Stories From 79 Countries
Everything we've written, from 13 years on the road.
Gili Trawangan
Back when I was starting to plan our trip to Asia, I was surfing the different forums on the net looking at the different locations that people visit. Initially I really didn’t plan on going to Indonesia but during one online conversation with a forum member on...
Mt.Batur Volcano Trek!
Having never trekked a volcano before I was really looking forward to this. We were picked up from our accommodation in Ubud at 2:30am Saturday morning and we drove for a little over 80 minutes at a constant uphill incline the whole way until we reached the foot of...
First few days here in Indonesia!
The land of 17,000 islands as Indonesia is also know as is definitely worth a trip in itself. It’s a vast humongous country that sprawls between Malaysia and Australia, with the equator as its spine. We landed in Bali late Sunday night with after a short 2.5 hour...
Singapore
Wow wow, weeeee wow! That pretty much sums up our 3 days here in Singapore. We arrived on Thursday and got settled into our hostel which was called the Betelbox packpackers hostel. Very cool hostel with easy access to all the cities main attractions. My original...
We arrived – Bangkok!
Well we finally made it over to Asia, arriving in Bangkok Tuesday afternoon local time. It was a long haul to get here especially with the 6 hour lay over in Istanbul to add to the 13 hours of flying time. The flight from Istanbul to Bangkok was an overnight one and...
Setting off tomorrow!
The time has finally arrived! After an almost unbearable last few months of waiting, researching and what not, the trip starts tomorrow. I’ve already described the bones of the trip in a recent post so I won’t start repeating myself. Nothing has changed in the...
The Bucket List
A bucket list is best described as a list of all the things you want to do, places to see, experience or accomplish before you expire from this earth. It gets its name from a deviation of the term “kick the bucket” and can also be called a “life to-do list”....
Asia 2011: 27 weeks, 7 countries, 2 pairs of jocks!
Its been a year to the day since I made my last post here and with good reason. As I've not done much travel in 2010 there was no need for any update. I did get to Berlin(stag weekend), Manchester(godfather duties),Vilamoura(a wedding) and to visit my Dads...
Person of the Year 2009 award!
I was absolutely chuffed to bits to find out that I got voted as Boyle Person of the year 2009! It's a great honour to have won this local award which has been in existence for the past seventeen years. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the ceremony, which was...
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