Chris's rant fest Vox 2008-10-25T06:50:42Z Gomez http://christhomas.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cd978adc42f9cc/ My old blog was sooo 2005. Time for an update, hence my new vox blog - to see the rest of my pics go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_thomas/ First couple of months in Sydney tag:vox.com,2008-08-31:asset-6a00cd978adc42f9cc0100a7f6dabb000e 2008-08-30T07:25:57Z 2008-10-25T06:50:42Z Gomez http://christhomas.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Consequence of riding steps at Manly Dam

After a long flight from Turkey via the New Orleans Superdome inspired Dubai international airport, I finally touched down in Sydney, a little under a month after leaving London. The 32 degree shift in temperature upon arrival was something of a ...

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]]> South Eastern Anatolia tag:vox.com,2008-08-31:asset-6a00cd978adc42f9cc00fa9695d6700002 2008-08-21T07:28:08Z 2008-10-19T12:24:06Z Gomez http://christhomas.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom HOT HOT HOT! So we departed Goreme - perhaps a few days later than anticipated, but this was certainly warranted - given both the amount of stuff we did, and also a few mild food poisoning episodes (not good when sharing a scooter in 35 degree he...

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]]> Goreme, Cappadocia tag:vox.com,2008-08-31:asset-6a00cd978adc42f9cc00fae8da6cfe000b 2008-08-15T07:29:19Z 2008-10-24T00:43:43Z Gomez http://christhomas.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Top floor Rock castle Champagne and balloon Hmm...looks like an easy enough hike ATV push start

Arriving off the overnight train from Bulgaria, I hauled my mountainbiking gear up to Sultanahmet where I left them in the hotel we had booked for our return. This was, I guess, somewhat sketchy - in that it required me to trust the guys working ...

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]]> Vratz, Bulgaria tag:vox.com,2008-08-31:asset-6a00cd978adc42f9cc0100a7f6daeb000e 2008-08-11T07:30:30Z 2009-02-10T22:37:21Z Gomez http://christhomas.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Dobrian bike pushing Bulgarian sunflowers Bulgarian beer Valu bombing a rough section Think the guides were amazed by my pasty-ness 1500M summit Valu and Dobrian after a hard day's riding Bike after 8 days riding

Day 1 I arrived at Vratz, via a brief stop at Mezdra at around 5am. There I met Dobrian, who would be my chain smoking mountain bike guide and interpreter for the next 4 days. The overnight train from Bucharest had been a bit of an endurance miss...

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]]> Bucharest, Romania tag:vox.com,2008-08-10:asset-6a00cd978adc42f9cc00fad6a2069e0005 2008-08-10T13:14:05Z 2008-10-23T04:53:32Z Gomez http://christhomas.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Fountains on Unirii boulevard Hair cut with a little something extra... Meat sweats Unirii Boulevard

After a series of challenging rides, it was time for a rest - so I really appreciated that Korina had managed to find what I believe to be one of the best hotels (for the price) in Bucharest. I got in a few hours before Korina, but this enabled m...

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]]> Mountainbiking in Brasov tag:vox.com,2008-08-10:asset-6a00cd978adc42f9cc00fae8d46549000b 2008-08-04T12:26:35Z 2008-10-23T04:47:29Z Gomez http://christhomas.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Cheese sherpa Dracula's castle At the summit

After spending the first day looking about Brasov, and going up the somewhat creaky cable car to the hill next to town, I then met up with Razvan, who would be my guide for the next few days. Day 1: Brasov day trip - 55km, 1.1km ascending The fir...

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]]> Overnight train from Budapest to Brasov, Romania tag:vox.com,2008-08-10:asset-6a00cd978adc42f9cc00fa968fcf5c0002 2008-08-03T12:19:19Z 2008-08-10T12:24:49Z Gomez http://christhomas.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I'd always wanted to check out sleeper trains in Europe, and never really got around to it. So this time I decided to use rail to travel around. Sunday night saw me at Budapest's main rail station, struggling with the bike to find my allocated 2n...

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]]> Start of the great migration - Budapest, Hungary tag:vox.com,2008-08-10:asset-6a00cd978adc42f9cc0100a7f0d34a000e 2008-08-01T12:15:46Z 2008-08-10T12:16:10Z Gomez http://christhomas.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Well, it's all go - have left LBi and the UK and am heading to Sydney Australia to take a job with Optus. However, first I have 4 weeks off which I am using to travel through Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey. Started off with a weekend in Bu...

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]]> Cricket at Lords tag:vox.com,2008-05-18:asset-6a00cd978adc42f9cc00fad68814f90005 2008-05-18T12:10:43Z 2008-05-18T12:10:43Z Gomez http://christhomas.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Mills delivers a ball

Been a while since I've posted on this blog, so I'm going to quickly publish a few entries to get myself back in the habit. I'm not sure why you stop doing something like writing in a blog - it's been sitting there annoying me for quite a while. ...

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]]> Western Turkey may bank holiday tag:vox.com,2008-05-18:asset-6a00cd978adc42f9cc00fad68815aa0005 2008-05-03T12:11:02Z 2008-06-09T13:13:14Z Gomez http://christhomas.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Overlooking Gallipoli Graveyard @ ANZAC cove NZ war memorial on Chunuk Bair Buildings in Ephesus The hot hand Getting schooled by the grand master Lounge in the hotel

We heard Bron was going to be in Turkey for the first May bank holiday so we organised a trip to meet up with her and do some sightseeing around the west of the country before she came and joined us in London. Korina and I flew out at the ungod...

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