Author Archives: Matt
Capoeira in Salvador
Third capoeira class going well! Getting some nice blisters on the feet now…! Still, absolutely loving it! We’re at Mestre Bimba’s school (Associação de Capoeira Mestre Bimba – map below) in the heart of the old district of Salvador. Cobble streets with capoeira bateria (the type of music that accompanies everything capoeira, below is a compilation … Continue reading
Manila/Puerto Princesa to El Nido – The relatively comfy option
After getting a few quotes to get to El Nido from the tourist shops on the airport road we came across a few methods to get El Nido from Puerto Princesa and Manila. There’s a few methods to choose from! Of course, check the current schedules before travel! MANILA TO EL NIDO Quick and easy, … Continue reading
Karijini National Park – Campervanning part 6
Karijini has been somewhere on Matt’s to do list so it was somewhere we wanted to experience fully. Doing our usual thing of arriving after sunset, we dropped our park fee ($12) into the entrance gates (kind of like an honesty box situation rather than a manned booth but you have to display your receipt … Continue reading
Katherine to WA border, Lake Argyle and Kununurra – Campervanning part 4
After our hot springs dip in Katherine we headed off on our first major leg of the journey (which actually took us in the correct direction, West). Whilst the actual journey was OK, the lack of fuel certainly made things a little more exciting! We basically forgot to re-gas in Timber Creek (nearly halfway between … Continue reading
Edith falls, Katherine Gorge & Katherine – Campervanning part 3
Edith falls is amazing! We headed to the upper pools (2.6km return) with breakfast in the bag and made it to the water with only two other couples there. The actual pools are quite deep with a few sections to swim in, not too cold, with a small waterfall into the main part. Had to … Continue reading
Kakadu – Campervanning part 2
After a brief stop at the information centre (for water mainly!) we went to our first stop in Ubirr to do some croc spotting (LOADS at Cahills Crossing), bat waking (not on purpose), see some aboriginal wall paintings (strangely the first we’d seen!) and sunset viewing from the most Northerly point in Ubirr, great start. … Continue reading
Lasik with the London Vision Clinic review – 1 year on
Page Links : Overview | First appointment | Second appointment and meeting the surgeon | Surgery | Post surgery | Noticing the little things | Roundup So I woke up today dry and blurry eyed one year on from having my eyes trimmed into shape, however this year it was probably due to the amount I had drunk the night before … Continue reading
CTF365.com – email addresses and usernames compromised
UPDATE @ 13:16 – It appears a sister site hackaserver.com was also compromised (through analysis of email headers). The site also appears defaced like CTF365.com below. It appears that the well funded and connected online pentesting lab, CTF365.com was compromised within (at least) the last few minutes. At this point it is unsure to what degree … Continue reading
New Hanoi pictures!
Blog post to follow! For now, here’s some pictures and a link for the photos on a map!
One step closer to the encrypted web
Google is starting to influence search results if the site has a valid SSL cert. Good stuff Google. http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html Ironically though this link isn’t https by default…
New section (Our Accommodation)
Just published a new page of the site under the menu item ‘Planning your trip’. Link is here! Basically a log for us to keep track of where we’ve stayed and a log for anyone that wants an idea of places to stay!
Xi’an – pronounced Shee-an, apparently…! Drum and bell tower, muslim quarter and the Terracotta Warriors
We arrived from Beijing via train, one of the mega fast 300km/hr jobs, so only took about 5 hours. Felt a little longer though thanks to the 5 episodes of 24 (ending series 3, side note, not such a great series…). We got in about 6 and got a cab to our next abode with … Continue reading
Macau, Macao?
Ferry was hassle free, customs hassle free, you can use HKD, no exchange needed, awesome; casino girls waiting to pickup the gamblers directly from the arrival desk, check. Welcome to the city of dreams, Macau, or Macao… This was one place we admittedly added to our plans when we started looking at things to do in … Continue reading
Osakaaaaa! Spa world and indoor markets
So we arrived from Tokyo on the sleeper bus fairly early in the morning, we’d had a good nights sleep in the bus, the buses are fantastic! I guess it’s because the roads are much like ours that we were easily able to watch a film and get to sleep without bumping out of our … Continue reading
McLeod Ganj – Monk monk monk lama (Om mani padme um)
The land of Tibet in exile and home to the Dali Lama. We’d arrived here after a bus ride with a change at some place in the middle of nowhere, it had taken a good few hours but the ride up was pleasant, going through Dharmasala, up and down the mountains, and every now and … Continue reading
Hello Mr Taj
So! We arrived in Agra from Varanasi via train – I have to say, not the worst journey, but wasn’t too great either. All in all we booked ourselves onto the 2AC sleeper (type of class in India, see man in seat 61 for an overview of classes), a three bunk bed cabin. Unfortunately we didn’t … Continue reading
By the water’s edge
Feels like we’re back in Sri Lanka now. The whole place is green and buzzing with life, a contrast to the shades of grey and yellow of Chennai, and everything already seems more relaxed. We got to Alappuzha (Alleppey) around 1500 and headed straight for the guest house (Vendanta wake up! an Indian backpacking chain). We … Continue reading
Fort Kochi, culture town!
This is more like it… green trees, happy smiling faces… We were struggling to find a train from Chennai to Kochi (Cochin) so we took a flight instead, it actually worked out cheaper at £25 each (instead of around £50 each for 1AC, first class). We were sat next to a lovely guy from Kerala … Continue reading
Colombo to Unawatuna
First proper post after we’ve ‘settled’ into the swing of things… slightly! We arrived at Colombo after a shortish transfer flight (2hrs from Mumbai). We’d managed to bag ourselves a couple of brilliant seats next to a very worse for wear Canadian fellow that was either scared of flying or just liked to drink before … Continue reading
Ready, Steady, Go!
First check in! We are now officially on our way! Currently sat in a newly furbished (as-in, there are no shops open, and tills are still in their plastic wrapping!) Mumbai airport waiting for the connecting flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka! At first, slightly confused to the pricing scheme, as usual in airports there is … Continue reading
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