Blog Entries tagged 'round_the_world'
Travel Blogs Entries tagged 'round_the_world'
- Heather & James travels - Thailand & VietnamHello one and all, Hope this email finds you well, and that you have enjoyed your Easter, and ANZAC Day (for all you Aussie's), and St George's Day for all you poms. It has been nearly five weeks since my last email Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Apr 28, 2006
- Another month, another post.Things are starting to get a bit manic now. It's our last few weeks in Sydney, so Heather and I have been phoning around cancelling services, writing inventories, etc. Shouldn't really be doing this as there is so much to Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Jan 4, 2006
- There was no sign of Hugo Weaving in a dress thoughAfter yesterday's driving marathon, we had another one today. Instead of driving on sealed roads however, today was spent driving about 250kms on dirt tracks through the middle of the desert. In preparation, we had filled up the petrol tank, Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 2, 2006
- Wrapping up a Town Like AliceQuiet one today. We had planned to go to the desert park, to see some animals we hadn't seen (e.g. Dingos) but at $19 each, forget it! Instead we went to the reptile park here (a more reasonable $7 each Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 2, 2006
- Back on the train...This is going to be a 2-day entry as we are spending most of it on the Ghan again, so I don't think much will be happening.Our morning was spent in Alice doing mundane stuff like packing and returning the Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 2, 2006
- Litchfield National Park (sorry no snappy title)We only have 2 full days in Darwin (some would say that is enough), so today was spent on a tour of the Litchfield National park. Whenever anyone thinks of Darwin, they mostly think of the Kakadu National Park, which Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 2, 2006
- Darwin Pt 2After a day of touring Litchfield park, we spent today touring Darwin itself. The day was due to start with a visit to Aquascene. This is a closed off bay where (for $7 each) we get to feed hundreds of Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 2, 2006
- Arrived in CairnsJust posted for all the days since my last (just over a week I think) so feel free to read them at your leisure. Feedback is always welcome :) Tomorrow we have a day of snorkelling and an introductory dive course, Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 2, 2006
- I'd like to be...Today started with the alarm going off at 6am (so in need of a lie in after a 4am start yesterday). After we were ready, we stumbled to the car for the 5 minute drive to the docks where the Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 12, 2006
- Quick update for today...Today was a quiet one as it was raining, and when I say raining it was absolutely chucking it down. I reckon you would be drier standing under a bathroom shower.With little to do, we found ourselves a pub that Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 14, 2006
- Port Douglas and surroundsNot made any updates since arriving in Port Douglas, so thought I would do a quick wrap up: We arrived at the Port O'Call lodge, which would be our home for the next 4 nights and realised we had made a Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 15, 2006
- Fond Farewell to SydneyAnother summary posting as we have spent the last week catching up with friends and family. The first four days were spent staying with our mate Jay in Brisbane. In a fit of enthusiasm, Heather had put together an itinerary of Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 18, 2006
- Day one in SingaporeOur first day in Singapore didn't start until after midday, as we spent the morning catching up on a lot of lost sleep. We started off by exploring Chinatown itself. It is best described as a cacophony of smells, noises and Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 19, 2006
- All those birds and no poop?Today (20th March) was spent at the Singapore bird park. This consisted of around 3,500 birds covering about 900 species. Although a lot of these were in open spaces (e.g. flamingos, which when I saw them, I got the inexplicable Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 20, 2006
- It's not that ridiculous...The trip from Singapore to Bangkok was our major activity for the day, and it proceeded nice and smoothly until we arrived at immigration and I handed over my passport. My photo has me at the height of a grade Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 23, 2006
- Temples. Shopping and Beer...Today was our first full day in Bangkok, so Heather had us going to all the temples in the city - as tourists tend to do. The question was how we were going to get there, there are many transportation Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 23, 2006
- James Franklin is unwell (again)Just wrapped up our last 2 nights in Bangkok. The first of these was spent visiting Patpong, which is the seedy end of town where there are numerous clubs designed to take the money of single Western males - as Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 30, 2006
- James Franklin is restingWe have been travelling none-stop pretty much since 2 February, with only a couple of days respite here and there. When planning this trip, we figured that after 2 months of backpacker accommodation, we would need something to make us Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 31, 2006
- Patong Beach, PhuketThe resort that we have been staying in is located on Karon Beach in Phuket. This is a quieter area than the most popular destination on Phuket (for backpackers) which is Patong Beach. We decided however, that we were going Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Apr 6, 2006
- I'm the king of the world!Ok, wrong movie quote but it still had Leonardo De Caprio in it... Today we went to Phi Phi island (pronounced pee pee) which was used for filming the movie "thee Beach". Phi Phi actually has two islands Phi Phi Don, Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Apr 7, 2006
- This cooking malarkey is easy...Today we had our Thai cooking classes. The course was held in Patong with a kick-off time of 3pm. As such, we were told to be at our hotel lobby for 2:30 for pickup. Ever the cautious pair, we arrived Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Apr 7, 2006
- No TV and no beer makes James go something, somethingThe alarm went off at 6am today, that was painful... The reason for the early start was that most of the day was going to be taken up with the drive to Kings Canyon. First stop of the day Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 2, 2006
- Oh my head hurtsWhat a way to wake up: we got to bed at 4am after consuming a rather hefty amount of alcohol only to be woken up at 10am by one of the resort staff belting on the door demanding to know Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 2, 2006
- Sounds of Silence and 3 goals going inToday started with the alarm clock going off at 6am. My normal behavior is to keep hitting the snooze button, but as we were sharing a place, we thought it was politic to get up.The plan was to get up Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Mar 2, 2006
- Littles B******s!This morning, we checked out of the YHA and headed for Uluru/Ayers Rock. Over the last couple of weeks, I had been checking weather reports for the red centre, and to be honest I was a little wary of the Posted by jefranklin in James & Heather Travelogues | Feb 25, 2006
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