleased you realized how important it is to tell your stories. If you didn't blog, how would you remember so that you can tell the stories to the others gathered around the bar... or to your grandchildren if you chose that direction in life...now that's a spontaneous event I would like to hear about!
From Blog: Blogging is bad for you...keep blogging!
I am one of your Followers and have missed hearing from you...
I'm pleased you realized how important it is to tell your stories. If you didn't blog, how would you remember so that you can tell the stories to the others gathered around the bar... or to your grandchildren if you chose that direction in life...now that's a spontaneous event I would like to hear about!
From Blog: Blogging is bad for you...keep blogging!
Date: 6th May 2012
Great to have you back!
Though blogging does require effort, presenting thoughts and photos of travel experiences allows the writer to more easily remember those moments years after their occurrence. Sometimes when reading my earlier blogs I can see how my ideas and attitudes have shifted over time, so blogging also allows for future reflection if one so wishes. Look forward to reading your tales of spontaneous adventures.
From Blog: Blogging is bad for you...keep blogging!
Great to have you back!
Though blogging does require effort, presenting thoughts and photos of travel experiences allows the writer to more easily remember those moments years after their occurrence. Sometimes when reading my earlier blogs I can see how my ideas and attitudes have shifted over time, so blogging also allows for future reflection if one so wishes. Look forward to reading your tales of spontaneous adventures.
From Blog: Blogging is bad for you...keep blogging!
Date: 6th May 2012
This blog is such as tease!
"in the last year, I have gate-crashed Hollywood celebrity parties... spent a month in the backwaters of an Australia no-wheres-ville town... rescued a damsel from a sea monster attack... went snowboarding in Death Valley." - I want to hear the stories! :)
From Blog: Blogging is bad for you...keep blogging!
This blog is such as tease!
"in the last year, I have gate-crashed Hollywood celebrity parties... spent a month in the backwaters of an Australia no-wheres-ville town... rescued a damsel from a sea monster attack... went snowboarding in Death Valley." - I want to hear the stories! :)
From Blog: Blogging is bad for you...keep blogging!
Date: 11th April 2011
Nobody there believed there was anything there for tourists, but it was an interesting and inspiring place. I guess the difference is that you have to make the effort to discover what is great about a place... may thats the difference between tourists and travellers - a tourist expects a journey laid out before them, whereas a traveller creates their own journey... Deep.
From Blog: Nothing for tourists here....
Nobody there believed there was anything there for tourists, but it was an interesting and inspiring place. I guess the difference is that you have to make the effort to discover what is great about a place... may thats the difference between tourists and travellers - a tourist expects a journey laid out before them, whereas a traveller creates their own journey... Deep.
From Blog: Nothing for tourists here....
Date: 27th March 2011
Sounds interesting from a touristic point of view :)
Are travellers and tourists mutual exclusive than? Aren't we all both? Anyway enjoyed the blog, and enjoy Sibu before the hordes discover it! Actually all your blogs are pretty good.
From Blog: Nothing for tourists here....
Sounds interesting from a touristic point of view :)
Are travellers and tourists mutual exclusive than? Aren't we all both? Anyway enjoyed the blog, and enjoy Sibu before the hordes discover it! Actually all your blogs are pretty good.
From Blog: Nothing for tourists here....
Date: 26th March 2011
Love reading your blogs, they are beautifully written and so poetic - and this entry is no exception.
From Blog: Nothing for tourists here....
Love reading your blogs, they are beautifully written and so poetic - and this entry is no exception.
From Blog: Nothing for tourists here....
Date: 23rd January 2011
now I am looking forward my trip
Hello Crashpacker, I came across your blog after getting annoyed at looking for cheap flights from London to Zanzibar (hoping to go in June to learn to dive). Whilst I found it funny I am so what sceard of travelling to Zanzibar alone. I have travelled to the America's and Asia alone but put off Africa as my parents told its not a place a girls should go alone. Although they also said that about me going to Vietnam! I best learn patience and how bribe if I am to survive. Can't wait to get there. Good luck with your travel,
From Blog: Zanzibar to Killi
now I am looking forward my trip
Hello Crashpacker, I came across your blog after getting annoyed at looking for cheap flights from London to Zanzibar (hoping to go in June to learn to dive). Whilst I found it funny I am so what sceard of travelling to Zanzibar alone. I have travelled to the America's and Asia alone but put off Africa as my parents told its not a place a girls should go alone. Although they also said that about me going to Vietnam! I best learn patience and how bribe if I am to survive. Can't wait to get there. Good luck with your travel,
From Blog: Zanzibar to Killi
fantastic
That comment makes that image brilliant! love it
From Blog: Exit through gift shop...
Date: 2nd June 2010
Coconut relief
Haha, you should have stayed by those palm trees for your hangover relief. Coconut water is a great hangover remedy. Whenever I have a hangover I have a pack of Vita Coco and i feel much better.
From Blog: What am I doing here, Drinking in Dubai?
Coconut relief
Haha, you should have stayed by those palm trees for your hangover relief. Coconut water is a great hangover remedy. Whenever I have a hangover I have a pack of Vita Coco and i feel much better.
From Blog: What am I doing here, Drinking in Dubai?
Date: 8th March 2010
On the trail of the snake hunter?!
Well, i had it at one of the nice restaurants in the middle of town. They bring a circular grill to the table and you do it yourselves. Its a bit of a traditional asian way of eating in a group. can't say it was the best meat i've ever had - ask around to eat it somewhere else. its river snake from the Tongle Sap lake so more like an eel really, and it may need to be in season. See if the 3d movie 'On the Trail of the Snake Hunters' is still playing at the back of the night market. Its much better than Avatar!
From Blog: Off the tourist trail in Siam Reap
On the trail of the snake hunter?!
Well, i had it at one of the nice restaurants in the middle of town. They bring a circular grill to the table and you do it yourselves. Its a bit of a traditional asian way of eating in a group. can't say it was the best meat i've ever had - ask around to eat it somewhere else. its river snake from the Tongle Sap lake so more like an eel really, and it may need to be in season. See if the 3d movie 'On the Trail of the Snake Hunters' is still playing at the back of the night market. Its much better than Avatar!
From Blog: Off the tourist trail in Siam Reap
Date: 5th March 2010
where to eat the snake?
Hi there, Am off to Sien Reap and hoping to eat some weird and wonderful things. Can you tell me where you ate the snake exactly? Many thanks,
From Blog: Off the tourist trail in Siam Reap
where to eat the snake?
Hi there, Am off to Sien Reap and hoping to eat some weird and wonderful things. Can you tell me where you ate the snake exactly? Many thanks,
From Blog: Off the tourist trail in Siam Reap
Date: 7th February 2010
cool
thanks, penang was, indeed, incredible!
From Blog: Penang - the Jewel of the Orient?
cool
thanks, penang was, indeed, incredible!
From Blog: Penang - the Jewel of the Orient?
Date: 1st February 2010
Hotels in Phuket
Hmmm...nice post. Will keep those things in mind when traveling to Malaysia. -- Luxury Hotels Phuket
From Blog: Penang - the Jewel of the Orient?
Hotels in Phuket
Hmmm...nice post. Will keep those things in mind when traveling to Malaysia. -- Luxury Hotels Phuket
From Blog: Penang - the Jewel of the Orient?
Date: 1st February 2010
Travel to China
I have never been to Malaysia. But, I'll make sure to visit Georgetown once I visit the country. For the time-being I'm preparing my China Tour ...
From Blog: Penang - the Jewel of the Orient?
Travel to China
I have never been to Malaysia. But, I'll make sure to visit Georgetown once I visit the country. For the time-being I'm preparing my China Tour ...
From Blog: Penang - the Jewel of the Orient?
Date: 30th January 2010
Nice article
That picture took inside the airplane is very similar to the picture I took in my blog http://www.incrediblepenang.com . Please also comment on my blog! Thx
From Blog: Penang - the Jewel of the Orient?
Nice article
That picture took inside the airplane is very similar to the picture I took in my blog http://www.incrediblepenang.com . Please also comment on my blog! Thx
From Blog: Penang - the Jewel of the Orient?
Date: 31st December 2009
go!
but keep your head screwed on as you do and be aware of the effect you are having as you pass through the world. tourism is commerce, travel is exchange. Exchange ideas and respond to new things that come your way, don't stay in the rut. Spread your dollars and share your ideas. Find things that aren't in the book.
From Blog: Murder on the Phi Phi express
go!
but keep your head screwed on as you do and be aware of the effect you are having as you pass through the world. tourism is commerce, travel is exchange. Exchange ideas and respond to new things that come your way, don't stay in the rut. Spread your dollars and share your ideas. Find things that aren't in the book.
From Blog: Murder on the Phi Phi express
Date: 29th December 2009
WOW....and I'll be there soon?!?!
Hmmm, just wondering if it's really somewhere I want to go now on my 4 month backpacking trip throughout SE Asia, which starts after the new year?!?
From Blog: Murder on the Phi Phi express
WOW....and I'll be there soon?!?!
Hmmm, just wondering if it's really somewhere I want to go now on my 4 month backpacking trip throughout SE Asia, which starts after the new year?!?
From Blog: Murder on the Phi Phi express
Date: 28th December 2009
bit sad really,
and a bit rushed. The situation is still going on, I'll post up anything I hear thanks for the responses
From Blog: Murder on the Phi Phi express
bit sad really,
and a bit rushed. The situation is still going on, I'll post up anything I hear thanks for the responses
From Blog: Murder on the Phi Phi express
Date: 28th December 2009
same feelings
I'm with you 100% in this. When I started travelling in the 90s there were no low cost flights. There were simply two ways of moving around: either flying and paying the (right) price for the sort of (good) service you would get, or travel via bus or train, far cheaper options those days, and move overland. Either way it was a worhty experience. The introduction of lowcost flights simply barbarized the art of travelling. Though, I'm afraid, they are simply another expression of the sad times western world lives nowadays. And I'm afraid -again- that eliminating the idea of lowcost flights would not solve the problem. They are merely a symptom of something bigger. Marco
From Blog: A Wing and A Prayer
same feelings
I'm with you 100% in this. When I started travelling in the 90s there were no low cost flights. There were simply two ways of moving around: either flying and paying the (right) price for the sort of (good) service you would get, or travel via bus or train, far cheaper options those days, and move overland. Either way it was a worhty experience. The introduction of lowcost flights simply barbarized the art of travelling. Though, I'm afraid, they are simply another expression of the sad times western world lives nowadays. And I'm afraid -again- that eliminating the idea of lowcost flights would not solve the problem. They are merely a symptom of something bigger. Marco
From Blog: A Wing and A Prayer
Date: 28th December 2009
Contratulations on your high blog viewings Crashpacker and Happy Christmas! :) If you have time, come and tell us the secret of your success on http://www.travelblog.org/Topics/21363-1.html
From Blog: Murder on the Phi Phi express
Contratulations on your high blog viewings Crashpacker and Happy Christmas! :) If you have time, come and tell us the secret of your success on http://www.travelblog.org/Topics/21363-1.html
From Blog: Murder on the Phi Phi express
Date: 28th December 2009
Woah
Woah... this is a crazy story. Thanks for sharing!
From Blog: Murder on the Phi Phi express
Woah
Woah... this is a crazy story. Thanks for sharing!
From Blog: Murder on the Phi Phi express
Date: 28th December 2009
wonderful
best writing I have ever seen on here-- thanks!!
From Blog: Murder on the Phi Phi express
wonderful
best writing I have ever seen on here-- thanks!!
From Blog: Murder on the Phi Phi express
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The Crashpacker
cheers Ali,
I didn't know what to write first so I thought I wouldn't write about any of it! When I sat down I thought that it had been a boring year and I hadn't done anything....but sitting down to write some stuff made me realise all the places I had been and what had happened to me. Gathering it all up and turning it into some story is good for the brain and the self i.d., so thanks Ali for the website! Also made me realise that I should start collecting airmiles....
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