Archive for June, 2008

Kite flying in Jakarta, Indonesia - Friday Photo

By Ben • Jun 27th, 2008 • Category: Indonesia, Photos

One of the better things to in Jakarta, in front of the presidents last erection, watch the kids fly kites as the sunsets.



Stars on the wall posada, Puerto Columbia

By Ben • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Places to stay, Venezuela

Stars on the Wall Posada, Peurto Columbia



Caracas to Puerto Columbia

By Ben • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Venezuela, travel

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Kelimutu Sunrise View - Friday Photo

By Ben • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Indonesia, Photos

This shot was taken after a very early morning trip to see the 3 coloured lakes of Kelimutu. The fairly sketchy drive from Moni on the back of 2 kids motorbikes took us up a steep windy, pot hole ridden road, through a river before both bikes managed to break down. Luckily for us a [...]



Google earth outreach and disappearing forests of the world

By Ben • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: Environment, Global Warming, World

Google Earth Outreach was launched in April, endorsed by Sir David Attenborough it allows charities to use the Google Earth software to spread information about their causes. TreeHugger posted about a great new Google Earth KML file Disappearing Forests of the World by David Tryse:

This KML shows deforestation data from a number of sources for [...]



Completely Uninhabited Islands

By Ben • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Off the beaten track, World

On the beach have just posted a list of 7 Beautiful but Completely Uninhabited Islands and Archipelagos.
Great places to go if you want to get away from people, though how you get there might not be so simple!  I like the look of one of uninhabited islands of the Maldives, what about you?

De Long Islands, [...]



Camping at Toms Field, Dorset

By Ben • Jun 10th, 2008 • Category: Camping, Dorset, England

We have just got back from 3 nights camping at Tom’s Field Camping. Its a beautiful campsite in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. Its situated in the Pubeck hills about 3 miles from Swanage in the pretty village of Langton Matravers.