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WEBLINKS ALONG THE WAY During our trip we have encountered a lot of useful places for the traveller, fantastic places to stay and some really helpful and friendly people. All of them are worthy of credit and could be some use to you for places to stay, eat or read if you ever decide to take a similar kind of trip! |
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| Places |
Hotels |
Restaurants |
Guidebooks and places to see |
Helpful people's webpages |
| Hamburg | Camper park - park your camper in the centre of Hamburg |
Herzblut - the bar with women's bras dangling from the bar |
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| Korswandt (Germany) | Idyll am Wolgastsee - a lovely hotel overlooking a lake and only 1km from the Baltic Sea | Idyll am Wolgastsee - beautiful fresh baltic fish | ||
| Gdansk (Poland) |
Dom Musyka - a beautiful hotel located in the Music Academy in the centre of Gdansk |
Both tried to help us on our quest for more inner tubes and tyres. |
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| Malbork (Poland) | Malbork Castle - although we didn't stay there we had dinner there and it is worth the extra £3 to have not stayed in the hotel we stayed in! | |||
| Vilnius (Lithuania) |
E-guesthouse - a fantastic modern hotel with free internet access, 10 minute walk from the centre of Vilnius |
Vilnius Castle, the Cathedral |
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| Riga (Latvia) |
Latvian history museum, Roxys (!), St Peters Church |
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| Tallinn (Estonia) |
Olde Hansas - Medieval den in the centre of Tallinn Kuldse Notsu Korts - Estonian food |
Olde Hansas, Toompea, Estonian History Museum, Town Hall Square |
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| St. Petersburg (Russia) | Roxanna Appartments - beautiful and cheap appartments in the centre of St Petersburg | Porga (pronounced Borga) located on Fontanka. You will know you have found it when you see the metal curtains and the chained up metal rabbits. |
Hermitage, Winter Palace, Stroganoff Palace, Church on Spilled Blood, Peter and Paul's Fortress, Porga |
Galiya and Martia and all those at Porga |
| Novogorad | The Kremlin (meaning fortress) | |||
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Moscow |
Not in the Hotel Minsk unless you fancy a cheap night's accomodation, peeling wallpaper, a few cockroaches and 1960s electrical applicances |
Yuto.rputo - a wonderful Russian/Georgian restaurant on Novy Arbat, Enjoy Moscow |
Red Square, the Kremlin, Gorky Park, Novy Arbat |
IMS Holdings who gave us so much help with getting our tyre released from the airport. Without them we would be driving on three wheels! Moscow Rick who tried to find us an appartment |
| Suzdal | Suzdal Hotel | The whole UNESCO protected town | Galiya and Martia | |
| Kazan | The UNESCO protected Kremlin | Galiya and Martia | ||
| Ekaterinberg and Revda |
The Romanov burial ground, the Ural Mountains, rural living, Russian Banyas and a lot of vodka accompanied by fantastic accordian playing! |
Alexei and the Ural Off Roading Club Sascha and Natasha Galiya and Martia |
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| Chelyabinsk | The underground market, main shopping road |
Sascha and Oleg of the ChelyaTransAuto Garage Galiya and Martia |
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| Petropavlosk (Kazakhstan) |
Nadescha and Shemil as well as their family and amazing friends |
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| Astana | The whole city is under construction so it is worth having a drive around before the city disappears into a sea of glass and bland buildings | |||
| Almaty | Get yourself down to the appartment market where you can barter for appartments for however long you want to stay for whatever price | There is a wide range of restaurants to eat at in Almaty with a lot of Irish and British bars | Zelyony Bazaar (food including pigs heads, camels milk and dried fish, clothes, electrical stuff and Kazak tourist bits), snowboarding in the mountains |
Marat and his family Yelena and her family |
| Chymbulak (Kazakhstan) | Chymbulak resort | |||
| Jinghe (China) | ||||
| Urumqi | Bogda Hotel | Uygur market, the city museum and the city park | ||
| Turpan | Grand Turpan Hotel | Ancient city of Jiaohe and the Turpan Museum | ||
| Hami | The flaming mountains and the vinyards (in the summer) | |||
| Dunhuang | Dunhuang Building | Thousand Buddha caves and the Dunhuang sand dunes | ||
| Jiayuguan | The Great Wall hotel | The most western end of the Great Wall | ||
| Zhangye | Zhangye electric power hotel | |||
| Wuwei | ||||
| Lanzhou | Taida Commercial Hotel | The Tibetan bar and Qing Zhen Xin Ze Gong restaurant | Lanzhou garage | |
| Tienshui | ||||
| Hanzhong | ||||
| Chengdu | The Angel Hotel | The Shamrock pub | Panda Research Centre, Chairman Mao and People's Square | |
| Leshan | Giant Buddha and the pagoda | |||
| Emei | Emei Mountain Spring Resort and any of the monasteries on the walk to the top of Mount Emei | Emei Mountain with stunning walks up and down with a view over clouds at the top and Monasteries along the ridges | ||
| Zigong | ||||
| Xiu Xong | ||||
| Kunming | Cassia Plaza Hotel | The centre of Kunming, Green Lake, Yunnan Nationalities Village, the Stone Forest, | Ada and Save the Children | |
| Xishuangbanna Wild Elephant Reserve | Xishuangbanna Wild Elephant Valley Hotel | The Asian Elephants! | ||
| Jinghong | Mei Mei's cafe bar | |||
| Mengla | Green Diamond Hotel | |||
| Luang Nam Tha (Laos) | The nightmarket | The local stilt village | ||
| Luang Prabang | Saysamone Guest House on the river | The 3 Nagas Lao Restaurant | The Thousand Buddha Caves, the Mekong River, Kuang Si Waterfalls, the beautiful Wats that line the main street | |
| Vang Vieng | Bungalow Thavonsouk by the river | The pizza, indian, sandwich and variety of stall restaurants that line the main street | The amazing karst limestone scenery, sailing down the river on an inner tube, kayaking, the market, the Wats, the "happy"shakes and "special" drinks... | |
| Vientianne | The nightmarket | The Mekong and nightmarket that lines the main river road, the Wats, the Morning Market | ||
| Phimai (Thailand) | Phimai Inn | The night market | Phimai Historical Park | |
| Bangkok | D & D Inn | The Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew, Sanam Luang for the annual kite competition, Khao San Road, river boat tours, China town, Indian Market, Royal Palace, Amulet Market, ladyboys, the list goes on.. | ||
| Ko Samui | Rose Garden Bungalows in Lamai | There are a wide range of restaurants across Samui. Here are some that we tried - Chilli Restaurant | The Grandmother and Grandfather rock, Big Buddha, Temple Plai Laem, Butterfly Garden, Buffalo Fighting Stadium, Kickboxing stadiums, Coral Grand Diving School as well as beautiful golden beaches with palm trees framing the blue skies. |
Tony and Fleur and Audiojelly (for all your music needs!) Armani Thai International suits (they made us some beautiful suits for beautiful prices) |
| Alor Setar (Malaysia) | ||||
| Penang | ||||
| Kuala Lumpur | AnCasa Hotel in Pudu/chinatown | Chinatown | Petronas towers and surrounding area, chinatown | Adriano's Malaysian family |
| Singapore (Singapore) | There are some fantastic restaurants in Holland Village, China town, East Coast Food Court, Gay Leng Road, Bukit Bakit seafood restaurant in the lorry park. Have a look at Makantime for a list of really good restaurants and recipes. | Raffles Hotel, Sentosa Island, Chinatown, Little India, Holland Village, Orchard Road, Police Academy (although you will need to be invited!), Muhammed Sultan Road, Gay Leng Road |
Roger Phillips (of ED&F Man) Kevin DeSouza of Regents Motors Land Rover Garage Assistant Superintendent of Police Richard Goh Teck Sia Adriano's Singaporean family |
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| Bali (Indonesia) |
Simpang Hotel (Kuta) Candi dasa hotel (Candi dasa) |
Ketupat Restaurant in Kuta - the best Indonesian food in a romatic setting Any Warung |
Kuta for the tourism aspect of Bali, Ubud for culture and monkey forest, Lake Batur and the drive up there, Lovina for northern tourist aspects and black sand, Gilimanauk for a stunning view of Java, Tulamben for shipwreck diving, Tambanen for ancient Bali, Tanah Lot for sea temple, Besakih for the largest volcano temple, Mt. Agung | |
| Darwin (Australia) | Chilli's backpackers hostel | Deckchair Cinema, the old town hall and surrounding area, the dock area, Smith Street and Mitchell Street | ||
| Daly Waters | Daly Waters campsite | Daly Waters pub | ||
| Borroloola | Borroloola campsite | Barkly Tablelands and the outback | ||
| Hell's Gate | Hell's Gate roadhouse and campsite | Barkly Tablelands and the outback | ||
| Burke and Wills | Burke and Wills roadhouse and campsite | Barkly Tablelands and the outback | ||
| Georgetown | Georgetown campsite | |||
| Innisfail | Flying fish point campsite | |||
| Townsville | ||||
| Airlie Beach | ||||
| Brisbane | Bells Caravan Park in Redcliffe | |||
| Moreton Island | Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort | |||
| Sydney | Captain Cook cruises for | The Opera House, Harbour Bridge, Darling Harbour, Bondi Beach, Palm Beach, IMAX cinema | Jenny and Jim Greneger, along with Georgia and Rosie | |
| Kioloa | Merry Beach Caravan Park | Kangaroos, Possums, beach | ||
| Melborne | Ugly Sisters, The Butterfly Club, and soooo many more | St Kilda, Melbourne Architechture, trams, Queen Victoria Market, Captain Cooks Cottage, Federation Square, the Formula 1 track (that you can drive on), Flinders Street Station, Acland Street for delicious cakes, an Aussie Rules game at the MCG, Chinese Museum, Immigration Museum, Old Melbourne Gaol, Melbourne Museum, Chinatown | ||
| Buenos Aires (Argentina) | Dakar Motos | Puerto Madero, Casa Rosada, the Obelisk, San Telmo, La Boca | ||
| Cordoba | Jesuit churches | |||
| San Rafael | Vineyards, plum orchards | |||
| Mendoza | Plaza Indpendencia | Vineyards | ||
| Puerta del Inca | The natural deposit bridge | |||
| Santiago (Chile) | Bella Vista district | Bella Vista, Bairro Paris Londres, La Churascona - Pablo Neruda's house | ||
| Vina del Mar | Cap Ducal restaurant, Sheraton for sunset | Beach front | ||
| Valparaiso | Casa Aventura | Cerro Conception, Naval headquarters, the hills and colourful houses. | ||
| Linares | Saavedra vineyard | |||
| Island of Chiloe | Chonchi, Quemchi, Ancud | Pretty wooden clapper board houses, rolling agricultural land | ||
| Careterra Austral | Unbelievable scenery, pretty villages | |||
| Ruta 40 | For the drive on the most infamous road in the world, Cuevos de los Manos | |||
| Calafate | Municipal campsite | Moreno Glacier, chocolate shops | ||
| Ushuaia | The end of the world, Beagle Channel boat trips to see the penguins and seals, Antarctica trips ($4000) | |||
| Petrified Forest | Campsite 20km away | 150 million year old stone trees | ||
| Peninsula Valdes | Puerto Piramides | Bar de los Cretaceos | Southern Right Whales, Killer Whales, Penguins, Guanacos, Nandus | |
| Carmen de Patagones/ Viedma | Oldest church in Patagonia, Rio Negro | |||