Pig's armpit |
I wrote this the other day in response to someone whinging about how difficult it is to be an Australian in New York City. Try being a New Jersey girl, plonked in the middle of Hicksville, Far N...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:43:00 GMT |
How about a route? |
Our Route (updated regularly)May 3 - May 15: Vietnam (Saigon, Dalat, 6 days along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Hoi An, Saigon)May 16-18: LondonMay 18- end of May: Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki, Santorini, My...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:52:00 GMT |
Doin' the Hillbilly Cha-Cha |
Call me cynical, ironic or post-modern (at your peril), but whenever a destination is described as "remote", "pure" or isolated, I can't help but scoff.
The "wilderness" of the Daintree is dot...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 10:09:00 GMT |
Tbilisi Part I: Hard Corp, man |
Have a good look at this:
Now imagine you've been sitting next to a fat, sweaty man with a monobrow and a loud mouth in a crammed and bumpy minibus for six hours. See yourself cros...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 08:09:00 GMT |
Azerbaijan: Scrabble, anyone? |
There is perhaps no word that is more satisfying to say than "Azerbaijan". Go on, say it. A few times. It rolls around in the mouth in a soft confusion of vowels and enough consonants to give you a re...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:52:00 GMT |
The Mud Volcanos of Qobustan: A Misguided Virgin Sacrifice |
Some people spend hundreds of dollars on therapeutic mud treatments. I went to Azerbaijan and fell into a volcano.
Most people in Azerbaijan have heard of the dusty, dry and featureless "town"...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:54:00 GMT |
Hungry? Here's a few pieces of Turkey... |
Our first few days in Turkey (in the so-so town of Selcuk) were spent thus: Awake at five by the dualling minarets outside our window (cursing the Islamic focus on religious education over singin...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:17:00 GMT |
More pain, I love it: The Selcuk Syndrome? |
It was around the time that Saddam Hussein kneaded hot oil on to my breasts that I realised Turkey wasn't your average getaway spot. And when, in the same stroke, he tried to break my nose, ...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:45:00 GMT |
Talkin' Turkey: A Random Ramble |
Merhaba* infidels !
Greetings from Istanbul, not Constantinople (insert weak chuckle here). Still battling these baffling local keyboards, but given that it takes me somewhat less than half an hour to...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 13:50:00 GMT |
Old Man Porn: A Brýef Interlude |
Russia is reknowned for its gorgeous gýrls. Vietnam is brimming with shy and elegant beauties and who can forget the images of beautiful, bare-breasted African girls in their days of combing through o...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 13:51:00 GMT |
