The blog has been a little quiet lately, but that's because I've been in Tanzania for the past couple of weeks. I'm happy to say that I made it all the way to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. It was the hardest trek I have ever attempted, based solely on the summit day itself. I [...]
This week's travel photo is of a street performer in Siena, Italy. We came across several of these performers all over Italy. They stay perfectly still for hours, only moving when someone puts a coin in their tin. It must take a lot of patience.
This week's travel photo is of St Mary's Church in Warwick, Australia. Warwick as a historical town in the heart of the Darling Downs in South East Queensland.
This week's travel photo is of Pha That Luang in Vientiane, Laos. This grand chedi (stupa) is the largest in Laos and stands as a monument to this fascinating country.
This week's travel photo is of some towers and chedis in the ruins of Wat Chaiwatthanaram in the ancient Siamese capital of Ayutthaya, Thailand. Wat Chaiwatthanaram is located outside of the main island of Ayutthaya and is one of the most well preserved ruins in the city.
This week's travel photo is of the harbour in Sorrento, Italy. The town of Sorrento is built up on top of the cliffs of the Sorrento Peninsula and a narrow road cut into the cliff side gives access to the harbour. Sorrento is a great location for exploring the Amalfi Coast, the Isle of Capri [...]
A couple of days ago I went hiking in Mount Barney National Park in South East Queensland, Australia. This rugged and remote area is a great place to get away from it all in the Aussie bush, and I decided to climb to the summit of the East Peak of the mountain by hiking in [...]
This week's travel photo is of a long tail boat at the beach on Koh Khao Phing Kan, more commonly known as James Bond Island in Phang Nga Bay, Thailand. This tiny island is popular due to it's name sake, since the James Bond Film "The Man with the Golden Gun" was filmed here in [...]
This week's travel photo is of a collection of Buddha statues located in a museum building of Wat Xieng Thong in Luang Prabang, Laos. There were statues of all shapes and sizes located around this building. Some looked really old, others were newer, but there were certainly too many to count.
One week in Tuscany, Italy just wasn't enough. In fact, even though we had seen so much of this beautiful province and explored so many of it's interesting towns, we still had only just scratched the surface. We hadn't even made it to one of Tuscany's most popular cities - Pisa. Luckily, due to the [...]
