Gap Adventures is celebrating their 20 year anniversary by putting one competition winner on a trip they designed themselves!
The website is at createyourownadventure.com
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So, you want to travel the world and look a bit like a vertical snail carrying your own house on your back?
Backpackers / snails
Choosing the right bag is clearly an important choice you have to make, and it’s best NOT done online. Go to local shops and try a few out is my main advice, get something that fits and feels well primarily. Continue reading →
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I picked this book up when leaving Thailand at the airport, a previous Stephen Leather book impressed me and I wanted a bit of in flight reading so chose this novel on the cool cover and interesting Synopsis.
This book is rediculously good and should be a movie. The in depth knowledge of South-East Asia (from the richest Chinese triad leader to Bangkok’s prison) is accurate and makes the plot all the more realistic.
I’ve never really read thrillers before, but this book really is one I couldn’t put down, it was almost like reading a movie script, a very good one.
The main plot is a guy who escaped prison in the UK (for a crime he didn’t commit) finds himself in Hong Kong (with a new identity) a few years later, and his old cell mate blackmails him to do a task – break someone else out of prison. Of which he has to commit a serious crime (smuggling heroin in Thailand) to get into prison first.
There is a sub plot of a drug overload in Burma who the DEA want to take down and makes millions by having a nomadic base in the golden triangle. Hutch (the main character) when escaping prison is put straight into this sub plot and is forced to sabotage the drug den single handedly.
It is extremely well written and engaging and I’m pretty sure this book will entertain anyone who likes a good old fashioned action movie. 10/10.
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The final day of the adventure and our progression to Batemans Bay last night paid off as the highway direct to Sydney was closed due to an oil tanker which crashed (unfortunately resulting in the death of a family skidding on the oil) the previous night on Princes Highway. Continue reading →
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Today’s adventure was a break from driving very far, a place called Eden looked like a good place to stop. With a population of 3,000 there wasn’t much to do or see, there was however a very nice beach.
I don’t think I need to add any more…
The beach at Eden
Flowers beside Eden beach
Now this is a catch!
We left to make a move towards Sydney to give our last day a short drive and arrived at Batehams Bay. Population 16,000 this place is a bit bigger then Eden and we arrived by a fishing area for the night. Whilst I was completely unsuccessful at fishing, the guys next to me lost a very large creature (almost 2M long) and managed to catch a sting ray and small shark (seen to the right), kudos to them!
Kangaroo Tally:
Alive: 1 Dead: 2
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