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We are travelling through Asia and teaching English in China. We also hope to travel and work in South America and the UK.
| Laus and James's Travel Blogs and Reviews | ||
| Travel Blogs and Reviews | ||
| Title and Date | Location | |
 2007 in England Nov 03 '06 | United Kingdom | |
 Living in Lonners Nov 03 '06 | London, England | |
Europe and UK Sep 23 '06 | Europe | |
Meeting up with the others Sep 23 '06 "head straight to Monterosso to be greeted at the train station by Cameron" | Cinque Terre, Italy | |
 The Pizzeria "Delicious!" | Cinque Terre, Italy | |
 an apartment "great!" | Cinque Terre, Italy | |
At the Leaning Tower Sep 24 '06 "we continued to the tower which was very much on a lean." | Pisa, Italy | |
 The Leaning Tower of Pisa "Well, it was definitely leaning" | Pisa, Italy | |
Getting some culture Sep 25 '06 "a beautiful marble bathroom which echoed the various noisy bodily functions that Anna and Cameron delight in" | Florence, Italy | |
Day trip to Tuscany Sep 26 '06 "the winery had run out of wine!" | Chianti, Italy | |
bike ride "A struggle, with nice scenery" | Chianti, Italy | |
Cramming the sights in Sep 26 '06 "We arrived in Rome and immediately walked in the opposite direction of where our booked apartment was" | Rome, Italy | |
Interno Uno Apartments "Snazyy, luxurious and cheap!" | Rome, Italy | |
Vatican City "So so cool!" | Holy See (Vatican City) | |
Pizza, pizza and more pizza Sep 30 '06 "You can have large, medium or small, but only margherita pizza" | Naples, Italy | |
Michelle's "best margherita pizza ever!" | Naples, Italy | |
Guesthouse Elia "Not happy Jan!" | Naples, Italy | |
Party time Oct 03 '06 "Do you have a spare towel? I forgot mine." | Barcelona, Spain | |
Party! "great party city for sure" | Barcelona, Spain | |
Beautiful Beach Oct 07 '06 "it was funny watching the people that were asleep wake up with a squeal as a wave would hit them, ha ha ha ha" | San Sebastian, Spain | |
Ongi Ettori "Great loco, great staff and amenities, but only one bathroom!" | San Sebastian, Spain | |
Laze on the beach "Gorgeous beaches here." | San Sebastian, Spain | |
Maloney's Irish Pub "Really good meals, good sizes and great sangria!" | San Sebastian, Spain | |
Nothing Much in Madrid Oct 09 '06 "They quickly ran out again and suddenly James ran after them, they'd taken his wallet" | Madrid, Spain | |
The Prada Museum "A whole lot of art, ok if you like the 15th century stuff." | Madrid, Spain | |
Sylvias (in the Lonely Planet) "So so good, the food, the wine and the ok prices!" | Madrid, Spain | |
Student Guesthouse Luis Velez "Horrible staff, ok amenities, only dorm rooms." | Madrid, Spain | |
Granada was Great! Oct 12 '06 "Granada is famous for giving free tapas with drinks" | Granada, Spain | |
Camping Sierra Nevada "Pretty cool. Good bathrooms but expensive restaurant." | Granada, Spain | |
The Alhambra "A beautiful Moorish palace and town." | Granada, Spain | |
Kebab House "Hole in the wall with the best kebabs!" | Granada, Spain | |
Rain, rain and more rain. Oct 15 '06 "We walked along the river, with the old bridged lit up and headed past the old fort" | Seville, Spain | |
Triana Guesthouse "Really really wicked place, only dorm rooms." | Seville, Spain | |
Watch Flamenco "This one was free and was pretty cool, though I'm sure there's better if you pay." | Seville, Spain | |
More rain in Morocco Oct 15 '06 "it's Ramadan at the moment, all the restaurants are shut during the day as the muslims fast until 6pm every night" | Tangier, Morocco | |
the 9000 streets of fes Oct 17 '06 | Fes, Morocco | |
ASIA Jan 05 '06 "From Australia to China" | Siem Reap, Cambodia | |
Arrival in Bangkok Jan 05 '06 | Bangkok, Thailand | |
Bangkok Youth Hostel "Great buffet breakfast, service and amenities." | Bangkok, Thailand | |
Trek through the Thai jungle Jan 08 '06 "What's up my homie?" | Chiang Rai, Thailand | |
Overnight Jungle Trek "Strenuous trekking along side touristy village sightseeing." | Chiang Rai, Thailand | |
Chiang Rai Youth Hostel "Poo!" | Chiang Rai, Thailand | |
Party time on Ko Phangan Jan 12 '06 ""I can't believe I kissed a man!"" | Ko Phangan, Thailand | |
Power Beach Bungalows "This was the coolest place we stayed because the other suckers staying there were so much fun!" | Ko Phangan, Thailand | |
Fun in the sun on Ko Samui Jan 16 '06 "Happy Hour for you!" | Ko Samui Region, Thailand | |
Guesthouse "Nice room near the beach" | Ko Samui Region, Thailand | |
Temples of Siem Reap Jan 21 '06 "temples, temples and more temples..." | Siem Reap, Cambodia | |
some dodgy guesthouse "Only US$5 a night!" | Siem Reap, Cambodia | |
Snoozer in Phnom Penh Jan 24 '06 "'I survived in Cambodia'" | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
Floating Island Guesthouse "nice view of the lake" | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
Scenic Saigon Jan 27 '06 "They gave us luck money while we played charades and mimed going to the toilet." | Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam | |
Good Morning Vietnam "PIzzeria, Italiano Italiano" | Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam | |
Mekong Delta Day Trip "Boring!" | Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam | |
Yellow House "Great!" | Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam | |
Moping in Mui Ne Jan 30 '06 "Mui Ne was so boring" | Mui Ne, Vietnam | |
Look at sand dunes. "Golden sand dunes, lovely to photograph." | Mui Ne, Vietnam | |
Some guesthouse "Weird family run place. Reception was their lounge room." | Mui Ne, Vietnam | |
Seafood Shmeafood "Yummy seafood cooked fresh on the bbq for you." | Mui Ne, Vietnam | |
Booze Cruise Feb 01 '06 "red wine from Dalat (absolutely rank stuff!)" | Nha Trang, Vietnam | |
Booze Cruise "Best tour ever!" | Nha Trang, Vietnam | |
The tailoring capital of the world. Feb 04 '06 "James was asked to be in a movie" | Hoi An, Vietnam | |
Some Australian owned French Restaurant "Chocolate mousse and Passionfruit cheesecake! Yummy!" | Hoi An, Vietnam | |
Get clothes made! "Best place for getting tailor made outfits. The shops were everywhere!" | Hoi An, Vietnam | |
A nice guesthouse "Nice and cheap!" | Hoi An, Vietnam | |
Cruisy Hanoi Feb 08 '06 "Then the bus started pulling out... with no driver" | Hanoi, Vietnam | |
Water Puppet Theatre "Good fun." | Hanoi, Vietnam | |
Youth Hotel "Grubby but cheap" | Hanoi, Vietnam | |
Boat tour of Halong Bay Feb 10 '06 "What are the chances?" | Halong Bay, Vietnam | |
Boat Cruise "A bit boring!" | Halong Bay, Vietnam | |
on a boat "Very nice accomodation, if a little cramped cabinish." | Halong Bay, Vietnam | |
Stopover in Nanning Feb 12 '06 "There is a KFC or McDonalds every hundred metres in Nanning." | Nanning, China | |
Training to be teachers in Yangshuo Feb 13 '06 "He looks like Ray Martin with the extreme weatherman hair cut." | Yangshuo, China | |
Karst "This restaurant had the best menu in Yangshuo!" | Yangshuo, China | |
Teaching in Yongzhou Feb 19 '06 "I just watched James while he ate the chicken gizzards" | Yongzhou, Hunan | |
Swapping Stories in Daoxian. Mar 31 '06 ""It is said..." | Daoxian, Hunan | |
Easter Weekend back in Yangshuo Apr 14 '06 "a performance on the river which has the Karst mountain range lit up in the background as it's backdrop" | Yangshuo, China | |
May week in Hong Kong Apr 29 '06 "James and I headed down to the Sheraton on the waters edge and rode up and down in the lift a couple times to get a great view of the city" | Hong Kong, China | |
Chungking Mansions Deluxe Hotel "OK, the first room was cheaper but had cockroaches." | Hong Kong, China | |
Gaylords "Best Indian food with live Indian music and with a name like Gaylords, we had to go there!" | Hong Kong, China | |
A week in Kunming Jun 02 '06 "an ancient pathway that looked like it came straight out of Crouching Tiger" | Kunming, China | |
The Dragon Gate "Great 2-4 hour hike up a mountain." | Kunming, China | |
Wei's Pizzeria "The LP was right, best pizza in China!" | Kunming, China | |
City Cafe Hostel "Gross bathroom and lots of mosquitoes." | Kunming, China | |
The Dragon Backbone Jun 16 '06 "Apart from the mosquitoes and cockroaches, Longsheng is a really nice place" | Longsheng, Guangxi | |
Countryside Cafe and Inn "Wonderful place in the village of Pingan" | Longsheng, Guangxi | |
Hiking through the Dragon Backbone "The most beautiful scenery ever." | Longsheng, Guangxi | |
Meeting Emma and Edde in Xi'an Jul 01 '06 "the foreigner is coming" | Xi'an, China | |
Lu Dao "This was owned by the greediest man in China." | Xi'an, China | |
Terracotta Army "Hua Shan was great, The Great Mosque was nice, The Pagoda was expensive, the Terracotta Warriors were packed with Chinese tourists and the Qin Mausoleum was not worth seeing." | Xi'an, China | |
Candy's Aunty's restaurant "We met Cany\dy on the train and had dinner at her Aunty's restaurant. So great." | Xi'an, China | |
Sightseeing in Beijing Jul 08 '06 "it was great and it definitely was a wall" | Beijing, China | |
Food Court in The Oriental Plaza "Wonderful place! So clean and vibrant." | Beijing, China | |
New Dragon Hostel "Nice place" | Beijing, China | |
Great Wall of China "The best day we've had in China!" | Beijing, China | |
Shanghai by Night Jul 13 '06 "Shanghai's Dirtiest Martini" | Shanghai, China | |
Shanghai Hiker Youth Hostel "Damp, dark and cruisy." | Shanghai, China | |
See the Bund. "Nice buildings." | Shanghai, China | |
Brasil Steak House "All you can eat steak! James' heaven!" | Shanghai, China | |
Fun in the Sun in Sanya Jul 23 '06 "we had 2 kilos of dog and 2 kilos of lamb" | Sanya, China | |
Blue Sky International Youth Hostel "Wonderful atmosphere." | Sanya, China | |
Dog Meat Restaurant "First time we ate dog (we think)" | Sanya, China | |
Swim, play volleyball and drink! "So many good times!" | Sanya, China | |
Old Town Dali Aug 12 '06 "I found them with lit incense, praying to a buddha-like statue" | Dali, Yunnan | |
Number 6 Hostel "So cool, the dorm beds were in tents!" | Dali, Yunnan | |
Climb the mountain to the temple and pray to some statue "The statue looks like Buddha with a moustache, totally overated temple." | Dali, Yunnan | |
The Tibet Cafe "Smelliest tofu in China - tasted like cow manure, but the other dishes were great!" | Dali, Yunnan | |
Most beautiful and unhelpful Li Jiang Aug 14 '06 "thunder was shaking our beds, as the lightening lit up our room" | Lijiang, China | |
Ancient Town Youth Hostel "Crappiest place we've ever stayed." | Lijiang, China | |
Prague Cafe "Great pizza and brownies!" | Lijiang, China | |
Hiking Across Tiger Leaping Gorge "The most beautiful place we've seen in China so far." | Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan | |
Frustrated in Shangri-La Aug 17 '06 "This was a pretty boring place, not much you can talk about really." | Shangri-La (Zhongdian), Yunnan | |
Himalayan Guesthouse "Worst plumbing in China." | Shangri-La (Zhongdian), Yunnan | |
Noah's Cafe "Good burritos, unsmiling service" | Shangri-La (Zhongdian), Yunnan | |
Excited to be in Tibet Aug 22 '06 "I said "What the hell is that?" Emma said "That's the Potala Palace you dork!"" | Lhasa, China | |
The Potala Palace "Amazing place, we saw the Dalai Lama's old bedroom!" | Lhasa, China | |
Banak Shol Hostel "ok for a couple nights" | Lhasa, China | |
Restaurant across from Snowland Hotel "Really nice food, smallest serves I've ever seen!" | Lhasa, China | |
The Biggest Lake in Tibet Aug 23 '06 "if you go around the whole lake in the Year of the Sheep, you gain immense virtue and wisdom for you and your family" | Nam-Tso Lake, China | |
Climb the mountain. "Beautiful view of the Lake." | Nam-Tso Lake, China | |
A tent. "OK. It was the only place to sleep there." | Nam-Tso Lake, China | |
The Sichuan Restaurant (in a tent) "Tiniest not cheap meals! nice food though" | Nam-Tso Lake, China | |
Sleep and that's all Aug 24 '06 "We stayed and watched them fire their cannons a few times" | Shigatse, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
Restaurant in the hostel "yummy and small again." | Shigatse, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
First hostel listed in the LP "Great showers once they got going." | Shigatse, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
Go to the monastery "We didn't go" | Shigatse, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
Sleep and that's all Aug 24 '06 "We stayed and watched them fire their cannons a few times" | Shigatse, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
Shitty Shegar Aug 25 '06 "a Tibetan lady came over, covered the table up and stared at us until we left" | Shegar, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
Sichuan Restaurant "Nice food, friendly people and cheapish beer." | Shegar, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
Absolutely nothing "I'm not kidding, there was nothing in this town." | Shegar, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
A hostel "Eerie place, we didn't realise there were showers until the morning." | Shegar, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
East Base Camp Aug 26 '06 "At this altitude (over 5000m high) there was 45% less oxygen in the air" | Mount Everest, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
the Yak and Yeti "Quite comfortable, a bit smoky" | Mount Everest, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
Walk to Base Camp "Hard but worth it to see the massive mountain!" | Mount Everest, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
the Yak and Yeti "The yak was nice if sparse." | Mount Everest, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
The town of Old Tingri Aug 28 '06 "we paid 10RMB for them to tip a pot of luke warm water on the roof that dripped down slowly on our freezing bodies" | Tingri, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
The place next door to the hostel "OK, except for the drunk Chinese soldiers there." | Tingri, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
Shoo the dogs out of the bin. "There were too many of them and then a cow got in as well." | Tingri, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
The landcruiser place in the LP "The smallest rooms and worst showers." | Tingri, Tibet (Autonomous Region) | |
Hustle and Bustle Aug 29 '06 "ate it in the local style, with their right hands (the left one is to wipe your butt with" | Kathmandu, Nepal | |
New Hotel Florid "Nice staff, old bedding and really hot showers!" | Kathmandu, Nepal | |
Durbar Square "Saw the living Goddess - how exciting!" | Kathmandu, Nepal | |
The Brasserie "Best value in Kathmandu - the Dal Bhat is the best!" | Kathmandu, Nepal | |
Rhinos, monkeys and annoying hotel managers. Sep 05 '06 "The next morning, the river had flooded and a few huts were underwater" | Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal | |
jungle trek and elephant safari "Really cool, heaps of wildlife, though no tigers." | Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal | |
Alfrescos "Nice but expensive" | Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal | |
Jungle Adventure Lodge "Nice bungalows, shame about the staff." | Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal | |
Bad Pizza in Pokhara Sep 10 '06 "It was flooding, as we walked it got worse until it was finally up to our knees" | Pokhara, Nepal | |
Can't remember what it was called. "There is NO hot water here!" | Pokhara, Nepal | |
Billy Bunters "OK food, really nice people." | Pokhara, Nepal | |
Rowing on the lake "such a beautiful lake!" | Pokhara, Nepal | |
| Standalone Reviews | ||
| Title and Date | Location | |
City Cafe Hostel Jun 02 '06 "Gross bathroom" | Kunming, China | |
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Killing time at the Hart.
