Abbie and Dave's Travels

Calcutta, India

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:55:14 +0000

We've come to experience poverty in quite a few different places now. Each time I come across it again it's in a different context a different light. I knew India was a desparately poor country, part...

In General, Cambodia

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:11:25 +0100

There is a lot more to Cambodia than pain and suffering. We obviously haven't seen it all but I do feel like we've seen the essence of Cambodia. I used to think of Poverty as homeless people begging b...

Phnom Pehn, Cambodia

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:28:28 +0100

I'm not sure about everyone else, I know I'm incredibly naive to most world affairs, but until 6 months ago I had barely heard of Cambodia, I certainly had not heard of its past. When we were staying...

Ko Samui, Thailand

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:06:45 +0100

Once again I am incredibly behind the times, but its better than never! So after the bitter dissapointment that was Ko Phi Phi, we continued our Thailand tour to a place called Ko Samui. Ko Samui is a...

Ko Phi Phi, Thailand

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:00:18 +0100

Ko Phi Phi is So Phoo Phoo Epectations are a funny thing. I am not entirely sure where they come from. Possibly from the media, films etc and sometimes from others recommendations. So even though expe...

Ko Phi Phi, Thailand

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:58:12 +0100

Georgetown, Malaysia

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:09:12 +0100

After the cultural wasteland which is the East Coast of Australia, I was really excited and equally nervous about our travel a...

Fraser Island, Queensland

Sun, 31 May 2009 03:43:19 +0100

The next interesting part, which I can be bothered to talk about, is Fraser Island. We arrived at Rainbow beach on the dutiful Greyhound bus. Rainbow Beach is a very small sea side town with not much...

Airlie Beach, Queensland

Tue, 26 May 2009 08:56:08 +0100

We arrived in Airlie Beach with little to no plan of what we were doing next. We knew that the Whitsundays were most people's top destination on the East Coast, so we were interested in getting on a b...

Magnetic Island, Queensland

Sun, 24 May 2009 06:51:11 +0100

well, this is my second attempt at this entry, the first one was lost just as I was saving it, so excuse me if it's a little boring, but I'm bored of writing it! So after the beautiful Cape Tribulatio...