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TURKEY | Sun, 18 Oct 2009 | By tonielle_krisanski | Views [60] | Comments [1]
I’ve always been fascinated and horrified by the story of the ANZACS of Gallipoli, and today I had the chance to relive the story on a tour of the battlefields in Gallipoli, Turkey.
Our tour guide Bülent is one of the best, (the Australian Government ... Read more >
Tags: gallipoli, anzacs, history, world war one, turkey, ecebat, war memorials
INDIA | Mon, 24 Aug 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [100]
The night bus to Shimla was “semi-deluxe”, which should be read as completely ordinary. It was however uneventful and I managed to snatch a few minutes sleep in between potholes and hairpin bends. It arrived literally at the crack of dawn – just past ... Read more >
Tags: mountains, trekking, temple, history
INDIA | Fri, 31 Jul 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [205]
Udaipur is a picturesque city set on a lake where a large part of Octopussy, the James Bond movie, was filmed. I had booked rooms in the Udai Niwas hotel right beside the main temple, in the middle of the old town. Even from the rickshaw ride into town ... Read more >
Tags: sun, religion, history, lake, lesson, music
VIETNAM | Thu, 11 Jun 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [130]
Following the tour crowd off the bus from Halong Bay lead us to the Blue Star Hotel on Bat Dan Street. They tried to give us a really pokey windowless room for $12 but on declining a much better room with Air Con and wifi became available for the ... Read more >
Tags: heatwave, fan, power cut, movie, moped tour, mausoleum, barber, guard, history
VIETNAM | Wed, 3 Jun 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [160]
It
was only a four hour journey to Hue from Hoi An but we still had the
bizarre “sleeping bus” to semi-horizontally not sleep in for
the journey. We allowed ourselves to be taken to the suggested
guesthouse ... Read more >
Tags: hangover, citadel, history, culture
VIETNAM | Fri, 22 May 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [344] | Video
Crowds of overpriced baguette-wielding hawkers thronged around the bus as the rucksacks were crammed into its belly. They had a captive market and knew it – expensive la vache qui rit baguettes for breakfast it was then. The return trip to Phnom ... Read more >
Tags: moped, history, tunnel, religion, temple, crash, home
CAMBODIA | Thu, 14 May 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [136]
The storm had blown itself out by dawn and we left Don Det, as we had arrived, on a long tail. The holidays were over and the aftermath of the rains were very much in evidence in Nakasang on the mainland. The dusty street had turned into a mudbath ... Read more >
Tags: border, history, museum, storm
LAOS | Tue, 28 Apr 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [440] | Comments [1]
The 7.30 “AC” bus from Louang Prabang to Phonsavan left at exactly 8.30 and had quite a big hole in the floor under our seats. It was a comfy enough but windy journey punctuated by the obligatory noodle soup shop in a non-descript market town. Of the ... Read more >
Tags: guest house, war, uxo, tour, history
SPAIN | Tue, 27 May 2008 | By sstolper | Views [378] | Comments [1]
I think my parents eat faster than me, but at the dinner table it never seems to be an issue. Here, though, I am consistently the only person left at the dinner table for 25 minutes on average. More on the food front: I am referred to as 'El Rey de la ... Read more >
Tags: farming, culture, history, work, food
NEW ZEALAND | Tue, 6 May 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [503] | Comments [3]
Today I collected my transport and home for the next two months. After a leisurely start at the hotel and another mahuusive breakfast we were collected by taxi and taken to the depot. The company I hired with are called 'Jucy' which I still find amusing.... Read more >
Tags: driving, walking, swimming, hitchhikers, history, the great outdoors, shopping
AUSTRALIA | Fri, 25 Apr 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [662] | Comments [1]
My tour from Adelaide to Alice springs turned out to be a fantastic week. As I said previously, I couldn't get on a tour before Friday the 18th, which was disappointing as I was bored with Adelaide, but it turned out to be so lucky as the group of people ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, animals, history, mountains, sightseeing, walking, the great outdoors
AUSTRALIA | Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [10833]
Tuesday morning Nick, Katie and I went and walked the city and used the free tourist shuttle bus to get around some parts of the city. The feel of this place is really nice, similar to Sydney with old and new buildings mixed together nicely and a very ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing, animals, history, walking
PERU | Thu, 13 Mar 2008 | By abelaine | Views [319]
The Inca´s lived here in Peru. They had built many cities including Cuzco, Machupicchu, Pisaq, Urabamba. Ollyantambo(something like that will fix that spelling later). These were the major cities. Cuzco was the centre of all the cities and the major ... Read more >
Tags: history
THAILAND | Tue, 26 Feb 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [1069] | Comments [3]
This afternoon I went for a walk around Chiang Mai old town, which is inside the moat and what is left of the old perimiter wall that marked the edge of the town many years ago. The Pae Gate is the center to the main back packers and pubs area now, ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing, walking, history
VIETNAM | Sun, 24 Feb 2008 | By justine | Views [727]
From Hanoi, I boarded the Reunification Express, the train that runs between Hanoi in the North and Saigon in the South. I was only going as far as Hue – a 13 hour overnight journey. Over these months I have discovered that no matter how comfortable ... Read more >
Tags: history, vietnam war, dmz, hue, khe sanh, vinh moc
THAILAND | Fri, 15 Feb 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [825] | Comments [5]
So in the afternoon, we drove up to see Hellfire pass, which is one of the deepest rock cuttings that the POW's had to make to complete the Thailand-Burma rail line in 1942-5 . Having seen the museum already, this really nailed home the mammoth task ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing, walking, history
THAILAND | Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [449] | Comments [2]
Today I visited the Kanchanaburi Death Railway museum and cemetery , which are within easy walking distance of my guest house (where I had the best museli, fruit & yoghurt yet for breakfast!). [ View from my room on the river ] The museum tells ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing, walking, history
CAMBODIA | Sat, 9 Feb 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [644] | Comments [3]
On Saturday we went to see the war museum in Phnom Pehn , and the killing fields just outside. I didn't really know what to expect from this, having not used a book on Cambodia or looking into it at all before my trip, and also as this recent history ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing, walking, history
CAMBODIA | Thu, 7 Feb 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [1422] | Comments [5]
Tuesday morning the four of us ( David and Bex , a couple out of Vancouver, Canada & Joanie , a lone traveler also from Canada) got a tuktuk driver for the day and set off to tour the temples. (There are clickable links in the text to my pictures, ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing, walking, history
GREECE | Sun, 14 Oct 2007 | By simon_monk | Views [604] | Comments [1]
All the ancient ruins are spectactular if for nothing else than their age: when you are looking at beautiful jewelry and art, often with very human humour, that is 1900 BC it is breathtaking.
Over the years we have visited many of the anciant ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, philosophy, perspective, history, culture, ancient, ruins
CUBA | Tue, 12 Dec 2006 | By safetyhub | Views [1668]
The health of Cuban president Fidel Castro appears to be showing no sign of improvement and, as a result, his 47-year grip on power seems destined to end shortly. On 2 December 2006, Castro’s ill-health prevented him attending a huge military parade ... Read more >
Tags: history, cuba, castro, red24, safetyhub, travel safety
AUSTRALIA | Sat, 2 Sep 2006 | By simon_monk | Views [576] | Comments [1]
Now here is something you don't see everyday: this was a Russian photographer working in about 1900 long before the advent of colour photography. He took a series of photo's using only custom built monochrome camera but then produced an approximation ... Read more >
Tags: photography, history, invisible, museum, russia
FRANCE | Mon, 26 Jun 2006 | By simon_monk | Views [1595] | Comments [4]
I'm so over Paris. Seriously. Sunday, it's pissing down, and everywhere is shut. So much so that it was even impossible to buy a bloody umbrella. Have they heard of initiative in France?
Is it that I am still trying to kick this flu? Is it that ... Read more >
Tags: philosophy of travel, dead, death, change, culture, history, mood, reflection, age
BOLIVIA | Sat, 16 Jan 1999 | By simon_monk | Views [934]
The thin atmosphere and strong shadows sharpen the pink, blue, red, orange and green that paint Cerro Rico as it towers over Potosi. Silver, zinc, lead and tin, plus 21,000 men still toiling to extract it.
Crates of dynamite mix with sacks of cocoa ... Read more >
Tags: philosophy of travel, freedom, colonialism, poverty, history
