tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86515382024-03-13T09:24:12.165+10:00Isabel's adventuresMy life works in very strange, and usually completely random ways. This is where I write about it just so I can keep track of what's going on, and for everyone else who wants to know about what I'm doing they can do so, because I'm usually toolazy to update everyone by e-mailZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-83160942750136255342008-03-12T20:29:00.012+10:002008-03-13T06:10:32.858+10:00MADRID, SPAIN!Ah, Madrid, the city where a typical week consists of urinating on the streets, attending public protests, stepping in dog shit, watching couples make out usually with someone they just met, or someone else´s boy/girlfriend, and standing in over-crowded smokey bars. I mean sometimes these bars are so over crowded and people are making out so much, that I´m pretty sure I can now claim that I have ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1130717763337951792008-01-01T02:59:00.002+10:002008-03-03T22:17:11.951+10:00Mini BlogWhere am I: MADRID, my new homeWhat am I doing: teaching english, not sick from mononucleosis anymore, meeting great people, eating good food, probably drinking too much, and getting robbed, and stumbling upon riots near my home, and lovign the spanish sunNear future plans: pay off my debts, see more of europe, try to learn spanishMy new phone number +34 608123680ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-64723141716638145202007-07-28T16:25:00.000+10:002007-07-28T17:43:48.568+10:00From Vanderhoof to MontrealProbably about a month ago now I packed up my tent and planting bags and crawled out of the middle of nowhere to Vanderhoof (still the middle of nowhere, but at least it had some kind of civilization). The nursery (tree) had some problems so we had two weeks off before finishing the last 3 weeks of planting. I couldn't afford to stick around for two weeks of paying for hostels and drinking far ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-78414856119532023252007-06-01T10:14:00.000+10:002016-10-06T20:45:01.616+10:00Tree planting; life as a rookieAfter 50 hours of straight driving with someone i never met before I arrive at my destination ( a month ago):UGGGGHHHHH, I don't even know where to begin or what to say. Tree planting is hard work, much harder than I expected. I thought since i did all this fruit picking and other manual labour work I'd be prepared, but i was wrong. Anyway things are getting better/profitable/less painful slowly,ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-43436606107882910632007-04-20T07:22:00.000+10:002016-10-06T20:44:42.723+10:00on my way to prince george BC in a car with a guy I've never met beforeSo I just spent a month in Ottawa and now I'm ready to head to B.C. I'm no longer taking a 3 day bus, I'm actually hopping a lift with one of the guys who will be planting with us. Should be good times.I leave Montreal the 25th, first stop is Toronto, where I will be staying with my older brother and meeting up with Richard.Who is Richard you ask? Richard is a friend I met in the midst of a ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-77908783603628638422007-04-10T04:19:00.000+10:002007-04-10T04:38:03.189+10:00Woops, i kinda dropped off of the face of the Earth and forgot to tell anyone!So a couple weeks ago i sporadicly decided to go visit jeffy in Ottawa. I didn't really tell anyone because it was just supposed to be a few day thing. Anyway 2 weeks later I'm still here, just so everyone knows I'm not in Montreal. So I'm here doing random things, mostly cleaning up after jeff and his roommate (cuz they're dirty) and walking their dog. Jeff's girlfriend hooked me up with ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-84501135064928957412007-03-07T02:42:00.000+10:002007-03-07T03:29:51.948+10:00Trying to remind myself there's a good reason why I'm broke and cold and have to work my ass off for the next few months So my life continues to play cruel little jokes. Just as things start to look good and jobs start heading my way, I get a job at a hotel. I went out bought myself some suits, and started working my ass off to learn everything there is to know, a week later they cut my hours (cuz the girl that originally left wants her hours back). So technically I still work there, yet i haven't worked in a weekZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-79946814630684783362007-02-02T08:49:00.000+10:002007-02-02T13:21:25.461+10:00A whole lot of nothingSo last year I added this cool thing to my blog called "Stat counter" This thing tells me how many people actually read my blog and what part of the world people come from, and how they find my site. Anyway I checked out the stats the other day and realized I still get an average of 50 hits a week from all over the world. So I figure since people are still bored enough to read my rants, I'll ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-60973410725215534062007-01-29T08:01:00.000+10:002016-10-17T04:51:13.236+10:00Thinking back to the Tsunami 2004Though I don't like to admit it, the tsunami two years ago had a huge impact in my life. I'm thinking back to the day now, and a certain instance is standing out in my mind.It was after the fact, maybe even a day later, Derek and I were sitting on the stone stair way leading up a mountain to the temple. the one that we slept outside of the first night. There were a few of us sitting there. We ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1165864629857650882006-12-12T04:52:00.000+10:002007-01-04T12:31:23.353+10:00HAHA my NYC JOKE of a LIFEOHHHHH MAN!!! I have to say for the past two weeks I've done a lot laughing at the weird way my life likes to play with me, including some crying about it aswell.This entire year I've had one plan with my life. JUST ONE that would last a month, and that plan was to go to HArlem again and sell Christmas trees. Well everything was planned and I was ready to go. I came home from Asia/Australia earlyZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1162926415547582972006-11-08T04:52:00.000+10:002006-11-08T05:08:29.956+10:00Last few days in Bangkok-MONTREALThe last few days I just hung out around the guesthouse, didn't do too much. I went on a mass shopping spree for random things. Ran into some guy who practically lives down the street from me.I had some issues sleeping so I went to the pharmacy to get some sleeping pills. The pharmacist gave me some no name white pills in a baggy. She told me it was Xanax and she promised they were weaker than ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1162370634007359782006-11-01T18:38:00.000+10:002006-11-01T18:43:54.016+10:0030 degree difference?!?!?!?!?!?So i booked my ticket about 15 minutes ago now. I WAS really excited until i realized at the moment its 32 degrees,and I'm walkin around quite comfortably!!IT'S 3 DEGREES IN MONTREAL!!!!!!!I am going to die a very cold and painful death especially considering I own no winter clothes, not even a jacket as of a few days ago i didn't even own shoes (just a pair of flip flops). I had to go on a ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1162368843110015842006-11-01T18:09:00.000+10:002006-11-01T18:14:03.123+10:00Koh SamedSo i bussed/ boated my way to Koh Samed. It was nice, i went on my own, but met a really good group of people on the boat over. Though i was feeling pretty anti social. I went out with them one night and got reminded how terrible Thai whiskey was for hangovers. I spent the rest of my time on the island trying to cleverly avoid them, though they always tracked me down. I spent alot of time ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1161925583532741682006-10-27T14:54:00.000+10:002006-10-27T15:06:23.543+10:00ARGHGGHGHGHHG!!!Well I went Kayaking again, just as much fun as the first time. Right now I am in a jam AGAIN!! the last month has been pretty stressfull for me.Well I haven't gotten my taxes back from Australia yet. They were supposed to come in a week ago. Well anyway my credit card maxed out, which leaves me with 0$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (literally)BAH! oh the stress! Debby decided to go volunteer on the Burmese ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1161924822749440312006-10-27T14:44:00.000+10:002006-11-20T11:24:06.350+10:00Found my new favourite place in ThailandWell I spent almost a week in Bangkok. I hung around Kao Sarn for a day just shopping and bumming around. Then moved back To Suk 11, the same hostle I've been staying at for years now. There I met up with Derek. Was preetty much the same old stuff. I ate some Good Somtem (papaya salad) from the lady in the back, and had a Banana Roti from "happy" down the road. I also met (yet another) crazy ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1161082799279574532006-10-17T20:52:00.000+10:002006-11-20T10:55:32.866+10:00thailand...sighWell I hopped on a bus and then a ferry and ended up on Koh Phi phi in Thailand! This is the island where "The Beach" was filmed. It was really beautiful... but unofrtunatly you can still see the mass damage the Tsunami did to it, but they're recovering well and have plenty of tourist to give em lots of money.(Koh Phi phi, where the movie "The Beach" was filmed)Unfortunately the second day we ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1161082117885988202006-10-17T20:40:00.000+10:002006-11-20T10:52:57.290+10:00Malaysia (Mike and the trishaw driver)hmmm what can I say about Malaysia. It was a pretty neutral place. I probably would have liked it a lot more had the air been half decent. I spent just over a week and only travelled through 3 cities, including Malacca, Kuala Lumpu (the huge twin petrona towers were nice except they were barely visible with the smog.) and Georgetown which was an island off of Penang.ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1160038046068838932006-10-05T18:26:00.000+10:002006-11-20T11:28:57.456+10:00Singapore! cough, coughMonday morning we had all our taxes figured out, We bought a plane ticket and flew to Singapore a few hours later. Hmmm what can I say about singapore. We didn't stay long at all. It was a weird country. The way I would describe it (and this is only after 3 days of being there ) is Singapore is to Asia as North America is to Europe.Let me elaborate on that; In europe you have lots of different ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1159747620688468352006-10-02T09:56:00.000+10:002006-11-20T12:06:45.616+10:00Good-bye AustraliaLife in Darwin has been pretty boring. At first it was alright, but i've been here over a week now and it a small town and I've run out of things to do. Anyway, while beign here I've been doing a lot thinking. And a lot of spending money, on NOTHING!! Where did it all go?!?!!?!?Well with all my thinking and all my money spending I came to a conclusion. I don't have enough time left to work again,ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1159320919488395922006-09-27T11:14:00.000+10:002006-10-07T23:56:55.660+10:005000 km, 5 people and a Ford Falcon On september 12 th we picked up our grey Ford Falcom and jammed all our stuff in the back. It was a bit cozy with the five of us squeezed in the back and all of our stuff , but luckily, driving still makes me sleep so I slept through most of it. We managed to cover nearly 5000km within 10 days. It was a lot of driving.We started off from Cairns did a small detour to go visit 2 of our friends ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1157947630534518892006-09-11T13:58:00.000+10:002006-11-20T12:02:30.360+10:00In Cairns and free of hasslesWell Mel and I had a brief stop in Mission Beach, we got bored of small towns so we rushed up to Cairns! It's been great here. the weather is perfect, city is not TOO big but has everything we need. I've done some shopping and lots and lots of tanning and lying by this gorgeouse little Lagoon. We met up with one of Mel's friends, Rich, from England, and now Mikey the Canadian guy we worked with ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1157257017118389462006-09-03T14:12:00.000+10:002006-09-11T13:46:13.406+10:00Townsville and Magnetic IslandWe only spent a night in Townsville, it was nothing too exciting we were just visiting a friend Mel had made in Airlie beach.The morning after we hopped onto a ferry to Magnetic Island. After partying it up we were ready to just laze around for a bit and soak up some sun in peace and quiet maybe even read a book. The first day we arrived it was SO gorgeous and sunny and perfect, we decide to bookZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1157256757417414872006-09-03T14:05:00.000+10:002006-10-07T13:53:59.776+10:00Airlie Beach and the WhitsundaysAfter a 12 hour bus ride we arrived at Airlie beach! The beach is gorgeose there. It was so nice to be back near the water. In Airlie we met up with our 2 Irish friends Seamus and Eimear from Childers. We went all out there and partied it up hard. It was so nice to see some new face and go clubbing a bit. Needless to say I feel much better and glad I got it out of my system for a bit. I did a 2 ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1157257100306719682006-08-31T14:17:00.000+10:002007-03-07T02:41:32.056+10:00What happens when a group of extremely bored girls get together and drink?They forget they're too old to do the things they did 15 years ago... Needless to say our heads weren't the only thing hurting the next morning.. HAHAH good times, i miss these guys................classic!ZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651538.post-1156464350860666822006-08-25T10:04:00.000+10:002006-11-20T12:14:58.240+10:00Going to miss my family and home in Childers (most of the gang at the caravan park)In the past 4 years of travelling around the world many people have passed through my life but never have I met such an amazing group of people. I lived in the Grand and Smut patrolled with a group 10 ish people. Everyone was from a different part of the world and had complete different personalities but it all meshed together so nicely. I have to say I amZIG!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04685871193283849188noreply@blogger.com0