Last post for a while at least...

I've still got heaps of photos to up load other than that not a whole lot to report on. I've spent the last 4 days at the beach, just what the doctor ordered :) I even tanned up!

Anyway. There will be more trips & more posts, I just don't know when. When I was in London I was looking in one of the TNT magazines & it listed the Wonders of the World. Hopefully some day I'll get to see more of them but I'm going to write them all here as a reminder & bold & italics the ones I've already seen.

Ancient Wonders:
Pharos (light house of Alexandria, Egypt;
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, near modern day Baghdad;
Temple of Artemis, Ephesus, modern-day Turkey;
Statue of Zeus, Olympia;
Mausoleum at Halicanassus, now south-west of Turkey;
Coloss of Rhodes, Greece;
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt (the only Ancient wonder still surviving).

Forgotten Wonders:
Abu Simbel Temple, Egypt;
Angkor Wat, Cambodia;
Aztec Temple, Tenochtitian, Mexico;
Banaue Rice Terraces, the Philippines;
Borobudur Temple in Indonesia;
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy;
The Great Wall of China;
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy;
Mayan Temples of Tikal, Guatemala;
Moai Statues Rapa Nui (Easter Island);
Mont-Saint-Michel, Normany, France;
the Thorne Hall of Persepolis, Iran;
The Panthenon, Athens, Grece;
Petra, Jordan;
Schwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar;
Stonehenge, England;
Taj Mahal, Agra, India;
Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mexico;
Machu Picchu, Peru.

Moder Wonders:
Channel Tunnel;
Big Ben, London, England;
the CN Tower, Toronto, Canada;
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France;
Empire State Building, New York City, USA;
Gateway Arch, St Louis, USA;
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA;
the High Dam, Aswan, Egypt;
Hoover Dam, Aeizona/Nevada, USA;
Itaipu Dam in Brazil/Paraguay;
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, USA;
Panama Canal;
Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
Statue of Liberty, New York City, USA;
Suez Canal, Egypt;
Sydney Opera House, Australia.

Natural Wonders:
Angel Falls, Venezuela; Bay of Fund, Nova Scotia, Canada;
Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA;
Great Barrier Reef, Australia;
Iguazu Falls in Brazil/Argentina;
Karkato Island; Indonesia;
Moun Everest, Nepal;
Mount Fuji, Japan;
Mount Kilimanjoro, Tanzania;
Niagara Falls, Canada/US; Parcutin Volcano, Mexico;
Victoria Falls, Zambia/Zimbabwe.


Well, I've seen quite a few but looks like there's loads more to do, so there'll just have to be more trips to post on :o)

I'm Home!

I'm back in Oz... I got here this morning, can't tell you how excited I was to be back in the country, I still am but I'm just a tad tired :) I was going to try & make it through till bed time to night so I could start a propper sleeping cycle & get over the whole jet lag thing but I just don't think it's going to happen!

There was a big drama with my bags when I left heathrow & they stuffed up my gluten free meals & connecting flights etc but it all got sorted, I leave that story for another time. When I finally walked out of the arrivals gate expecting to see only my mum & litle bro (which in its self is awesome cause. man. 5.30am...!), some of my best friends were there as well! I can't tell you how over the moon I was! I'm still so excited about it now.

Well need to go have a nap.

Oh, & btw - I'm home, I'm home, I'm home, I'm home, I'm home, I'm home, I'm home

Have I mentioned that I'm really happy to be home :) Hope to catch up with you all real soon - once jet lag passes anyway!

P.S - no spell check 2day, Sorry, brain really not functioning!

xoxox

Sydney, Australia, Saturday 8th of January 2005, 5.35pm

It's almost over...

I'm back in London, I fly out Thursday night & get home Saturday morning. I know I haven't really updated much on Europe. I will when I get a chance, probably form home...

Tomorrow I've booked in for a day trip down to Stonehenge so that should be good.

Well I have to go & pack & figure out how much I can leave behind, I know I'm probably way over the weight limit...

Earls Court, London, England - Tuesday 4th January 2005, 1.30pm

It's Two Thousand And Five!!!!!!!!!!!!!

O.M.G. 2005! Who'd believe it's the start of another year and I'm going to be home soon! How bloody freaky is that! My tickets are changed & I'll be home on the 8th... Just over a week... O.M.G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, at present I'm in Amsterdam & all I can say is at 5pm in the afternoon & I'm still hung over. We brought cheap champa's in Germany, go the 2 euro bottles! In the hour & a half we had to get ready & Mel & I managed to down a bolttle each followed by some vodka. Needless to say it was a tad messy to start with then as we sobered up it turned into a great night. The atmosphere in the Dam square was great! We managed to stay out partying till 5am then caught a taxi back to the hotel where the doggie taxi driver tried to rip us off but I caught him out :o) Go me!

Can't believe I haven't updated since Switzerland! There has been so much to write about but I honestly haven't had time. Highlights, Venice was amazing & Prague was beautiful. So much more to say but not enough time...

Back to London tomorrow so I'm going to chill for a bit, head on down to Stonehenge then home I come!

Happy New Years everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love to all!!

Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1st January 2005, 5.08pm