World Trip 0 Depart Melbourne 17-JAN-2012 03:30:20 0 Kutacane, Indonesia 18-JAN-2012 10:00:23 0 Ketambe, Indonesia 18-JAN-2012 13:24:03 Jungle trekking with orangutans, monkeys, scorpions, and many many leeches. And Tyler. 0 Takengon, Indonesia 23-JAN-2012 19:35:26 0 Pulau Weh, Indonesia 26-JAN-2012 18:38:02 Snorkelling, eating, reading and relaxing while swinging on a hammock were the only activities here. 0 Banda Aceh, Indonesia 29-JAN-2012 19:40:53 The city hardest hit by the tsunami. One of the few things left standing was the mosque. 0 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 30-JAN-2012 19:41:55 Food safari! 0 Kandy and Sigiriya, Sri Lanka 01-FEB-2012 03:14:18 First pit-stop after Sumatra - shockingly expensive and touristy, sensory overload! Retreat to the countryside. 0 Adam's peak, Sri Lanka 03-FEB-2012 03:15:51 Tyler got up at 2am to do a 4 hour each way hike up this mountain. It's pilgrimage season for the locals so he shared the path with a few (thousand) people. Needless to say I stayed in bed. 0 Haputale, Sri Lanka 04-FEB-2012 15:34:00 Beautiful tea plantations on the highland slopes. 0 Ella, Sri Lanka 05-FEB-2012 23:18:13 Great place to hang out, do some easy hiking, and eat some amazing food. 0 Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka 08-FEB-2012 03:19:05 Even greater place to hang out, not do any hiking, play around on the waves, and eat some good food. The temperature of the water was amazing - no pain involved! 0 Kalkudah Beach 11-FEB-2012 03:19:56 Beautiful beaches, lots of sunburn. 0 Colombo, Sri Lanka 14-FEB-2012 03:36:28 well, it's no deserted beach :) 0 London, United Kingdom 16-FEB-2012 19:23:03 Cold! our noses hurt. (good company though) 0 Berlin, Germany 22-FEB-2012 22:45:01 To date the best kebab we've had was here. No kransky in sight. 0 Napoli, Italy 26-FEB-2012 07:47:10 Finally, Napoli pizza! Breakfast lunch and dinner. 0 Palermo, Sicily 28-FEB-2012 07:48:53 Chilled city, lots of markets, a waterfront, and a marionette museum. 0 Cefalu, Sicily 29-FEB-2012 19:48:42 Beautiful! 0 Patti, Sicily 01-MAR-2012 19:49:52 Farmstay and a home cooked meal. The photo only shows course 1 of 3. We never made it to course 3. (Yes, italy is all about food) 0 Taormina and surrounds, Sicily 02-MAR-2012 19:50:38 Snow in Sicily, who would've thunk it! Mt Etna is magnificent - if you are lucky and the clouds part for you long enough to see it. 0 Gambarie, Calabria, Italy 09-MAR-2012 19:51:28 0 La Sila, Calabria, Italy 12-MAR-2012 19:52:32 Snow resort in South Italy. Very pretty. 0 Brindisi, Italy 14-MAR-2012 19:54:54 Three Tylers! Too many. 0 Matera (The Sassi), Italy 15-MAR-2012 00:24:20 A very pale city built on caves. 0 Amalfi Coast, Italy 17-MAR-2012 19:54:33 The first really touristy spot in Italy so far. And then there was Rome... 0 Rome, Italy 19-MAR-2012 19:55:23 Goodbye Italy, we've loved your pizza! But now our stomachs crave felafel. 0 Beirut, Lebanon 21-MAR-2012 19:56:01 Big, noisy, crazy Beirut. A great change of pace from sleepy Italian villas. 0 Qadisha Valley, Lebanon 25-MAR-2012 06:15:31 The most amazing hospitality we've ever experienced 0 Tyre, Lebanon 29-MAR-2012 06:17:28 Could almost see Israel from here! 0 Saida, Lebanon 30-MAR-2012 06:18:54 Beautiful, peaceful pit-stop, with its very own soap museum. 0 Mt Lebanon and the Chouf, Lebanon 01-APR-2012 00:19:43 more snow! 0 Byblos, Lebanon 03-APR-2012 07:22:07 The alphabet is important here. 0 Istanbul, Turkey 04-APR-2012 06:21:01 Istanbul has to be one of the greatest cities in the world. We shared good company too :) 0 Göcek, Turkey 09-APR-2012 06:23:39 Mediterranean Turkey 0 The Lycian Way, Turkey 10-APR-2012 06:25:20 Four day luxury hike along this beautiful coastline - gourmet food and baggage awaiting for us every night. 0 Patara Beach, Turkey 14-APR-2012 18:28:30 Nice place to rest sore legs. And for Tyler to go for a run of course. 0 Antalya, Turkey 15-APR-2012 06:31:19 Goodbye friends, goodbye coastline! 0 Cappadocia, Turkey 18-APR-2012 06:33:06 Hello alien landscape! 0 Gaziantep, Turkey 22-APR-2012 18:34:11 Best food in Turkey! 0 Urfa, Turkey 23-APR-2012 06:35:43 This is where Turkey starts looking more like the Turkey we had imagined. 0 Yuvacali village homestay, Turkey 25-APR-2012 06:36:19 Not much to do but mark some trails and bake some bread 0 Hasankeyf, Turkey 28-APR-2012 06:40:46 Beautiful town - soon to be underwater. 0 Lake Van, Turkey 01-MAY-2012 06:42:57 Ahh. 0 Mt Ararat and surrounds, Turkey 02-MAY-2012 06:42:12 One day this 5km tall mountain was there, the next nowhere to be seen. 0 Ancient Armenian city of Ani, Turkey 04-MAY-2012 06:44:55 Literally at the border of Armenia, but you have to travel hundreds of kilometers to get across. Turkey/Armenian relations are not the best... 0 Borjomi, Georgia 05-MAY-2012 06:46:37 We crossed over one mountain and everything changed - landscape, people, culture, food, language. Georgia is a beautiful country with a surprisingly diverse range of absolutely delicious food. 0 Tblisi, Georgia 08-MAY-2012 00:01:55 We must have gone to khinkali restaurants at least 5 times here! Very nice city to chill out 0 Dilijan, Armenia 09-MAY-2012 02:34:47 These Armenians like steep hills! 0 Ijevan, Armenia 11-MAY-2012 02:37:18 Our home in the bush for a couple of days 0 Yerevan, Armenia 12-MAY-2012 16:37:26 Again, surprised to find such a pleasant chilled out city with a great outdoor eating culture in this part of the world 0 Svaneti, Georgia 16-MAY-2012 14:41:31 Good company, home cooked meals, grand lanscapes, incredibly tall mountains, and some very steep hills :) 0 Batumi, Georgia 20-MAY-2012 02:44:04 Finally, we see the black sea! 0 Kackar Mountains, Turkey 21-MAY-2012 16:45:51 A dip back into Turkey to get our final dose of Ayran, cay, tofitas, and of course, beautiful landscapes. 0 Trabzon, Turkey 26-MAY-2012 14:46:16 One more iskender kebap for the road! Sniff, goodbye for real this time Turkey. 0 Pristina, Kosovo 27-MAY-2012 07:48:01 I could only locate Pristina on this map under Serbia.... err... 0 Tara River, Montenegro 29-MAY-2012 14:52:23 White water rafting! We didn't take any pictures though, so the beautiful sunset will have to do. 0 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzebovina 31-MAY-2012 07:53:49 Beautiful city, though scarred by bullet holes in almost all buildings. 0 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina 02-JUN-2012 02:54:31 Bridge jumping is the local sport here. 0 Bay of Kotor, Montenegro 04-JUN-2012 14:58:09 Overwhelming number of tourists here! Huge cruise ships in a little harbour. 0 Herceg Novi, Montenegro 06-JUN-2012 05:00:41 Beaching it up European style! From concrete platforms that is. There is something to be said for not having sand everywhere when you finish. 0 Dubrovnik, Croatia 07-JUN-2012 15:01:03 Very pretty. Not just the old city either, beautiful bay. 0 Mljet Island, Croatia 08-JUN-2012 13:03:17 Ahh.And finally we get to kayak without capsizing. 0 Ljubljana and Lake Bled, Slovenia 13-JUN-2012 03:05:06 Family and cherry time! 0 Vienna, Austria 15-JUN-2012 15:07:05 Final pit-stop. 0 Melbourne, Australia 17-JUN-2012 03:20:13 Sigh. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0