San Augustin, Colombia

San Augustin, Colombia

It takes 6 hours to travel 100kms by bus over a spectacular but incredibly bumpy road, the smart locals hog the front seats so we draw the short straw flying around the back.  I worry for the box of chickens in the shelf above us, they don’t sound very happy either - its our first experience travelling with animals, a novelty for now.  Half-way we stop at a little smoke-filled shack to be filled with a $1 lunch, the soup usually always has a big chunk of bony meat sitting in it that I never eat and am sure it gets recycled into the pot when we leave!  Sometimes I smuggle it out and treat a stray dog.

Vienna

Vienna Austria

Vienna, well, dont have many photos from Vienna. After Cesky Krumlov I didnt really feel like doing much sightseeing and stuff cos I was so relaxed after that! Did a bit of walking around and stuff! Went to the park on the sunday and read my book! Was really good weather and stuff! I met up with Jason and Petra for breakfast the last day I was there.

Diving Honduras style

Diving Honduras style

We’ve just come from 8 days diving in Utila, part of the Bay Islands off Honduras. What a top week. We did 10 great dives and saw plenty of stuff including turtles, rays, sea horsies (ha!), plenty of other brightly coloured fish (that we don’t know the names of) and even a shark! Unfortunately the Whale Sharks must’ve heard we were in town so they buggered off, but even so, we had a great week. This was topped off by the fact that we were staying in a big house with a huge deck over looking the water and a private jetty with some fab people. The fact that we could unpack and cook for ourselves was a plus too…..and did we mention the rum???!

Los angeles taste on bike !!

Long planning we decided to visit at Los angeles by bike. My self david and I an small village boy. Few months ago came los angeles city for my new job. I do not know los angeles city very acceptably. My boss make an impression me and gave some days off so I want to enjoy these days to know everything in this city but it is not achievable to know everything. Whatever, early morning run off our room. I had known to behavior of whole city by map but take also city map for our help. My destinations are opposite to each other but too adventure place both of us, be informed by my friend aboutLos Angeles. I want to go Gardena park, Alondra park and last destinations Hermosa beach. I did not go at any beach so I was interesting feeling to Hermosa Beach secondly I visit this place by bike, it was too cool and adventure trip to me. After few hours we want to feel eat some food so stop our bike a motel near the road. Take a cup of coffee with cream puffs, a hot dog also. Bit by bit taste food was to good. Los angeles city is the famous of the world his IT industry, financial and other things, longest building of offices located there.

Bangkok Hospital Visit

Arriving back in Thailand with just one day before I flew out to Burma I suddenly began to worry about my right leg and foot. I now had a series of cuts, bites and incisions that had swelled, were pussing and were very sore. The original cut from the rope-swing at Vang Viang had still not healed, I had three mosquito bites that I had scratched and seemed to be growing by the day, a big cut on the top of my foot from smashing it on a rock swimming in Ko Tao, and a small but widening hole on my big toe that was producing a substantial amount of pus and was now really painful to walk on, that I had got standing on a piece of coral in Ko Phangan.

Ko Phangan – Shrooms, Moons and Motorbikes

Ko Phangan Shrooms Moons and Motorbikes Full Moon Party

Another train took us from Bangkok, south once more overnight to a wake-up call in Surat Thani, where we departed the train, panicked over where Cary had put the bus and boat tickets, before eventually finding them tucked in her bag and boarding the bus to the port of Don Sak on the eastern coast of Thailand, just as the sun was rising with a few hundred fellow travelers, who were also heading for the Full Moon Party.

Texas – St.Louis – Chicago

Building in Dallas Downtown

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We are now in Chicago which is a nice city – lots of trees even though they are brown at the moment! Spring has not arrived yet and it was snowing when we arrived but has been sunny and ‘crisp’ ever since which is nice! We went to a huge conservatory yesterday full of massive palms and all sorts of lovely flowers – there were a couple of crazy white salamanders which were cool! We are staying with Jeff & Kristi who we met at Ana & Doug’s wedding so that’s fun!

Singapore

I’m writing this diary a week afterwards and somehow in wrong order, but I’m not travelling around that logical anymore, since I visited Singapore twice this week, but this island stay were in between.
And I just applied for my courses  at university back in Uppsala. It feels great to see the end of le paradize that I’ve been enjoying for three years soon. One year travelling around and making great friends in and around Switzerland. One year exploring my cultural/musical side with my new family at Skinnskattebergs folkhogskola. And this year working and travelling around all over the world, feeling a bit lost in the world. Like my mother sang to me as a child:

Around Eastern Australia

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I spent new years day in and out of airports as I headed to Brisbane on the first. I stayed with a friend of my family from my hometown, and as much as we had never met, they treated me like one of their own. Among fabulous dinners, and emergency capri shopping, I hiked in the Glasshouse mountains near steve irwin’s zoo, went to the andy warhol exhibit, and saw some sights along the river. It was nice to relax, have some home cooked meals and reminisce about my hometown

Luang Prabang, Laos

Luang Prabang, Laos

We rented a couple of pretty nice mountain bikes and headed into the karst-filled hills. The ride was beautiful, a great way to see small villages somewhat off the beaten path. From Vang Vieng we took a crowded mini bus to Luang Prabang. Imagine taking a 300km. ride on old Whistler-style road in a super crowded bus with no brakes and very little steering. The views were breathtaking but by the end we were nervous wrecks. It was worth it to get to Luang Prabang however. This is another UNESCO world heritage sight similar to Hoi An in that the city has retained much of its architectural heritage including the most amazing Wats, or temples,