2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/stonebloke/rss.xml Ramblings from my trip round the world http://www.getjealous.com/stonebloke http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=647862&go=stonebloke Right, here's a quick one. This is the last blog on the calendar. I'll beef it up and add more small highlights along the way and add photos now i can do it quick a for free. But as it'll read in order, as Jim Morrison sang "This is The End, Beautiful Friend" So I flew outta Bangkok on Dec 13th at 8.30am I slept for 6hrs nearly all the way to Doha on my 1st Qatar Airways flight. I'd stayed... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=647862&go=stonebloke Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=642833&go=stonebloke this last week has been good fun. hanging around with the same 4 girls and its good craic. they went to bed early a couple of nights ago but there was a bunch of young fellas from Manchester so i fell in with them for a few drinks and all we chatted about was football and bands so i got back in touch with my masculine side haha! so i've about a week left in cambodia. at the moment we're in Kamp... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=642833&go=stonebloke Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=636563&go=stonebloke i''ve made the move into cambodia and im now in the capital city, Pnohm Pehn. its a big place. i'm travelling with a couple of finnish girls, a kiwi girl and an australian girl. i've had a good few days - good start to cambodia. the border was interesting - full of corrupt guards asking for $1 for each stamp on the passport, $3 to pay for the visa form (on top of the normal $20 visa fee) and the l... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=636563&go=stonebloke Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=669332&go=stonebloke My Last Stop in Laos was Don Det, one of popular tourist areas of the Four Thousand Islands. This is at the far southern tip of Laos where the Mekong River is extremely wide and over time, these islands have formed within the river. I got picked up at my guesthouse in Pakse early morning and headed off in the minivan. It wasn't completely packed so i got 2 seats to myself at the back. The journ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=669332&go=stonebloke Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=631325&go=stonebloke I left the lovely town of Luang Prabang, its Wats and UNESCO status to get into the mountains, by the river. Went up to Nong Khiaw which is 3hrs up north. I got a minivan, pretty much full of Spanish speaking people, cue an early morning conversation class! I managed pretty well - still got it haha! The drive was very scenic - windy mountain roads, breathtaking views, and small towns and villages... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=631325&go=stonebloke Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=628778&go=stonebloke I had my scooter for 2 days and rode along a path just opposite my guesthouse to another waterfall. I'd heard it was 3hrs walk away so chanced it and took the scooter up the country lane. I came to a river and it was clear the bike wasn't getting over the rickety bamboo bridge. I hadn't expected much else anyway and so I sat on a rock, writing my diary. A guy in dredlocks came over soon after ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=628778&go=stonebloke Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=628777&go=stonebloke Pai is north west of Chiang Mai and pretty much everyone I met who had been said - If you have time, go to Pai, you'll love it! Thats about as much as I knew about it to be honest. But going on the back of recommendations of friends I'd had a lot in common with, I decided to make the trip.Its set in a valley, surrounded by the mountains - a beautiful setting. The town itself is small enough but... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=628777&go=stonebloke Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=626296&go=stonebloke So this was the 1st overnight trekking trip i'd done in a while. i was really looking forward to it cos i've met quite a lot of people who've been here already. The 1st part was an elephant ride, which was about 30mins long i think. i'd wanted to do this for ages but it was weird. i'm in two minds whether i enjoyed it. i think i did, but it didn't really fit into the trek - it was just a circul... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=626296&go=stonebloke Tue, 6 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=621674&go=stonebloke Malaysia begins with doing the last big thing on my big big list of What I Want to Do and Learn Whilst Away Travelling... SCUBA Diving.I'd put this off in Australia because where I was at the Whitsundays, there was loads to see just by snorkelling. Plus I didn't really have the time to devote to it all. So I took my 1st chance in Asia, recommended my Sian and Matt (cheers youse uns) to go to ABC... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=621674&go=stonebloke Fri, 4 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=615136&go=stonebloke Well I'm outta Aussie land now. The opening page of the next chapter has been turned. Its mad, cos pretty much in the last 24 hrs I've done a quick circle of my whole australian trip! Gone from Cairns to Sydney with JetStar in the evening and past through all of Queensland and New South Wales. Then with Quantas, went Sydney to Singapore, stopping at Adelaide, passing over Melbourne, then up th... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=615136&go=stonebloke Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT