Destination: Australia

Railway

Wed, 18 May 2011 | By damonlk | Views [785]

The Kadem Train Museum opened in 2008 to house the rolling stock of the old Hejaz Railway. A narrow gauge line – the tracks are only a metre wide - it once snaked its way from Damascus to Medina, carrying pilgrims from across the Ottoman ... Read more >

Photos: Sun, sun and more sun, it must be Perth

Wed, 18 May 2011 | By flyted | Photo Gallery

On your mark, get set ....

Tue, 17 May 2011 | By mattso | Views [697] | Comments [3]

Well, here I go again. Its only 5 more days before I fly off to the land of the pharaohs!!  As far as possible I'll be sharing this adventure with all of you, depending on how often I get to an internet terminal, and I'm pretty sure that will be regularly ... Read more >

Photos: Preparations!

Mon, 16 May 2011 | By afrosentrix | Photo Gallery

Auckland

Mon, 16 May 2011 | By sjamieson005 | Views [392] | Comments [1]

Finally got here safely - although the flight was a bit stressful as you can imagine.  No airline food for me! After turning up and realising that we did not have a clue where we were staying- this is the second time for us, we managed to eventually ... Read more >

Some things I'm looking forward to

Sun, 15 May 2011 | By princess2802 | Views [1108] | Comments [2]

I’m going to be brutally honest here; I’ve got a nine-week school break coming up, and I really would love to spend it somewhere totally alien. It would be awesome. Spin the hypothetical travel bottle and plonk myself in a random country, scope it ... Read more >

Hangover III

Sun, 15 May 2011 | By sjamieson005 | Views [389]

How I got up this morning I don't know. Great night for Su's B'day! Great to catch up with everyone. Have some vague recollection that Man U won the league last night - shocking. fingers crossed that the shower is fixed! Steve & helen

Thailand to Cambodia

Sat, 14 May 2011 | By jobowman | Views [1221]

We arrived in the port town of Ban Phe @ around 1pm. Ban Phe is just out of Rayong. We had researched Ban Phe on the net and found a gorgeous beach with some acomodation- not so cheap. We found a taxi to take us there- WELL it was a run dowm maybe ... Read more >

Tags: sihanoukville sights

Travel

Sat, 14 May 2011 | By nooltn | Views [424] | Comments [2]

the trip down was pretty uneventful.  but i know i don't fit into planes very well.  did luck out with getting a whole bench to myself for the long part of the flight and was able to strech out and sleep.  getting settled going to do some looking around ... Read more >

The Move

Sat, 14 May 2011 | By sjamieson005 | Views [296]

To put it into perspective, we live in a 2 bedroom flat, don't really own too many assets, so why, when 3 of the biggest men alive came round to pack our stuff at 8am, did I finally hand back the keys at 9.30pm.  I suppose I could see it coming as G-... Read more >

Sailing

Sat, 14 May 2011 | By oconnorclare | Views [304]

I am sitting on the ship, at anchor off Cape Peron, Shark Bay, WA right now. I haven’t written here in an age so as usual I have loads to write and it will be in a nice higgildy-piggildy fashion! We are in Shark Bay for 5 weeks and then I will be flying ... Read more >

Photos: Australia

Fri, 13 May 2011 | By kittben | Photo Gallery

Australia: Cairns to Melbourne

Fri, 13 May 2011 | By kittben | Views [980]

Australia The four of us wasted no time arriving in Oz.   We went straight to the Cairns Wicked Van rental shop and got ourselves a camper van! A Chuck Norris camper at that!! It was great to be back in western civilization again. Our plan ... Read more >

Photos: Day 21

Fri, 13 May 2011 | By hvc | Photo Gallery

Day 21

Fri, 13 May 2011 | By hvc | Views [439]

Awoke this morning after an interesting nights sleep. We camped at Cunamulla which has the hardest ground ever. We all had trouble knocking the tent pegs in. We are convinced there was concrete under the grass. Also the night had us listening to a goat ... Read more >