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INDONESIA | Sat, 1 Aug 2009 | By simon_monk | Views [215] | Comments [1] | Video
In our younger days one of the great joys of travel was to just wander, to have no real plan except to get lost and see what eventuated. Sometimes it really didn't work and we'd end up in some tricky situations, more often than not it was a pleasing ... Read more >
Tags: bali, volcano, island, beauty
SINGAPORE | Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [282] | Comments [3]
It was long before dawn when the nicest coach in the world crossed the bridge over to the island state of Singapore.When we saw the customs complex it was immediately clear that this would be a lot more organised than anywhere else in SE asia. It was ... Read more >
Tags: city, fast food, live music, camera, island, fast food, massage
MALAYSIA | Thu, 9 Jul 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [296] | Video
A supremely confident muslim woman in a headscarf ushered all the bleary eyed tourists off the bus in Kuala Besut at about 5 in the morning. She lead us towards the harbour and to an office where they sold boat tickets to the island. She was rushing ... Read more >
Tags: diving, snorkelling, island, beach, wildlife, hut
THAILAND | Thu, 25 Jun 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [152]
The crossing over to Koh Pha Ngan was ludicrously rough. People were puking their guts up into the sea at the stern of the catamaran while it see-sawed in and out of the waves. It was too rough to sail but the boat was full to bursting and there was ... Read more >
Tags: island, beach, hut
THAILAND | Sun, 21 Jun 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [186]
Once I had finished the course I wanted more. The sensation of being underwater is incredibly addictive. Terry suggested that a good way to feed the habit would be to do the next course, Advanced open water. You get to do 5 dives, each with a different ... Read more >
Tags: diving, island, beach, quad bike, party, fire
THAILAND | Wed, 17 Jun 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [135] | Comments [1]
The bus though was a pleasuredome of luxury compared to the insomniac 'sleeping bus' we had been used to in Vietnam. We were originally thinking of taking a train to Chumpon and then a night ferry over but Lompraya were offering a bus and a high speed ... Read more >
Tags: diving, boat, trapeze, island
PUERTO RICO | Wed, 17 Jun 2009 | By soliswhe | Views [67]
I just want to share my times in when I went to Puerto Rico for a student conference between May 18 to 21. Beautiful and amazing. Here are some pics of my trip
Tags: beaches, flight, ocean, island
VIETNAM | Sun, 7 Jun 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [179]
Day two of the Halong bay tour started surprisingly similarly to day one. Claire was in the shower when the phone rang. The voice said ”Finish! Leave hotel now!” I looked at my watch: 7.10 and we had been told to meet at 7.30. Ignoring what had been ... Read more >
Tags: tour, island, trekking, island, beach, boat, canoe
VIETNAM | Sat, 6 Jun 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [146]
It was an inauspicious start to the trip. We had slept through the alarm and were awoken by a heavy thumping on the paper thin bedroom door. The thoughtful receptionist had given us a 20 minute headstart before the promised air conditioned minivan ... Read more >
Tags: tour, island, boat, mate, cave, passport, karaoke
VIETNAM | Thu, 28 May 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [439] | Video
We
had decided to do an island tour from Nha Trang - the punters on the boat were an
eclectic mix of English gap year types, Filipino engineers working on
the soon to open Nha Trang Marriot and a few locals ... Read more >
Tags: beach, boat, bar, island
LAOS | Tue, 12 May 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [186] | Comments [2]
The Champasak Palace Hotel in Pakse was built by Prince Boun Oumna Champasak with, supposedly, a room for each of his concubines. Also known as the thousand room pavillion, it's built in Laotian style, looks a bit like a wedding cake, has 1 King ... Read more >
Tags: holiday, hotel, island, river, hammock, wildlife
GREECE | Sat, 4 Apr 2009 | By jjassen | Views [166] | Comments [1]
Actually, one good friend, two new Greek sandals, one Kiwi girl, two greek islands, one rented car, and three* sets of sunburns later... all this girl can say is, Kalispehrah! ("Good evening!") *Technically, our kiwi friend Lisa does not ... Read more >
Tags: athens, crete, greece, paros, cyclades, island
PERU | Sat, 27 Sep 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [412]
Another thing I had forgoten about Latinoameica was the buses. They´re more like planes. We left our hostel in Lima to get a bus to Pisco - thankfully only 6 blocks which gave us the opportunity to try out packs out walking a little in the heat. The ... Read more >
Tags: peru, wildlife, culture, earthquake, boat, island, desert
HONDURAS | Thu, 17 Apr 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [437]
Whale sharks...that's the only reason for me being here. A chance to dive or snorkel with the elusive beauties. It's probably people like me that have scared them off - this is one of the so-called whale shark seasons, and they haven't been spotted ... Read more >
Tags: diving, island
NICARAGUA | Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [616]
I think I've been travelling too long. Last night i watched the film Nottinghill and from my laughter you would think it the funniest film ever made. Earlier in the day my dive group was circled by more reef sharks of about 3m length than i could count ... Read more >
Tags: diving, island
NICARAGUA | Tue, 4 Mar 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [598]
A small island made up of two volcanoes in the middle of a big, freshwater lake that contains bull sharks - it sounds a bit surreal right? I couldn't miss the opportunity to see this place, my mistake was heading for the beach area called Santo Domingo.... Read more >
Tags: island, volcano, trekking
USA | Tue, 26 Feb 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [412]
How do you spend your last few days in a place that has become like a second home? You are aware that soon you´ll be in dorms again, sharing your personal space with strangers, that you´ll become a master toilet inspector and a connoisseur of bad smells.... Read more >
Tags: conclusions?, island
USA | Sat, 23 Feb 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [373]
My time in Hawaii is coming to an end - I've already extended my onward flights twice. I really didn't want to leave, and Darren and his girlfriend Kalei have been extremely generous and obliging hosts, considering my disruption to their lives. Darren ... Read more >
Tags: volcano, island
CHILE | Wed, 20 Feb 2008 | By katrinamckeever | Views [264]
Mission penguin saw us taking a short ferry trip over to the Island of Chiloe, a lovely little place full of smugglers coves, sandy beaches and lots of folklore. We arrived in a rain storm, andmanaged to pitch the tent in a nice wee place with tidy ... Read more >
Tags: the great outdoors, chile, chiloe, south america, penguins, castro, hostel, camping, island, ferry
USA | Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [381]
Maui is a small island with a big volcano. Haleakala may only be 10,023 feet (3055m) high, but it would be a lot taller than Mt Everest if measured from the ocean floor. The road up also allows the biggest change in elevation in the shortest distance ... Read more >
Tags: island, volcano, diving
USA | Mon, 11 Feb 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [424] | Comments [1]
It's been dark an hour, I'm clambering over volcanic rocks in the middle of seemingly nowhere. A little LED torch with the power of a baby glow worm is lighting my way, the noise of the ocean is to my right, the glow of flowing lava is up ahead - i ... Read more >
Tags: island, diving, volcano
USA | Fri, 8 Feb 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [398]
Da-da da-da daaaa-da, da-da da-da daaaa Hawaii five-o? - no? I never originally thought I'd reach here on this trip, i wasn't even sure I'd make it here after catching my flight from New Zealand to Sydney (bizarrely it was cheaper to go this route).... Read more >
Tags: island, volcano
NEW ZEALAND | Fri, 1 Feb 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [526] | Comments [1]
Perhaps more than any other country, New Zealand was the one i wanted to visit. Yet for all its beauty and dramatic landscapes I've been ready to leave here for a couple of weeks. NZ caters for the backpackers incredibly well - travel, bookings and ... Read more >
Tags: conclusions?, island
NEW ZEALAND | Sun, 27 Jan 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [319]
They are quite a mouth full for such little places. Seaside villages, just up the coast from Wellington. I'd hoped to go to Kapita island, a 'nature reserve' full of some nice birds - I'm sad i know. It was not to be though, if it wasn't busy i could ... Read more >
Tags: island
NEW ZEALAND | Sat, 19 Jan 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [858] | Comments [1]
I know my sense of direction isn't that good, so I'm not surprised i couldn't find the steepest street or my way to the Otago peninsula. I remember I'm in the southern hemisphere, rotate my head around and it all eventually works out... the peninsula ... Read more >
Tags: wildlife, island
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