http://www.usroundtheworld.com .......our travels across the globe Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:06:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fiji time We arrived into Fiji airport to music, singing, flowers and plenty of  “bula’s” – the most widely used word in Fiji and soon leant pretty quickly that things moved a lot slower around here -it was time to start getting used to not being in the western world again ... http://www.usroundtheworld.com/?p=269 Travels with Gina – the North Island..... We arrived in Auckland on March 18th and our first mission was to go and collect our transportation and accommodation for the next few weeks, ‘Gina’ our VW campervan.  Angela had found a company that hired out VWs which was good for us as ... http://www.usroundtheworld.com/?p=245 We arrived into Darwin, Australia at the crack of dawn having left Singapore on a late night flight. We’re not sure if we were just spaced out from the lack of sleep but as soon as we hit the airport the place seemed instantly “Australian”, which was fantastic. The first ... http://www.usroundtheworld.com/?p=234 We left Thailand at the end of February taking a ferry from Ko Lipe and bus to Hat Yai where caught the overnight train to Kuala Lumpur. The train was very smart and clean but for about an hour and a half we were stranded with no driver and no ... http://www.usroundtheworld.com/?p=224 So its been a while and I thought it was probably about time we updated the blog! There are a number of reasons for our gap in sorting out the blog. Firstly we have been on a hectic schedule visiting Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand since the last blog ... http://www.usroundtheworld.com/?p=216     Journey to Thailand Well it’s fair to say we didn’t get off to a great start in Thailand. First of all we bought bus tickets to get there with the world’s most weird bus company.  One thing we have learnt about South East Asian people is that generally they do not ... http://www.usroundtheworld.com/?p=192 Cambodia Of all the countries that we planned to visit over the following year Cambodia was one that we probably knew the least about. An experienced and wise traveller friend of ours (the ever insightful H) once said that travelling was all about expectations and how right he has turned out ... http://www.usroundtheworld.com/?p=169 Right... this is a long one as we’ve got a bit behind on the old blogging so there’s a lot to catch up on. 8th January – Vietnam Border Crossing We arrived in Vietnam 3 weeks ago - on the 8th January and we knew from the moment we reached the border ... http://www.usroundtheworld.com/?p=159 China.... tis a strange place and even stranger looking back on it as we are now in easy breezy Vietnam where it seems like a completely different and much more comprehensive universe. We decided to cut our journey time in China short as it was experiencing its worst winter in 50 years ... http://www.usroundtheworld.com/?p=149 We arrived in Moscow with some apprehension due to the various accounts that we had heard of strict officials, corruption and yet more of the dreaded cold. However our first impressions were good – an impressive express train taking us directly to an even more impressive Metro system and a ... http://www.usroundtheworld.com/?p=114