I'll be arriving in Amsterdam on Monday evening.We have one day off to recuperate from the flight and then we get on the nightliner and hit it hard for 6 weeks.

Went with Linzi Sharpling to head to the amazing Netherlands, the Dutch are great people, such a great culture.. The art is AMAZING! Ive wanted to see the Van Gogh museum since i was little, and it was a dream come true. Rembrant, the Anne Frank House, Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk Museum, Heineken, wooden shoes, the redlight district and the nightlife...

Here I am... The flight from Chicago got in an hour early. Now I have to sit for three hours for the final flight on to Cape Town. I hate traveling alone. Especially when I can't get the wireless to work. Bored... So I people watched. I sat at my gate area and watched while people on the flight arrived. Lots of African Natives in beautiful exoti...

Dist: 90Km Total: 519Km. I got up after 3-4 hrs of broken sleep, shook all the massive slimey slugs off my tent, waved to the guys in the runway debris patroll vehicle, packed my bags and headed off. I got about 20 meters and found a wooden bench seat to cook breakfast on. Steak sandwiches - yum. I couldn't sem to get into gear that morning, ***...

So what's the first thing I see in Holland? Mr. Mark Tikkel. hahaha. What an amazing first impression. This is going to be a great trip....I can feel it already.

since our last blog we left galway for the aran islands where we spent two nights. we had a great time and it was nice to get away from all the noise and just walk about and enjoy the breath-taking natural beauty. On our first full day we went out in search of this great cliff and fortress type thing, looking at lots of old ruins etc. on the way...

On Holland My round the world ticket included a flight from Cairo to Amsterdam, then onto Minneapolis (then San Francisco). So I decided to take a break from my journalistic, voyeuristic pursuits in Africa to a safe and comfortable "playground" for a few weeks to chill out from the full-on despair of countries much poorer than my own. Once I arr...

Amsterdam. The Big Kahuna. The city of infamy. The hub of all things deviant, sinful, hedonistic, where the illegal becomes legal, and men and women flock from everywhere to smoke joints in the streets and fry their brains in the cosy confines of the multitude of coffee shops. We've all heard the stories, the reputation, we know what its all abo...