Japan & New Zealand Holiday Photos
Published on Thursday, October 1, 2009 – 12:27 am | 48 brilliant comments »
Throughout June and July I was on vacation travelling through Japan, Cambodia, Vietnam and New Zealand and as usual, with any major trip, I share the photos and stories with you.
I posted the Cambodia & Vietnam photos a few weeks back and now I’ve finally had the chance to go through the Japan & New Zealand photos.
The Japan leg of my Asian themed holiday was spent with my mother and was a gift for my 21st birthday. It was great to spend some quality time with her while experiencing the Japanese culture and it also gave me a chance to do things that I wouldn’t have done if I was traveling with my mates.
In Japan we went to Tokyo, Shinagawa, Yokohama, Shizuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto, Hikone, Miyajima, Okayama, Hiroshima and Takayama. Click the map for a larger view of where we travelled.
Enjoy the happy snaps and sorry for not being more descriptive, I’ve forgotten a lot of the names since the trip back in July. Read more »
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Vietnam Holiday Photos
Published on Thursday, August 20, 2009 – 3:15 pm | 29 brilliant comments »
Throughout June and July I was on vacation travelling through Japan, Cambodia, Vietnam and New Zealand and as usual with any major trip, I share the photos and stories with you.
I posted the Cambodia photos a few weeks back and now I’ve finally had the chance to go through the Vietnam photos.
Circled in green below, you can see the places travelled to in Vietnam: Mekong Delta, Ho Chi Minh City, Cu Chi, Nha Trang, Hoi An, Hue, Hanoi, Halong Bay and Sapa along with Siem Riep & Phnom Penh in Cambodia. Read more »
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Kingdom of Cambodia
Published on Saturday, July 25, 2009 – 1:57 am | 31 brilliant comments »
Over the past month I have been on vacation traveling across Asia (Japan, Cambodia, Vietnam) and as usual, when I return from any major trip I share some of the stories & photos with you.
Below you will find a select few photos from about 400 taken while in the Kingdom of Cambodia (Siem Riep & Phnom Penh). I will upload the Japan and Vietnam photos when I get a chance to go through them - I still have 1500 more photos to go through. Read more »
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Photos From Thailand Trip
Published on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 – 10:26 pm | 56 brilliant comments »Over the past three weeks you may have seen a bit less of me online and this is because I have been on a break travelling around Thailand with a friend of mine.
If you have read my about page you will know that I love travelling and as usual, with any of my major trips I share the photos with you and my Thailand trip is no exception.
These 80 odd pictures (from the 1800+ we took) don’t really sum up the trip in full but it does give you a small taste of what Thailand’s like. We visited Phuket, Bangkok, Phangan & Samui.
Enjoy. Read more »
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Photos From My 4300km (2670 Miles) Road Trip Around Australia
Published on Monday, October 13, 2008 – 9:00 am | 41 brilliant comments »Over the past 2 weeks I have been traveling around Australia on a 4300km (2670 Miles) road trip in the Australian outback and as usual after I return from any major holiday, I share some of the photos with my readers.
Those who came on the road trip consisted of myself and five Norwegian University friends (3 designers, 1 architect and 1 nurse) and we started our journey in Newcastle where we caught the train down to Sydney (3 hours) where we picked up the rental camper vans… from there, our road trip began.
Rather than going through the whole trip I will outline some of the highlights by showing some photos with a small caption underneath each photo. We had 1600 photos all together but here are just a few in no particular order. Enjoy.
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Home Sweet Home
Published on Monday, July 21, 2008 – 9:00 am | 46 brilliant comments »
After nearly 2 months off traveling around Europe and Asia I am now back home here in Australia so a big g’day to everyone… hope you didn’t miss me too much :P!
Thank You
First off I would like to thank everyone for their support of JCD while I was away. I would like to thank the guest authors especially and those who joined in on the discussions as it is those who make JCD a better place.
JCD also managed to gain over 1500+ new subscribers while I was away so I also thank you guys for spreading the word, whether it be through social media or just word of mouth.
Back To Normal
Things are going to start getting back to normal meaning that I will be replying to all comments left on JCD (as I did before I left) however please be patient with me as I do have over 3000+ emails to sort through and business to catch up on as you could imagine, plus we just moved house and university started back today as well so it is pretty chaotic atm.
Anyway enough about that, here are some pictures and stories of my travels.
14 Countries in 44 days
Above you can see a map of some of the places that I visited on my tour and below is a list of the countries. All 14 countries were done in a time of just 44 days so it was pretty full on!
- England
- France
- Spain
- Monaco
- Italy
- Vatican City
- Greece
- Austria
- Germany
- Liechtenstein
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Hong Kong
If you would like to read about exactly where I went and what I did I would recommend visiting the official Contiki tour page as it goes into much more depth there.
Highlights
To summarise 44 days and choose just a few highlights of my travels would not be fair as the whole tour itself was a highlight but to put it into perspective imagine partying everynight (yes, every night) and then having to wake up 5-7 hours later to explore a city and then doing this for 32 days straight… well you get the drift.
I also met a lovely lady from California too, however, I really don’t think we could have lived any further away from each other but such is life…
Anyway, enough about that here are some photos.
Photos
Want photos? Well I did have over 1200+ photos to choose from but here are a select 30 so as not to bore you :P. I actually also had about 200 more however my camera got stolen in Greece but luckily I had most of the photos backed up as well as travel insurance so I suppose it was not too bad. Anyway, enjoy.
The 46 of us who travelled around Europe together. I am at the very back.
Outside the Big Ben in London.
Posing in the good ol’ fashioned red telephone box.
Château Versailles, home to Louis XIV.
My second visit to this beautiful city.
Outside the Louvre, Paris.
Good times on the beach in Biarritz.
Enjoying a cold one outside Biarritz.
Posing on the French Riviera.
In Monaco (the world’s second smallest country behind Vatican City). This is outside Monte Carlo Casino.
The classic leaning tower of Pisa pose.
In Venice… it is extremely beautiful here.
Also in Venice with my mate James just before our Gondola ride.
The whole group outside the worlds oldest amusement park, Prater.
In a beer hall in Germany where I meet another Aussie with the same shirt as me.
In Switzerland with my ultra classy $2.95 Australian umbrella.
Setting up camp in the Swiss Alps.
Check out how low the clouds - we are half way up the mountain.
Posing inside the Ice Palace at the top of Jungfraujoch mountain, Switzerland.
Jump posing at the top of Jungfraujoch mountain, Switzerland.
Posing at the top of Jungfraujoch mountain, Switzerland with my mate, Jenna.
Inside a waterfall also in Switzerland. It really is quite beautiful there.
Inside a clog in Amsterdam just outside the clog factory. We saw how they were made.
Taking a ride in the countryside of Amsterdam.
Inside a club called the Church in London.
The Big Buddha in Hong Kong.
Tai O, a fishing town on stilts in Hong Kong. Quite amazing really. Pity it smelt like fish intestines everywhere.
Repulse Bay Beach in Hong Kong.
On top of The Peak in Hong Kong. A truly magnificent site.
Hong Kong in the day… the last day of my tour.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed that. As always I will answer any questions you may have.
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Bon Voyage + A Sneak Preview For The Next 2 Months
Published on Thursday, June 5, 2008 – 8:00 am | 20 brilliant comments »
Tomorrow I leave for my super duper 44 day holiday / Contiki Tour around Europe and Hong Kong but never fear, Just Creative Design will be going full steam ahead during my time away. I have, with the help of you, made the blog self manageable for the time that I am away.
Sneak Preview
I have 12 EXCEPTIONAL guest articles and 2 of my own scheduled for you while I am away of which you can see a sneak preview of the headings below. Click here to subscribe to Just Creative Design so you don’t miss out!
- 10 SEO Rules for Designers
- Want to know how to design? Learn The Basics.
- Dudes and Dolls and Design Decisions
- A Guide On How Freelancers Can Compete Against Large Design Studios
- 6 Photoshop Tips and Tricks That You Probably Don’t Know About
- How To Spot and Work with Graphic Engineers
- A Passion For Paper
- FREE Lucky Dip Draw - Comment and Win
- An Ink Spot of One’s Own
- How to Talk to Non-Tech-Savvy Clients
- The Innovative One Page Resume & Portfolio
- 7 Female Graphic Designers That’ll Rock Your Socks Off
- Freelancers: Inspire Yourself, Vary Your Work Environment
- Designing An Accessible Website Without Losing Your Mind
Exciting huh?
Community Love
I am also going to be brave and leave comment moderation off and hopefully the community and authors will respond to each others questions while I am away. I just hope Akismet does its job, it has been pretty good so far - if you do notice any spam please email me using my comment form.
I will also be stopping by JCD every so often (maybe a comment or two) just to see how things are going and to catch up on important emails but this will be very limited - I am on holiday after all.
Anyway for now… over and out.
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