Chris's rant fest

First couple of months in Sydney

nobody@vox.com(Gomez) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:25:57 +1000

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

nobody@vox.com(Gomez) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:28:08 +1000

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

nobody@vox.com(Gomez) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:29:19 +1000

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

nobody@vox.com(Gomez) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:30:30 +1000

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

nobody@vox.com(Gomez) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:14:05 +1000

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

nobody@vox.com(Gomez) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:26:35 +1000

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

nobody@vox.com(Gomez) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:19:19 +1000

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

nobody@vox.com(Gomez) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:15:46 +1000

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

nobody@vox.com(Gomez) — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:10:43 +1000

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

nobody@vox.com(Gomez) — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:11:02 +1000

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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