“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

 
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Adrian McGurk has visited 19 places in 211 cities in 49 countries and has written 3 travel blogs with 250 entries.

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February012010

World Tour 2009/2010 continued...this time, it's personal

World | 144 entries
Blog Entries

 Was I in Asia or Europe? I still don't rightly know

Luang Prabang, Laos | Feb 01 '10 | 0 reviews

 Camera and Wallet overboard in Laos party central

Vang Vieng, Laos | Feb 04 '10 | 0 reviews

 Camera dead and gone but gained a pair of Bjorn Borg underpants

Vientiane, Laos | Feb 06 '10 | 0 reviews

 German sex tourists, young girls and Indian scaffolding

Champasak, Laos | Feb 07 '10 | 0 reviews

 Not much to see or do on the King of Khong Islands

Muang Khong, Laos | Feb 07 '10 | 0 reviews

 Waterfilled Boats, Waterfalled Monks and just 'Who is Mr Dommy?'

Don Det, Laos | Feb 08 '10 | 0 reviews

 The not so same same V.I.P. buses in the not so V.I. town

Pakse, Laos | Feb 09 '10 | 0 reviews

 Swiss/Spanish Boys, Dutch Boys, Everton Boys and Ladyboys

Bangkok, Thailand | Feb 10 '10 | 0 reviews

 Men wearing skirts and women wearing face paint

Yangon, Myanmar | Feb 13 '10 | 0 reviews

 Monks - begging, non-Buddhist like and Mr Big Monk

Mandalay, Myanmar | Feb 15 '10 | 0 reviews

 Riding on the top of Tuk Tuk to the very British looking town

Pyin U Lwin, Myanmar | Feb 15 '10 | 0 reviews

 Mr Too only had one bicycle and it was not a good one

Mandalay, Myanmar | Feb 16 '10 | 0 reviews

 Puppets, houses over water, depressing factories, freak shows

Nyaungshwe, Myanmar | Feb 17 '10 | 0 reviews

 Temples, temples, more temples, over 4000 of the fellas

Bagan, Myanmar | Feb 19 '10 | 0 reviews

 Life's a secluded and empty beach with no German efficiency

Chaungtha, Myanmar | Feb 22 '10 | 0 reviews

 Sexy buddhas and monking around on my 3rd and last visit

Yangon, Myanmar | Feb 24 '10 | 0 reviews

 Food poisoning affects the funny bones

Ayutthaya, Thailand | Feb 25 '10 | 0 reviews

 Riding badly treated elephants and meditation madness

Chiang Mai, Thailand | Mar 01 '10 | 0 reviews

 Third time in Bangkok + a blog not worth reading

Bangkok, Thailand | Mar 08 '10 | 0 reviews

 Shoe repairmen, motorbikes + whinging Cockneys

Hanoi, Vietnam | Mar 09 '10 | 0 reviews

 Nice bay, not so nice weather but nice breast/nipple caves

Halong Bay, Vietnam | Mar 10 '10 | 0 reviews

 Hell's Angelling through Emperor Tombs + Same Same Beer

Hue, Vietnam | Mar 12 '10 | 0 reviews

 Drunken motorbike accidents but no suit you sir

Hoi An, Vietnam | Mar 13 '10 | 0 reviews

 Getting drunk with Viva la France + God Bless America

Nha Trang, Vietnam | Mar 15 '10 | 0 reviews

 Pro-Irish celebrations and Anti-American lackeys

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Mar 17 '10 | 0 reviews

 Killing fields and torture schools...all alot depressing

Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Mar 19 '10 | 0 reviews

 Fantastic temples but god awful overrated sunsets

Angkor Wat, Cambodia | Mar 21 '10 | 0 reviews

 Boozy times on the red streets of Bangkok

Bangkok, Thailand | Mar 24 '10 | 0 reviews

 Mushrooms and crazy driving on the full moon party island

Ko Phangan, Thailand | Mar 29 '10 | 0 reviews

 Beautiful beaches, no suntans and headbutting incidents

Ko Tao, Thailand | Apr 02 '10 | 0 reviews

 The man with the Golden Gun island....whahoo

Ao Phang-Nga National Park, Thailand | Apr 05 '10 | 0 reviews

 F**k it...let's get on the first plane out of here

Phuket, Thailand | Apr 05 '10 | 0 reviews

 Only 2 things to do ...KL Tower and Petronas Towers

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Apr 06 '10 | 0 reviews

 Cheeky thieving grabbing wild boys of Borneo

Sandakan, Malaysia | Apr 09 '10 | 0 reviews

 I met the coolest local guys ever in this little town

Ranau, Malaysia | Apr 10 '10 | 0 reviews

 Not much to see or do in KK

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia | Apr 11 '10 | 0 reviews

 The Sultan in his palace , The people in their wooden houses

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei | Apr 15 '10 | 0 reviews

 No surfing - just beer, cheesy music and lots of rain

Kuta, Indonesia | Apr 17 '10 | 0 reviews

 'Steak and chips, mister' and 'This....is art'

Ubud, Indonesia | Apr 19 '10 | 0 reviews

 The active volcano was just a lot of hot air (and smoke)

Mount Bromo, Indonesia | Apr 23 '10 | 0 reviews

 Dirty Indonesia and doing dirty things at temples

Jogjakarta, Indonesia | Apr 24 '10 | 0 reviews

 Super clean and super efficient but rather a bit dull

Singapore, Singapore | Apr 25 '10 | 0 reviews

 Very English like but more expensive and no kebab eating

Sydney, Australia | Apr 28 '10 | 0 reviews

 Booze, more booze with some zombies thrown in

Melbourne, Australia | Apr 30 '10 | 0 reviews

 Neighbours, Everybody needs good neighbours

St. Kilda, Australia | May 03 '10 | 0 reviews

 Smelly hostels, evil devils and kangaroo feeding

Hobart, Australia | May 05 '10 | 0 reviews

 Aussies...they're all just convicts, aren't they?

Port Arthur, Australia | May 06 '10 | 0 reviews

 Avoiding nightly roadkill for this sleepy coastal town

Bicheno, Australia | May 06 '10 | 0 reviews

 Watch out...drunken locals about

Alice Springs, Australia | May 08 '10 | 0 reviews

 We are all in this together but it's just a rock

 Feeling number 1 at the Good Barrier Reef

Cairns, Australia | May 13 '10 | 0 reviews

 Scenic railways and piss artist koalas

Kuranda, Australia | May 16 '10 | 0 reviews

 Thought I'd died and gone to caffeine heaven

Mareeba, Australia | May 17 '10 | 0 reviews

 Life's a beach and I saw loads of them round Sydney

Sydney, Australia | May 18 '10 | 0 reviews

 No blue mountains but blue skies and three slags

Katoomba, Australia | May 19 '10 | 0 reviews

 Not very active in the non-active volcano city

Auckland, New Zealand | May 22 '10 | 0 reviews

 Sweet As....a fire alarm adds some excitement to this dull place

Mercury Bay, New Zealand | May 25 '10 | 0 reviews

 Not dog cafes, hobbits, luging, fat Maoris + Brokeback Mountain

Rotorua, New Zealand | May 26 '10 | 0 reviews

 Into the black cold abyss of the glow worm shit caves

Waitomo Caves, New Zealand | May 27 '10 | 0 reviews

 Sky dives, Macdonald aeroplanes and Hug a Ginger day

Taupo, New Zealand | May 28 '10 | 0 reviews

 Not so loving chefs and a good walk spoiled by shit

River Valley, New Zealand | May 30 '10 | 0 reviews

 Half a day for NZ's capital...it was probably enough

Wellington, New Zealand | May 31 '10 | 0 reviews

 Definitely not the centre of the world but the centre of NZ

Nelson, New Zealand | Jun 01 '10 | 0 reviews

 Getting ill and more top 10 in the world stuff?!

Westport, New Zealand | Jun 02 '10 | 0 reviews

 Stained sheets, dirty old men and a poo party

Lake Mahinapua, New Zealand | Jun 03 '10 | 0 reviews

 Tonsillitis means no Fox's Glacier Mint hiking

Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand | Jun 04 '10 | 0 reviews

 Feeling better but feeling rather puzzled by it all

Wanaka, New Zealand | Jun 06 '10 | 0 reviews

 Unimpressive snowboarding and impressive teapots

Queenstown, New Zealand | Jun 07 '10 | 0 reviews

 Watching England play rubbish in the very English looking town

Christchurch, New Zealand | Jun 12 '10 | 0 reviews

 An unexpected stay in Auckland due to god damn Tahitian strikers

Auckland, New Zealand | Jun 13 '10 | 0 reviews

 Going back in time and meeting the very non-French Tahitians

Papeete, French Polynesia | Jun 16 '10 | 0 reviews

 Beauty and Rain in equal mix on the the island paradise

Moorea, French Polynesia | Jun 17 '10 | 0 reviews

 Heads, Surfers, Heads, Dancing, Heads, Craters, Heads

Easter Island, Chile | Jun 20 '10 | 0 reviews

 'Chi, Chi, Chi, Le, Le, Le. Viva Chile' and Stolen Games

Santiago, Chile | Jun 24 '10 | 0 reviews

 Not so pretty locals, nice views, Borat and Arsenal bars

Valparaiso, Chile | Jul 01 '10 | 0 reviews

 Last night, me and Madonna dreamed of different San Pedros

San Pedro de Atacama, Chile | Jul 04 '10 | 0 reviews

 An out of this world place that was just lacking in aliens

Reserva Eduardo Avaroa, Bolivia | Jul 08 '10 | 0 reviews

 White salt lakes with repeated processions and train graves

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia | Jul 10 '10 | 0 reviews

 High times but sore throat means 'trouble at pit'

Potosi, Bolivia | Jul 12 '10 | 0 reviews

 Bus salesman and laxatives that cure bad breath

Sucre, Bolivia | Jul 14 '10 | 0 reviews

 I've been a Bolivian Wild Rover for many a day

La Paz, Bolivia | Jul 15 '10 | 0 reviews

 No Manilow jokes here - its Isla del Sol and Alcohol de la Luna

Copacabana, Bolivia | Jul 21 '10 | 0 reviews

 Inca Kola, Vote for Harry and Laxatives

Puno, Peru | Jul 24 '10 | 0 reviews

 The white beautiful city washed down with guinea pig

Arequipa, Peru | Jul 24 '10 | 0 reviews

 Cold Chivay, Colourful Carriers and Close Condors

Colca Canyon, Peru | Jul 26 '10 | 0 reviews

 The mummy-tastic city where scousers get robbed

Arequipa, Peru | Jul 27 '10 | 0 reviews

 'Oshita' - its the beautiful Inca city

Cusco, Peru | Jul 28 '10 | 0 reviews

 The hills of Pisac are alive with the sounds of mini Machus

Pisac, Peru | Jul 31 '10 | 0 reviews

 No one night in Paris or Ollantaytambo

Ollantaytambo, Peru | Aug 02 '10 | 0 reviews

 Amazing, Incredible, Magical, Special, Fantastic and Sweaty

Machu Picchu, Peru | Aug 02 '10 | 0 reviews

 Not less is more but more is less at the hands of a local barber

Cusco, Peru | Aug 03 '10 | 0 reviews

 Its all about the lines...and a little airplane ride

Nazca, Peru | Aug 05 '10 | 0 reviews

 Surprisingly all round pretty - both centrally and suburbly

Lima, Peru | Aug 05 '10 | 0 reviews

 Pollerias - more finger lickin than Kentucky Fried Chicken

Huaraz, Peru | Aug 08 '10 | 0 reviews

 Star trekkin across the Peru universe

Cordillera Blanca, Peru | Aug 09 '10 | 0 reviews

 Food, glorious food, eat right through the menu

Huaraz, Peru | Aug 12 '10 | 0 reviews

 A Friday 13th of muddy temples and boozy buses

Trujillo, Peru | Aug 13 '10 | 0 reviews

 Police everywhere but there are still bat wielding maniacs here

Guayaquil, Ecuador | Aug 14 '10 | 0 reviews

 Charming city with kebabs and German weather reports

Cuenca, Ecuador | Aug 17 '10 | 0 reviews

 In the early hours with three course breakfast easting locals

Latacunga, Ecuador | Aug 19 '10 | 0 reviews

 God it looks like Banos. Must be the clouds in my eyes.

Baños, Ecuador | Aug 19 '10 | 0 reviews

 Beautiful lakes, superheroes and crazy market days

Quilotoa, Ecuador | Aug 20 '10 | 0 reviews

 Charity, comedy and cringeworthy bullfighting..no bulls die here

Latacunga, Ecuador | Aug 21 '10 | 0 reviews

 The Iceman cometh... and then cometh knackeredness

Cotopaxi, Ecuador | Aug 22 '10 | 0 reviews

 More cops than tourists except in awful gringoland

Quito, Ecuador | Aug 24 '10 | 0 reviews

 Tortoises, frigates, pelicans, caves, craters and naked women

Santa Cruz, Ecuador | Aug 26 '10 | 0 reviews

 A great day of birds and boobies....and an owl too

Genovesa, Ecuador | Aug 27 '10 | 0 reviews

 Santiago - fish, sea lions, crabs, iguanas and chinese hats

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Aug 28 '10 | 0 reviews

 Isabela - turtle and tortoise heaven and sleeping sharks

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Aug 30 '10 | 0 reviews

 Fernandina - piss smelling iguanas and flightless birds

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Aug 31 '10 | 0 reviews

 Fernandina - piss smelling iguanas and flightless birds

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Aug 31 '10 | 0 reviews

 Santiago - red and black beaches, and a fur seal. An OK day

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Sep 01 '10 | 0 reviews

 A drunken end to an amazing trip to the Galapagos

Santa Cruz, Ecuador | Sep 01 '10 | 0 reviews

 Going to both the real and non-real equator line

Quito, Ecuador | Sep 03 '10 | 0 reviews

 It'll be all white on the night in this nice and quiet town

Popayan, Cauca, Colombia | Sep 04 '10 | 0 reviews

 The local were off their heads when they made their stone heads

San Agustin, Colombia | Sep 06 '10 | 0 reviews

 Just popped in for coffee....and a little walk too

Salento, Colombia | Sep 09 '10 | 0 reviews

 It was all electric with the BBC and some nasty food poisoning

Bogota, Colombia | Sep 11 '10 | 0 reviews

 Take with a pinch of salt.....but not this town's Cathedral

Zipaquira, Colombia | Sep 14 '10 | 0 reviews

 The beautiful Carribean feeling tourist capital of Columbia

Cartagena, Colombia | Sep 15 '10 | 0 reviews

 Life's a beach....a nice one and a dirty crowded kids one

Santa Marta, Colombia | Sep 19 '10 | 0 reviews

 Lots of trees, mud, sweat, rain and round stone walls

Ciudad Perdida, Colombia | Sep 21 '10 | 0 reviews

 Welcome outta the Jungle...time to celebrate

Santa Marta, Colombia | Sep 25 '10 | 0 reviews

 Come dive with me, Let's dive, Let's dive away

taganga, Colombia | Sep 27 '10 | 0 reviews

 Gorgeous beaches that were let down by mud baths & diarrhea

Tayrona National Park, Colombia | Oct 04 '10 | 0 reviews

 Hit me Bogota one more time..not much to report this time though

Bogota, Colombia | Oct 06 '10 | 0 reviews

 Welcome to the Jungle, We got fun and games

Leticia, Colombia | Oct 07 '10 | 0 reviews

 Motorbike taxis, heavily armed police and an Israeli Jesus

Tabatinga, Brazil | Oct 11 '10 | 0 reviews

 Welcome to the Jungle, It gets worse here everyday

Manaus, Brazil | Oct 12 '10 | 0 reviews

 Her name is Rio and She rains upon the Sand

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Oct 16 '10 | 0 reviews

 I wanna hold your hand....embarrassingly for some scuba diving

Cabo Frio, Brazil | Oct 19 '10 | 0 reviews

 Armin Buuren and cheesy trance at Escape

Amsterdam, Netherlands | Oct 21 '10 | 0 reviews

 Not better than average or worse than average. Just average.

Montevideo, Uruguay | Oct 21 '10 | 0 reviews

 Bland plazas, world peace and 1950s British fashion

Asuncion, Paraguay | Oct 21 '10 | 0 reviews

 Spanish Benny Hill and the 2nd biggest Dam in the World

Ciudad del Este, Paraguay | Oct 22 '10 | 0 reviews

 Brazillian waxing lyrical about those waterfalls

Foz de Iguassu, Brazil | Oct 23 '10 | 0 reviews

 Superior, Inferior and Moonlight Walks in the Waterfalls

Iguazu Falls, Argentina | Oct 23 '10 | 0 reviews

 It was like a ghost town but with no supernatural sightings

Buenos Aires, Argentina | Oct 26 '10 | 0 reviews

 The Gaucho town without many tourists or even gauchos

San Antonio de Areco, Argentina | Oct 26 '10 | 0 reviews

 Beautiful scenery and a three day trek in one day

El Chalten, Argentina | Oct 28 '10 | 0 reviews

 No Foxes but this Perito Moreno Glacier is mint

El Calafate, Argentina | Oct 30 '10 | 0 reviews

 Back to Buenos Aires...and then back home

Buenos Aires, Argentina | Nov 02 '10 | 0 reviews

 No mood for dancing in Kunming's Blue Oyster Bar

Kunming, China | Jan 31 '11 | 0 reviews

 No mood for dancing in Kunming's Blue Oyster Bar

Kunming, China | Jan 31 '11 | 0 reviews
August182009

Adrian McGurk's World Tour 2009/2010

World | 105 entries
Blog Entries

 Land of the Vikings, Fjords, Eurovision nil poins and A-ha

Oslo, Norway | Aug 18 '09 | 0 reviews

 Land of more vikings, little mermaids and not bacon

Copenhagen, Denmark | Aug 20 '09 | 0 reviews

 Land of more vikings, little mermaids and not bacon

Copenhagen, Denmark | Aug 20 '09 | 0 reviews

 Land of ice coolness, ABBA and Sven and Ulrika-ka-ka-ka

Stockholm, Sweden | Aug 21 '09 | 0 reviews

 Land of Santa, Nokia and 'Heavy Metal' Eurovision Lordi

Helsinki, Finland | Aug 24 '09 | 0 reviews

 Where eyebrows like to meet in the middle

Yerevan, Armenia | Aug 26 '09 | 2 reviews
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 A country that is just so hard not to come back to

T'bilisi, Georgia | Aug 27 '09 | 0 reviews

 Your name is down on the list but you're not coming in

Boyuk-Kesik, Azerbaijan | Aug 29 '09 | 0 reviews

 Back to Georgia to have a bath.....a sulphur one

T'bilisi, Georgia | Aug 29 '09 | 0 reviews

 Time for Riga......well, only for four hours

Riga, Latvia | Aug 31 '09 | 4 reviews
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 Capital, Culture, Churches, Cepelinai, Charming

Vilnius, Lithuania | Aug 31 '09 | 4 reviews
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 Ciao Bella-Rus........the very beautiful police state

Minsk, Belarus | Sep 02 '09 | 1 review
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 Gold domes and Mummified Midget Priests

Kiev, Ukraine | Sep 03 '09 | 0 reviews

 Crazy wedding traditions and dancing bears

Chisinau, Moldova | Sep 04 '09 | 0 reviews

 Transylvania, here I come....to 'Hollywood' Brasov

Brasov, Romania | Sep 06 '09 | 0 reviews

 Dracula's former home is now a restaurant

Sighisoara, Romania | Sep 06 '09 | 0 reviews

 Home of Dracula's Castle even though Dracula was never here

Bran, Romania | Sep 06 '09 | 0 reviews

 Fellow travelllers told me it was ugly and they were not wrong

Bucharest, Romania | Sep 07 '09 | 0 reviews

 Sun, culture and some modern day olympic running

Athens, Greece | Sep 08 '09 | 8 reviews
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 Greeks generally prefer this place to Athens....not me

Thessaloniki, Greece | Sep 09 '09 | 0 reviews

 It's a Bill Clinton and Yank loving town

Pristina, Serbia | Sep 10 '09 | 0 reviews

 This time I saw more than just the bus station

Skopje, Macedonia | Sep 11 '09 | 0 reviews

 Back to friendly faces and good times

Sofia, Bulgaria | Sep 11 '09 | 0 reviews

 Rest and relaxation in the quaint mountain village

koprovishtitza, Bulgaria | Sep 12 '09 | 0 reviews

 Not much difference between the Europe and Asian sides

Istanbul, Turkey | Sep 16 '09 | 0 reviews

 Car horns, Mosque Calls, Random people saying hello and welcome

Aleppo, Syria | Sep 18 '09 | 0 reviews

 Absolutely gorgeous ruins and kids with toy guns saying hello

Palmyra, Syria | Sep 19 '09 | 0 reviews

 Nothing blinding happened on the road to Damascus

Damascus, Syria | Sep 21 '09 | 0 reviews

 All before me was in ruins

Jerash, Jordan | Sep 22 '09 | 0 reviews

 Very tall flag poles and lots of pictures of King Abdullah

Amman, Jordan | Sep 23 '09 | 0 reviews

 Home to the Ancient City and Bryan McFadden's barber

Petra, Jordan | Sep 24 '09 | 0 reviews

 Desert sands, Shooting stars and Diarrhoea in the darkness

Wadi Rum, Jordan | Sep 25 '09 | 0 reviews

 'South' beach, Rovers Return and not much else

Aqaba, Jordan | Sep 26 '09 | 0 reviews

 Lots of religions and lots of guns

Jerusalem, Israel | Sep 27 '09 | 0 reviews

 O little town of security checks and graffiti

Bethlehem, Israel | Sep 29 '09 | 0 reviews

 Good for floating but bad for the mouth and eyes

Dead Sea, Israel | Sep 29 '09 | 0 reviews

 A holy tour of the holy land. Wholly holy!

Nazareth, Israel | Sep 30 '09 | 0 reviews

 More unscheduled stops in Israel's most laid back city

Tel Aviv, Israel | Oct 01 '09 | 0 reviews

 Hostel finding, Russian translators and Crisp Sandwiches

Eilat, Israel | Oct 01 '09 | 0 reviews

 Rest, relaxation, fish, waterpipes and more rest and relaxation

Dahab, Egypt | Oct 02 '09 | 0 reviews

 Bob Marley time at the temples and valleys

Luxor, Egypt | Oct 06 '09 | 0 reviews

 Stop the traffic...its time to pray on the road

Cairo, Egypt | Oct 08 '09 | 0 reviews

 Crusader castles, no show buses and 12 km walks

Limassol, Cyprus | Oct 10 '09 | 0 reviews

 The world's last comically divided city

Nicosia, Cyprus | Oct 11 '09 | 0 reviews

 Salt lakes, sunset walks and ruins in the dark

Larnaca, Cyprus | Oct 11 '09 | 0 reviews

 Armin van Buuren and cheesy trance at Escape

Amsterdam, Netherlands | Oct 21 '09 | 0 reviews

 Pan pipes tell me that it's a whole new world

New Delhi, India | Nov 07 '09 | 0 reviews

 Monkeying around in Temples and watching flute rock

Kathmandu, Nepal | Nov 07 '09 | 0 reviews

 Pandas aplenty, Camp Opera and Very hot Hotpots

Chengdu, China | Nov 10 '09 | 0 reviews

 Big is best when it comes to Buddhas

Leshan, China | Nov 13 '09 | 0 reviews

 No Dalai Lama but lots of monasteries

Lhasa Shi, China | Nov 14 '09 | 0 reviews

 Blue lakes, pimped up Yaks and Kumbums

Harbin, China | Nov 17 '09 | 0 reviews

 Not much to see in Tibet's second biggest town

Shigatse, China | Nov 18 '09 | 0 reviews

 Havoc on the icy roads and some bike riding for me

Shekar, Tibet, China | Nov 19 '09 | 0 reviews

 The highest mountain in the world and the highest craps

Shigatse, China | Nov 20 '09 | 0 reviews

 Sickening times in Tibet after drinking beer from shot glasses

zhangmou, China | Nov 21 '09 | 0 reviews

 Song dedications, burning bodies, musical whores

Kathmandu, Nepal | Nov 22 '09 | 0 reviews

 Following the footsteps of Prince Charles and then doin nothing

Pokhara, Nepal | Nov 25 '09 | 0 reviews

 Comedy borders and an Indian Welcome from the touts

Sonauli, Nepal | Dec 01 '09 | 0 reviews

 Learning and burning, and cremation is free education

Varanasi, India | Dec 02 '09 | 0 reviews

 Tourists were more rarer than the tigers in this park

Kanha, India | Dec 05 '09 | 0 reviews

 Hassled and followed by ugly evil touts...its a love-hate thing

Satna, India | Dec 06 '09 | 0 reviews

 Good god, what is that man doing to that horse?

Khajuraho, India | Dec 08 '09 | 0 reviews

 Squeezing into rickshaws for orange temples and Raj palaces

Orchha, India | Dec 09 '09 | 0 reviews

 Dirty Taj, Baby Taj and a peaceful Sikh Army train invasion

Agra, India | Dec 09 '09 | 0 reviews

 Where free palace entry leads to palace guide abuse

Fatehpur Sikri, India | Dec 10 '09 | 0 reviews

 A boring blog for a rather boring place

Jaipur, India | Dec 10 '09 | 0 reviews

 On the trail of James Bond's 'Octopussy' in this beautiful city

Udaipur, India | Dec 13 '09 | 0 reviews

 Camel safaris in greenish deserts + not much bang from Dr Bhang

Jaisalmer, India | Dec 14 '09 | 0 reviews

 The blue city is full of crazy kids and boys named Vicki

Jodphur, India | Dec 16 '09 | 0 reviews

 Both the camels and lake water were long gone

Pushkar, India | Dec 17 '09 | 0 reviews

 I found out the meaning of a/c and deluxe buses - exciting

Jaipur, India | Dec 17 '09 | 0 reviews

 And that was India...its been emotional

Delhi, India | Dec 18 '09 | 0 reviews

 A family Christmas, some non-rock trance + heated toilet seats

Tokyo, Japan | Dec 21 '09 | 0 reviews

 Getting all arty farty in the pouring rains of Kanazawa

Kanazawa, Japan | Dec 27 '09 | 0 reviews

 Samurai rooms and rest rooms in this castle town

Himeji, Japan | Dec 28 '09 | 0 reviews

 An American tourist invasion meets Japanese pizza-pancake

Hiroshima, Japan | Dec 28 '09 | 0 reviews

 Floating shrines, sweaty climbs and cloudy times

Miyajima, Japan | Dec 29 '09 | 0 reviews

 Time for some more neon and staying in a capsule

Osaka, Japan | Dec 29 '09 | 0 reviews

 Dear, me - this town is dear and deer

Nara, Japan | Dec 30 '09 | 0 reviews

 Temples, temples and more temples in traditional Japan

Kyoto, Japan | Dec 30 '09 | 0 reviews

 Ringing in the new year with broken cameras and cooking sake

Tokyo, Japan | Dec 31 '09 | 0 reviews

 Falling in love with the night skyline but not the day skyline

Hong Kong, China | Jan 06 '10 | 0 reviews

 Viva Las Macau - lesser but better than Hong Kong

macau, China | Jan 09 '10 | 0 reviews

 Famous for cuisine - it was kung fu food + bad dumplings

Guangzhou Shi, China | Jan 11 '10 | 0 reviews

 Spooky photos, Chairman Mao trousers and Chinese insults

Guilin, China | Jan 13 '10 | 0 reviews

 Slow, slow, slow your boat...Merrily down Li River

Yangshou, China | Jan 14 '10 | 0 reviews

 Muddy towns, colourful caves and guilty feelings

毕节地区, China | Jan 15 '10 | 0 reviews

 Its a dog's life here, especially on restaurant menus

Anshun, China | Jan 16 '10 | 0 reviews

 Water levels are falling at the waterfall

Huangguoshu, China | Jan 18 '10 | 0 reviews

 No hair of the dog in downmarket hotels

Guanling, China | Jan 18 '10 | 0 reviews

 Stone the forest....it's a busman's holiday

Kunming, China | Jan 19 '10 | 0 reviews

 Bad Monkeying around....and climbing a hill like a madman

Dali, China | Jan 22 '10 | 0 reviews

 Out with the old and in with the very awful new

Lijiang, China | Jan 26 '10 | 0 reviews

 No tigers and no leaping but 'die biest' views, even at night

Tiger Leaping Gorge, China | Jan 27 '10 | 0 reviews

 More bad medicine at the Bad Monkey and finding Jesus

Dali, China | Jan 30 '10 | 0 reviews

 No mood for dancing at Kunming's Blue Oyster Bar

Kunming, China | Jan 31 '10 | 0 reviews

 Was I in Asia or Europe? I still do not know

Luang Prabang, Laos | Feb 01 '10 | 0 reviews

 Camera and wallet overboard in Laos party central

Vang Vieng, Laos | Feb 04 '10 | 0 reviews

 Lost my camera but gained a pair of Bjorn Borg pants

Vientiane, Laos | Feb 06 '10 | 0 reviews

 German sex tourists, young girls and Indian scaffolding

Champasak, Laos | Feb 07 '10 | 0 reviews

 Not much to see or do on the king of Khong islands

Muang Khong, Laos | Feb 07 '10 | 0 reviews

 Waterfilled boats, waterfalled monks and just 'Who is Mr Dommy?'

Don Det, Laos | Feb 08 '10 | 0 reviews

 The not so same same V.I.P buses in the not so V.I. town

Pakse, Laos | Feb 09 '10 | 0 reviews

 Swiss/Spanish boys, Dutch boys, Everton boys and Chick Boys

Bangkok, Thailand | Feb 10 '10 | 0 reviews
August182009

Adrian McGurk's World Tour 2009/2010

World | 1 entry
Blog Entries

 Land of the Vikings, Fjords, Eurovision nil poins and A-ha

Oslo, Norway | Aug 18 '09 | 0 reviews

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