PoW WOW .......my Iranian secret is out!Aug 10, 2009
How does this stuff happen to me?
It was one of the longest nights of my life....
When an opportunity came up to go on an excursion to the desert I jumped at the chance! I love a good roadtrip.
Squashed into the 4WD that had just spent a week in the garage being serviced, we couldn't believe it when the vehicle lost all power going down a rough and ready road. Literal...
I was last in Turkey in 2003. Green and young, just off the boat from New Zealand I came over in what I am embarrassed to say was an ANZAC tour. Yes I was one of the thousands of Antipodeans who every year make the journey on April 25 to the battlegrounds of Gallipoli. I was herded around the peninsular like a sheep (baaaaaaaaa......sorry couldn't resisit that!) What was it I was actual...
Country Number 7 - It's all Greek to me?!Jun 10, 2009
Greece. Well I can now say I have officially seen EVERY country that belongs to the European Union. That's all 28 of them. Box ticked! I had been through Greece previously (on an overnight train) ....but to me that didn't count as visiting the country (just like if you stay at an airport....that doesn't count either)! I've been desperate to get back since but I just hadn't seemed able ...
I thought Macedonia would be an extension of Albania. I was certainly expecting more of the same. How wrong I was! I can't really say I'm having an enjoyable time here. I'm loving being close to nature but for me it's the people that make a country. All the Macedonian people I have met and talked to extensively seem to turn the conversation around and make me feel quite guilty for traveling. They ...
