Drinks, Daytrips and Diocalm
In and around Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
From the UK to Australia via China, and God knows where else.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler kev33a
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Down & Out In London
Had a really good night down Old Street with some good friends, some (or all, Sam) of whom I`d like to see in Sydney over the new year period. Na... Continue reading » -
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Lush, Green, Smoggy Beijing
Arrived in Beijing, booked a hotel in the airport with English speakers, and got a taxi quickly and cheaply without any hassle. Easy! Went straight... Continue reading »
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The Ming Tombs And The Great Wall At Badaling
The Great Wall Of China has been turned into a tourist circus! Beautiful scenery and some good photos but bloody busy! We arrived at the bottom and ha... Continue reading » -
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The Lama Temple And Temple Of Heaven Park
Both of these places were absolutely beautiful. The architecture, amazing. Unfortunately for us we didn't reach the Temple Of Heaven until dark so I'v... Continue reading » -
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Tianjin Is Hell
What a living nightmare! We went to the train station in Beijing at 8 in the morning because everyone told us there were hourly trains to Tianjin, the... Continue reading » -
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SkegDao
China`s holiday resort, Qingdao, is a nice little place, even if it is smoggy as hell. There`s a thing on the radio here that gives the air quality... Continue reading »
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Shanghai Nights & Fights
I really liked Shanghai, full of life, a bit sleazy though, well, very sleazy. In fact, after dark, if you're not asked at least 10 times... Continue reading »
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Hangzhou West Lake
The area surrounding Hangzhou`s West Lake is one of the most beautiful places I`ve ever been to. The lake is 3km in diameter, so we hired bikes out... Continue reading »
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The Island Of Gulang Yu
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Macau
Macau is pretty expensive and because we arrived very late we ended up having to opt for an expensive hotel, which got even more expensive whe... Continue reading »
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Hong Kong
I really liked Hong Kong! Full of life, cheap, loads to see and do, a good transport system, great food, good pubs, free internet access, English s... Continue reading »
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Cronulla
Dee, and family, thanks for letting us stay at your amazing house.
Tried wakeboarding for the first time, didn't even get up on the water, kn... Continue reading »
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Sydney, Sweet!
We went straight to a hostel near King's Cross when we arrived in Sydney, on a recommendation from Jiri, a Dutch guy who we'd later move... Continue reading »
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Manly
The first time we got to Manly we did what was supposed to be a 3 hour, 9km walk, on the Manly Scenic Walkway, Nath had only just got his new camer... Continue reading »
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Adelaide - Barbecue Central
Went to visit Bryn and Marls down in Adelaide, had a barbecue for almost every meal - excellent. I've never eaten a barbie breaky before, but I'll... Continue reading »
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Sydney 2
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
See previous Sydney entry. This is here for map accuracy only.
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Katoomba - Heart Of The Blueys
After a bit of pain in the ass journey (the bus didn't arrive, then we got the wrong one, then we had to wait ages for the train, you know), we arr... Continue reading »
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Cowra - 4x4 Heaven & Hell
Cheers Shayney for putting us up and all that. Had a real good time, loved the crash bit!
Nathan got rolled 1 and a half times on a steep emb... Continue reading »
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Sydney 3
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
See first Sydney entry, this is here only for map accuracy only.
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Jindabyne / Thredbo - Snow In Australia?
I got a job as a storeman in the Thredbo Alpnie Hotel, not what I'm used to, but I met a good set of lads there and had a lot of fun. Pay wasn't to... Continue reading »
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Adelaide 2
Cleland National Park, The Botanical Gardens, Pubs on Sat 8th, Teqilaria, Rocket, Garage. Continue reading » -
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Alice Springs - The Red Centre
Adelaide to Alice Springs
Day 1 - Adel, Port Germain (long jetty), Quorn (lunch), Kanyaka homestead, Yourambulla caves (abor art), Rawnsley P... Continue reading »
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The Tully River White Water Rafting Experience
What a day this was! We were picked up from right outside our hostel in Cairns early in the morning, and about 1.5 hours later we arrived at Raging... Continue reading »
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The Trials Of Cape Tribulation
Cape Trib was just amazing. Apart from all the activities we did: a crocodile spotting cruise, jungle surfing, a wildlife night walk, horse-riding... Continue reading »
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The S.S. Yongala Shipwreck
The S.S. Yongala is listed as one of the top ten dive sites in the world, and it's not difficult to see why.
We set off in early in the morni... Continue reading »
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Beef n Reef In Rockie
Capricorn Dave's Beef 'n' Reef Tour is one of my fondest memories of Australia. Dave is a real Aussie, walks around in the bush in bare feet, wears St... Continue reading » -
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Agnes Water & 1770
The Scooteroos were the highlight on the things to do list, although I'm kicking myself now for not doing the acrobatic flight over the beach. 2 hours... Continue reading » -
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Rainbow Beach
The staff at Dingoes stunk to high heaven, they were all total bitches. Never met anybody running this kind of establishment be so bad. The place itse... Continue reading » -
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Bananas On Fraser Island
Lots of party games on Fraser. Fish beer - thanks Bernd. What a good group of people we had here. Continue reading » -
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The Noosa Blur - The Start Of It
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Byron Bay - My Kind Of Place
This is my favourite place on Earth so far. I really didn't want to leave here, hence the 23 night stay. The people, the place, the activities, everyt... Continue reading » -
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Coffs Harbour
Not that much to do in Coffs really, or rather, what there was was very expensive. The diving was double the cost of Byron or South West Rocks for... Continue reading »
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South West Rocks - Caves, Sharks, Rays!
What a dive site. Fish Rock Cave is out of this world for sharks and rays, and they're not the scariest thing there. The 100m long, 30m deep underwate... Continue reading » -
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Port Macquarie
Only in Port for one night and it rained like hell. Hostel wasn't really close to anything, so ended up spending the night there. Went for a coff... Continue reading » -
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Gosford
Had a good night out in Gosford with Cleatus and Lyle. Saw his Dad's amazing plot of land in the middle of nowhere, really nice.
To be contin... Continue reading »
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Thredbo Alpine Village
Absolutley bananas piss up in Thredbo, I got lost for one hour on the way home in a place where I'd worked for 6 weeks, and is no bigger than a shoppi... Continue reading »
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