We are staying in Greece at the moment (ten days total here). A friend of Jo´s has very kindly let us stay with her in her beautiful house. She has rented a car for us and is giving us a tour of the Igoumenitsa region of Greece. Great to be in a comfortable bed and shown around a country by a local.
Just a few pics for now, running out of internet time. These pics are mainly of the house we are staying in and the beautiful views of the surrounding ocean and mountains. Will update soon with pics from our day trips.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
London
Some thoughts about London to accompany these pics:
- Our first two days were awesome weather (24 deg) the rest was typical London weather in the mid teens.
- Hiking boots aren´t the greatest things for exploring a massive city like London! I´m glad I took some runners aswell, but Jo only had thongs and hiking boots.
- We got an awesome exchange rate of around 2.1 but it was still amazingly expensive. One coffee shop we went to (admittedly under the Tower Bridge) wanted 4 euro per crappy coffee.
- All of London smells like curry
- There are a huge amount of Polish people in London. Jo felt very strange. Not many Aussies at all.
- Lots of homeless people and gangs. We walked passed a forensic team in central london that had taped off half a block. We saw on the news that night there had been a gang murder over spilt coke.
- Tube is very expensive, crap and busy. Cost us around $25 aussie dollars a day to get around central london.
- Our first two days were awesome weather (24 deg) the rest was typical London weather in the mid teens.
- Hiking boots aren´t the greatest things for exploring a massive city like London! I´m glad I took some runners aswell, but Jo only had thongs and hiking boots.
- We got an awesome exchange rate of around 2.1 but it was still amazingly expensive. One coffee shop we went to (admittedly under the Tower Bridge) wanted 4 euro per crappy coffee.
- All of London smells like curry
- There are a huge amount of Polish people in London. Jo felt very strange. Not many Aussies at all.
- Lots of homeless people and gangs. We walked passed a forensic team in central london that had taped off half a block. We saw on the news that night there had been a gang murder over spilt coke.
- Tube is very expensive, crap and busy. Cost us around $25 aussie dollars a day to get around central london.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Plane Pics
Some amazing views over China, Russia and Europe. As we were flying over the Sichuan province there was an earthquake that killed 80% of the population. Of course we only found out when the plane landed and we saw the newspapers, but it is a very strange feeling that I was photographing a disaster zone without knowing.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Our going away party...
Thanks to everyone who made it along! We had a great night and enjoyed everyones company for one last night in Melbourne.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Tasmania Trip, December 2007 - Jo, Alex, Jim and Trudy
Some photos taken from our trip to Tasmania in December 2007. Location descriptions can be found in the white bar at the top of each photo (click to expand). Basically we went anti-clockwise around Tasmania for two weeks - we could have quite easily spent months there if work didnt have us on a leash!
We found the West coast to be much more enjoyable than the East coast. There were far fewer tourists (like us), better ocean views (bigger waves) and the locals were all friendly and eager to give directions.
We found the West coast to be much more enjoyable than the East coast. There were far fewer tourists (like us), better ocean views (bigger waves) and the locals were all friendly and eager to give directions.
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