2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/mattstrutt/rss.xml "If you take a leap of faith, get of your butt who knows how many great adventures are waiting out in the world for you." Bruce Brown, Endless Summer II. http://www.getjealous.com/mattstrutt http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=407025&go=mattstrutt A sad farewell to India and we were once again in Thailand eating delicious street food and surrounded by hectic Thais and daft westerners. We had a manic few days in the capital before flying to Singapore where the contents of my Australian home on wheels awaited...70KG's of luggage collectively! After 3 brief days chilling in Singapore in Little India and china town we left Asia and for the firs... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=407025&go=mattstrutt Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=407000&go=mattstrutt Nish, our Indian travel buddy through Ladakh invited us to stay with him at his home in Ahmedabad, Gujurat. We hadn't given any thought to visiting this mixed Hindu, Muslim and Jain state previously but on a spare of the moment decision we thought why not? A short flight from Delhi south took us to Indias mid west coast just below the nothern plain and just above Bombay. Gurjurat is also bordered ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=407000&go=mattstrutt Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=406991&go=mattstrutt After a day of recovery from the trek, we left the houseboat and Srinagar with our two Israeli friends Amir and Gai by jeep setting out across Kashmir into the Himalayas to Ladakh. The route was set for Leh which would take us along the highest motorable road in the world heading east towards Tibet. The landscape changed from a lunar dessert to rocky glacial valleys to snow capped peaks and throug... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=406991&go=mattstrutt Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=398757&go=mattstrutt Trekking in Kashmir is like nowhere else in the Himalayas, the season is summer now and the mountians are in bloom with flora and a flurry of activity as nomads and herders ascend the mountains and their livestock graze on pastures otherwise unacessable at all other times of the year when the are covered in snow. We palnned a 5 day trek with two Israeli friends we met in Srinagar. The trek require... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=398757&go=mattstrutt Thu, 6 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=398722&go=mattstrutt After a night in Bangkok we flew direct to Delhi landing at 9pm. We were greeted by 35degree heat, high humidity and the assault on all senses that only India can give. It was really exciting to be back in this bonkers country we both love so much. The initial plan was to head straight for the Manali area to explore Ladakh in the eastern Himalaya, we booked and paid for a bus ticket and were looki... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=398722&go=mattstrutt Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=379363&go=mattstrutt After saying goodbye to Ben and Jess, then Noushin and Oswaldo we contemplated heading east to Cambodia. After a 3rd attempt at arranging an India visa in Bangkok and failing we decided to instead travel north towards the Myanmar border and escape the smog and hectic life of Bangkok staying in Thailand. From the capital we took an overnight bus to Thailand's second city Chiang Mai, which we co... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=379363&go=mattstrutt Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=374424&go=mattstrutt After selling the van in Darwin to a novelist we spent the last few days on Australian soil saying goodbye to the friends I'd known for almost three months and the new ones Sara had made in her two week stay in Gecko Lodge. She even squeezed in two days work for a catering company and took me out for a last dinner and drinks with some of the Gecko crew. Good old Elliott drove us for our 3am flight... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=374424&go=mattstrutt Sat, 4 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=374387&go=mattstrutt Sara's third arrival into the Endless Summer III and your hearts and mine was long awaited, it had been three months, 3000km's and a university term since we said goodbye in Cairns. I nervously picked a nervous Gibbel up from the airport at 3.30am after a dinner of fresh fish provided free by the return of Darwin's Gecko Lodge generous resident deep sea fisherman. We spent a week getting once agai... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=374387&go=mattstrutt Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=355916&go=mattstrutt So, its been a while since Ive updated the endless summer III and since my last diary entry a lot has happened yet it feels like just the blink of an eye has passed at the same time. Thanks for your messages and continuous checking of the site - loyal readers...Angela!... work has made me a lazy writer/emailer... I began work at the Honey Pot Gentlemens Club, the Rock and Country Bar and the... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=355916&go=mattstrutt Sat, 2 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=334269&go=mattstrutt The last couple of weeks have been eventful to say Ive not really had anything to do save looking for work. Being nothing much growing except mangoes which arent in season the agricultural work is scarce in the NT. Coming into high season now its all about hospitality, but high season means lots of backcrackers and competition for work is high. So far I have three jobs Im yet to start one at ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=334269&go=mattstrutt Tue, 22 May 2007 12:00:00 GMT