<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386</id><updated>2011-09-15T10:17:53.686-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sun Sand and beaches</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-1776606602778119837</id><published>2010-12-18T08:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-18T09:30:34.646-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Trinidad</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;After Havana we went to Cienfuegos where we spent only one night. It's a quiet place but it was't what we were looking for as this village didn't offered us what Cuba is about.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Después de la Habana nos fuimos a Cienfuegos donde sólo pasamos una noche. Es un lugar tranquilo pero no era lo que estabamos buscando ya que este pueblo no nos ofrecia la esencia cubana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;The next day we took the bus to Trinidad and as we entered the village we and saw the surrounding through our windows we felt happy for being there. For the first time in our trip we saw a crowd of locals waiting for the tourists, they turned to be the owners of the Private Houses expecting to gain hosts for their houses. Leaving this behind and walking on the stoned streets of Trinidad we liked the place more and more on each step. There was live music on the streets, their colourful houses, smiling people...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;We spent the first night in a house that arranged someone in Havana for us but the house next door 'Hostal Alameda' was the place where we ended up on our second night and where we spent 4 more nights. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al dia siguiente cogimos el autobús a Trinidad y a medida que nos adentrabamos en el pueblo y vimos el entorno por la ventana nos sentimos contentos de estar allí. Por primera vez en nuestro viaje vimos un cúmulo de gente esperando por los turistas en la estación de autobuses, eran los propietarios de las casas privadas que esperaban para captar negocio. Dejando eso atrás y caminando por las calles empedradas de Trinidad en cada paso que dábamos nos gustaba más aquel lugar. Habia música en vivo por las calles, las gente sonriente, el color de las casas,...&lt;br /&gt;La primera noche estuvimos en una casa que nos habian reservado des de la Habana pero la casa de al lado 'Hostal Alameda' fue donde terminamos pasando cuatro noches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;We were very lucky of finding this stunning house as Danielle (the owner) recently opened the business. She is a french Canadian and lives there with her son Fabio (a young charming gentleman) and her dog Lucero (a fanatic of Norah Jones). They have an spectacular house and the service is exceptionally good. Highly recommended to anyone who wants to go to Trinidad. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;We felt like at home with them and made us fell like part of the family. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Nos sentimos muy afortunados por encontrar esta increible casa ya que Danielle (la propietaria) abrió recientemente el negocio. Ella es franco-canadiense y vive allí con su hijo Fabio (todo un caballero) y su perro Lucero (fanático de la música de Norah Jones). Tienen una casa increible y el servicio es excepcionalmente bueno. Altamente recomendable para cualquiera que quiera viajar a Trinidad. Nos sentimos como en casa y nos hicieron sentir parte de la familia. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;In Trinidad we visited Topes de Collante, Playa Ancón and went on a horseback riding day trip. Everyday turned to be special but the one we remember the most was the horse-ride. Together with Fabio and Danielle (she has her own horse) went to a farmers house where we drank 'Guarapo' a drink made of sugar cane and lemon (that was very refreshing!). After this stop we went took our horses againg and ended to a waterfall where Albert jumped in the water even though the water was quite cold. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Trinidad fuimos a Topes de Collante, Playa Ancón e hicimos una excursión a caballo. Cada dia fue especial pero el que más recordamos es el dia a caballo. Juntos con Fabio y Danielle (ella con su propio caballo) fuimos a una casa de campesinos donde nos dieron 'Guarapo' que es una bebida hecha de caña de azucar y limón (que bueno!). Después de esta parada continuamos con los caballos hasta una cascada donde Albert se metió en el agua aunque estaba fria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Unfortunately we had to continue and leave this amazing place behind otherwise we took the risk of being trapped and spending the rest of our holidays there. So we continued to Playa Larga...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Desafortunadamente teniamos que continuar y dejar este maravilloso lugar atrás o corriamos el riesgo de quedar atrapados y pasar el resto de nuestras vacaciones allí. De este modo continuamos nuestro viaje hacia Playa Larga...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-1776606602778119837?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/1776606602778119837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=1776606602778119837' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/1776606602778119837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/1776606602778119837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2010/12/trinidad.html' title='Trinidad'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-3877387171821585507</id><published>2010-12-18T07:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-18T08:42:25.108-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Habana</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Luckily we got to Cuba after all the hazzle we had in Spain with the Air Traffic Controllers. On the day we took the plane we didn't have any problem. On the plane we met Romy and Martin who we shared the taxi with down to the city center. Even though it was dark we enjoyed the view of the old classic american cars. These machines make the place unique and special.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;The taxi left us to the Private House 'Martha Obregon' we arranged from Spain and getting of the car was a bit scary since we didn't know the place, it was dark as there wasn't much light on the street and we didn't know what to expect of the house. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;In the house we met Martha who was very kind with us and gave us some information about the city. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Por suerte pudimos llegar a Cuba a pesar de la problemática con los Controladores Aereos. Fuimos unos afortunados puesto que en el aeropuerto no tuvimos ningun problema. En el avión conocimos a Romy y Martin con los que compartimos el taxi hasta el centro de la ciudad. Aunque estaba oscuro pudimos disfrutar de la vista de las calles con los antiguos coches clásicos americanos. Estos coches hacen que el lugar se vuelva único y especial. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El taxi nos dejó en la Casa Particular 'Martha Obregon' que habíamos reservado desde España. Bajar del coche nos hizo sentir algo inseguros puesto que no conocíamos el lugar, estaba oscuro ya que no había mucha luz en la calle y no sabíamos que esperar de la casa.&lt;br /&gt;En la casa conocimos a Martha quién fue muy amable con nosotros y nos dió cierta información sobre la ciudad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;In the morning we went to visit the city and walked around Havana Vieja and Havana Centro. The place is very hectic but its got its charm as well. It's a city of contrasts as you can find the rationing stores and the souvenir places; buildings in very bad conditions and people living there offering accomodation for tourists. People stop the tourists to ask for shampoo, clothes or anything you could give them. But they try to be discreet as this is not allowed and they could be punished. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;By the end of the day we felt a bit stressed and happy for leaving the city the next day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Por la mañana nos fuimos a visitar la ciudad y andamos por la Habana Vieja y Habana Centro. La ciudad es muy ajetreada pero también tiene su encanto. Es una ciudad llena de contrastes ya que puedes encontrar las tiendas de racionamiento y las de souvenirs; los edificios ruinosos donde vive gente y otros que los convierten en alojamiento para turistas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; Los locales paran a los turistas para pedirles jabón, ropa o cualquier cosa que les puedan dar. Al mismo tiempo tratan de ser discretos puesto que esto no les esta permitido y podrian ser castigados. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Al final del dia nos sentiamos algo estresados y contentos de irnos al dia siguiente. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-3877387171821585507?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/3877387171821585507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=3877387171821585507' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/3877387171821585507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/3877387171821585507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2010/12/habana.html' title='Habana'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-6637605880035577773</id><published>2010-12-18T07:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-18T07:55:30.487-08:00</updated><title type='text'>General</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;First of all apologies for not posting any news as in this country is very difficult to get Internet access. We won't be able to post any pictures while we are here but once we are back we will add them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En primer lugar disculpas por no crear ningún post pero en este país es muy difícil conectarse a Internet. Tampoco podemos descargar imágenes y las añadiremos a la vuelta.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-6637605880035577773?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/6637605880035577773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=6637605880035577773' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/6637605880035577773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/6637605880035577773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2010/12/general.html' title='General'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-3865941600670497603</id><published>2010-12-04T01:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-04T01:28:09.789-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ups!!! We'll we be able to fly?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;We have a complicated situation in Spain and we don't know if we will be able to fly to Cuba... :(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;We are a bit anxious due to the uncertainty we are living at this very moment. Spanish air traffic controllers have abandoned their job positions and we won't know if we will be able to fly until later today or tomorrow at the airport!!! Let's keep our fingers crossed... Attached you can see a map of the actual air traffic situation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3WcfNTpB7cI/TPoITaGWHwI/AAAAAAAAAAw/x0sHd8WNZy8/s1600/mapa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3WcfNTpB7cI/TPoITaGWHwI/AAAAAAAAAAw/x0sHd8WNZy8/s320/mapa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546755020576661250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Debido a la situacion de emergencia que ha declarado el Ministerio de Fomento debido al abandono por parte de los controladores aereos de sus puestos de trabajo en estos momentos no sabemos si podremos volar a Cuba!!! :(&lt;br /&gt;Estamos nerviosos debido a la incertidumbre que se esta viviendo en estos momentos y no sabremos si podemos coger nuestro avion hasta esta tarde o manana en el aeropuerto!!!! Mantendremos los dedos cruzados... Adjunto podeis ver el mapa de la actual situacion del trafico aereo.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-3865941600670497603?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/3865941600670497603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=3865941600670497603' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/3865941600670497603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/3865941600670497603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2010/12/ups-well-we-be-able-to-fly.html' title='Ups!!! We&apos;ll we be able to fly?'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3WcfNTpB7cI/TPoITaGWHwI/AAAAAAAAAAw/x0sHd8WNZy8/s72-c/mapa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-3480116547578308279</id><published>2010-11-29T07:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-04T01:14:11.167-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Next destination CUBA!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);font-family:georgia;" &gt;After several short trips (Lisbon, Venice, Sardinia, London,...) in these four years I finally take my backpack again and go on travelling! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);font-family:georgia;" &gt;Next destination is CUBA but the difference this time is that I'm not going alone. My fellow traveller will be Albert my partner. So this time we will be sharing my blog to post the news from both of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);font-family:georgia;" &gt; us.&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Después de varias escapadas(Lisboa, Venecia, Cerdeña, Londres,...) a lo largo de estos cuatro años, por fin vuelvo a coger mi mochila y me voy de viaje. El próximo destino es CUBA pero la diferencia esta vez es que no me voy sola. Mi c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;ompañero de viaje será Albert que es mi pareja. Esta vez mi blog lo compartiremos los dos donde pondremos las noticias que nos vayan sucediendo. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3WcfNTpB7cI/TPbTMRaO5EI/AAAAAAAAAAg/MVZVExsH1Go/s1600/DSC00083.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 189px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3WcfNTpB7cI/TPbTMRaO5EI/AAAAAAAAAAg/MVZVExsH1Go/s320/DSC00083.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545852198938666050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);"&gt;We've chosen this country after much thought for several reasons, among them: their history, the cultural diferences we have, the climate, their politic situation,.. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hemos escogido este destino después de mucha reflexión por varios motivos entre ellos: la historia que nos va a ofrecer el lugar, las diferencias culturales que tenemos, la climatologia, su situación política actual,...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3WcfNTpB7cI/TPoF0FOotHI/AAAAAAAAAAo/6ZbjiAHt78I/s1600/cuba-photoimagina.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3WcfNTpB7cI/TPoF0FOotHI/AAAAAAAAAAo/6ZbjiAHt78I/s320/cuba-photoimagina.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546752283375088754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-3480116547578308279?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/3480116547578308279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=3480116547578308279' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/3480116547578308279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/3480116547578308279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2010/11/next-destination-cuba.html' title='Next destination CUBA!!!'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3WcfNTpB7cI/TPbTMRaO5EI/AAAAAAAAAAg/MVZVExsH1Go/s72-c/DSC00083.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-1875515015987733576</id><published>2009-02-17T09:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T01:19:57.793-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Best Job in the World</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3WcfNTpB7cI/SZr1PeNS0fI/AAAAAAAAAAM/a1g63CQ0Nj4/s1600-h/The+Best+Job.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303821157337846258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 62px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3WcfNTpB7cI/SZr1PeNS0fI/AAAAAAAAAAM/a1g63CQ0Nj4/s320/The+Best+Job.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YES!!! I've applied to 'The Best Job in the World'. I hope to get the chance to tell you more about the process if I get chosen... &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6666cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;I urgently need you to vote for me on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.islandreefjob.com/#/applicants/watch/D4J2-yz4Rno"&gt;http://www.islandreefjob.com/#/applicants/watch/D4J2-yz4Rno&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Siii! Ya está enviada la solicitud para 'el Mejor trabajo del mundo'. Espero tener la oportunidad de deciros más sobre todo ello...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Necesitos que me voteis urgentemente en &lt;a href="http://www.islandreefjob.com/#/applicants/watch/D4J2-yz4Rno"&gt;http://www.islandreefjob.com/#/applicants/watch/D4J2-yz4Rno&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-1875515015987733576?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/1875515015987733576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=1875515015987733576' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/1875515015987733576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/1875515015987733576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2009/02/best-job-in-world.html' title='The Best Job in the World'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3WcfNTpB7cI/SZr1PeNS0fI/AAAAAAAAAAM/a1g63CQ0Nj4/s72-c/The+Best+Job.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-115030338046585871</id><published>2006-06-14T09:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-12-04T01:15:22.817-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Laos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4271961.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4271961.1.jpg" width="219" border="0" height="145" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On the picture you can see the border of Thailand with Laos. You cross the boarder by boat and this is where my travels to Laos started.&lt;br /&gt;From here there are two options to get to Luang Prabang (which is the first city that I visited in Laos): slow boat which takes two days or speed boat which takes 6 hours.&lt;br /&gt;Me and 7 other people took the speed boat (picture below). It was a bit unconfortable since you don't have any leg room but I found it quite a fun ride. During the 7 hour ride we had time to stop one hour for lunch, fish trading and culture exchange.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4271965.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 223px; height: 144px;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4271965.jpg" width="234" border="0" height="144" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;En la foto de arriba podeis ver la frontera de Tailandia con Laos. La frontera se cruza con barca y es asi como empeze mi aventura por Laos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;Para ir a Luang Prabang (primer lugar que visite en Laos) hay dos opciones: un barco lento que tarda 2 dias en llegar o una barca rapida que tarda 6 horas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;Yo junto con otras 7 personas cogimos la barca rapida (foto adjunta). Fue un poco incomoda por la falta de espacio para las piernas pero fue divertido. Durante las 7 horas tuvimos tiempo de parar para comer durante una hora, comprar pescado en el rio e intercambiar culturas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4271967.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 185px; height: 139px;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4271967.jpg" width="180" border="0" height="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4271990.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 192px; height: 137px;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4271990.0.jpg" width="213" border="0" height="163" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4271994.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 173px; height: 138px;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4271994.jpg" width="207" border="0" height="173" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4281999.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 158px;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4281999.jpg" width="243" border="0" height="158" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Luang Prabang is a beautifull city. It used to be the capital of Laos but nowadays is just the second biggest city in Laos. In the afternoon they close the main street for the traffic and this is converted into a market. It is a place with lovely atmosphere and they all sell the same (T-shirts, fisherman trousers, bags with numer one simbol and quilts) but it is definetly worthwhile seeing it!&lt;br /&gt;From there you can go to the outskirt of the city to visit local villages, waterfalls and parks. There are many beautifull waterfalls as the one seen below. The one that I went to see also have a tiger and bears on captivity for protection purposes.&lt;br /&gt;On our way back from the waterfall we saw some rice fields and went into a village. There were lovely children but it was hard to see how much they crave for tourists to visit them and sell them something (even if it's just to get money in exchange of a photo!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4282017.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/P4282017.jpg" width="195" border="0" height="140" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4282001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 195px; height: 143px;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4282001.jpg" width="213" border="0" height="145" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4282008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 190px; height: 140px;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/P4282008.jpg" width="193" border="0" height="145" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4282034.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/P4282034.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;Luang Prabang es una ciudad muy acogedora. Solia ser la capital de Laos pero esta es hoy Vientienne y Luang Prabang es la segunda ciudad mas grande de Laos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;Esta ciudad cierra la calle principal al trafico cada tarde y lo convierten en un mercado nocturno. Esto hace que la ciudad tenga una atmosfera y un encanto especial pero todos venden lo mismo (camisetas, pantalones de pescador, bolsos con el simbolo del numero uno) es un lugar que merece verdaderamente la pena verlo. En una excursion fui a ver los alrededores de la zona para ver pueblos locales, una cascada y un parque natural. Hay muchas cascadas a los alrededores de esta &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4282026.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/P4282026.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ciudad como la que se ve en la foto de arriba. La que yo fui a ver esta en un Parque que tienen animales en una reserva (unos osos y un tigre). Al regresar hacia Luang Prabang vimos campos de arroz y paramos en un pueblo y los nignos intentaban vendernos pulseras. Fue muy duro el ver como estan esperando que lleguen esos pocos turistas para poder vender algo aunque sea recibir dinero a cambio de que les hechen fotos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-115030338046585871?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/115030338046585871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=115030338046585871' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/115030338046585871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/115030338046585871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2006/06/laos.html' title='Laos'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-115029752902498257</id><published>2006-06-14T06:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-14T09:18:11.146-07:00</updated><title type='text'>North Thailand</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4201880.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 164px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 118px" height="134" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4201880.jpg" width="241" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Well here is where I started by myself... I took an overnight train to Chiang Mai. I must say that it's been one of the most confortable night journeys that I've done...&lt;br /&gt;There I was supposed to go for a day trip but unfortunately couldn't go and instead I visited the night Bazar and enjoyed a foot massage.&lt;br /&gt;I took the local bus to Chiang Saen (this is an area in the Golden &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4241916.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 175px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 117px" height="143" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4241916.0.jpg" width="258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Triangle - from here you can see Laos, Burma and Thailand only separeted by the Mekong River) were I met a friend of mine that lives there and manages a beautiful hotel. Ivan spoiled me offering me a room in the hotel (Thanks for that Ivan!!!)&lt;br /&gt;From there I went to Chiang Kong (on the way I was the only western person and they felt very curious about it. So, they made big efforts to communicate and talk to me) and got ready to cross the Thai border into Laos...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4241916.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4241918.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 181px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 118px" height="111" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4241918.jpg" width="193" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4241932.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 182px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 121px" height="164" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4241932.jpg" width="243" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4241931.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 187px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px" height="147" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4241931.jpg" width="199" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4221908.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 164px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 139px" height="147" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4221908.jpg" width="195" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Y bien asi empeze mi viaje de nuevo sola... Cogi un tren nocturno a Chiang Mai y tengo que decir que ha sido uno de los trayectos mas comodos que he hecho... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Aqui queria haber ido de excursion por las montagnas pero desafortunadamente no pude ir. De todas formas pude disfrutar del Bazar nocturno y de un masaje en los pies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;De ahi cogi un autobus a Chiang Saen (esta es la zona conocida como Golden Triangle - desde aqui se ve Laos, Burma y Tailandia. Estos tres paises solo estan separados &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4251952.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 166px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" height="147" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4251952.jpg" width="228" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;por el Rio Mekong). Aqui fui a ver a un amigo que dirije un hotel y me dio un trato de reyes!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;De ahi me desplace hasta Chiang Kong (en el viaje fui con solo locales y todos me miraban curiosos y hacian esfuerzos por comunicarse conmigo) donde lo arregle todo para cruzar la frontera de Tailandia con Laos... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4241916.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-115029752902498257?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/115029752902498257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=115029752902498257' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/115029752902498257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/115029752902498257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2006/06/north-thailand.html' title='North Thailand'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-114560588397319875</id><published>2006-04-21T00:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-27T23:00:19.196-07:00</updated><title type='text'>South East Asia</title><content type='html'>Before getting to Thailand I was sooooo nervous. It was the challange of my trip and I was very scared... Before I got to Bangkok I made a booking at the Hilton so I spoiled myself staying there. So, once I got to Bangkok I just had to go to the hotel but I found myself without any money and couldn't withdraw... Thanks to Campbell a NZ guy I was able to get a taxi, as he lend me the money for it (there's still good people in this world).&lt;br /&gt;The day after, horrified, I went to the city and started getting used to the environment. After a few hours I was completely relaxed and was able to enjoy the beauty of the city of Bangkok. I went on a trip along the river stopping in different stations to see the sleeping Buda, The Grand Palace, food markets...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3251344.2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 169px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px" height="186" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3251344.2.jpg" width="264" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3251341.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 173px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px" height="169" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3251341.jpg" width="237" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3251340.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 206px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" height="212" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3251340.0.jpg" width="284" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Antes de llegar a Tailandia estaba muuuuuuy nerviosa. Era el gran reto de mi viaje y estaba asustada... Antes de llegar a Bangkok reserve un par de noches en el Hilton por Internet asi que tuve unos dias de lujo... Cuando llegue a Bangkok lo unico que tenia que hacer era llegar al hotel pero no tenia dinero encima y no pude sacar en ningun cajero... Asi que si no llega a ser por Campbell (in chico de Nueva Zelanda que conoci en el avion) no puedo salir del aeropuerto... Negociamos el precio del taxi y me presto el dinero (todavia queda gente buena en el mundo).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Al dia siguiente, horrorizada, me fui al centro y me empece a acostrumbrar al entorno. Al cabo de unas horas estaba completamente calmada y era capaz de disfrutar de Bangkok. Fui a lo largo del rio en barco parando en distintas estaciones para visitar el Buda, los mercados de comida, el Gran Palacio... &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3261401.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 145px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" height="204" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3261401.jpg" width="270" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3251378.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 118px" height="188" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3251378.jpg" width="264" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3251356.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 138px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 116px" height="158" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3251356.jpg" width="250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3251346.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 152px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 111px" height="188" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3251346.0.jpg" width="266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/St%20Patrik.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" height="264" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/St%20Patrik.0.jpg" width="201" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The day after of getting in Bangkok Cameron (some random Canadian that I met in Australia - Cam you know why I say that...) &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/StPatrik.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and I met up and have travelled together for a month.&lt;br /&gt;It's been good to have a travel mate...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Al dia siguiente de llegar a Bagkok me encontre con Cameron (un chico Canadiense que conoci en Australia) y hemos estado viajando un mes juntos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Ha estado bien tener un compagnero de viaje...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After Bangkok we went to an island Koh Samet. This island is quite small and the roads are not even paved... From there we moved to Koh Chang which is a bigger island. Here we went on an elephant ride. This was owesome specially when we were at the river. At night we saw some fireman dancers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4011483.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 218px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 165px" height="160" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4011483.jpg" width="235" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3301458.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 166px" height="165" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3301458.jpg" width="209" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4011477.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 223px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 183px" height="130" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4011477.jpg" width="204" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3281423.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 221px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 182px" height="177" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3281423.jpg" width="254" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Despues de Bangkok nos fuimos a una isla que se llama Koh Samet. Esta isla es bastante pequegna y las calles no estan ni siquiera asfaltadas. De alli nos fuimos a Koh Chang que es una isla mas grande. Aqui fuimos a dar un paseo en elefante. Fue una pasada sobretodo cuando estabamos en el rio. Por la noche vimos unos 'bailarines de fuego' - son personas que juegan con instrumentos incendiados al poso de la musica. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;From there we moved on to Cambodia. This was a real experience! We spent half day to cross the border and when we got there we realised how far away we were of Siem Riep... This is the main place that we wanted to visit in Cambodia as is famous for its temples. The day after we spent 14hours to get just to Phom Phen (about 200Km). During the day we had to cross 4 rivers that didn't have any bridge, bumpy roads and we ended on a van with more than 17 people in it the last 4 hours of our trip to the capital. When we got there it was dark and honestly a bit scary.... The following day we got a bus to go to Siem Riep and that took us 6 hours aproximately. When we got there the taxi drivers jumped on us, they were talking to us all at the same time. It was quite claustrofobic... we couldn't even comunicate between us... However, I have to say that the whole adventure was worthwhile because the temples were amazing!!!! &lt;/span&gt;It was really like in the movie Tomb Raider....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4041731.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4021510.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="140" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/P4021510.jpg" width="183" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4021530.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="138" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/P4021530.jpg" width="184" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4021520.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="137" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/P4021520.jpg" width="172" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Desde alli nos fuimos a Cambodia. Esto si que fue una experiencia! Estuvimos medio dia para cruzar la frontera y cuando llegamos nos dimos cuenta que estabamos muy lejos de donde queriamos ir... Siem Riep era el lugar principal que queriamos visitar ya que es muy famoso por sus templos. Al dia siguiente estuvimos 14 horas solo para llegar a la capital Phom Phen (aproximadamente 200Km). Durante el dia tuvimos de todo: cruzamos 4 rios que no tenian puente, todas las carreteras sin asfaltar con lo que el viaje era muy movido y las ultimas 4 horas las hicimos en una furgoneta con mas de 17 personas en ella. Cuando llegamos ya era de noche y sinceramente daba mucho respeto... Al dia siguiente cogimos un autobus hasta Siem Riep. Tardamos unas 6 horas en llegar pero lo peor fue al bajar del autobus. Los taxistas nos rodearon, nos gritaban tanto para llamar nuestra atencion y fueramos con uno ellos que ni siquiera podiamos hablar entre nosotros. Fue muy claustrofobico! De todas formas valio la pena porque los templos son espectaculares y mientras estas alli es como ver la pelicula de Tomb Raider...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4041691.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="140" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/P4041691.jpg" width="186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4041731.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="141" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/P4041731.jpg" width="185" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4041731.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4041652.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 199px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px" height="177" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P4041652.jpg" width="253" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4041691.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Making our way to Thailand it was also an adventure... We got a car to Poipet (border point for crossing to Thailand) and it was a very bumpy ride. The taxi driver was driving so fast that we thought we would not make it to Thailand... After a full day travelling getting taxis, bus and even an airplane we got to Krabi. This is well know for its limestone mountains and I must say that the scenery was very impressive. We rented a bike to go around the area and explore...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4081781.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/P4081781.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4081774.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/P4081774.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4081781.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volver a Tailandia tambien fue toda una aventura... Cogimos un coche hasta Poipet (frontera de Cambodia con Tailandia). El viaje fue muy movido ya que la carretera volvia a estar sin esfaltar. El conductor iva tan deprisa que pensabamos que no llegariamos... Despues de todo un dia de estar viajando y coger taxis, autobuses e incluso un avion llegamos a Krabi. Este lugar es conocido por sus paisajes y tengo que decir que son impresionantes... Asi pues nos alquilamos una moto para ver los alrededores.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;From there we went to Koh Phi Phi where we stayed a few days. This island was afected by the Tsunami on December 2004 and they are still reconstructing the affected area... Here we celebrated the Thai New Year. They celebrate it with a water fight during the whole day. So, this is a day when wherever you go you get soacked! It was fun... The scenery and the sunsets on this island were spectacular.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4191871.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 201px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 149px" height="145" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/P4191871.jpg" width="198" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4131840.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 149px" height="146" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/P4131840.jpg" width="197" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P4131865.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 198px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 147px" height="143" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/P4131865.jpg" width="194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Desde alli fuimos a Koh Phi Phi donde estuvimos unos cuantos dias. Esta isla fue afectada por el Tsunami en Diciembre de 2004 y aun estan reconstruyendo sus efectos... Aqui celebramos el Fin de agno Tailandes y lo celebran con una guerra de agua durante todo el dia por lo que es un dia que donde quiera que vayas quedas empapado! Fue muy divertido... El paisaje y las puestas de sol son una pasada.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And all that it's been a month. So now I'm heading north and travelling again on my own... It's been very exciting to be in South East Asia so far. I haven't been doing so many activities as in previous countries but here there's enough seeing how they live and visiting the amazing environment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Y bien esto ha sido un mes de viaje... Ahora vuelvo a estar viajando sola y me dirijo hacia el Norte. Hasta el momento ha sido una experiencia inolvidable viajar por el Sud-Este Asiatico. No he hecho tantas actividades como en paises anteriores pero hay suficiente con ver como viven y observando los lugares.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-114560588397319875?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/114560588397319875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=114560588397319875' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/114560588397319875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/114560588397319875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2006/04/south-east-asia.html' title='South East Asia'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-114302876173526219</id><published>2006-03-22T03:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-23T15:42:03.400-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Changing Plans</title><content type='html'>Well as I mentioned in the previous post I've changed my trip plans. Since the cyclone I couldn't really do much on the east coast and for several reasons I flew to Sydney. I understand that a cyclone also hit last week Lombok so Bali is in the same situation and I better wait to go and see it. So, the plan now is:&lt;br /&gt;- Friday 24th March: Sydney to Bangkok&lt;br /&gt;- Saturday 25th June: Singapoure to Bali&lt;br /&gt;- Thursday 6th July: Bali to Hong Kong&lt;br /&gt;- Friday 14th July: Hong Kong to London&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Bien como he mencionado en el capitulo anterior mis planes de viaje han cambiado. Debido al ciclon ya no podia hacer nada mas en la costa este australiana y por varias razones regrese a Sydney. Tengo entendido que Lombok tambien se vio agitado por un ciclon la semana pasada con lo que esa zona esta en la misma situacion que la costa este australiana. Asi que mejor me espero para ir alli. Entonces el plan ahora es:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;- Viernes 24 Marzo: Sydney - Bangkok&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;- Sabado 25 Junio: Singapoure - Bali&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;- Jueves 6 Julio: Bali - Hong Kong&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;- Viernes 14 Julio: Hong Kong - Londres&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-114302876173526219?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/114302876173526219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=114302876173526219' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/114302876173526219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/114302876173526219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2006/03/changing-plans.html' title='Changing Plans'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-114284885154589572</id><published>2006-03-20T00:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-23T15:49:49.626-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Australia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3051063.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 208px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 159px" height="175" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3051063.jpg" width="265" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hello everybody after the news about the cyclone... Everything was fine in the end and we were not affected by Larry! However, things were shaken up and I'm back to Sydney where I've rescheduled my trip.&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, now I'm going to explain a little bit about my trip around Australia so far...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I first got to Sydney where I met with Schandel and Karl. They are Sam's friend (he is an Australian friend of mine from London). Anyway, I'm still in shock for how hospitable they were to me... We went to Bondi Beach, Luna Park, the Opera House, around the city and many more... I also went one day to the Blue Mountains from Sydney which it also was fantastic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Hola a todos despues del pequegno susto sobre el ciclon... Todo ha ido bien al final y no nos vimos afectados por Larry!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;De todos modos vuelvo a estar en Sydney&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3061076.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px" height="221" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3061076.jpg" width="250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; debido a lo movidas que estaban las cosas y he reorganizado mi viaje.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Ya es hora que empiece a explicar un poco acerca de Australia...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Al aterrizar en Sydney me encontre con Schandel y Karl. Son unos amigos de Sam (Sam es un amigo Australiano que conoci en Londres). Aun estoy en estado de shock por lo mucho que me cuidaron estando con ellos... Fuimos a Bondi Beach, Luna Park, Opera House, alrededor de la ciudad y mucho mas... Tambien fui a las 'Blue Mountains' desde Sydney y la verdad es que son espectaculares...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3111133.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 221px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px" height="214" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3111133.jpg" width="247" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;From Sydney I went on the night bus to Byron Bay where I only stayed one night as I found it very touristy. From there I moved to Noosa where the place was touristy but nicier. In Noosa I saw my first and only Koala and I saw more surfers around the beaches. It was then when I started thinking about taking a surfing lesson. And so I did take a lesson on the next destination - Rainbow Beach. Rainbow Beach is the gateaway to Fraser Island and a coastal village. So, from there I went to Fraser Island with 10 more people which were very good. We all worked as a team and made the experience unique and unforgetable. The experience of driving a 4x4 on a sand island was also very exciting. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3111128.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 202px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 151px" height="170" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3111128.jpg" width="251" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 207px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 154px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="205" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3121148.jpg" width="264" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3131177.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px" height="142" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3131177.jpg" width="226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3131181.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 197px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" height="177" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3131181.jpg" width="256" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3131184.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3131169.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3131184.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="159" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3131184.1.jpg" width="237" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3131169.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 154px" height="154" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3131169.0.jpg" width="252" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Desde Sydney cogi el bus nocturno hasta Byron Bay donde solo estuve una noche porque no me gusto mucho ya que lo encontre muy turistico. De alli me fui a Noosa, este sitio era tambien turistico pero mas bonito. En Noosa vi mi primer y unico Koala y vi mas surfistas en las playas. Ver a tantos surfistas me hizo empezar a plantearme a tomar una clase de surf. Y asi lo hice en el siguiente destino - Rainbow Beach. Rainbow Beach es el portal para Fraser Island y un pueblo costero. A Fraser Island fui con un grupo de 11 personas, incluyendome a mi, el cual fue un grupo estupendo. Todos trabajamos en equipo e hicimos la experiencia unica e inolvidable. El conducir un 4x4 en una isla de arena tambien fue muy emocionante.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;It was a real pitty to leave my group behind. But I had to go to Arlie Beach where I would take my sailing boat to the Whitsunday's and get to see the Coral Reef. We left on the boat but we had to come back on the next morning because we had the cyclone on us. Unfortunately after the cyclone the water was so muddy that there was not going to be able to dive in the next 2 weeks. So, I haven't been able to see any coral or tropical fish this time apart from the fish tank in Townsville aquarium. I felt very lucky that on the day of the cyclone I met again with Lizzie (she was in my group for Fraser Island) and we sticked together during the alert. But not everything was bad in Arlie Beach since I had been able to enjoy a very good St Patricks night out. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3181271.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 217px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 162px" height="171" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3181271.jpg" width="271" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3181271.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3181271.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3181271.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/Leprekon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 179px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px" height="261" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/Leprekon.jpg" width="211" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P3211324.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 164px" height="164" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P3211324.jpg" width="258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Fue una lastima dejar al grupo de gente de Fraser Island atras. Pero me tuve que ir a Arlie Beach donde embarque en el velero hacia las Whitsunday's y ver el arrecife de coral. Desafortunadamente el ciclon nos sobrevino y tuvimos que regresar. Despues del ciclon el agua se quedo muy turvia y no iba a ser posible ver nada en las proximas 2 semanas. Asi que no he podido ver nada de coral o peces tropicales esta vez a parte de los de la pecera en el aquarium de Townsville. Me senti muy afortunada al encontrarme el dia del ciclon con Lizzie (una chica del grupo de Fraser Island) y estuvimos juntas durante la alerta. Pero no todo fue malo en Arlie Beach ya que pude disfrutar de una noche de marcha para San Patricio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-114284885154589572?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/114284885154589572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=114284885154589572' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/114284885154589572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/114284885154589572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2006/03/australia_20.html' title='Australia'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-114275213851245627</id><published>2006-03-18T22:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-18T23:08:58.530-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cyclone Harry</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/Cyclone_Larry_track.jpg" border="0" /&gt;Probably you will hear about the cyclone Larry and think about me. Well, I am in Arlie Beach just below where the cyclone is going to hit (its supposed to affect mainly from Cairns to Townsville). So, unless it changes it's direction I'm only be affected by strong winds and some rain. The bad weather conditions are supposed to hit Arlie Beach around midnight until Monday morning. I will keep you updated as soon as I can...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Seguramente habreis escuchado hacerca del ciclon Larry y habreis pensado en mi. Bien, estoy en Arlie Beach que esta justo por debajo donde el ciclon va a tocar tierra (se espera que afecte de Cairns a Townsville). Entonces a menos que cambie su direccion solo nos vamos a ver afectados por fuertes vientos y lluvia. Esta previsto que el mal tiempo empiece esta medianoche y se alargue hasta el Lunes por la magnana. Os mantendre informados tan pronto como pueda...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-114275213851245627?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/114275213851245627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=114275213851245627' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/114275213851245627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/114275213851245627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2006/03/cyclone-harry.html' title='Cyclone Harry'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-114091755096407345</id><published>2006-02-25T16:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T00:22:53.006-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Zealand (South Island)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2040297.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 207px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 164px" height="200" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2040297.1.jpg" width="256" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I feel that I updated the page quite recently and already I have lots to tell again... I am going to break down the things that I've done on a daily basis as one thing very special about NZ is that you do or see something extraordinary every day. The picture on the left is in Picton. Where everybody coming from Wellington starts travelling around the South Island.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Me siento que he actualizado la pagina hace nada y que tengo un monton que explicar de nuevo... Voy a internar explicar lo que he hecho cada dia ya que aqui en NZ se hace o se ve algo extraordinario cada dia. En l&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;a de arriba estoy en Picton y es donde todo el mundo que llega de Wellington empieza sus viajes alrededor de la Isla del Sur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/Abel%20Tasman%20-%20Kayak.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 245px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 171px" height="200" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/Abel%20Tasman%20-%20Kayak.0.jpg" width="266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/Abel%20Tasman%20-%20Kayak.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On the picture you see the group of people that we went kayaking on the Abel Tasman (a National Park in the North are of the South Island). The whole day kayaking was a bit hard but with beautiful suroundings seeing things like the Split Apple Rock (picture below). It was on that area as well when I experienced something completly new... I stayed with the people that I met next to an outdoor fireplace. It was the first time that I saw an outdoor fireplace but it created a very nice atmosphere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2060302.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 230px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 169px" height="182" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2060302.jpg" width="269" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;En la foto podeis ver el grupo con el que fui en Kayak todo el dia por Abel Tasman (este es un parque nacional en el norte de la Isla del Sud). La experiencia fue un poco dura pero estuve encantada por los paisajes, pude ver cosas como 'Split Apple Rock' (foto). Algo tambien particular que experimente ese mismo dia fue estar delante de un fuego a tierra exterior. La atmosfera que se creo fue muy interesante ya que el fuego rompia el frescor de la noche.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2090335.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 241px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 159px" height="180" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2090335.jpg" width="256" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;From Abel Tasman I went to Kaikoura. House for whale watching and swiming with the dolphins. Unfortunately the day that we had in there it was raining but the next morning I went whale watching and it was amazing! When you see an 18metre whale you realise the grandeur of certain things. We also saw Dusky Dolphins in our way to the harbour which made the experience even better. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2090403.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 179px" height="202" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2090403.jpg" width="260" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;De Abel Tasman me fui a Kaikoura. Este lugar es conocido ya que se pueden ver ballenas y delfines. El dia que estuvimos alli estuvo lloviendo pero al dia siguiente de buena magnana me fui a ver ballenas y es impresionante poder ver un animal de 18metros. De camino al puerto vimos delfines e hizo la experiencia aun mas mejor. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;After going whale watching I went on a car with Fee, Lauren and Mariia to Christchurch via Hanmer Springs. We went to&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2090420.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 204px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 158px" height="167" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2090420.0.jpg" width="256" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; the hot pools in Hanmer Springs and when we got to Christchurch we had a Mexican themed dinner together.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Despues de ir a ver las ballenas me fui en coche con Fee, Lauren y Mariia hasta Christchurch pero pasamos por Hanmer Springs y nos bagnamos en las piscinas de agua caliente. Al llegar a Christchurch cenamos juntas comida mexicana.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christchurch is a small city. It is very nice and the arquitecture is &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2110463.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 237px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px" height="183" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2110463.jpg" width="267" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;quite British. The museum is also very interesting as you can see from the history of NZ to various natural and geological phenomenons. From here, Mariia and I went to Akaroa (the only village with French influence - see picture). Akaroa is located on the peninsula, it's quite turisty but very nice and quiet. I went swiming with the dolphins here. I swam with Hector Dolphins which are the smaller dolphins on earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Christchurch es una ciudad pequegna. Es muy bonita y la arquitectura es muy inglesa. El museo es tambien muy interesante ya que va desde la historia del pais hasta varios fenomenos naturales y geologicos. De aqui, Mariia y yo, nos fuimos a Akaroa (es el unico pueblo con influencia Francesa - ver foto). Akaroa esta en la peninsula. Es un lugar bastante turistico pero muy bonito y tranquilo. Alli fui a nadar con los delfines y nade con los Hector que son la especie mas pequegna del mundo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following days I went from Akaroa to Arthur's Pass, Greymouth and Punakaiki. In Arthur's Pass I went on a day trek called Avalanche Peak. This was very hard as the way was very steep but it was worth it because the view from was amazing. I also had the chance to see Keas there (the biggest NZ parrot). Then the downhill was terrible as it is more painfull on the knees than the uphill. In Greymouth I had a quiet afternoon and then in Punakaiki I went to see the Pancake Rocks. These are very strange and interesting to see. With such a rough sea you wonder how they are still there...&lt;br /&gt;Later on I went horse riding around the area and had my first gallop on a beach in my life (the feeling was extraordinary!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2130520.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 164px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" height="192" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2130520.jpg" width="252" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2130524.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 158px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px" height="165" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2130524.jpg" width="249" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2150620.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 167px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 126px" height="156" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2150620.0.jpg" width="208" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2160652.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 167px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px" height="154" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2160652.jpg" width="231" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Los dias siguientes fui de Akaroa a Arthur's Pass, Greymouth y Punakaiki. En&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arthur's Pass fui a hacer un trek de un dia a Avalanche Peak. Fue muy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; duro ya que el camino hacia mucha pendiente pero realmente valio la pena ya que las vistas eran fantasticas y ademas pude ver Keas (es el loro mas grande de NZ). El camino hacia abajo fue aun mas duro ya que las rodillas se resienten mas y es bastante doloroso. En Greymouth tuve una tarde bastante tranquila ya que estuvo lloviendo a intervalos y el pueblo es bastante pequegno. Y luego en Punakaiki fui a ver las 'Pancake Rocks' estas son unas estructuras de piedra que estan laminadas y te preguntas como pueden estar ahi con el mar tan furioso que las acecha...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2160654.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 164px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px" height="187" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2160654.jpg" width="247" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In Punakaiki I met Raimon. The first catalan person at this end of the world! It is very dificult to see any Spanish around here...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;En Punakaiki conoci a Raimon. El primer catalan en este rincon del mundo! Es muy dificil encontrarse con espagnoles por aqui...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;The next morning of meeting Raimon I left to Franz Josef Glacier. I went with Inka and Tobias. They are a German couple and took me on their car. Franz Josef is a glacier are where you can do various activities . I stayed a total of 3 nights which seems an eternity when you are about one or two nights on every place. Here I met Blair. He is from New Zealand and showed me around the area a bit. Later on I met again with Mariia and Raimon. Constantly you meet with people that you know and realise how small is the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, in Franz Josef I enrolled for Ice Climbing. That was really exciting. It was a very good activity (highly recomended for everybody).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2190679.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 173px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px" height="148" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2190679.jpg" width="199" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/CIMG7693.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 164px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px" height="120" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/CIMG7693.jpg" width="183" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/CIMG7708.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 162px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 127px" height="165" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/CIMG7708.jpg" width="219" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2190728.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 157px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px" height="192" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2190728.jpg" width="195" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Al dia siguiente de conocer a Raimon me fui a Franz Josef Glacier. Hasta alli llegue con Inka y Tobias. Una pareja alemana que me llevaron en coche. Franz Josef es un area donde hay glaciares y se pueden hacer distintas actividades. Me quede 3 noches y parece una eternidad cuando normalmente estas 1 o 2 noches en cada sitio. Aqui conoci a Blair, un chico Neo Celandes que me ensegno la zona un poquito y me encontre de nuevo con Mariia y Raimon. Continuamente te encuentras con gente que conoces y te das cuenta de lo pequegno que es el mundo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Bueno, pues ya en Franz Josef que anime a escalar sobre hielo y la verdad es que fue una experiencia muy buena (altamente recomendable).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After all that live has still been hectic. I've been in Wanaka, Te Anau, Milford Sound, Doubtfull Sound, Dunedin and Ivercargill.&lt;br /&gt;-Wanaka is a lovely place where I had the chance to chill a bit and enjoy of a great scenery. This town has a lake and its surrounded of spectacular mountains. Here I met with Raimon again and have travelled with him all around these places.&lt;br /&gt;-Te Anau is a magic place with access to the most amazing sceneries in &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2230825.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 243px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 179px" height="187" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2230825.jpg" width="253" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;the world: Milford and Doubtfull Sounds. The mountains are so big that you feel as tiny as an antz. However, sunflies drives you crazy. There are so many that you cannot stop in one place without getting eaten alive.&lt;br /&gt;After that we rented a car in Queenstown and drove around. Going to Dunedin and Otago Peninsula (where we saw Albatros) and &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2260937.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 252px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 171px" height="187" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2260937.jpg" width="281" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Invercargill. Again all the scenery around us was so amazing that we could stop oohh aahhiing...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Despues de todo esto la vida ha continuado siendo movida. He estado en Wanaka, Te Anau, Milford Sound, Doubtfull Sound, Dunedin y Invercargill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;-Wanaka es un lugar muy tranquilo donde tuve la oportunidad de relajarme durante mi estancia alli. Este pueblo tiene un lago y esta rodeado de montagnas espectaculares. Aqui me volvi a encontrar con Raimon y he seguido toda esta ruta con el.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2240883.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="161" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2240883.jpg" width="248" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;-Te Anau es un lugar magico con acceso a unos de los lugares mas espectaculares del mundo: Milford y Doubtfull Sound. Las montagnas aqui son tan grandes que te hacen sentir tan pequegno como una hormiga. De todas formas hay una especie de mosquito que te vuelve loca. No te puedes quedar quieta ni un momento si no te comen viva...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2240874.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 139px" height="190" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2240874.jpg" width="271" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Al irnos de Te Anau alquilamos un coche en Queenstown y fuimos a Dunedin y Otago Peninsula (aqui vimos Albatros) y Invercargill. De nuevo el paisaje era tan espectacular que no paramos de asombrarnos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I'm back in Wanaka, alone again after almost a week which it makes it a bit strange now. But soon I'll be in Australia and will have new stories to tell you.&lt;br /&gt;                                           &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/P2260962.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 243px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 185px" height="206" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/P2260962.jpg" width="267" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Hoy estoy de nuevo en Wanaka, sola de nuevo lo qual se me hace un poco estragno (Raimon ja t'anyoro...). Pero pronto estare en Australia y tendre nuevas historias que explicaros.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-114091755096407345?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/114091755096407345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=114091755096407345' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/114091755096407345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/114091755096407345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2006/02/new-zealand-south-island.html' title='New Zealand (South Island)'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-113921372311892994</id><published>2006-02-06T00:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-17T13:26:31.256-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Zealand</title><content type='html'>I am already at the South Island so I thought it would be better to tell you what I've done in the North Island...&lt;br /&gt;The truth is that New Zealand is a beautiful country, people are very welcoming and nice. At the same time it offers lots to do and see....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;Ya estoy en la isla del Sur del pais asi que he pensado que mejor os explico ahora que he hecho en el Norte...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;La verdad es que Nueva Zelanda es un pais muy bonito y la gente muy agradable. Por otro lado aqui hay muchas cosas que ver y que hacer...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;I've spent a total of 7 days in the North Island and I've gone from Pahia in the Bay of Island to &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/01334301_P1270129_0005939663.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/01334301_P1270129_0005939663.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Wellington in that time. It may sound that I've rushed this island but people kept telling me not to spend too much time there as the South Island is supposed to be better. Its been intense, specially at the beginning, because when I first got to NZ I rent a car and drove to Bay of Island. Got there late (9pm) and due to the bank holiday weekend it was a nightmare to find accomodation. Unfortunately, the next morning I had to leave because it was raining... It is a nice and lovely place but I had no time to lose. Anyway I made my way to Rotorua where I stayed for 2 nights and enjoyed the scenery on my way there. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;He estado un total de 7 dias en la Isla del Norte y he ido de Pahia en Bay of Island a Wellington en tan poco tiempo. Debe parecer que l0 he hecho en muy poco &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/01334301_P1280133_0005939667.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/01334301_P1280133_0005939667.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;tiempo pero todos los viajeros que conocia me recomendaban pasar poco tiempo aqui porque la isla del Sur es aun mejor. Ha sido intenso, especialmente cuando llegue, porque cuando aterrice alquile un coche e hice todo el camino hasta Pahia llegando a las 9pm. Una vez alli debido a que era puente fue bastante dificil encontrar alojamiento (pero no imposible!). Desafortunadamente, por la magnana tuve que irme de alli porque llovia y no tenia tiempo que perder. Pero si no era un lugar ideal para relajarse y disfrutar de actividades aquaticas. De todas formas me dirigi a Totorua donde estuve 2 noches y disfrute de las vistas mientras conducia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;Rotorua is a volcanic area where there's lots to see for volcanic fans. In the same town there is a &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/01334301_P1280139_0005939673.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/01334301_P1280139_0005939673.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;boiling lake and you can even smell the sulfur. Close by there is Wai-o-tapu which is a volcanic reserve and has one of the unic natural Geisers in the world. It was a real good experience to go around the sulfur pools (where an Asian person lost the camara as we saw falling into de pool) and seeing the volcanic formations. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;As it was a beautiful day I made my way down to Taupo where I stayed on a viewpoint just overseeing the town and then I made my way to Huka Falls. I found myself a place on the same river where I enjoyed a nice couple of hours. It was amazing the beauty of the place. The water was crystal clear and even the ducks where coming to me... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rotorua es un area volcanica donde hay mucho que hacer para los aficionados a &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/01334301_P1290193_0005949719.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/01334301_P1290193_0005949719.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;los volcanes. En el mismo pueblo habia un lago donde el agua hierve y se huele el sulfuro. Cerca de alli tambien esta Wai-o-tapu que es una reserva volcanica que tiene uno de los unicos Geisers naturales del mundo y donde hay piscinas de sulfuro (interesante cuando un asiatico perdio su camara dentro de ese agua) y distintas formaciones volcanicas.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Como hacia muy buen dia me fui para Taupo donde me quede en un area de descanso para ver la ciudad y de alli me dirigi a la cascada de Huka. Hacia alli encontre un espacio mas arriva del rio muy tranquilo e increible. El agua era totalmente cristalina e incluso los patos se me acercaban curiosos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/01334301_P1290232_0005949757.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/01334301_P1290225_0005949750.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/01334301_P1290225_0005949750.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;After that I made my way to Waitomo Caves. When I got there I enjoyed a trip for Black Water&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/01334301_P1300234_0005949759.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/01334301_P1300234_0005949759.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Rafting. It consists on going inside of a Cave and seeing the formations, glowworms and enjoy yourself on the water. Cool experience!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;That same day I decided to go to National Park and the following morning I made the Tongariro Crossing. This is another volcanic area and it consists on a 7 hour trek. On the top you can see the Emerald Lakes (as you can see below these are spectacular). I was completly exhausted when I finished but defenitly worth it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;De Rotorua me fui a Waitomo Caves. Es un area con &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/01334301_P1310264_0005949786.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/01334301_P1310264_0005949786.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;muchas cuevas y me apunte a Black Water Rafting. Esto consiste en ir por dentro de una cueva con un 'flotador' saltar cascadas. Asi no solo vi la cueva y los 'glowworms' sino que obtines una experiencia totalmente nueva.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Ese mismo dia me fui hacia National Park y al dia siguiente por la magnana cruce el parque de Tongariro. Es otro area volcanica que se tarda unas 7 horas en cruzar. Al llegar a la cima se pueden ver los Emerald Lakes (como podeis ver espectaculares). Estaba completamente agotada al dia siguiente pero merecio la pena.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;After that I met Mariia. She is from Findland and we end up going to Taupo and jumping off an &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/DSCN5349.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 198px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 145px" height="202" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/DSCN5349.jpg" width="286" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;airplane. Yes! you've read it right - Sky Dive!!!! It is the most amazing experience I've ever had. You release such amount of adrenaline that your body doesn't react about what you are about to do and what you've done... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;En National Park conoci a Mariia. Una chica de Findlandia. Con ella nos fuimos a Taupo y nos tiramos en paracaidas. Siiiii! Lo habeis leido bien - me tire de un avion! Fue una pasada. Tu cuerpo deja ir una cantidad de adrenalina que no llegas a asimilar lo que estas haciendo o lo que esta pasando...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;Anyway after that Mariia and I went South to New Palmeston. She knew some people there who kindly also welcomed me to stay at their place. I was very impressed with the amount of hospitality they offered me at all times. A real unique experience as well... Thank you Jo and Thane and of course to the girls as well!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;And from there to Wellington where I took a ferry the day after to Picton (South Island). That night I couldn't find accomodation due to the Rugby games and I stayed with Sophie and Igor. They are a couple that I met in Fiji and live in Wellington. They also hosted me in their house making me feel once again at home. Thanks guys!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Bueno y asi Mariia y yo nos fuimos hacia el Sud. Esa noche dormimos con unos conocidos de ella. Me impacto mucho la hospitalidad que me ofrecieron a mi tambien en todo momento. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Al dia siguiente estaba de nuevo en ruta hacia Wellington donde cogi el ferry al dia siguiente a Picton (Isla del Sud). De todas formas esa noche no pude encontrar alojamiento en Wellington debido a un campeonato de Rugby y estuve en casa de Sophie e Igor. Ellos son una pareja que conoci en Fiji y que viven precisamente en Wellington. De nuevo tuve una noche de reyes en su casa haciendome sentir en mi propio hogar. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-113921372311892994?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/113921372311892994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=113921372311892994' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/113921372311892994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/113921372311892994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2006/02/new-zealand.html' title='New Zealand'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-113869812444703960</id><published>2006-01-31T00:29:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-05T23:50:57.846-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fiji</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/01334301_P3160056_0005939594.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/01334301_P3160056_0005939594.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bula everybody which means Hello&lt;br /&gt;When I just got to Fiji I was supposed to stay in Nadi (where I landed) and rest but instead I booked straight away a 6 night package to go around. So the same day I went to Robinson Cruseau Island. The conditions in this island were a bit precarious (shower consisted in a bucket of water a day) but me and the other people from the package (Emma, Ches and Gareth) enjoyed our stay there as people were very friendly and nice. We had lots of activities to do everyday and if we didn't want to joint them we could always enjoy the beach. The first day we also had the welcome ceremony with Kava (this is the traditional Fiji drink) and from there we became part of the village. After that the Fijians danced for us some typical dances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Bula a todos que quiere decir Hola&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;En principio al llegar a Fiji me iba a quedar en Nadi (donde aterrice) para relajarme y preparame para los 10 dias que seguian. Pero estaba tan inquieta que me apunte a una ruta de 6 noches el mismo dia. Asi que el mismo dia me fui a Robinson Cruseau Island. Las condiciones en la isla eran bastante precarias ya que la ducha consistia en un cubo de agua al dia pero realmente fue genial ya que la gente era muy amigable, teniamos diversidad de actividades y los locales nos ofrecieron bailes tradicionales por la noche.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From there we went to a place called Beachouse placed on the Coral Coast. In my opinion that &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/01334301_P1200081_0005939618.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/01334301_P1200081_0005939618.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;was the best place that I stayed in Fiji during the 10 days. The place was very clean and the scenery was awesome! With beautiful sunsets and an interesting jungle trek.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Despues nos fuimos a otro resort llamado Beachouse, ubicado en la Costa de Coral. Este fue el mejor lugar donde estuve en los 10 dias ya que estaba muy limpio y las vistas eran inmejorables.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Las puestas de sol eran una pasada y la caminata por la jungla tambien.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We met lots of people everywhere from places all over the world. Everything was about Fiji time... that means that there is not such a rush like in London. You take everything easy and don't really rush for anything. It's been great the contrast from places as we were able to see from beach resorts to the Rain Forest near the capital (Suva).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Conocimos a mucha gente en todos los hostales y gente de lugares muy distintos. Todo consistia en seguir el tiempo de Fiji que significa tomarse las cosas con calma, sin prisa. No como todos vamos normalmente...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;El contraste de los distintos lugares fue grande pero interesante porque no solo se pueden ver las tipicas playas paradisiacas sino tambien jungla y 'rain forest'.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-113869812444703960?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/113869812444703960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=113869812444703960' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/113869812444703960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/113869812444703960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2006/01/fiji_31.html' title='Fiji'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-113789101176565743</id><published>2006-01-21T16:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-21T16:50:11.813-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Leaving Home</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/CAR2MTJ3.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/CA3AY1VF.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 210px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 153px" height="219" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/400/CA3AY1VF.jpg" width="295" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The time came when I had to leave Girona to go to London. I got ready and the saddest thing to do was to leave once again my family behind... It was a strange mix of feelings as I was very excited for the trip I had to come and a bit sad for leaving my family behind...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Y el momento llego de dejar Girona e ir hacia Londres. Una vez lista para salir se me acumulo una mezcla de sentimientos muy extrana. Estaba muy contenta por la experiencia que tenia por delante pero al mismo tiempo triste por dejar a mi familia, una vez mas, atras... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/CAR2MTJ3.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/CAEVORFG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="207" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/CAEVORFG.jpg" width="268" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Anyway once ready I got to London where I tried to see as many friends from there as possible and had a few laughs. I want to take this opportunity to apologise to those that I didn't even have time to say hello... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;De todas formas una vez lista llegue a Londres donde aproveche para ver a mis amistades y recorrer algunas de las antes tan frecuentadas zonas londinenses. Por cierto, Melani y Sonia gracias por la compania hasta Paddington me hizo mucha ilusion que estuvierais alli conmigo... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-113789101176565743?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/113789101176565743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=113789101176565743' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/113789101176565743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/113789101176565743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2006/01/leaving-home.html' title='Leaving Home'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-113674769343851193</id><published>2006-01-08T11:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-29T08:02:24.767-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The trip of a lifetime</title><content type='html'>As most of you know I am about to start my adventurous trip. Last year I decided to go on travelling during six months. The route is going to be around Australasia and Indochina. Many of you have asked me why I have decided of going so far or for so long... and the reason is that I find it a great experience in live and is something I always wanted to do... Being in London is something common going traveling but trust me in Spain is quite uncommon. During the 2 months that I've been in Spain I've felt a bit of a weirdo as people has comunicated how crazy I am for going alone and so far away...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;Como muchos de vosotros sabeis este 2006 empiezo mi viaje. El ano pasado decidi dejarlo todo e irme a ver mundo. Voy a estar fuera los proximos 6 meses y voy a ir por Australasia e Indochina. Muchos de vosotros me habeis preguntado porque tan lejos o porque tanto tiempo y la razon es que lo encuentro una experiencia muy positiva para conocerse uno mismo y los que me conoceis bien ya sabeis lo que me gusta viajar... En Londres es algo normal ir de viaje en largas temporadas e incluso ir solo/a pero creedme es algo muy poco comun en Espana. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;My trip route...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/world_map.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/320/world_map.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;From the 10th to the 15th of January I'm going to be in London. So, this is where my trip starts (sorry to all those that I haven't been able to contact and see)&lt;br /&gt;- On the 15th of Jan I'm flying to Fiji via LA. I'm getting to Fiji on the 17th&lt;br /&gt;- On the 27th of Jan I'm flying out of Fiji to New Zealand (I will be 5 weeks in New Zealand and go overland around the 2 main Islands).&lt;br /&gt;- On the 4th March I'm flying from NZ to Australia. There I will do the East coast.&lt;br /&gt;- On the 25th March I will fly to Perth&lt;br /&gt;- On the 1st of April I'll arrive to Bali&lt;br /&gt;- On the 15th April I'll get to Singapour where I will have 3 months to go all around Southeast Asia (Malasyia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos)&lt;br /&gt;- Finally on the on the 10th of July I'll arrive to Hong Kong where I will stay only 4 days there and from where I will come back to London.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mi ruta...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Del &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10 al 15 de Enero voy a estar en Londres. Es ahi donde empiezo mi viaje&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- El dia 15 del mismo mes vuelo a Fiji via LA. Llegando a Fiji el 17&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- El 27 de Enero volare desde Fiji a Nueva Zelanda (ahi tengo previsto estar 5 semanas e ir alrededor de las 2 islas mayores) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- El 4 de Marzo saldre de NZ direccion a Australia. En Australia tengo planeado hacer toda la costa este hasta Cairns &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- El 25 de Marzo me ire a la otra punta de la isla: Perth&lt;br /&gt;- A primeros de Abril llego a Bali&lt;br /&gt;- El 15 de Abril llegare a Singapur donde estare 3 meses para visitar Indochina. Donde tengo planeado ir por Malasia, Tailandia, Vietnam, Cambodia y Laos)&lt;br /&gt;- Finalmente el 10 de Julio llegare a Hong Kong donde estare solo 4 dias y desde donde volvere a Londres&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope that you enjoy during the comming months this page about my experiences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;Espero que disfruteis durante los proximos meses esta pagina acerca de mis experiencias.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-113674769343851193?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/113674769343851193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=113674769343851193' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/113674769343851193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/113674769343851193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2006/01/trip-of-livetime.html' title='The trip of a lifetime'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19721386.post-113414068003435709</id><published>2005-12-09T16:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-09T15:21:46.766-08:00</updated><title type='text'>In Girona</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/290505%20009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/200/290505%20009.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6225/1957/1600/DELTA%20DE%20L"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;November 2005&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After my nose operation (for who doesn't know I couldn't breath properly and I've had to go under the knive) I'm getting recovered specially with my sister's help. My nephew has also taken special care of me and every day he asks me how I feel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's been hard and painfull but hopefully everything will be gone soon. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Now I'm starting again to be hands on my next step in life and that's my big trip. It is exciting times for me, I feel a bit nervous but very excited for what is coming. I look forward to keeping you informed and seeing you in London.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Untill then x&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19721386-113414068003435709?l=montseruiz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/feeds/113414068003435709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19721386&amp;postID=113414068003435709' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/113414068003435709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19721386/posts/default/113414068003435709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://montseruiz.blogspot.com/2005/12/in-girona.html' title='In Girona'/><author><name>Montse Ruiz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13884680926698897181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
