Aurora Trebon

... in the aisle! About the first 90 minutes of the trip was spent with the bus crammed full of people. Alisia and I were worried that the guy standing between us was going to puke, because we watched him get paler and paler and sort of weave where he was standing. He was definitely not feeling well. Thankfully most of the people in the aisles and several sitting got off the bus at the 2nd stop, so the rest of the trip was pretty uneventful and ...

... half of our journey he did the paddling. He is such a good husband!

We had been told to watch out for a bridge followed by one rapid and then we were to stop at the campsite after the rapid. Here we would call them and they would come and collect us.

We found the bridge and afterwards the water got a bit choppy so we wondered if this might be the stop. We started looking for the campsite but couldn’t see it anywhere.

Then we saw the real rapid. It wasn ...

... population) got evicted.
Then it was time for a bit of Gypsy music.
In the course of renting our raft for the ride down the river, we had a conversation with the driver. He said that this was his summer job while he studied clarinet in university. And he said he and his band of Gypsies were playing in a bar tonight. So after military training we headed to the bar with the kids.
It was quite a performance ...

... for taking it all so well and in her stride. Once we'd seen her safely checked in we set off in search of a nice safe peaceful campsite to take stock and breathe for a second before taking on a new country. It wasn't to be, we found where the first place was supposed to be, ha ha ha. Then discovered we had a puncture! It felt like a really cruel joke, we were exhausted from 3 sleepless nights and just wanted to chill out. Pumped it up with the foot pump and set off in search of the 'other ...

... surprisingly large and well maintained, although we all agreed that the French would not have approved of uneven hedges and weeds amongst the lawn. Nick, Alice and Ken found time to skim a lot more stones on the river. Well Alice had a go but when one of her attempts missed the water and nearly hit Nick on the head, she decided to retreat to the bench with Tricia and observe the boys style and efforts. They managed to skip stones to the other side of the ...

... so if I was running late I wouldn't have too many problems. Once there I am informed all the buses to Cesky Krumlov for the day are booked out. WTF!!!! but there are other bus companies so I have to try them all individually. I manage to get on one at 1.30pm that leaves from another station the trip is 4 hour long and costs about 12Aus not bad. Since I have 2 hours to kill I head to KFC where there is free Wi-Fi I am getting so good and spotting which places have ...

... cafes and restaurants to thaw out in, enjoy more hearty Czech food and delight in the company of fantastic friends. Travelling just doesn’t get any better than this. After such a satisfying day there was no finer way to end it than to make like the impressions of King Henry VIII at a medieval banquet, using my hands to chomp away gluttonously around a pork knee bone. I was as happy as a pig in mud – before its knee ended up on my plate, obviously.

... up to us and asked us to join them. He spoke good english and I was happy to join them. The girl I was with diddnt like the situation, especially when the men closed the door and locked us in! It all turned out well in the end and all the men wanted was some company and were willing to buy us drinks. We diddnt stay long because we had to head back for dinner. It was a random experiance.

... wearin' spandex outfit 'The Scorpions'. It was very bloody pleasant. A few chicks from California arrived this afternoon, and i made them feel welcome with some sparkling Australian repartee and witty small talk, before heading off for an epic jog a fair dose longer than my previous few efforts. Good form. Snazzed meself up a little, then hooked up with the second harem of chicks in four nights, Lisa, Elena, yankee blue jeans Emily, Emma, Lara and ...

... The chateau had big enamel furnaces to keep the place warm along with lots of tapestry and other wall hangings and bearskins (with heads still attached) covering the floor. Later we learned that bears were (and still are) kept in the moat to discourage invaders. We saw one of the two bears the next day hanging out in the moat. There was an elegant carved carriage painted gold and used only once to take the chateau's owner from Rome to the Vatican City (not very far) to offer the ...