travel-junkie.comtravel-junkie.comboris is a travel addicted, white wine loving, unfortunatley quite accident prone, easy going and not so german dive instructor on a round the world trip. he always travels with his hammock, his chess set and a copy of 'the big blue'. this is his blo Articles
Travel-Junkie.com Meets Facebook
2007-11-15 12:00:00 Travel-Junkie .com just opened up a franchise on Facebook . Head on over there to check it out and become a fan! ShareThis More About: Travel , Franchise , My Stuff
Highslide and Nextgen Gallery
2007-11-14 16:20:00 This post has absolutely nothing to do with travelling, so stop reading if you’re not interested in geeky Wordpress stuff. In the process of making Travel-Junkie.com a better experience for my visitors I have discovered the excellent Highslide effect for images and loads of other stuff by Torstein Hønsi. So I started implementing this effect, ... More About: Gallery
Six Months On The Road
2007-11-14 02:38:00 Whitehaven Beach Can?t believe that I have been travelling already for six months. Time flies when you?re having fun, right? Anyway, time to have a look at that past half year?. Some of the things that happened or that I did: Bought a car in Australia, drove it for 7000 km and then wrecked it! Watched two ... More About: Travel , Articles , Backpack , Road , On The Road
Twelve Apostles
2007-11-13 07:44:00 Two of the 12 Apostles Yesterday I rented a car together with two friends and we went on a roadtrip down the Great Ocean Road. A convertible would have been awesome, but due to money matters and, thank god, unavailability (sometimes I can be so easily persuaded to spend money on completely useless stuff) we had ... More About: Australia , Photoblog , Twelve
Fraser Island ? One Huge Sand Island
2007-11-07 12:43:00 Fraser Island is situated just off Hervey Bay. It is the largest sand island in the world and one huge playground for boys and their big toys. Girls love it as well, although they don?t seem to share the same enthusiasm when it comes to driving a 3 ton Toyota Landcruiser through soft sand and ... More About: Australia , Shark , Sand , Gear
Fraser Island ? One Huge Sand Island
2007-11-06 09:08:00 Fraser Island is situated just off Hervey Bay. It is the largest sand island in the world and one huge playground for boys and their big toys. Girls love it as well, although they don?t seem to share the same enthusiasm when it comes to driving a 3 ton Toyota Landcruiser through soft sand and ... More About: Australia , Shark , Sand , Gear
New Travel Forum
2007-10-30 05:02:00 Finally managed to sort out all the forum related stuff, like making it bilingual. Been wanting to have one for ages, and lately I have received a good few emails (well, three in almost two week) from people asking for advice on travelling and diving, so I thought I might as well make that information ... More About: Travel , Notes , Forum , Decision , New Style
Shit Happens?
2007-10-28 06:29:00 When I got back from Indo I decided to pick up the car we had left with work colleagues of friends. It wouldn’t start. Found this guy who figured that the smart lock was on constantly and he showed me a way how to hotwire and basically steal my own car. Since I got quite ... More About: Drive , Transport , Accident , Pumpkin , Shit
Bandas Liquid World
2007-10-13 14:20:00 Bandas underwater world is just unbelievably stunning. The coral is still intact and there are fish everywhere. Among other marine life you can see sharks and turtles, great barraccuda, dog tooth tuna, clown triggerfish, squid and napoleon wrasses while just snorkling. The walls, that start just a few meters off the beaches are so deep ... More About: World , Indonesia , Diving , Liquid , Photoblog
Beautiful Banda - A Short History
2007-10-13 05:03:00 Happy Times For a very long time the bandanese people had it extremely good. There was no raja or king or whatever to tell them what to do. Only Orang Kaya, village elders, but they were…, well, old! So Life was great! They were in the unique position, that their little group of islands was the ... More About: History , Indonesia , Beautiful , Short , Spice
Back From Paradise!
2007-10-10 08:24:00 Hey hey, just got back from Banda, well like 12 hours ago. On yet another Pelni boat. Anyways, it being the end of Ramadan I was clever enough to NOT book a room in advance. So, this morning (3 am) I have been walking around for ages looking for a room. Without success. Did find ... More About: Indonesia , Paradise , Back
Moral Dilemma!?
2007-10-10 01:14:00 Yesterday I was involved in a motorbike accident in Kupang, West Timor. Basically, a twelve year old kid drove straight into me, while I was indicating to go right. He was way too fast and he didn’t have a drivers license. Both of us had friends on the back, but luckily nobody got hurt apart ... More About: Indonesia , Dilemma , Moral , Mora , Dile
Is There Internet In Flores Now?
2007-10-10 00:28:00 Just a quick note to my readers that tomorrow I will take a boat to Flores . This will take four days. After this I will head further east. From my last visit there I remember that reliable internet is very scarce in the area, so I might not be able to post anything for up ... More About: Internet
My New Room Mates
2007-09-28 13:51:00 I just checked into a room on Gili Trawangan. It looked nice. Then, short before I had a shower, I noticed something on the wall. It was a cockroach. Then I noticed another one. And another one. The shower only dribbles, the toilet does not work, the light makes the room look like a brothel. ... More About: Indonesia , Room
Climbing Gunung Rinjani
2007-09-28 13:47:00 Day 1 - Sembalun to the Base Camp I met my fellow trekkers, a dutch couple named Robin and Ingrid, at 6 am, when we were all picked up in Senggigi. It was almost 8 am, when we finally arrived in Senaru, where we were introduced to Mursan, our guide, and Mordi, our porter for the ... More About: Climbing , Bing , Limb
Here, There Be Dragons!
2007-09-28 13:40:00 Recently I had the chance to go back to Komodo Island and see the dragons again. They are really unbelievable. It’s kind of like Jurassic Park in real life! While we only saw two dragons on Komodo we saw at least 15 the next day on Rinca! Share This More About: Indonesia , Dragons , Drago
Magical Kelimutu
2007-09-28 13:39:00 In Labhuanbajo quite a few people from the boat I came over with decided to pay a visit to Kelimutu and the three famous colored crater lakes. As Toby and Louise, an english couple, needed to be back in Labhuanbajo soon to catch a flight to Bali, we decided on hiring a car. This is ... More About: Indonesia , Magica , Mutu
The Whale Hunters Of Lamalera
2007-09-28 13:35:00 Lamalera, Lama meaning feeling or blade and Lera meaning sun, is situated on the southern side of the mountainous island of Lembata, which is part of the Solor Archipelago. It can only be reached by taking a bus, which is a converted truck, from Lewoleba. The drive takes about three and a half hours, mainly ... More About: Indonesia , Whale , Whales , Hunters , Hunt
Dili In Black And White
2007-09-28 13:26:00 Dili, the young capital of Timor Leste, is a bustling and vibrant city. At least during the day, that is. When night falls then gangs roam around, preying on the unlucky people still outside. Or so we have been told. To me it seemed pretty safe at night. But then, maybe we were lucky? The whole ... More About: White , Black , Black and White
The Pelni Experience
2007-09-28 12:14:00 If you’ve ever been on a Pelni boat in ekonomi class, then you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. The toilets and showers smell and are often flooded, the food doesn’t taste of much and doesn’t look very appetizing, you sleep with 50 other people in the same room for days and just trying to ... More About: Travel , Experience , Erie
Dili In Black And White
2007-09-15 05:24:00 Dili, the young capital of Timor Leste, is a bustling and vibrant city. At least during the day, that is. When night falls then gangs roam around, preying on the unlucky people still outside. Or so we have been told. To me it seemed pretty safe at night. But then, maybe we were lucky? The whole ... More About: White , Black , Black and White , Lack
Moral Dilemma!?
2007-09-12 17:04:00 Yesterday I was involved in a motorbike accident in Kupang, West Timor. Basically, a twelve year old kid drove straight into me, while I was indicating to go right. He was way too fast and he didn’t have a drivers license. Both of us had friends on the back, but luckily nobody got hurt apart ... More About: Dilemma , Oral , Moral , Mora , Dile
The Whale Hunters Of Lamalera
2007-09-04 11:19:00 Lamalera, Lama meaning feeling or blade and Lera meaning sun, is situated on the southern side of the mountainous island of Lembata, which is part of the Solor Archipelago. It can only be reached by taking a bus, which is a converted truck, from Lewoleba. The drive takes about three and a half hours, mainly ... More About: Whale , Hunters , Hunt , Amal , Lama
Magical Kelimutu
2007-08-22 14:56:00 In Labhuanbajo quite a few people from the boat I came over with decided to pay a visit to Kelimutu and the three famous colored crater lakes. As Toby and Louise, an english couple, needed to be back in Labhuanbajo soon to catch a flight to Bali, we decided on hiring a car. This is ... More About: Magica , Mutu
Here, There Be Dragons!
2007-08-18 14:07:00 Recently I had the chance to go back to Komodo Island and see the dragons again. They are really unbelievable. It's kind of like Jurassic Park in real life! While we only saw two dragons on Komodo we saw at least 15 the next day on Rinca! Vor kurzem hatte ich die Moeglichkeit wieder nach Komodo zu gehen und die Drachen zu sehen. Diese Tiere sind einfach unglaublich. Man fuehlt sich wie in Jurassic Park hinein versetzt! Waehrend wir auf Komodo nur zwei Drachen gesehen haben, gab es auf Rinca am naechsten Tag midestens 15 zu beobachten! More About: Dragon , Dragons , Drago
Is There Internet In Flores Now?
2007-08-12 16:56:00 Just a quick note to my readers that tomorrow I will take a boat to Flor es . This will take four days. After this I will head further east. From my last visit there I remember that reliable internet is very scarce in the area, so I might not be able to post anything for up ... More About: Internet
Climbing Gunung Rinjani
2007-08-10 16:38:00 Day 1 - Sembalun to the Base Camp Mursan, our trekking guide I met my fellow trekkers, a dutch couple named Robin and Ingrid, at 6 am, when we were all picked up in Senggigi. It was almost 8 am, when we finally arrived in Senaru, where we were introduced to Mursan, our guide, and Mordi, our ... More About: Climbing , Bing , Limb
My New Room Mates
2007-08-01 16:43:00 I just checked into a room on Gili Trawangan. It looked nice. Then, short before I had a shower, I noticed something on the wall. It was a cockroach. Then I noticed another one. And another one. The shower only dribbles, the toilet does not work, the light makes the room look like a brothel. Outside you can hear cats sing their mating song and the door only closes when you actually lock it. I'm back in Asia. It's good to be home! Ich habe gerade in ein Zimmer auf Gili Trawangan eingecheckt. Es hat nett ausgesehen. Dann, kurz vor meiner Dusche, habe ich eine Kakerlake entdeckt. Dann noch eine. Und noch eine. Die Dusche troepfelt nur, die Tolette funktioniert nicht, durch das Licht schaut das Zimmer wie ein Puff aus. Draussen kann man Katzen beim Paarungsgesang zuhoeren und die Tuer schliesst nur, wenn man sie absperrt. Ich bin zurueck in Asien. Fuehlt sich gut an daheim zu sein! More About: Room
Back In Indonesia
2007-07-31 09:26:00 I arrived yesterday on Bali and it really hasn’t changed that much since the last time I was here almost two and a half years ago. I slept almost all day yesterday, so I didn’t do much else really. The place in Kuta I am staying at is called Rita’s House, it’s just off Poppies ... More About: Indonesia , Back , My Stuff , Done
3000 Interesting Km Of Boredom
More articles from this author:2007-07-25 16:33:00 It all started with Dominique and me thinking that 3000 km is too long to drive. That’s when we looked into flying to Darwin, but we soon discovered that a one way flight is around 400 to 500 AUD. Far too expensive for our liking. That same day we started to make a little flyer, ... More About: Interesting , Boredom , Eres 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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