Archive for December, 2005

G’day Sydney

Posted 28 December 2005 | By | Categories: Australia, Photos, Travel | 9 Comments

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 […]

Thailand – Koh Chang

Posted 21 December 2005 | By | Categories: Photos, Thailand, Travel | 16 Comments

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 […]

Thailand – Bangkok

Posted 16 December 2005 | By | Categories: Photos, Thailand, Travel | 5 Comments

Hi from Thailand! Well here we are in Bangkok, bustling sprawling capital of Thailand. Very well planned city, with amazing transport, they’ve got motorways everywhere, underground and Sky Train, plus boats along the Chao Phya River as well as a buses everywhere! Our first stop was a trip out to Ayuthaya – the ancient capital […]

Yangshuo …last days in China and Hong Kong

Posted 12 December 2005 | By | Categories: China, Photos, Travel | 2 Comments

Hi from Yangshou in Guanxi province, in Southwest China. This area, along with the main city of Guilin about 60km north is famous for the surrounding countryside, with it’s characteristic limestone peaks, that you can see in many a traditional chinese painting. Yangshuo is also a travellers mecca, lots of people from everywhere decend here […]

Cruise over the three Gorges

Posted 07 December 2005 | By | Categories: China, Photos, Travel | 16 Comments

We decided to go on a 3day cruise along the Yangze River, the 3rd longest river in the world at 6,300 km. Famous for the 3 gorges, some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. Also just as famous for the 3Gorges dam being built accorss the river, which will unfortunately flood parts of […]

Giant Pandas in Shaanxi

Posted 06 December 2005 | By | Categories: China, Photos, Travel | 9 Comments

We had the chance to visit some Giant Pandas in a Qinling Animal Rescue Centre a couple of hours from Xi’an in central China. The Giant Panda is an endangered animal, there are currently only 1500 Giant Pandas in China, their native country. As they are solitary animals they tend to have a very low […]