James & Quene travelling around the World

G’day all from Sydney

Quene & James outside Sydney Opera House

We made it to the other side of the world, half way round.
Seem to be having a prob right now with getting thumbnails for the pictures, but if you click on the links below a new window will open with the full sized pic.

Right now we’re staying at Melissa’s place in Bondi Junction (also called Co. Bondi due to the amount of Irish living here, there’s lots of them!!!) Here’s a couple of pics at the famous Bondi Beach!

Every at Bondi Beach - Todo la penya en la Playa de Bondi

Mel loo0king cool at the beach!!! Bondi Babe

On Christmas Day we went for a lovely dinner, lots of prawns, lobster and oysters, mmmmm.
In the pic from left to right: Mels mate Linda, James, Quene, Mel and Giggi, another mate of Mels.

Christmas Dinner Sydney Style - Cena de Navidad estilo Sydney

A great night view of Sydney’s most famous landmarks: the Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House at Night”>Sydney Opera House at night - Sala de Opera de Sydney por la noche

and the Sydney Harbour Bridge:

Sydney Harbour Bridge at night - Puende del Rio de Sydney por la noche

Espanol

Buenas desde Sydney

Pues aqui estamos al otro lado del mundo, estamos en Bondi Beach, llamado Co. Bondi por la cantidad de Irlandeses que deciden que ya han tenido suficiente lluvia y se vienen para Australia.

Sus playa es famosa por no quedar ni un cm de arena libre el dia de Navidad,y como manda la tradiccion alli fuimos a celebrarlo, primero comiendo en un hotel con un monton de Irlandeses y un monton de marisco,nadie se comia el marisco asi que tuvimos que hacer el “sacrificio” de comerlo nosotros..
para cuando acabamos con las 3 langostas ,5 ostras , las gambas.. y unos cuantos vasos de champang.. nos estaban echando.. no nos dio tiempo ni al postre …en fin ..nos reimos un monton con tanta burbuja en la cabeza.. y nos fuimos a una fiesta :

Judge Jules Concert - Concierto de Judge Jules

Nos acordamos mucho de la escuela en Palolem .. nosotros comiendo y bebiendo delicias , rodeados de gente la cual su mayor preocupacion era la ropa que llevaban el pelo bien alisado y el tintanlux bien puest. …espero que hayan tenido una feliz navidad, esos niños y los turistas que esten alli les hayan llevado muchas sorpresas.

Uno de los simbolos de Syndey:The Sydney Opera House

Bat ( Flying Fox ) in the Botanic Gardens , near the Opera House
Murcielago en el Jardin Botanico cerca del Opera House

Bats in the Botanical Gardens - Murcielagos en los jardines botanicos

Que dura es el trabajo de un salva vidas nada mas poner la señal todo el mundo se fue al agua,
- How hard is the work of a lifeguard when nodody gives a s*** - Bondi Beach
He just put the signal and everybody went to the water.

In the aquarium ..
Seahorses - caballitos de mar

Oh my god!! a shark over my head.. we have to get used to for the great barrier reef
Oh Dios mio un tiburon sobre mi cabeza, practicando antes de ir a la gran barrera de coral

Greetings from Koh Chang.

Koh Chang is part of a group of islands to the east of Thailand, not too far from the coast of Cambodia.
As we were stuck for time in Thailand (just 11 days) we decided to go to Koh Chang as it’s only a 5hr bus drive from the capital and then the ferry. We stayed at a beach called ‘Lonely Beach’, it wasn’t all that lonely, but one of the lesser developed beaches on the island.

The name Koh Chang means Elephant Island, and so on the second day we took an Elephant hike up into the jungle, which was great Tuk Tam was our transport for the hour journey, he was so calm and well behaved!

With our trip taking in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, we decided that the best way to do this was to learn to dive, and with the great price for diving courses in Thailand, we decided what better place to learn!

On the beach at night locals put on fire shows, great stuff!
En Ko Chang por las noches hacen espectaculos de fuego ..

Back in Bangkok, this is a cool bar, a converted Volkswagen minibus! There’s lots of them about, they just pull up on the side of the street or in a car park and open the top, turn on the loudspeakers, put out a few tables and chairs and start serving drinks and voila a mobile bar!

One of the many street sellers, they’re great for a bargain, and always smiling!
Si estas buscando gangas por las calles de Bangkok , prueba con una de las muchas vendedoras ambulantes ..te lo ponen bastante dificil.. pero siempre con la sonrisa de oreja a oreja , para ellas es un juego

Espanol

Saludos des de Ko Chang

Ko Chang es parte de un grupo de islas al este de Tailandia, no muy lejos de la costa de Cambodia.
Como solo ibamos a estar 11 dias en Tailandia decidimos ir a conocer las islas , estan a 5 horas en bus desde
Bangkok y luego 30 minutos en ferry. Estuvimos en una playa llamada Lonely beach ” playa solitaria”, que poco le queda de solitaria..pero es una de las mejores.

El nombre de significa la isla del Elefante, y el segundo dia decidimos dar una vuelta por la jungla en elefante, Tuk Tam se llamaba se porto muy bien todo el camino ..

Cuando estemos en Australia vamos a intentar ir a la gran barrera de coral, y pensamos que lo mejor seria aprender submarinsmo, los precios de los cursos en Tailandia son tres veces mas barato que en Australia , asi que aprovechamos la oportunidad en Ko Chang.
Hicimos fotos debajo del agua con una de esas camaras de usar y tirar .. Nos hubiera gustado compartir imagenes de los pececillos y corales la cantidad de colores ,como la pelicula de Nemo…!

Vista de uno de los restaurantes a pocos metros del mar

Little spider in Ko Chang jungle
Aranita en la selva de Ko Chang

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