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This is my first experience of travelling such distances and I am looking forward to travelling for fun, adventure and to meet like minded people.
| Popple's Travel Blogs and Reviews | ||
| Travel Blogs and Reviews | ||
| Title and Date | Location | |
 The big trip! Aug 27 '06 | The World | |
 The big 50 Aug 27 '06 | Manchester, England | |
First stage - Brazil Sep 02 '06 "I always thought Rio was a hot and sunny place!!!" | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
 Rio - Botafogo "fine" | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
Belo Horizonte Sep 08 '06 "Very built up with high rises and lots of traffic" | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | |
| Belo Horizonte, Brazil | |
Foz do Iguacu Sep 11 '06 | Foz do Iguacu, Brazil | |
Hostel Bambu "Best so far" | Foz do Iguacu, Brazil | |
The Pantanal Sep 16 '06 | Pantanal, Mato Grosso | |
Bonito Sep 21 '06 "Crystal clear waters" | Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul | |
New Country - Chile Sep 22 '06 | Santiago, Chile | |
Hostel Plaza de Armes "A nice friendly place" | Santiago, Chile | |
Pucon Sep 23 '06 | Pucon, Chile | |
Backpackers "Very friendly and comfortable" | Pucon, Chile | |
 Club 77 "Great steak barm!" | Pucon, Chile | |
Valparaiso Oct 01 '06 | Valparaiso, Chile | |
Back to Santiago Oct 02 '06 | Santiago, Chile | |
Peru Oct 03 '06 "Lima is full of casino's" | Lima, Peru | |
Cuzco Oct 04 '06 "When the taxi couldn't go up the street we had to climb the steps - I've never felt so old, we had to stop every few steps to catch our breath," | Cuzco, Peru | |
Loki Backpackers Hostel Cusco "Great views and a wonderful meeting place" | Cusco, Peru | |
The Inca Trail Oct 07 '06 | Machu Picchu, Peru | |
Aguas Calientes Oct 10 '06 "Aguas Calientes or Machu Picchu village was quite touristy, but people didn´t keep bothering you and so it was quite nice" | Aguas Calientes, Huanuco | |
Back in Cuzco Oct 11 '06 | Cuzco, Peru | |
Lake Titicaca Oct 13 '06 "We managed to see both a beautiful sunrise and sunset over the lake." | Copacabana, Bolivia | |
La Paz Oct 14 '06 | La Paz, Bolivia | |
Salar de Uyuni Oct 16 '06 "I was amazed by the beautiful views and the changes in terrain around every corner." | Salar Uyuni, Potosi | |
Lima Oct 21 '06 | Lima, Peru | |
Iquitos - Amazon tour Oct 22 '06 "very busy and yet friendly, but the weather is really hot and sticky." | Iquitos, Loreto | |
Hobo Hideout "A pleasant place but no airconditioning" | Iquitos, Loreto | |
Lima - Miraflores Oct 26 '06 "lovely colonial architecture but not much else to see in the downtown area that we could find." | Lima, Peru | |
Loki Backpackers Hostel Lima "Lovely place, obviously new, well worth staying at." | Lima, Peru | |
Buenos Aires Oct 29 '06 "There is a 16 lane road right through the centre of the town" | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
Puerto Madryn Nov 02 '06 | Puerto Madryn, Argentina | |
La Tosca "Lovely place" | Puerto Madryn, Argentina | |
Ty Cymraeg "The best afternoon tea ever" | Puerto Madryn, Argentina | |
Rada Tilly Nov 07 '06 | Rada Tilly, Chubut | |
Ushuaia Nov 08 '06 ".....coming in to a point where the 'national route 3' ends, known as 'El fin del Mundo' - luckily I didn't fall off (lol)." | Ushuaia, Argentina | |
 Tours with 'Nunatak' "4x4, canoeing on the lake and bbq - great days experience would recommend it to everyone. Also do trekking in the national park and canoeing on the rivers." | Ushuaia, Argentina | |
La Tosca "a very friendly hostel with knowledgeable and helpful staff." | Ushuaia, Argentina | |
El Calafate Nov 14 '06 "The colours were brilliant with the ice looking so blue in places" | El Calafate, Argentina | |
Navimag trip - Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt Nov 17 '06 "This is a trip for good weather but you can't guarantee it." | Puerto Natales, Chile | |
Bariloche Nov 21 '06 "I was later to find lots of chocolate shops - I mean lots!!" | Bariloche, Argentina | |
Mendoza Nov 26 '06 "the most wonderful covering of colours, oranges, greens and yellows - AWESOME" | Mendoza, Argentina | |
Valle de la Lune Nov 29 '06 "This is where the bones of the oldest dinosaur have been unearthed" | Valle de la Luna, San Juan | |
Salta Dec 02 '06 "Sorry no photos!!!" | Salta, Argentina | |
Mercedes Dec 03 '06 "Sorry no photos again!!!" | Mercedes, Corrientes | |
Colonia Carlos Pelligrini Dec 04 '06 "Was able to get really close to a stag and caimen as well as capibara and lots of different kinds of birds" | Colonia Carlos Pellegrini, Corrientes | |
Buenos Aires Dec 06 '06 "sorry couldn't get a picture of the '16 lane main road' that ran through the middle of the city." | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
A new continent Dec 09 '06 "It's a big sprawling place and houses almost half the population of NZ" | Auckland, New Zealand | |
Paihia Dec 12 '06 "We were then priviliged to see and touch a Kiwi bird that had lost a leg," | Paihia, New Zealand | |
Whangarei Dec 16 '06 "Pity my camera wouldn't take underwater pictures!!!" | Whangarei, New Zealand | |
Hahei Dec 20 '06 "We had lunch on 'Hot Water Beach', where you can dig into the sand and get hot water" | Hahei, New Zealand | |
Christmas with the family Dec 25 '06 "Christmas was grreat, very different, although the weather was not a hot as usual (or so I was informed!!!)" | Rotorua, New Zealand | |
Taupo and the Tongariro Crossing Jan 05 '07 "YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS - I did a tandem skydive!!!!! yes really" | Taupo, New Zealand | |
Wellington Jan 07 '07 "Wellington is a lovely place and there are lots of parks as you walk about, both children's play areas and places to sit and enjoy." | Wellington, New Zealand | |
Picton Jan 13 '07 "Had to do a wine tour of the Marlborough area of New Zealand!!!" | Picton, New Zealand | |
Abel Tasman National Park Jan 15 '07 "staying at a place called 'Old MacDonald's Farm' - it is just as it says, there are ducks, ducklings, hens, peacocks, llamas, alpacas, cows, sheep and anything else you can think of!!!" | Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand | |
Baz Vegas!!! Jan 20 '07 "Well this was the smallest town I have been in so far, a pub, a shop, a house and a road junction!!!!" | Barrytown, New Zealand | |
Franz Joseph Glacier Jan 22 '07 "I got absolutely soaked through on the way back to the hostel!!!" | Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand | |
Makarora Jan 23 '07 "Arrived at a great hostel with a swimming pool and wonderful views up the valley." | Makarora, New Zealand | |
Queenstown Jan 25 '07 "NO I DID NOT DO A BUNGY- I'm not that mad!!!" | Queenstown, New Zealand | |
Milford Sound \ Te Anau Jan 26 '07 "The road to the Sound was stunning, with views of mountains and waterfalls and valleys, just brilliant." | Milford Sound, New Zealand | |
Stewart Island Jan 29 '07 "had a great time kayaking around one of the bays on the island and then snorkelling" | Stewart Island, New Zealand | |
The road to Dunedin Feb 02 '07 "Dunedin really did have a feel of Edinburgh about it." | Dunedin, New Zealand | |
Christchurch Feb 04 '07 "As we continued on the landscape changed from being like Scotland and you could see the English influence more" | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
Melbourne- the Great Ocean Road! Feb 07 '07 "Melbourne centre is really big and busy, with quite a lot to see and probably not enough time as usual." | Melbourne, Australia | |
The road to Sydney Feb 13 '07 "the Sydney skyline is really amazing, so many high rise blocks and it still looks wonderful." | Sydney, Australia | |
The Gold Coast Feb 20 '07 "Unfortunately the weather was not the best and we got rained off" | Gold Coast, Australia | |
Cairns Feb 23 '07 "Monday night was BBQ night at the hostel and we had a great time, there was kangaroo, crocodile and barramundi" | Cairns, Australia | |
Alice Springs / Uluru Mar 01 '07 "it was soooo hot I had to carry a 1.5litre bottle of water and drank most of it just walking for 20mins." | Alice Springs, Australia | |
Darwin / Kakadu and Litchfield Mar 07 '07 "Darwin and another change in the weather, it's the wet season here and so yes,it's raining, really raining" | Darwin, Australia | |
Singapore and another continent to travel around. Mar 12 '07 "I've enjoyed some wonderful food too, there is such a variety here, I've had Tapas, Thai (Tom Yum Prawns - nearly blew my head off there was so much chilli in there and you know I can't take the heat!!!), Sushi, which was delicious and Chinese which I always like." | Singapore | |
Malaysia- Kuala Lumpur Mar 18 '07 "Arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday and am staying in the China Town area, another bustling hive of activity," | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
Cameron Highlands Mar 19 '07 "We visited a "Butterfly farm", although lots of other creatures were there too, like stick insects, scorpions, tarantullas, tortoises and lots more." | Cameron Highlands, Malaysia | |
Fathers Guest House "Father's Guest House" | Cameron Highlands, Malaysia | |
Perhentian Islands Mar 22 '07 "I had the most horrendous boat crossing to the Islands - the rain came down and it wasn't a very big boat - and the waves were horrible....." | Perhentian Kecil, Kelantan | |
Koh Pha Ngan Mar 29 '07 "One of the passengers actually offered the advice that if we heard gun shots we should duck down!!!!" | Ko Phangan, Thailand | |
Koh Phi Phi - Long beach and Hat Tonsai Apr 11 '07 "The next major experience was the night boat to Surat Thani on the way to Ko Phi Phi - you wouldn't believe it really." | Ko Phi Phi Don, Thailand | |
James Bond Island and around Apr 17 '07 "We stayed the night on the floating Muslim village at Koh Panyee," | Phangnga, Phangnga Province | |
The Bridge over the river Kwai Apr 21 '07 "Kanchananburi is soooo hot I think it must be in the 40's at least" | Kanchanaburi, Thailand | |
Lampang, the Elephant Conservation Centre and Chiang Mai Apr 23 '07 "It's amazing, they even have the elephants painting pictures - really!!!!" | Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province | |
Angkor, Battambang,Phnom Penh and Ban Lung Apr 28 '07 "to cut a long story short we arrived in Bangkok at 3pm instead of 9am - just a bit of a difference don't you think!!!!" | Siem Reap, Cambodia | |
The Vietnam experience May 12 '07 "If I thought traffic in Cambodia was bad - well Saigon gave me a shock - there were so many motorbikes and so much traffic that you could hardly cross the road." | Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam | |
Into China - Nanning and Chengdu Jun 01 '07 | Nanning, China | |
Mix Hostel - Chengdu "Mix Hostel" | Nanning, China | |
Xi'an and Pingyao Jun 06 '07 | Xi'an, China | |
Yamen Hostel "Pingyao Yamen Hotel" | Xi'an, China | |
Han Tang Inn "Well placed hostel in the Old Town, near to the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower. Clean place and very ..." | Xi'an, China | |
Datong and Beijing Jun 12 '07 "We had dined like royalty for the princely sum of 2.50!!!" | Datong, Shanxi | |
Hong Kong Jun 18 '07 | Hong Kong, China | |
Japan - Tokyo and Kyoto Jun 20 '07 "I was lucky enough to witness a traditional Japanese wedding - absolutely beautiful" | Kyoto, Japan | |
Helsinki - Finland Jun 29 '07 "What a beautiful place Helsinki is." | Helsinki, Finland | |
Italy - On the way home Jul 01 '07 "Pietrasanta is a beautiful place and of course where Michelangelo came from - did I get that right?" | Rome, Italy | |
Spain - Last stop before home!!! Jul 24 '07 | Madrid, Spain | |
Back on home ground Aug 27 '07 | Sevenoaks, United Kingdom | |
