Talking Dogs

Talking dogs.

Visit 171 Starbucks in Manhattan in one day

This guy visits all 171 Starbucks in Manhattan in just one day.
I thought going to all the Walkabouts in London in one day was hard work.

One Rat Short

One Rat Short a nice and sad short about 2 rats who find each other.....

Sam the shoplifting Gull

Sam steals crisps, but only one particular flavor.

Homer vs Cerne Abbas

Homer vs Cerne Abbas

A doughnut-brandishing Homer Simpson was painted next to the giant on the hill above Cerne Abbas, Dorset, to promote the new Simpsons film. The painted Simpsons character has been painted with water-based biodegradable paint which will wash away as soon as it rains.

Melbourne

............... Continuing from 'We had a great time in Hong Kong and Macau'.
From Hong Kong we flew to Melbourne where we landed on 26/05/07.

It was nice to be back in Australia especially to think that this time we didn't enter it as backpackers but as permanent residents. More shocking Caroline and I arrived together as husband and wife!!!! Something we couldn't have imagined 3 years ago when we both backpacked Australia.
In Melbourne we once again stayed with friends of Caroline. They live about a 15 minute ride from the city. And of course the weather wasn't on our side again.... with lots of rain. But that was GOOD!! So we kept saying to ourselves. Our new country is in the middle of a drought with severe water restrictions in some areas.

Above the gallows where Ned Kelly, the infamous bush ranger, was hung and his death mask. We saw them at the Melbourne Gaol a museum and former prison.

Another thing we did in Melbourne was visit Cook's Cottage a cottage built by the parents of Captain James Cook (originally standing in England). Unfortunately it has been lost in time whether Captain Cook has actually lived there or not. But as his parents had lived there he must have at least visited it.

Tooheys Extra Dry

Baseball Expirement

If you drive a van at 100km/h and from that van you shoot a baseball at the same speed in the opposite direction what would happen?

Drunk Monkeys

See how Vervet monkeys in St Kitts steal drinks from tourists in order to get drunk.

The M500

This is a water resistant mobile phone watch. Made here in Australia.
The water-resistant M500 works on GSM Quadband frequencies which are 850Mhz, 900Mhz, 1800Mhz and 1900Mhz. This allows any individual who has a GSM SIM card to use the M500 in any country around the world. The M500 has a built-in MP3 and MP4 player, Voice Bluetooth, Data Bluetooth, 128MB standard memory and U Disk functionality for all JM2E (Java) applications. For further information visit SMS Technology Australia.

The Simpsons Inside the Actors Studio

Inside the Actors Studio, the people behind the voices of the Simpsons.


Just in time for "the Movie"

Help!

The Beatles' Help!

Yellow Submarine

The Beatles' Yellow Submarine

We had a great time in Hong Kong and Macau

On the 20th of May we left the UK for our new homeland Australia (that is why the lack of recent updates). But first we would make the most of our journey and have a stopover in Hong Kong.

It was very hot and humid and it rained quite a lot. If you didn't get wet because of the rain you would get dripped on by the many airconditionings working overtime overhead.

A ferry ride or 2 is not too be missed so we did and there for we didn't miss out on the magnificent views it gives you of the city by day and night. One day we took the ferry to Macau for a daytrip.

We walked everywhere in Macau as it isn't that big, everything is local. We had walked all morning and were looking for a place to eat and cool down. When we finally found a place and were seated by the waitress and given our menus the waitress came back to say in broken English the chef had walked out?! No lunch.... That was okay at least we had a chance to cool down and enjoy a coke. We went off and close by there was an ice cream shop with the weirdest ice creams. Ginger, yellow beans and other flavours I can't think of right now. One caught my attention the Durian ice cream. It is a fruit I only knew from TV as being foul smelling and therefor banned from public transport and hotels. I just had to try it. I asked if I could have a sample. The flavour was nothing like I have ever eaten before and hopefully never will again. Caroline was not impressed when I convinced her to try it as well. It took a decent meal for the taste to finally disappear.

For those of you collecting stamps in their passports going to Macau on a day trip is a very good way to get some. Once you have returned to HK you will have a full page in your passport of entrance and exit stamps just of HK and Macau.

Another thing we liked doing in Hong Kong was going to the different markets (bird-, flower-, goldfish-, jade- and night market). A visit to a wet market is also a must as it is quite different from the markets we are used to in the West. I must say it is not for the squeamish.

The last 2 days we stayed with friends of Caroline's who live in a nice area of HK. Away from the city and away from all the traffic and people. Their apartment has floor to ceiling windows with a great view of the South China Sea and several islands. At nighttime you could see all the little fishing boats with their bright lights fishing for squid and during the day we saw several dragonboats practising for the race below.

Getting around was very easy and the ferries and taxi's are very cheap. All in all we had a great time exploring downtown HK and Macau. HK was nothing like I expected it to be. We would definitely like to go back. And when we do, we'll be taking empty suitcases, there are plenty of bargains to be had.