Category Archives: wildlife

postcard from paradise

Posted on 12/05/2008 by clairelinney

We are finally leaving the Perhentian islands after a week and I am really going to miss this place. I’ve been out diving most days, hanging around the dive shop chatting to the owner Jakub and looking at his amazing … Continue reading →

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under the sea

Posted on 09/05/2008 by clairelinney

Okay, I am actually on holiday now, there is no way I can call this week even slightly difficult, stressful or challenging. Then again, I’ve been on the move for 13 months and quite frankly I think I deserve a … Continue reading →

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Bron and Claire’s jungle day of fun

Posted on 07/05/2008 by clairelinney

 Bron and I bade farewell to the others and caught what has tho be the best, most comfortable public transport in the whole of SE Asia along wide, wonderfully smooth tarmac highways up to Jeratut where we had a scenic … Continue reading →

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to base camp and back

Posted on 28/09/2007 by clairelinney

A tale of trekking, mountain volleyball, Indiana Jones-style-bridges, making momos, leeches, midnight runs in the rain to the outdoors toilet and soaring snow capped Himalayan peaks…interested? Let me elaborate…for the past twelve days I have been hiking the Annapurna Sanctuary … Continue reading →

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the elephants’ bathtime

Posted on 08/09/2007 by clairelinney

We left Pokara early in the morning and caught the bus down to the village of Souraha on the borders of the Chitwan National Park in the southern strip of Nepal known as the Terai. Our bus was greeted by … Continue reading →

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searching for that most elusive of beasts, the air conditioned bus

Posted on 09/08/2007 by clairelinney

Having spent the last six days sheltered from the tropical heat in the comparative cool of the hill country, the coastal climate has hit me like a large red hot steam train smashing into a small limp goldfish! Beautiful Ella … Continue reading →

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piranha fishing and other stories

Posted on 25/06/2007 by clairelinney

I arrived in Campo Grande after a very quiet and peaceful fourteen hour bus ride and upon arriving in the bus station was met by a whole load of tour guides offering tours to the pantanal. So within an hour … Continue reading →

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