2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/ademoo/rss.xml Ade and Moo's Round the World Adventure http://www.getjealous.com/ademoo http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=492313&go=ademoo We arrived in Jaipur very early in the morning, however, due to the inefficiency of Indian trains no way near as early as we were scheduled to arrive!! As we walked to our hotel we witnessed an accident. A car turned right across oncoming traffic and, in order to avoid a collision, a motorcyclist slammed his breaks sending both him and his helmet-wearing passenger over the handlebars. Both driver ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=492313&go=ademoo Sat, 17 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=489153&go=ademoo After a layover in Kolcatta (Calcutta), we arrived in Chennai (Madras) at 11:30pm. On the way to our hotel, it looked very much like a warzone. Travelling through the streets, we began to realise that we weren"t in South East Asia anymore! The guidebook suggests that even the hardiest of travellers do not spend too much time in Chennai and now we realised why!We set out to visit Chennai"... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=489153&go=ademoo Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=479741&go=ademoo We have left Thailand now and are currently travelling around Indian, but that"s another Blog!During our time in Chiang Mai, we were fortunate enough to be part of ‘Songkran" the Thai New year Celebration cum ‘mass water fight." Songkran Officially starts at 12pm on the 13th April, so imagine Ade"s shock on the 12th April at 10am, on his return home from training wh... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=479741&go=ademoo Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=471659&go=ademoo We arrived in Ubon Ratchathani and immediately made our way to the train station to discover that the only seats available on the next train to Bangkok were in 3rd class. We"re no travel snobs but 12 hour on church pew type seats was too much for us. After a short wait at the tuk-tuk stand, where a middle aged woman told Ade she was single (welcome back to Thailand!), we arrived back at the b... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=471659&go=ademoo Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=466668&go=ademoo We arrived in the Vientiane, the capital of Laos, after a nightmare journey including a two hour wait for the boarder to open, why not just leave Hanoi later?!Vientiane is extremely small as capital cities go, so quiet in fact that we thought there must be a national holiday. It is a pretty city and welcome relief from the hustle and bustle of Hanoi. After a couple of days seeing what little there... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=466668&go=ademoo Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=457624&go=ademoo We arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, which is a bustling metropolis with over 5 million residents, 60% of who own mopeds or moto"s (approximately 3 million!). The following morning we set off for the Reunification Palace, where the communist tanks gathered at the fall of Saigon, on 30th April 1975, and the War Remnants Museum. Due to Tet (Lunar New Year), in 10 days time, Reunific... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=457624&go=ademoo Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=450411&go=ademoo The flight to Phenom Phem was a budget ‘Ryan Air" style meaning that you grab whatever seat is available when you get on, we managed to bag an emergency exit aisle, oh blessed legroom!Outside the airport we were quickly snapped up by a motorbike taxi, with our rucksacks between our legs we set off into the crazy Cambodian traffic, allegedly they drive on the right side of the road. We c... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=450411&go=ademoo Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=442641&go=ademoo We arrived in Hat Yai, Thailand, and got straight onto a bus to Krabi and then a ferry to Ko Phi Phi (Ko is ‘island" in Thai). We arrived at our hotel, The Golden Hill, which was a wooden building perched on stilts on the side of a hill (not golden). We had a lovely view over Phi Phi town to the beach and, when Ady put his foot through one of the rotten floorboards, we had a view down ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=442641&go=ademoo Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=435506&go=ademoo Singapore is a lovely introduction to Asia because it is so clean, crime free, we did not see any homeless people, everyone is well dressed and shopping is a national pass time. The only downside being that it was monsoon season so it rained heavily every afternoon. Due to expensive accommodation we had to stay in a Youth Hostel in a dorm room, complete with drunken people crashing around in the ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=435506&go=ademoo Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=426639&go=ademoo After arriving in the south Island, we drove the scenic road to Nelson, a series of swooping corners, which take you up and over a mountain range with lush green valleys on either side. We checked in to a campsite with luxury apartments (bedroom, kitchenette and ensuite bath sure beats a camper van!) for Rose and John (Ady"s parents) and settled in for a quiet night in front of the TV, someth... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=426639&go=ademoo Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT