World tour '06/'07
In and around World
New Zealand
Austrailia
SE Asia
China
Japan
Mongoloia
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Travelin Shells
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London to Auckland/ 2 days Auckland
Well not overly impressed to be honest! Probably not in the mood for a city after 2 days of flying and with some nasty jetlag to boot! Ther's reall... Continue reading »
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Galloping thru waves on deserted beach!
Hi Folks,
Am finally managing to update you on my adventures! We could be some time...I'll try not to get carried away!
So before I wen... Continue reading »
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Paihia, Bay of Islands, NZ. Dolphins, sand boards and big trees.
Hello again....gona see how far I get with this entry before I fall asleep! Will probs have to come back to it another time to complete.
So..... Continue reading »
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Cape Reinga Tour
Hi Peeps,
So the day after swimming with dolphins, not being one to sit on my laurels I was off again on a tour to the northern most point in... Continue reading »
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Bay of Islands/Auckland/Rotorua
Right...lets bring things up to date a bit.
The family from Yorkshire very kindly offered me a lift back to Auckland so I could get the bus d... Continue reading »
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Wiatomo Caves. Abseiling and Black Water Rafting.
My god...we're nearly up to date and my time runs out in 4mins!
Arrived here early feeling none too good and went for a walk into town to get... Continue reading »
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Lake Taupo...feel the fear and do it cos you like it!
Hiiiieeeeeee!!!!!
Am writing this from Wellington cos there simply was way too much to do in Taupo to sit on tinternet!
This place was... Continue reading »
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Huka Falls/ Rock'n'Ropes....more fear!
Hi again....still in Wellington catching up on the last week of adventures.
The next day we decided to give the adrenalin a rest and go for a... Continue reading »
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Gandalf Goes Skiing in Mordor and hikes 10 miles!
Wed 20th Sept.
Some of you may not know I'm often called Gandalf by my friends on account of the height and I like to think wisdom, bu... Continue reading »
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Windy Wellington...this is where everyone's hiding inNZ!
Hiiiiiieeeeeeee!!!!
OK, a lot of work to do here so I'm going to speed things up a bit and stop including so much irrelevant info. Not possib... Continue reading »
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South Island, Christchurch to see Jo.
Hello again folks. Oooopps times up...just off jet boating! More later!
Right, lets get movin.....
Had to get up at about 6am!!! shock... Continue reading »
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Big Fat Mountains!!!!! and Franz Josef Glacier!
Helloooooo!
Whoa....BIG FAT MOUNTAINS! I love em...can't get enough and there really are plenty to choose from around here. Got the Tran... Continue reading »
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Birthday Pleasantness in the Southern Alps
I'm still in Queenstown...wooohooo we're almost up to date. Sort of...have been here for a week!
After declining an offer of a free hottub wi... Continue reading »
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Feeling a little ill and throwing self off mountain.
Am writing this from OZ!!!! Wooooohooooooo!!!Tis fantastic here....love it, love it, love it!
Best play catch up before I forget the amusing... Continue reading »
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River Surfing and stunning Milford Sound.
Right...we're going to have to relax the amount of detail here as things have certainly moved on a bit.
Mon 2nd Oct.
Another sun... Continue reading »
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Rubbish bus ride to Christchurch and over to OZ!
Hello there people back in real life!!
Yep that bus journey was truley rubbish. I kinda got excited about being able to sleep at one point wh... Continue reading »
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Syders..gingerbread, super clubs and fantastic hosts!
Hellllllooooooo!
Am writing this from Byron Bay where I'm not out to play as am on antibiotics with tonsils the size of golfballs. It was onl... Continue reading »
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Kiwi Culture
Just wanted to remember some things about New Zealand for myself, so don't read this if you're not interested in the people kinda stuff. Or you don... Continue reading »
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Sydney: Sight Seeing Extraveganza!
OOOoooooo, was not feeling supersonic on this fine Sunday morn. An early morning swim cured that and hey, when there's kids around you can't help b... Continue reading »
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Bondi, Blue Mountains and blimin long bus journeys.
Back in the chair again folks. You'll be glad to know I'm feeling a bit better although not braving any kind of night life for fear of waking the a... Continue reading »
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Byron Bay: Eye Candy ahoy, tonsils and bad news.
Hellooooooooooooooooooo there people from home!
Right, can we establish something here....you are now all going to take extremel... Continue reading »
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Still Byron...has lost it's luster!
Hello Northern Hemisphere!!
Still in Byron...not so much with the fun now. Did a bit of shopping and have decided this place is just a touris... Continue reading »
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Hervey Bay: Humbacks and Europeans.
Still here...this is taking ages cos the guy I'm sitting next to keeps interrupting my train of thought and the heavy metal music is... Continue reading »
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Fraser Isand....sports bra required!
Hello there!
Right...up at silly o'clock and I was not ready for this. As you can imagine the packing was somewhat haphazard the night before... Continue reading »
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Myella- Cowgirl training! Yeeehaaaa!
Hello home people,
Saw my first xmas tree today...whoa...far too hot for all that. Is utterly strange.
Had a lie in of sorts that day,... Continue reading »
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Roos, Gollars, Horses, Cows....Myella still!
Hieeeee, should be some more pics on the other entries if you're interested. From Wellington to Queenstown...some interesting outfits...
We'r... Continue reading »
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Rocky and Mackay...with the crazy people!
Hello there folks.
This is where the activities stop I'm afraid. The funds are getting low and I really can't go on forever, but this is the... Continue reading »
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Mackay..actual relaxation.
Hi there people back home. God this is a mammoth session at the compu! Want to get it all in before I go to Bali tomoz...if the blog halts for a li... Continue reading »
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Bali Bonanza.
Hello hello hello!
Horrrrraaaaaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhh!!!! I'm in Bali and it's fabulous! I know we're missing a chunk of time but I really can'... Continue reading »
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Kuta to Gilly T...arduous journey!
Hello from very far away!
Sorry about the lack of blogging, but as I said I've been on holiday and what a hols it's been! There was internet... Continue reading »
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A brush with an Idiot and a new Friend
Hello, hello, hello!
Lets get to it!
What I didn't mention in the last entry was that I had been close to tears the evening before due... Continue reading »
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Gilly life...getting into the swing!
And now I'm getting the hang of life on Gilly Trawangen!...Palan, palan in Bhasa (local language) means slowly, slowly....and that's the only thing... Continue reading »
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Rollacoaster of travels/ horses in boats!
Hi all my lovelies!!!
Am writing from a new land...Penang in Malaysia, hence we have much work to do!
Right, that morning we got up at... Continue reading »
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Lost Tuesday and recovery thereof.
Ok...so as you can imagine we were feeling a bit wrong the next morning despite the amount of water I drank last night. Mainly it was tiredness due... Continue reading »
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Ubud...greenery and temples.
Hello marvelous people!
I steeled myself for the journey back to Bali on this fine morning. With the knowledge that I had all my new friends... Continue reading »
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Monkeys, intensity and art.
Hello armchair travelers!
Am writing this from beloved Thailand and so am clearly well behind with the part-time job (blog)!
Right. One... Continue reading »
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Lovina: Diving into all sorts!
I'd just like you all to know I spent 2hrs the other night putting loads of photos on here and the bloody computer turned itself off for no reason.... Continue reading »
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Rainy Day Games and "Tetking"!
Have just put a load of pics on the other entries as this connection is faster than coming home and showing you all the photos individually, with c... Continue reading »
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Kuta Revelations
We're up early much to equal irritation as have some transport booked back to Kuta...Jon is flying out to Singapore the following day and I sa... Continue reading »
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Penang: Strangeness.
Hieeeeee.....my lovely folk! A new country....horrrrraaaaggghhhh!!!!!
So up I get early because when walls don't meet the ceiling it tends to... Continue reading »
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Miniature Continents.
Hello my marvelous and greatly missed peeps at home!
Now...I'm writing this from Laos no less...that means we are about as far behind as... Continue reading »
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Cameron Highlands: Get yer socks on!
Heeeeeeeeeeellllllo!
Right...I'm gona get turfed outa here any second now so this will be short!
Lugged...and I'm quite proud of myself... Continue reading »
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Taman Negara Rainforst: box ticked!
Hello beloved home peeps and those farther afield...
So....me and young Tom who I've told you nothing about.....27 from can't remember where... Continue reading »
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Jungle train..oh.. intrepid lady!
Ockydocky folks...nearly a new country!!!
So...got another marvelous and very small boat ride out of the jungle. This took about 2hrs and on... Continue reading »
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Climbing the Walls in Ton Sai.
Oh how I love that place!! I had THE best time in Ton Sai! And to tell you the truth it's all kinda mixed up in the head so I'll just have to wing... Continue reading »
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Hotel California to the Jungle large!
Oh.....my....goddddddd........the following day I was not feeling too well I'd say!!
I crawled out of my pit, bags packed in a daze, paid the... Continue reading »
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Kao Sok: jungle stylie!
Right folks.....hello. It seems I'll be doing a large amount of blogging over the next few days as I've managed to stack it once again! Hard to bel... Continue reading »
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Koh Tao and the Reprobates.
Hello there all, anyone still in attendance here? Well shall carry on anyhoooos as it shall amuse me to read this stuff when I'm old and bent.
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Bangkok Battered
I'd just like to say the lack of photos is due to a cracked cd....one which I took to a recovery place as was scratched and came out worse than it... Continue reading »
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Ayutthaya..nice bit o rubble!
I'm writing this from the frozen north of Vietnam where I'm trussed up in 4 layers and have popsicles for fingers!
Right, so I'm fairing a bi... Continue reading »
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Chiang Mai charge around.
With the other two still sick from some mysterious bug (vomiting and general lack of energy) Alex and I decided to get some sights under our belts... Continue reading »
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Being a Gibbon...!
I had gone to bed early and with the aid of some sleeping tablets and was feeling a hell of a lot better. I was also beside myself with anticipatio... Continue reading »
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Slow boat to Luang Prabang
Had breakfast on top of the giant cake over looking the river and Thailand on the other side. Even from here you could see the difference in the tw... Continue reading »
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Vang Vieng: back on the track.
After staying in Luang for nearly 5 days I was really hankering to move on. Normally I'd not stay that long in a town and had lofty plans for what... Continue reading »
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Vientiane: under construction.
It's only a pleasant 5 hr bus ride to the capital of Laos, Vientiane. We've come here for several reasons..among them getting visas for Cambodia an... Continue reading »
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Tad Lo: under Laos skin.
We left a big dewy eyed Charlie and Guy in Vientiane and took my first ever night bus all the way down country to the lesser visited south. It was... Continue reading »
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Through the Keyhole.
So we packed our stuff and had a last breaky at Tim's. I really didn't want to leave this place. I sat watching the dust motes float in the streaks... Continue reading »
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4000 ways to chill out.
We'd found a rickety hut of the beach variety next to the river for a measly pound twenty five each. Sadly this meant there was no electric between... Continue reading »
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Edible Spiders: Welcome to Cambodia
We kiss goodbye to the calm that is the 4000 Islands of Southern Laos. A beautiful place and highly recommended.....they do have posh huts to stay... Continue reading »
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Read it and Siem Reap...
What is the problem with putting glass in windows in Cambodia? Granted it's hot most of the time and you don't need it but dear god!! The roar of t... Continue reading »
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Angkor Wat Wat Wat
Now, I have been fascinated with the temples of Angkor for at least 8 years. I saw parts of a program on the wonders of the world, the book of whic... Continue reading »
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