Posts Tagged ‘minibus’
In australia, chess, travel on
8 May 2010 tagged abbey, al-hosn, alak, alcohol, alwad island, amman, australia, beach, beer, breakfast, cafe, castle, chess, children, christian, church, citadel, damascus, driver, english, family, felafel, ferry, fosters, guitar, highway, homs, island, lattakia, minibus, mosque, muslim, old city, olive, olive farm, orthodox, ouzo, photo, policeman, rosa, ruins, sea, shwarma, st george's cathedral, st mary, sunset, syria, tartus, taxi, ticket, travel, walking tour, wine with no comments
day 386 – we liked lattakia, but kept moving and headed to another beachside town – tartus. when we arrived we immediately headed to the beach which was clear (no ships) and beautiful. the sea was blue and we walked along the foreshore. back in town, we were feeling hungry so decided to get some [...]
In travel on
7 May 2010 tagged abraham, aleppo, aleppo citadel, ayran, azaz, baklava, border, breakfast, bus, castle, christina, citadel, expensive, fish, gazi antep, harbour, hotel, iran, israel, lattakia, minibus, package, pakistan, passport, police, pond, sal-hadin, sanl urfa, shipping, stamps, syria, temple, travel, turkey, wifi with no comments
day 381 – although christina and i were having fun, the travels were not going well. turkey was more expensive than iran and pakistan, so i was still getting used to the higher costs. in the morning we had breakfast and checked out of the hotel. we bought tickets to sanl urfa and headed into [...]
In travel on
6 May 2010 tagged azadi tower, bazaar, board, book, bookstore, border, breakfast, bus, cameras, chess, chess board, chess.com, christina, dogubayazit, email, english, guidebook, handicraft, hasselblad, hotel, immigration, iran, koran, leica, makoo, minibus, monument, mosque, movie, museum, mustafa, palace, poets mausoleum, qu'ran, search, sheep stomach soup, soup, stamp, tabriz, taxi, tehran, tourism, train, travel, turkey, van, visa, wifi with no comments
day 376 – my train to tabriz was in the evening, so i had a full day left in tehran. the hotel was nice and let me stay in my room until late. i decided to use the day to actually see some of tehran. i’d been hoping to see the sights of tehran with [...]
In computers & internet, travel on
25 December 2009 tagged 85mm, american psycho, atm, banana pancake, beer, book, breakfast, bret eaton elis, bukit lawang, burma, burmese refugee, bus, camera, chinatown, christina, dinner, email, embassy official, f1.8, ferry, flight, food, georgetown, hindu temple, hotel, indian visa, indonesia, labyrinth, lake, lens, linux, lunch, mail, malaysia, mcdonalds, medan, minibus, money, myanmar, myanmar embassy, nikon, orangutan rehabilitation centre, parapat, passport, petronas twin towers, photographs, post office, rain, reggae bar, street cafe, taxi, terminal, the beach, ticket, tourist, travel, tshirt, tuk tu, united nations refugee status, visa, waiter, wifi with no comments
day 286 – being on the lake made me feel lazy (well, lazier than usual) and i decided to stay and do some reading. i sold my copy of ‘the beach’ (which was actually very, very good) and snagged a copy of ‘american psycho’ by bret eaton elis. i’ve read it before, but it was [...]
In australia, travel on
16 December 2009 tagged air north, australia, bali, beach, beer, bemo, blackout, cafe, chess, chicken satay, coffee, darwin, delay, denpasar, dorms, drinking, flight, homestay, hotel, immigration, jetstar, kakadu trek, kennis, kuta, lonely planet, medewi, minibus, negara, nightmare, passengers, photography, room mate, singapore, sleep, surf town, surfers, swim, taxi, tickets, travel, wifi, yelling, yha, yobos with no comments
day 261 – today was my last day in australia. i packed and checked out of my room. i had a coffee in town and met kennis for lunch. she’d just returned from a kakadu trek, which she said was fantastic. we had chinese for lunch and spent the afternoon together. we chatted until my [...]
In blog stuff, rants, travel on
4 October 2009 tagged argument, bananas, beer, blog, border, breakfast, buffalos, bus, carriage, chengdu, china, computer, conductor, dormitory, girl, hanoi, hiking, homestay, hostel, hotel, immigration, internet cafe, ipod, kids, kinetic, linux, lunch, minibus, money, muddy, nanning, pancakes, photography, photos, pictures, prostitute, rain, research, restaurant, rice paddies, sapa, sleeper, star wars, taxi, tibet, ticket, torch, track, train, train station, travel, tv, ubuntu, vietnam, villages, visa, waterfall with no comments
day 161 – we woke up to a massive pancake breakfast that our hungry group couldn’t finish. the pancakes were piled high and we devoured them with bananas, honey and various jams. a little girl was playing on the fence across from our homestay, and when i spotted her, i ran across the road with [...]
In buddhism, korea, money, travel on
6 August 2009 tagged alms, bars, beer, border, breakfast ticket vang vieng, british girls, buddha, buffet, bus, cafe, chess, chess set, coffee, dawn, debit card, drugs, email, food, foreigners, friends, hanoi, headache, ipod, kimchi, kimchi jiggae, korea, korean food, koreans, laos, luang prabang, minibus, monks, morning, night markets, phonsovan, photograph, photography, riverfront, stalls, statue, temple, travel, vendors, vientiane, vietnam with no comments
day 141 – i woke up with a headache caused by sleeping for so long. i was feeling weary from the long bus trip and the previous night’s sleep. i walked along the riverfront and got some breakfast, after which i booked a ticket to vang vieng. i met the british girls after lunch. they [...]