Good Bye, Adios, Au revoir, La gohn for now .....

So we have finally arrived in the land of Toronto, Canada . Flight from London to Toronto with Air Transat was SHIAAAT! As our luggage that we have been carrying for the last 7 months did not fly with us and instead remained at Gatwick airport, London. After, an hour of searching for our luggage that was not even in the country, going through customs and immigration and all the chaos I managed to become a Canadian Immigrant, annnnnnd unpacking our Sydney stuff that was shipped over earlier in the year, attending weddings, buying furniture, opening bank accounts and getting a tax file number i think it's safe to say that our first week in Toronto has not been easy. The inevitable has arrived.



As promised our highlights and lowlights from our makin' moves across the globe journey:

Uriah's top five Highlights:
- Gibbons Experience in Bokeo Nature Reserve, Laos.
- Diving in the Similan Islands, Thailand.
- Eating Banana Que on the beaches of Boracay, Philippines.
- Tailor Frenzy in Hoi An, Vietnam.
- Sumo Wrestling Tournament in Nagoya, Japan.

Lowlights: well not much mostly all the long bus rides from one country to another.



Derek's top five Highlights:
- Back alley neighbourhood Cockflights; Pardo, Cebu, Philippines.
- Zip lining at the Gibbons Experience, Northern Laos.
- Exploring Kampot & Bokor, Southern Cambodia.
- Trekking, Northern Thailand.
- Eating whatever you want, whenever you want everyday and paying virtually nothing for it in Asia!

Lowlights:
- Paris, France in August!! The hordes of tourists is overwhelming.
- The third and last day of our Similan Island dive trip when I had tooth and sinus problems and couldn't dive.
- One morning a few weeks ago when I realised our trip was ending and that we would have to get jobs!



It is weird that our 7 months journey around the world has ended so fast for us, but stay tuned everyone as there may be makin' moves across the globe part 2. We are looking at 5 months in South America and a possible Trans Serbia trip from Russia to China and on to Nepal, Tibet and India. Maybe even a return to South East Asia to see the stuff we did not cover on this trip and finally New Zealand. Of course, this is not going to happen any time soon unless we win the lottery. You will all be informed.



We would like to thank all of our followers we hope that you all have been entertained and this is only a goodbye..... for now.


Much love,
uriah and derek xoxoxoxox

Beach Bums and boobies - Mallorca!

So, our last stop in Spain and for our little trip is the Spanish island of Mallorca. We thought it would be a good idea to take some time to just relax and enjoy the sunshine and beach to finish our trip. Mallorca seemed to be a good fit.

It would of been a good fit if it wasn´t for the fact that Mallorca and more specifically Magaluf (where we were staying) happens to be where all the young package tourists from England come to party and get rowdy. The type of tourists that trash hotels, vomit in the hallways, leave trash and beercans all over the beach and throw toilet paper rolls into the trees! After getting use to how loud the Brits can be all day everyday, we managed to get in some R & R and for the most part enjoyed our stay in Mallorca.

Magaluf is extremely touristy with more British than Spanish. We did however catch the train to Soller in the northern part of the islands. It´s a lot different up there with more Spanish locals and German retirees.

Uriah on the train thats been running since 1912


The beaches of Port of Soller


Derek heading to Soller, mmmm.....mussells



The beaches of Magaluf where at least 50% of female sunbathers are topless!



Stay tuned for our next post where we´ll cover the highlights and lowlights from our trip!

- Uriah and Derek

Si!

Barcelona is cool. It´s got a good vibe to it. Since we are in the last leg of our trip we decided that a little splurging was in order. No more $4 rooms people, we had to switch it up to 4 star (****) hotels! Having a nice place to bunk makes life that little bit nicier. So what that we ended up spending more in four days in Barcelona than we did in like three weeks in Laos! We´re livin the good life for a bit (sort of).

Uriah and some passed out crackhead, Barri Gotic (the gothic quarter)


Barcelona has got a bit of everything. Its got historical sites, art with heavy influence by Gaudi, a decent beachfront for a city (not as good as Sydney though) and shopping and good transport. It is however expensive to eat and find a place to sleep.




We did what we normally do with most destinations. Lots of walking around in the sun, sightseeing and pigging out on food. This trip has made our eating habits terrible. We eat what we want whenever we want and that includes lots of junk foods.

Sunset at Bogatell beach and Derek at the park designed by Gaudi


The city view & Las Ramblas


From Barcelona we darted for Mallorca where we are writing this. We´ll cover that on the next update.

- Derek & Uriah