we want to see Mr swanky Pants! Hi B and V.. lots of fabuluos photos bot no Mr Swanky Pants - there'a a groundswell of opinion, a tidal wave of demand; bring on Mr Swanky Pants!
Looking forward to the Tent blog when it arrives - good to hear you're having a great time.
D.
PS are we still talking, or what?
Another winner Yay for crazy stories from the crazy travellers. Or maybe it's just you that's crazy Robbie, but keep em coming. Where are you heading in February? I'm currently in Amsterdam - just a quick trip for the holidays. Yay for leaving the students behind. Safe travels.
Julie from Brissie The Skillerns have no need to sightsee the North Island, as you and Vik will tell and show all!! Great to hear from you again. I do miss them - the Blogs and the 2 of you!!
a hard choice... Well, now that, away from underdevelopped places, I've got plenty of spare times to kill somehow, I decided to read the whole of your blog starting from the very first entry. I know, strange thing to do. You might even be considering to add a new, weirder blogger category "the masochist" but, in fact, I had thoroughfully enjoyed your entry on Bangkok a few months ago, it was -by far- the funniest thing I'd ever read on the web. You've got plenty of sense of humour.
As for the blogger categories, not sure yet which one I would place you on.
Marco
Storm Troopers Always suspected Dunkin' Donuts was a front for alien infiltration - or for creating a race of superior Bimbo clones to rival the Orc army........
Exact view of China You really told it as it is. I live and work since 3 years here in China and many parts of this culture still pisses me off (refer to F,H,I,Q,R, especially S,T,W,Y,Z did i mentioned S already?!).
Anyway, there are many nice things too...... I have some trouble to recollect them now, but i am sure there are.
About Z, as a foreigner your chance to get hit by a car on a Zebra crossing is dramaticly reduced due to the widely spreaded believe that a foreigners live is too much worth and the costs for treatment would ruin the live of the chinese driver, and this is why i like it to just walk into the traffic as if i dont care to force the drivers to slam their brakes as they never did before.
Another free advise is to complain loud and agressive if something is not ok, dont try to be friendly in the beginning because you will not succeed until you became really angry. Since i dont like to be angry, i will begin my complain already in a way that seems that i will explode if i got any denial. This works great!
Greetings from Chongqing (The Capital of "S")
You guys really are the new cumberlands sausages of travelblog... I'm still laughing.... I'll be laughing tomorrow... and the next day.... people will think I'm mad... maybe I am...
You are so hilarious! You made me double up in laughter and have inspired me to write more travel blog (sniffandsnore) ... it gets tiring after a while but reading your articles has switched on the light at the end of the tunnel again!
Nuts Robbie many people have unusual fetishes!!!!but your fascination with kangaroo nuts is really starting to worry me. Looks like the barby is working well, hopefully not costing as much as the car to keep running.
just hilarious Ian was in tears over your latest blog - i don't know how you do it. I think your true profession should be writing material for comics. However my real reason for commenting is to contact you - i have sent 2 emails and not received a reply. Please contact soon. Beanie
weakwith laughter... Robbie, you have reduced me to a helpless bundle of sniggers and guffaws...again.... delighted to see you managed to give us fine wildlife photos, gonads and all, and passd over the temptation to photgraph hordes of Crockatt cousins....or are these photos of crockatty cousins after all?... Hello there cousins, just kidding!
Thanks R, and love to the Vicar too.
Ozzieland tour Good one - especially like the burning Koala's........chicken with forest fires?........ must be the southern testosterone...cool tent too...
Thank you from Brisbane I also miss our 'wine time' ! It was our pleasure to have you stay, coussies. I am going to learn so much about Australia from your Blog! Looking forward to the next edition - it is my excuse to sit! Great photography as usual!!
Cooking A lovely update. I like it that you brought things to Aus to 'Cook' with. It tickled me. I wouldn't try same tactic in NZ. They had everyones rucksacs unpacked on our flight and millions of stuff got confiscated. They even tok our hiking boots off us and took them away to be hosed down. You know how much walking we did (aproximately hee haw). Made no sense to us - but then they are upside down all the time arent they. Keep on trucking, and dont lock your keys in any cars. Sxxx
Secret admirer? Secret admirers who want to know where you are have alternative names such as "stalker". You will be surprised to hear that Plockton IS on our agenda. When we get back to Caledonia we will be embarking on the OB Home Tour. Go where you like - we'll find you eventually.
Where r u ? Been a secret admirer for a long time now!! I really want to know where you are! A month since your last wisdom, thats too long. PS if you ever make it to plockton i wont be there. Loving you both. Ocassionally Dave!! xx
To a "T!" Boy, did you EVER hit the nail on the head with this one! Bankok, and Thai in general, tourism to a "T." I'm pretty sure I experienced every single line in "the book" at some point during my month in Thailand. I hated having to be so mean to get people out of my hair, but it definitely became easier with time. Within a couple weeks I was definitely likely to answer a) "Far away from youo, you scheming little turd."
Great writing. Thanks!
love reading your blog... Hi guys... love reading your blogs... have one question... How did you get on that ship and what was the cost... Don't forget to come to Canada... you'll have a place to stay here....
Michael
Years of staring at maps, debating routes, saving money and boring anyone in earshot with constantly changing plans finally culminated in our D-Day. 28th August 2006. The day that Vik and Bob went global.
Having made it to New Zealand without taking a single flight, we reached the conclusion that neither our finances nor our sea legs could stomach another container ship journey so we've cheated and taken a flight from New Zealand to Bangkok. From Bangkok we hope to stick with the overland theme and take a route home through Southern Asia: China, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey...
U... full info
Ian
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we want to see Mr swanky Pants!
Hi B and V.. lots of fabuluos photos bot no Mr Swanky Pants - there'a a groundswell of opinion, a tidal wave of demand; bring on Mr Swanky Pants! Looking forward to the Tent blog when it arrives - good to hear you're having a great time. D. PS are we still talking, or what?