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Welcome to globaltour.co.uk - Lee and Julie's Round the World Trip 2004 - 2005!
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We'll keep you updated whilst away on here. Hopefully, pictures of where we've been and loads of stories.
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To look at the pictures, click on the 'Read More' links on each article.
The weather on the right hand side of the page, is a good indication as to where we are.
All of the latest stories, can be found on the top left of the page.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 04:50 PM (GMT)
Bangkok, Thailand ( Tuesday 22nd - Friday 25th February )
The journey from Ko Phan-Ngan was a long one and we arrived in Bangkok just after midnight. We'd booked in at the New Siam 2 guest house but were unable to find it, so headed over to the backpacker haunt of Khao San Road and found somewhere to stay.
I got up early, left Julie in bed and headed out to try and find the elusive New Siam 2. The hostel/hotel we'd stayed in that night wasn't too bad but I'd heard really good reports about the New Siam 2 and it also had a pool. As it was over 35° in Bangkok, I felt a pool would come in handy!
After about an hour of walking round in circles, I managed to find New Siam 1 and they pointed me in the right direction of their new place, the New Siam 2.
On walking in, I knew this was the one and for just 750 baht (10 quid) a night, it was a bargain. The place is basically a hotel and we got a great room on the 2nd floor with aircon (a must!), TV, ensuite bathroom and it was complete with a Louis Vuitton duvet cover.
I rushed back to Julie and we grabbed some breakfast and then headed over with all our stuff.
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Saturday, March 26, 2005 - 05:29 PM (GMT)
There's been a slight problem with the guestbook recently, were you were unable to post messages.
The problem has been fixed now and sorry to those who were unable to add messages.
If you would like to leave a message for us on the guestbook, which we do appreciate, you can do it here.
Thanks, Lee and Julie xxx
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Saturday, March 19, 2005 - 05:52 AM (GMT)
Had Thien, Island of Ko Phan-Ngan [ Thurs. 17th - Tues. 22nd February 2005 ]
We'd originally planned to stay at Bottle Beach on the island of Ko Phan-Ngan as we'd read it had the nicest beach.
We jumped in a longtail boat with a load of others and dropped each of them at different bays. Bottle Beach is a fair way from the port at Hat Rin and they wanted 1500 baht (21 quid!!) to take us there. We hastilty decided to jump at Had Thien and paid just 100 baht.
Had Thien is home to the Sanctuary resort and just a small number of other little bungalows. We were unable to get in at the Sanctuary, so off we went through the coconut groves to another set of bungalows.
We managed to get in at Beam Bungalows and paid just 350 baht (5 quid) a night for the bunglow. Not the Hilton but it had everything you needed and we were just happy to have to somewhere to stay!
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Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 08:18 AM (GMT)
Big Buddha Beach (Hat Bang Rak) [ Tues 15th Feb. - Thurs 17th Feb. 2005 ]
That's much better! Big Buddha Beach was a welcome change from the hustle of Chaweng and literally just spent two days sat on the beach.
We did venture out one day, but that was only up to see the Big Buddha at the end of town. The Big Buddha stands 12 metres tall and can be seen from almost a mile away. The Buddha is part of Wat Phra Yai temple complex, where we bought some roof tiles to help them renovate it. Bad karma otherwise!
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Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 07:37 AM (GMT)
Chaweng (Koh Samui) [ Sat 12th Feb - Monday 14th Feb 2005 ]
The journey to the island of Koh Samui was a nightmare from the start. We'd booked a ticket to Koh Samui, which included the bus journey to the port at Surat Thani and the ferry across. The bus turned out to be an 8 seater minibus with no aircon and all the bags were strapped to the roof. Along the way we lost one of the suitcases - thankfully not one of ours!
We set off at 13:00 and were due to arrive at the ferry port at 18:00 in order to catch the last fast ferry, which takes about 2 hours to get to Koh Samui.
Although the driver was driving at speeds over 130 km/h most of the way and almost falling asleep several times, we still managed to get there late and ended up missing the last express boat.
Our only option was to sit and wait for the slow overnight boat that leaves at 23:00 and takes 7 hours.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 12:52 PM (GMT)
James Bond Island [ Fri. 11th February 2005 ]
A visit to James Bond Island is a must do if you're on Phuket apparently, so we booked Sims Afternoon tour.
First up, we visited the famous Monkey Cave Temple. A cave with a temple inside and hundreds of monkey's outside. On boarding the bus to leave, the driver was checking everyones feet. "No monkey shit on bus", he warned!
After that, we headed over to the pier where we boarded a long tail boat. Basically a large canoe with a V12 engine strapped to the back of it. Fast but extremely noisy!
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Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 12:05 PM (GMT)
Patong [ Wed. 9th February - Sat. 12th February 2005 ]
Phuket was off our list because of the tsunami but after speaking to other travellers we decided to go. Parts of Phuket were hit quite bad but are now quickly on the road to recovery. The buildings close to the beach in Patong were devasted and were being reconstructed when we were there.
One street back and you'd never know that anything ever happened. They rely heavily on tourism, so we felt it would help them if we did go.
We got a flight from Kuala Lumpur with Air Asia to Phuket and headed to the resort of Patong. When we arrived we were suprised to see how busy it was - the first two hotels we went to were fully booked. We finally managed to get a really nice room at Lucky Mansion for just 500 baht (7 quid), which was 'lucky'!
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Monday, March 14, 2005 - 03:59 AM (GMT)
Over 30,000 visitors since we left, averaging about 100 visitors a day. Our busiest day was February 16th with over 360 visitors.
Our busiest month was January 2005, with a staggering 5100 visitors who viewed almost 15,000 pages on the site.
Most of you visit the website on a Wednesday at 09:00, which shows you must all be busy at work then!
01:00 is our quietest hour, so it looks like you all still need your beauty sleep!
From the server stats, we get most of the hits from the following places :-
- nhs.uk (nurses are busy then!)
- jdwilliams.net (my former workmates are still grafting it seems...)
- rochdalembc.gov.uk (staff at the council are still working hard then?!)
- salforduni.ac.uk (lazy students!)
Thanks to everyone who's visited the site whilst we've been away and indeed, emailed us throughout the trip.
We hope you've enjoyed the stories and pictures as much we've enjoyed doing all the things we've done.
There's plenty more stories and pictures to go on from South East Asia, so keep checking.
Seeya all soon,
Lee and Julie
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Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 05:00 AM (GMT)
Cameron Highlands [ Sunday 6th February - Tuesday 8th February 2005 ]
The Cameron Highlands is renowned for it's cool climate and is home to a number of tea plantations. Apparently, they also do cracking tea and scones so we just had to go.
"Getting there is half the fun" as Clark W. Griswald once said and that's certainly true about getting up to the town of Tanah Rata in the Highlands.
Located high up in the hills, it took us over 2 hours to do just 60 Kms through windy roads and hairpin bends.
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Friday, March 04, 2005 - 10:00 AM (GMT)
Kuching - Borneo [ Wednesday 2nd February - Saturday 5th February 2005 ]
Our visions of Borneo were of tiny villages, jungle and very little else. We were therefore suprised to find Kuching as big as it was, complete with the ubiquitous McDonalds and Hilton hotel.
We stayed at the Borneo B&B, which had rooms in a family's home who were extremely friendly and made us feel very welcome.
Across the river are a number of traditional villages, so we took a 'tambang' across and had a wander through some of the streets.
The local people were very friendly and the children were practising their English on us which they found highly amusing.
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And the end of all our searching shall be to return to the place where we started and know it for the first time.
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Thursday, March 03 |
· | Kuala Lumpur (0) |
· | Melaka (0) |
· | Thaipusam festival - Singapore (0) |
· | Pulau Ubin (0) |
Tuesday, February 15 |
· | Singapore (0) |
Monday, February 07 |
· | Ubud - Bali (0) |
· | Kuta - Bali (0) |
Wednesday, February 02 |
· | Next 6 weeks... (0) |
Wednesday, January 26 |
· | Lee's Birthday (0) |
Tuesday, January 25 |
· | Leaving Sydney... (0) |
· | New Years Eve - Sydney (0) |
· | Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (0) |
· | Sydney - Second time around (0) |
Friday, January 21 |
· | Canberra & John and Laraine's (0) |
Thursday, January 20 |
· | Neighbours Tour & Meet The Stars night (0) |
Wednesday, January 19 |
· | Melbourne & St. Kilda (0) |
· | Great Ocean Road & Cape Otway (0) |
· | Adelaide and the Barossa Valley (0) |
Monday, January 17 |
· | Mail Run - Coober Pedy (0) |
Sunday, January 16 |
· | Coober Pedy (0) |
Friday, January 14 |
· | Uluru (Ayers Rock) (0) |
· | Alice Springs (0) |
· | Tennant Creek and Devils Marbles (0) |
Sunday, January 09 |
· | We're in Bali.... woo hoo! (0) |
Friday, December 24 |
· | Merry Christmas! (0) |
Thursday, December 23 |
· | Mt. Isa (0) |
Saturday, December 18 |
· | Townsville - Charters Towers - McKinlay (0) |
· | Magnetic Island (0) |
Friday, December 17 |
· | Airlie Beach and The Whitsundays (0) |
· | Kroombit Cattle Station (0) |
· | Noosa to Kroombit Tops (0) |
Thursday, December 16 |
· | Whale watching - Hervey Bay (0) |
· | Fraser Island (0) |
· | Australia Zoo - Home of the Crocodile Hunter (0) |
· | George and Judy's - Brisbane (0) |
Wednesday, December 15 |
· | Lee and Julie's - Brisbane (0) |
· | Sydney to Byron Bay (0) |
· | Blue Mountains (0) |
Tuesday, December 14 |
· | John and Laraine's - Heathcote (0) |
· | Update - 14/12/04 (0) |
· | Sydney (Part 2) (0) |
· | Sydney (Part 1) (0) |
Thursday, November 18 |
· | Black Eyed Peas concert - Wellington (0) |
· | International Antarctic Centre - Christchurch (0) |
· | Christchurch - New Zealand (0) |
Wednesday, November 17 |
· | Akaroa - New Zealand (0) |
· | Dunedin and Mount Cook (0) |
· | Te Anau and Milford Sound (0) |
· | Franz Josef to Queenstown (0) |
Tuesday, November 16 |
· | We're in Alice Springs... (0) |
Monday, November 01 |
· | Hokitika to Franz Josef Glacier (Heli Hike) (0) |
· | Kaikoura to Hokitika via Arthurs's Pass (0) |
· | Picton to Kaikoura (0) |
· | Wellington - Ferry across the Cook Strait (0) |
Friday, October 08 |
· | We're in Sydney! (0) |
Thursday, September 30 |
· | Skydive pictures! (0) |
Wednesday, September 29 |
· | Article from the Rochdale Observer (0) |
· | Lake Taupo - New Zealand (0) |
Tuesday, September 28 |
· | Napier and Havelock North (0) |
· | Rotorua to Gisborne via the East Cape (0) |
· | Rotorua - New Zealand (0) |
· | From Bay Of Islands to Rotorua (0) |
Sunday, September 12 |
· | Cape Reinga and Ninety Mile Beach trip (0) |
· | Whangerei Falls, Bay of Islands and Hole in the Rock (0) |
Friday, September 10 |
· | Coromandel Peninsula, Whititanga & Hot Water Beach - New Zealand (0) |
· | Auckland - New Zealand (0) |
· | Nadi - Raffles Gateway Hotel - Fiji (0) |
· | Suva and Raintree Lodge - Fiji (0) |
Thursday, August 26 |
· | Stats so far... (0) |
Tuesday, August 17 |
· | Our plans for New Zealand (0) |
· | Beachcomber Island - Fiji (Part 3) (0) |
· | Beachcomber Island - Fiji (Part 2) (0) |
· | Beachcomber Island - Fiji (Part 1) (0) |
· | Night out in Hollywood (0) |
Sunday, August 15 |
· | We're now in Auckland - New Zealand (0) |
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