2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/samandandrew/rss.xml Welcome to my travel blog! I wish I had done this while I was travelling the world for the last 10 years but only starting it from 2009 onwards, to write blogs for the other dozens of countries I have visited would take me a lifetime!! 54 in total! Hopefully this will keep you all informed of my Worldly adventures. Andrew and I travelled South America for 3 months. And then I went on alone to travel Africa for 2 fantastic months! Enjoy our stories! http://www.getjealous.com/samandandrew http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2727600&go=samandandrew Santa Barbara to Grand Canyon Take off this morning and drive to Santa Barbara.  Driving in it was so beautiful! Very fancy indeed with palm trees lining the beach and very posh people!  We found a cheap cafe and had lunch of soup and salad And then kept walking through the town checking things out.  After another hour we got on the road to head to LA! Bring it on!!  Driving in was awesome... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2727600&go=samandandrew Mon, 3 Sep 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2726820&go=samandandrew Met the Intrepid group at 8am in the lobby. We have 3 Swiss (all travelling alone), Sara, Marina & Gayle,  a British couple Hannah & Kurt, and one Aussie Michael. 7 in total and our leader Liv who is from New York.  We pile into the van after packing the trailer and head off on our journey south. A short drive today down to Santa Cruz and we stopped in to a super market to get groceries for the... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2726820&go=samandandrew Sat, 1 Sep 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2726695&go=samandandrew My journey starts in Brisbane at the airport, walk straight to the front of the line thanks to my platinum status frequent flier! The nicest check in counter staff I have ever come access tells me the good news....miss Towne, you have been upgraded to business class! Yahoo!  I head straight to the first class lounge & enjoy a morning champagne, some yummy food, followed by a barista cappachino! N... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2726695&go=samandandrew Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2724609&go=samandandrew Writing this time, i am still in Australia....boring you say? Hmmm no! I'm packing for my next trip off to the West Coast USA for the 3 weeks. I have to say.....i'm super excited now! 7 sleeps and counting. I find packing for travelling around the USA a bit more difficult then usual, as even through I'm going to be travelling, it is also the type of place I want to look half decent! However, ... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2724609&go=samandandrew Sat, 25 Aug 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2700099&go=samandandrew Solomon islands trip to Uepi resort.  21-25 March , 2012 Arrived in Honiara at 1:45 and took ages to clear customs. Got my bag & walked out on the dirt road about half a km to the domestic airport. Literally a small tin shed with one check in desk. Very low key!  I then proceeded to board. 32 seated propeller plane for the 45 minute scenic flight to Sege. Coming to land I see no runway! Just a... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2700099&go=samandandrew Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=1900446&go=samandandrew I arrive at Brisbane airport on the Tuesday night at about 10pm. Just so happened that someone I knew from Flight Centre was also flying on the same flight to Brunei! So I sat with Ruth and her 5 mates at the airport and had a couple cold ones while we waited for the massive check in line to dwindle! After 3 flights and 15 hours travelling (waiting at airports!) I arrive in Hanoi! I jump in a c... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=1900446&go=samandandrew Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=625621&go=samandandrew Thought I would write a bit about my time in Perth and New Zealand!! This is going to be purely by memory as I did not write anything down so I apologies if I forget anything!!Firstly though, I flew out of Johannesburg and landed in Perth. My sister in law Stacey and my 17 year old nephew Isaac were there to pick me up. I hadn't seen Isaac since he was about 9 or 10!! Almost didn't even recogn... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=625621&go=samandandrew Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=617793&go=samandandrew Jumping back on the truck this morning for yet another long drive day today. I slept quite a lot today, only awaking for the boarder crossing in South Africa!! Stopped at a mall to get money and immediately noticed the difference in the countries! South Africa is more first world, we passed MacDonald"s and even got to eat some KFC!! We pulled into a campsite, again deviating from the itinerar... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=617793&go=samandandrew Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=616032&go=samandandrew Jumping on the new truck this morning and officially met everyone. A pretty full truck and a whole new ambiance. Today we had our introductions; I was joined by the Aussie Nap family made up of Mother Roz, 16 y/o son Josh, 18 year old daughter Samy and her boyfriend Kane, The Townsend Family from NZ, with Mother Rose, Father Keith, 14 y/o son Mika and 17 y/o son Jonah and then another Aussie famil... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=616032&go=samandandrew Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=611950&go=samandandrew Friday 26th June 2009 Awoke at around 8am with an extreme hang over, probably the worst I have ever experienced and vague memories of being rather sick the night before. But with an up and at em attitude from the rest of the group they made it much easier to stop feeling so sorry for myself!! Slowly through out the morning, memories started returning to people and stories were being told! Apparent... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=611950&go=samandandrew Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT