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Week 10 on the road and a summary of week 11 & 12... The Dead Sea Despite its name, the Dead Sea is actually a salt water lake bordered by Jordan and Israel. It lies in the Jordan Rift valley, about 430 metres below sea level, making it the lowest place on earth! As we …
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Week 9 on the road I hope you are prepared for a lot of panoramas because that is the only way we could even attempt to capture the beauty and vastness of Wadi Rum. FYI the sky is actually that blue every day (no edit)! Every one of our days in Jordan was blessed with …
Our 8th week on the road Aqaba and Arab Dive Centre A divers paradise and a city I could live in. Our same driver friend from Petra took us for an exhilarating ride down the Kings Highway from Petra to Aqaba. To the beat of loud Arabic music we zigzagged at a phenomenal speed down …
Our 7th week on the road About 26 hours after leaving our comfortable Villa in Nuwera Eliya, we arrived in Amman, the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan. Flying into Jordan, all we could see was endless desert and rock. We had scheduled almost 4 weeks to explore this barren country and wondered to ourselves …
Our 6th week on the road Ella The view from our home at "Ella Galaxy View villa" Ella rock is the high point you can see. Ella is a small but popular tourist town located in the southern central area of Sri Lanka. It is 1040m above sea level and as a result has much …
Week 4 & 5 on the road Work-Away Prior to leaving New Zealand we signed up to a website called 'Workaway'. This is where people around the world, who need help with various things (for example farming, animal care, childcare, photography and pretty much anything else you can think of), create a profile describing what …
Week 3 on the road Trincomalee After our busy week in Dambulla we submitted ourselves to the rigors of the public bus system again and managed to make our way North East 110km to Trincomalee. Trincomalee is a large fishing city on the North East coast of Sri Lanka. It has a large port that …
South Coast Sri Lanka A coastline full of stunning surf beaches. There are two distinct surf seasons in Sri Lanka. From November to May it is best to surf the western and southern beaches including where we were based at Kabalana Beach, the famous beginner surf beach of Weligama and the hipster surf town of …
Sri Lanka offers all foreign visitors to the country a 30-Day visitor’s VISA through their official government website. You can apply, pay for and receive the VISAs online for approximately $35USD depending on your country of origin. However, be sure to read all the requirements of entry into Sri Lanka carefully. Along with your approved …
In Sri Lanka there are a very territorial species of primate called “A-tuk Tuk Driver”. These primates have strict territorial boundaries and if an outsider is found to be infringing on another’s territory then they will strike each other in an exchange of blows called “Fisty Cuffs” until the dominant male drives off the interloper. …
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Sean and Marlous travel diaries 