Enjoying a drink or two

The Long Trip Home and the (Not So) Silly Season

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January 4th 2009
As promised, one final blog to round things off. Apologies for being late...forgot to hit the "Publish" button! We decided to save it until we got through Christmas, as nothing much happened in Thailand. We arrived in Bangkok, caught a taxi (which slightly ripped us off) which didn't have any seatbelts, and arrived at our hotel. We stayed at the Millennium Hilton which fronts on to the Cha ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Australian Capital Territory » Canberra

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more