Ed and Candice go Down Under
In and around World
Enjoy!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Ed and Candice
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Mumbai-Agra
India - our first hot blast of it off the plane in Mumbai is dripping with sweat and humidity. It smells and its about to rain. I love it! Mumbai,... Continue reading »
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Agra-Cochin
Don't have as much time to write this time as we are waiting for a bus to take us up to Munnar, in the Western Ghats, or mountains.
After th... Continue reading »
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Cochin-Arambol
We're now in Goa, the last leg of our trip, and the luck we've had with the monsoon (ie hardly any rain) has finally run out - the weather is remin... Continue reading »
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Sydney
And so to Sydney. Travelling take a bow, time to weigh anchor. After living out of a rucksack for four weeks (not that long, but enough) we welcome... Continue reading »
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Settling in
They say the four stages of grief are denial, anger, depression and acceptance. Well, the same could be said for unemployment. While Candice h... Continue reading »
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Visitors
We had our first visitors the weekend before last, so we found ourselves showing off a city we've called home for just six... Continue reading »
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Wheels
Ed bought his first car two weeks ago. He didn't think he'd be saying that aged 29. So far it's broken down (dead battery), been in an ac... Continue reading »
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A new state
Finally, we pack our bags and head to Sydney airport for our first sojourn out of New South Wales. After a shambolic departure - delayed flight, wr... Continue reading »
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Christmas
They may have just beaten the Aussies in the test series this week, but there's one thing South Africans don't get enough credit for - a... Continue reading »
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Bats, bowls and the Blueys
But before we saw in 2009, we actually squeezed in quite a lot of day-trips and activities that are definitely worth a mention.
For a st... Continue reading »
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Byron, baby!
And so, ten years after most of my mates had been, we were off to Byron Bay. And like my mates who had gone before me, the town was the reserve of... Continue reading »
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North Island
The prospect of driving a camper van around New Zealand was all too much for us. So much so that on our first night in Auckland with American&... Continue reading »
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South Island: Part Two
On the way to Queenstown we made a detour through quaint Arrowtown, an old gold mining town that has been "preserved" to showcase its former g... Continue reading »
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Family: Sydney to Hobart
They didn't waste any time. Barely five and half months had passed and Mum, Dad and Charlie were already coming to visit us in Sydney. We couldn't... Continue reading »
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Festive fun
We're very fortunate to have friends who live on Oxford street - the place where once a year, the gay communities from around the world flock to fl... Continue reading »
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Easter on the South Coast
Candice was desperately hoping to vote abroad in the South African elections but because she didn't have her green ID book was stumped at the... Continue reading »
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Jim's in town
Jim was heading back to England, so it would've been rude not to make one more trip to Sydney. And we all know it's a finer city than Melbourne.Continue reading »
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Mom's visit - Sydney and Palm Cove
Candice was beside herself when she picked up her mom, and friend Arlene, from the airport. After a tearful reunion she took them straig... Continue reading »
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Big Red Rock
And then the party was four. Ed met the ladies in Alice Spring's tiny little airport and we had our first experience of the Red Centre's famous fli... Continue reading »
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Southern Highlands
The big softy that he is, Ed took Candice away for their anniversary to a secret destination... the Southern Highlands, NSW. Candice had never even... Continue reading »
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Candice's birthday
Candice was still unemployed on her birthday so she went to yoga, then for a long walk on the coastal path from Clovelly to Bronte where she had lu... Continue reading »
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Skiing weekend
Candice must have felt very sorry for me hitting 30 because she put on the best birthday weekend I'd had in, well, 30 years. It all began at a ... Continue reading »
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Hongkers madness
On his way back to Blighty, Ed stopped off in Hong Kong to visit his old school mate Howard. He only had two days there and spent the majority of t... Continue reading »
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Dust storm!
These pictures show the dust storm that hit Sydney yesterday, the city's worst in 70 years. It came from western New South Wales - around Brok... Continue reading »
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