we'd all been acusing eachother of backwashing during the whole trip, but it was a sad day when this small continent was spotted floating in out coke, half way through lunch one day. Timmy P was the culprit by the way
A quick week in Portugal August 24th 2005 Gutted it's all over for now, flew back to London with the dudes almost a week ago and got a job the next day so there wont be any interesting photos for the next wee while. Portugal was beautiful though, not enough time to really enjoy it but we still got the better part of a week camping our way around the cliffy southern coast and a bit of the east which was really amazing! it wasn't quite as h ... read more
Europe » Portugal Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more
I'm russ, I'm from New Zealand and have developed a love for travelling over the last couple of years. It was the best descision of my life for sure, breaking the routine and heading off to explore the globe, and I would highly recommend getting out there and having a close up look and anything that you've read about or heard about that intrests you, because if it looks cool on TV, I can garuntee you that it'll be even cooler when you are there amoungst it. And if you're stuggling for ideas about where to start, I'd highly recommend buying a oneway ticket to South America and the rest will ta... full info