TravelStream™ news feed for member crampo3 on TravelPod's free travel blogs service http://www.travelpod.com/syndication/rss/crampo3 en-us Copyright ©2009 TravelPod.com Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:53:31 -0400 http://www.travelpod.com http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108972620/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108972620/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108972620/tpod.html Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:53:31 -0400 Continuing on from Malaysia...

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Fraser Island, Australia

We have moved on to crampo4 for those of you that don't know!

We went on a day trip to Fraser Island which is the largest sand island in the world. Fraser Island is home to magnificent endless beaches, immense sand blows, beautiful rainforests and pristine lakes.
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108778280/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108778280/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108778280/tpod.html Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:47:57 -0400 Continuing on from Malaysia...

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Brisbane, Australia

We visited Steve Irwin's (the crocodile hunter!) zoo and managed to get up close to some Koalas and Kangaroos.

We saw a crocodile feeding show which was fantastic, but did not get to see the man himself Steve Irwin unfortunately.
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108191360/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108191360/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108191360/tpod.html Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:46:08 -0400 Continuing on from Malaysia...

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Noosa, Australia

This was our first glimpse of a beach in Australia and as you can see it was quite windswept!

We went for walk through the National Park, and we stayed in two different areas of Noosa during our stay here, Sunshine Beach and Noosa Heads. At both locations we stayed in luxury accommodation with Nicky's Mum, Dad and sister which made a pleasant change from the hostel accommodation we'd been used to in Asia.
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108606680/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108606680/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108606680/tpod.html Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:41:01 -0400 Continuing on from Malaysia...

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Brisbane, Australia

Although we flew into Brisbane we only managed to spend one day in the city itself as we were staying further out in Noosa for the two weeks we were here with Nicky's family.

While in Brisbane we decided to do a walking tour of the city and managed to see a few of the sights.
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108020600/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108020600/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1108020600/tpod.html Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:39:24 -0400 Continuing on from Malaysia...

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Singapore, Singapore

We were catching our flight to Australia from here on the 11th so we were only able to spend one night in Singapore.

We managed to squeeze a museum visit in, dinner at a renovated old church, and restrained from too much shopping in the many plazas!

It was also Chinese New Year (still) and went to see open air exhibition with inflatable Roosters amongst other things!
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1107930420/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1107930420/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1107930420/tpod.html Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:37:42 -0400 Continuing on from Malaysia...

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Melaka, Malaysia

Spent one night in Melaka, did a whistle stop tour round the city which took all of an hour since it is quite a small place!

Melaka used to be the main trading port for South East Asia, and has had Dutch, Portuguese and British Colonial rule and this influence can be seen reflected in some of the architecture in the old town of Melaka.

When we visited it was Chinese New Year so most of Chinatown had shut up shop, but we still had a stroll round and were kept up all night by fireworks celebrating the New Year!
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1107677640/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1107677640/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1107677640/tpod.html Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:36:18 -0400 Continuing on from Malaysia...

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur is a thriving city with impressive Islamic high rises such as the Petronas Towers and KL Tower, and also garrulous side streets lined with food hawkers dishing up some tremendous local fare. There were a number of interesting cultural sites in KL, such as the Islamic Arts Museum, the National Museum and National Mosque.
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1107616440/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1107616440/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/crampo3/crampo3/1107616440/tpod.html Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:25:55 -0400 Continuing on from Malaysia...

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

We took a short diversion on our planned route to spend a night here in the Cameron Highlands. Due to the altitude the climate here is much cooler and ideal conditions for growing tea and other produce. Which also meant that it was much colder than we have become used to!

The Cameron Highlands is home to 25,000 people, who work on the estates to grow fruit and vegetables and tea for consumption in Malaysia. They do not grow enough to export and haven't mastered the art of growing rice so that they still have to import from Thailand!

The tea market in Malaysia is huge and so the tea estate we visited on our tour was providing tea for local use. We also did a jungle trek, where we saw some insect eating plants, we visited a butterfly farm with many different kinds of insects, and also a fruit market where we tried some exotic kind's of fruit!
]]>