Budget Friendly World Travel
Who wants to live forever...or the life not well lived is not worth living https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKthRyf6t10 This was the day. We had just gotten off the bus - I was traveling with Ryan and Johann, a couple of recent buddies from another bus group - we were all pretty excited and nervous. Saying to each other… Continue reading New Zealand Bungee Jumping
Castle by the seaport The trip to the rail station went well. Previously, using the luggage carrier for my large 70 liter backpack had not worked so well. The many cobblestones in Rome made it such slow going that it was necessary to take a cab across town when I had to move. Clearly unacceptable… Continue reading Napoli
Grotto at Cordari Syracuse to Agrigento Car survived the night intact. Cool. Loaded up the gear and said goodbye to the nice folks and friends at the hostel. Good bunch there made by the guests sharing their food...would have been nice to spend a few more days. Got the phone synced with the car so… Continue reading Syracuse
Up as planned a quick breakfast and out the door or should I say "wicket". Chris and I headed out for the mountain in the rental car which had survived the night without incident.The day was sunny and hot at sea level but got progressively cooler as we gained altitude. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump… Continue reading Mount Etna
Port of Catania The night crossing had been largely without incident. Dined onboard the ship. It was of the Grimaldi line and a well maintained vessel it was. Had a cafeteria on board which was pricy but good quality. Unfortunately after a couple of hours the night had been rainy so not too much time… Continue reading Sicily – Cantania
A somewhat relaxed morning as not a few of the hostel guests had partied into the wee hours. I happened to be the night of the gay pride festival. To give you an idea of the scope of the revelries, one of the guys in the hostel was overheard telling another employee that he had… Continue reading Pompeii
Salerno View from the room Up early to get the metro to the train station. Took the train down the coast to Salerno. This is an interesting city of about 140,000 occupants. In the old section, there are many small streets which wind around. Most of these have two or three story houses right next… Continue reading Salerno
The hostel breakfast left a little to be desired. They had the bread and jam and coffee. Enough to get the motor running. Headed out and got a bit more to eat near the station. Saw a suspicious set of train tracks running toward the Colosseum and found out that they did indeed go there. … Continue reading More Roaming
The all night bus to Sydney was fairly full but lucked out and had no one sitting next to me for the whole trip. About halfway through took a pill to help me sleep. It worked! Woke up at dawn after a pretty good nights rest. Wouldn't call it sleep but it was rest. Bus… Continue reading 11 – Return to Sydney
Donning the North Face sack immediately felt the weight cutting into the shoulders. This was not an ergonomically designed pack like the Osprey left behind in Sydney. No...this 23 kilos felt like 50 kilos! Ouch. Add the front day pack and the shoulders were seriously overloaded. Have to figure out a better solution. Still have… Continue reading 10 – Byron Bay
Adventures with Kevco 