| |
TRAVEL GUIDES |
 |
Rapa Nui / Easter Island primer
"In the middle of the Great Ocean, in a region where no one ever passes, there is a mysterious and isolated island..." Pierre Loti, L'Ile de Paques, 1872
Let me take you on an adventure to the remotest inhabited island, in the world. This is an extensive APJ microsite, designed to be the ideal primer for anybody interested in Easter Island.
|
|
 |
Quick take : India
Hot, absolutely totally unbelievably hot. Oh, and humid, did I mention that? No exaggeration, leave the air-conditioning of the airport, you walk through the door and WHAM! It�s like hitting a brick wall and walking into a sauna at the same time.
|
|
 |
Quick take : Arrival guide to Hungary
Our intrepid elderly travelers, Berol and Biro, take a trip to Hungary and discover the ins and outs of arriving in the historic city Budapest.
|
|
 |
Tikal
It is impossible to take the quarter of a mile walk through the lowland tropical rainforest that spills you into the middle of the Central Plaza of Tikal without being in awe of the mute imperial glory of the temples.
|
|
|
|
|
| |
TRAVEL STORIES |
 |
Travels in Peru
'Until you stop travelling, you can never really say that you have been travelling.', writes Ian Barfield on his first major trip abroad.
|
|
 |
Journey to Easter Island
Not to be confused with the Rapa Nui / Easter Island primer, this online journal, details my two week journey and stay on Easter Island.
|
|
 |
In search of Vlad the Impaler
One night at the pub, Yvette mentioned she was really into Vampires and had always wanted to visit the castle of Dracula (Vlad the Impaler) in Romania. Two weeks later, a small band of friends were on their way to Romania...
|
|
 |
Alone in Budapest and in love
Here I am, watching the setting sun. Infront of me is the Danube, its tranquillity broken by the rare riverboat. The sun is behind the only cloud in the sky and soon it will be putting Buda castle into silhouette. This is truly a wonderful city, but to be in love and on your own, what does it feel like?
|
|
 |
Into China : 3 weeks in the cold
The trick to travelling is not to get too worked up about it. Its Friday night, we leave for China in the morning. Rick, wanted to go pack, unpack, repack and stuff more stuff in. I wanted to go down the pub, even though we have a morning flight to China...
|
|
|
