Greetings from the great continent of South America and the not so great country of Bolivia!!! We have had quite an adventure since I talked to you all last. I believe my last entry was typed in Corumba, so I will start from there.
We crossed the Brazil-Bolivian border via bus, and arrived in a town Read More »
Greymouth – Christchurch via Arthur’s Pass
We bought a 7 day rail pass so we could journey back to Auckland via some world famous train lines. We first caught a train to Greymouth where we had lunch before backing our tracks back to Arthur’s Pass National Park. It was meant to be one of the most Read More »
So we left Bangkok on Thursday and we couldn’t get out of there fast enough. One night was definetely enough with being bombarded by tuk tuk drivers who didn’t speak any english and just wanted to take you places that you didn’t want to go. Our favourite word there was no thank you but even Read More »
Time for sleep… I’ll catch you up on Hyderabad and Aurangabad next time.
Ok… Hyderabad.
I met some really nice people on my 24 hour journey to Hyderabad. I went in 3-tier sleeper, which means there are 3 cushioned bunks on each side of the section and then there are 2 on the end… i was on Read More »
Okay, so I know I have been to some pretty amazing places already so it might be hard to impress me, but I thought at least Brussels would have something to see. I was wrong. Val and I arrived by train, and called our hotel for their free shuttle service. While I had seen this Read More »
Kurseong, once again is a slightly offbeat place, which is enroute to Darjeeling, and most tourists stop by for a cup of tea before proceeding to Darjeeling. It is also a place that houses some of the most famous Christian Missionary schools of Eastern India. Being on the lookout for some unconventional place to stay Read More »
Sunday 24th September
6am and Idre presented us with our Beijing tickets, but the only places he could get meant that we are not in the same carriage. In fact we were 7 carriages apart!! A bit awkward when we are sharing snacks, drinks and utensils. Idre was great tho’, saying he’d take us to the Read More »
Thursday, August 31, 2006
We arrived Thursday morning about 8 AM after an 8 hour flight from Dallas. That would be midnight Wednesday on California time. The flight was mostly smooth and went by quite quickly. Even though we were jet lagged, we pushed on and found a train from Gatwick airport to Victoria Station in Read More »
We all decided it was safest to get to the airport the afternoon
before
Tony’s 1:30pm flight, just in case there was some difficulty getting
the bikes to the station. We started the day on the Craigs and
headed our way to the bike shop that had disassembled and boxed our
bikes and the majority of Tony’s belongings. Read More »
Day 1: Today was nice, as we didn’t have to get up at 7am. We treated ourselves to an 8.30 breaky, which we hadn’t done since Edinburgh.
We departed on the Jacobite Steam Train, which apparently features in a Harry Potter movie, along side the Glenfinnan viaduct. I don’t do Harry Potter.
This place is so different Read More »
