NickTravelling

Why did I come to Egypt? Well I wanted to see the pyramids and the Nile. That's pretty much what everyone wants to see ... but I can tell you there's so much more to this place. And for someone like me who lives in a fairly well-off western country it's way too much of a culture shock. I am glad I came and saw what I wanted to, but I can tell you I never want to come back here (and I've never really said that about anywhere else). The most important point to make is about the people. They are very nice and friendly and will help you whenever you ask. There are always the ones trying to sell you things as you walk by but that is harmless ... you never get ... read more

I have finished my bike ride through Andalucia and I'm so happy I decided to do it. I haven't done a lot of riding over the last few montths (well, ever actually), so finishing the route was a big thing for me. The gist of it is this ... seven days of cycling, 420km including some decent (for me) hills, nice sites along the way, and not having to use the support van once! The company I went with is called Cycling Country, and I can't speak highly enough of them. They've been doing this route for nearly six years and they knew exactly what and when to do something on the road. My tour was called Moorish Andalucia and it covered an area from Seville, up to Cordoba and over to Granada. We did ... read more

Well it sure is humid in Singapore. People think that because you're from Townsville you can handle this type of weather, but they're wrong. I went out at seven o'clock in the morning and after ten minutes my head dripped with sweat ... oh well, this is almost on the equator. Finding my hotel was fun. The subway is really easy to use and took about 40 minutes to get into the city. The hotel is at Clarke Quay, which has lot of resturaunts and nightlife, but no one seemed to be able to give me directions. Plenty of those guys on bicycles with passenger carts who wanted my money, an English tourist who had only been here for one day, and a waitress who ended up pointing me in the complete opposite direction. Not much ... read more

In November 2009, Dad and I went to Barcaldine for a couple of days. He had organised a 50-year school reunion for those that had finished Grade 10 in 1959. ... read more

You'd think after getting so many trains on my trip I'd be fairly good at it by now. I caught the train from Interlaken to Spiez okay, which took about 20 minutes. The next train was from Spiez to Milan, which I also caught okay. The only problem was that I got on at the wrong end of the train. When you reserve a ticket, the carriage number is printed on the ticket. At the station, there are signs that indicate where on the platform your carriage will be. Somehow I didn't manage to follow those signs and boarded carriage eight ... a long way from my allocated carriage two. Distance-wise it's not that far, but when you are lugging a backpack around and trying to navigate a narrow aisle with people's legs hanging out, it ... read more