Tag Archives: Travel

Darwin- North Territory

Posted 23 January 2006 | By | Categories: Australia, Photos, Travel | 1 Comment

Hi again from Darwin, We are closer to Singapore than Sydney, this country is as big as the whole Europe, is like traveling from Turkey to Sweden . and is as different as those two countries. The climate here is tropical , it has two seasons the dry season from May to September and the […]

Back to Sydney and “misty” Blue Mountains

Posted 17 January 2006 | By | Categories: Australia, Photos, Travel | 5 Comments

Back from Queensland and we did the walk from Bondi Beach to Bronte Beach, nice walk along the coast but we were dying to get out of the city, we hadn’t seen much nature, so it was time to put our skates on. Thanks to Nadine and John for driving us into the Blue Mountains, […]

Surfers Paradise – Gold Coast and Janis farewell

Posted 12 January 2006 | By | Categories: Australia, Photos, Travel | 1 Comment

Welcome to Surfers Paradise This place is massive….! It is in the heart of Gold Coast – Queensland –Quene’sland 😉 . Huge beaches with big waves, skyscrapers , great night life and lots of mad people ready to enjoy themselves . The weather was very bad so what else you do when you can’t swim […]

Koalas and kangaroos

Posted 06 January 2006 | By | Categories: Australia, Photos, Travel | 26 Comments

Ahhhhhh isn’t he soooooo cute!!!!!!!! I wanna take one home! Que boniiiiiiiiiiito!!!!!!!! Quiero llevarme uno! We visited the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary on the outskirts of Brisbane. Home to some 130 or so Koala bears, lots of kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, emus, dingos, snakes and lizards, as well as parrots and bats and lots of other […]

Sydney New Years Eve special- Especial Fin de Año

Posted 03 January 2006 | By | Categories: Australia, Photos, Travel | 14 Comments

G’day from us all down under!!! Buenasss desde los antipodes!!! How do you celebrate New Year’s Eve in Sydney?? You make some sandwiches and something to drink, you put your wings and the glitter and fly (or take the train!) to the Botanic Gardens for a picnic and get the best place to watch the […]

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 […]