Posted: 2008-03-01 04:19 AM
Hi Amanda,
Greetings after a long time from Malabar. Hope u r well. I know u r travel wise pretty busy. The good news is that I have decided to spend more time here. That's good news for me as I am enjoying my time here after a long vacation away from Globo.I hope to be useful for other members in various ways here at Globo during this second leg of my membership. Its difficult to believe its almost 5 years since I left England. I plan to concentrate in projecting Kerala through Globo as the rest of the world is well represented by our marvellous members here. Drop me a few lines and stay in touch when ever you can. I wish you a great 2008 belatedly.Take care and God Bless!
Cheers,
Kris
Posted: 2008-02-23 02:05 AM
Hiya. On Rapa Nui (and I think it should be a separate country for our GLOBO purposes), the volcanoes are all extinct. There are three main ones, which created the island, one in each corner of this triangular island. And the Rano Raraku, a small volcano in the middle of the island. Rano Raraku, where they carved the statues and the Rano Kau, where I went on my last day, and where the Bird Man cult was born - their craters were flooded. They had lakes in them. The Rano Raraku crater was much larger, but flatter and the lake there did not look so significant, while the Rano Kau was smaller but steeper - I could imagine how powerful the eruption might have been - and the lake was more dramatic, but perhaps owing to the fact that I could get closer to the lake.
Posted: 2008-02-23 01:24 AM
Yeah, Indochina was great. For Thai you'd need two weeks to see properly! Vietnam as well, or at least ten days. It's the art of prioritising!! Hehe. You could still do it in 10 days - rushing it! Well, except Thailand, I guess. Anyway, I'm sure you'll enjoy Malaysia - I have never been...
Posted: 2008-02-21 01:25 AM
Well, I think you should convince them to go to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. I did that few years back. You should find a travel story on this on my website, it is titled 'Not really holy'...
Your friend request come to a junk mail in a subfolder on my email box. So, I only spotted it today. Sorry for the delay.
That is just fantastic news. I could suggest a few places in Malaysia thats great for shopping. First Stop should be Kuala Lumpur, be sure to check out Jalan TAR Bazaars, China Town and Little India for great bargains and variety. Any Taxi driver would know where it is. For more choices do not miss Bukit Bintang Shopping area and Midvalley Megamall.
Penang is also and Langkawi are also shopping havens but you would have to take a flight there from KLIA. Let me know if you need more information on this.
I have not been to Dubai and so I could not really comment on the shopping there.
Posted: 2008-02-11 05:45 PM
Thanks for your compliment.
I have just published another report today, and I hope that you find that interesting as well.
I will try and upload some photographs in the next few days as well!
Posted: 2008-02-11 12:41 PM
Amanda, many thanks for your feedback. You are very kind. I am new to Globo and this is very encouraging. I have been to many places, and I would like to post a few more report, I am sometimes annoyed that I only have 2000 characters to express my impressions... ;) I will try to post some pictures as well. In the meantime, you can see them on my website.
Take care, and happy travelling.
Krys
Posted: 2008-02-10 06:59 PM
Hi Amanda,
I just had a look at your pictures from Pokhara, Sarangkot and the Himalayas. Some of them are really beautiful. I'm looking forward to be there in 6 weeks and hope to have as nice and clear weather as you had.
Kind regards
Bruno
