Barney & Kel's travel blogs and travel photos

Cinque Terra national park consists of five little coastal villages in Italy's North West. The villages are linked by rail, and by a trail along the cliffs overlooking the sea. We set up camp in Riomaggiore, the southernmost village, with a view to hiking the 12km to Monterosso over two days. Our legs were starting to become weary from all the travel we had done, and things were not made any easie...

Our Accomodation in Rome was in a great central location. We were lucky enough to be within walking distance of all the attractions of the ancient city. It was also fully self-contained, which gave us the opportunity to sample some local supermarket produce in the comfort of our apartment. Our stay in Rome consisted of a lot of walking. On our first full day we checked out the Trevi Fountain, t...

I started to feel quite sick again on the ferry from Marmaris to Rhodes City, so unfortunately I spent most of our time there in our hotel room. Kel and I were now sharing a room with Stacey (Kel's sister), who flew in from London on our first night in Greece. Rhodes is a very popular for European tourists, and as a result most of the interesting history has been misplaced in amoungst the crowded ...

After the hour-long transit from the airport to our hotel in Istanbul, the first thing Kel and I did was head out for a cup of chai and a kebab! We met Phil & Janice shortly afterwards and caught up with all their tales from Dubai over a cold drink. This was the first time they had left Australia. Istanbul is a huge, sprawling city that is home to over 11 million people. It is also the gatew...

After a very brief stopover at Stacey's house in London, we left for the second leg of our trip, to Europe. Our accommodation in Venice was a campsite called 'Camping Fusina'. Although very simple, the site was adjacent to a jetty that had regular ferry services into Venice island. Unfortunately, it started to rain heavily the moment we landed in Venice, and for the entire first day the only ...