Last Post

I have just arrived back in Australia and i have to admit it is good to be home and get to stay in one place for awhile. I have learnt alot by going to all the different enviroment and that will defintaly help my work. I really do hope to do that trip again and spent a bit more time at some of the places.
That denifantly was the best trip of my life and i loved it.
bye :)

!! Going Home !!

I have come to the end of my trip now and am setting off back home. I am quite sad to end my trip bit i will definatly go back to some of these enviroments again. This Trip would have to have been one of the best trips of my life and i saw some Amazing places my favourites would have to be Apo Reef which i loved, Lhotse mountain was Amazing, The amazon was a great experience, Glacier Bay was Fabulous and i loved it, these would have to have been my favourites although i loved the other aswell these were stand outs oh i almost forgot the canada coast was great aswell! Any Way i Have to go and i will write when i am back home to completely end my Travel Blog:(
Got to go Bye

Diving at Apo Reef

Oh My Gosh that was Amazing. I have just got back from my dive and the marine life i saw was Awesome, all the marine life i have ever wanted to see was there! i even saw a shark when i accidently swam off a drop off i was so scared but it just gently swan away! I even saw a Turtle which was huge as well as thousands of fish of all different colours they where so beautiful. Out of all the magnificent places i have been this would have to be one of my favouirtes!!

Last Destination :(

I have just arrived at my Last destination the Apo Reef in the philippines It is much hotter here than my last couple of destination and very relaxing. Its like a tropic holiday i hope i can stay a little longer here. Anyway the main point of me coming here is to see the amazing Apo Reef which i will be doing when i get to Pandan and go diving although i know the Apo Reef is know for its Sharks and Drop-offs so i am a little scared!! i really don't like sharks..
oh well i guess it will be and adventure and the coral is meant to be beautiful and i do hope i see the other marine life which i am sure i will as it is everywhere!!
Here is some information about the Apo Reef.

Apo Reef is a Fabulous Diving Spot and is a great place if you want to see Sharks!
The Apo Reef is About 40 kilometres squared, and is well known for its Marine life and drop-offs which are usually vertical walls that go down about 30 to 80 Metres!!! Apo Reef has been declared a marine sanctuary since 1996 which means it is a no go zone for fishermen. Apo Reef is the second largest contiguous Coral reef in the world after the Great Barrier Reef and is the largest in the Philippines. The reef is located about 38km from the west coast of Midoro Island and to get to it you have to catch a boat from Pandan Island.

Camping in Madagascar!

i Have just spent a night in the Isalo National Park and we woke up to a Ring-tailed lemur in our camp site it was So adorable but it quickly ran away!The Rock formations here are amazing and the grassland kind of remindes me of the tundra enviroment except not covered in ice. No one actually lives here but people do come here to do hikes or camp like i have. oh today as well as hiking around the national park we stoped at this beautiful natrual swimming pool the La Piscine Naturelle it was so nice and defiantly a site to see .Tonight i am off to my Last destination :( Apo Reef in the Philippines i can't wait this place will definatly be a tropic place and the reef i am sure will be beautiful i have always wanted to go to the Philippines!! and now i am yay !!!

Isalo National Park Madagscar

I have just arrived in Madagascar and it is so much hotter than Nepal. I am going to be camping in the Isalo National Park with a group of people to get a better feel for the environment I can’t wait I am so excited!!

Unlike the rest of Madagascar Isalo National Park is grassland and with its eroded sand formations and rare plants it is quite different. The National Park covers 81.540 ha of the Isalo Massif. Isalo Grassland is a savanna Grassland which is located between Fianarantsoa and Tuléar. The Wildlife of Isalo National park considers of birds and a few mammals like the ring-tailed lemur and Verreaux’s Sifaka although to see these animals you would have to hike or camp as I am doing. The average temperature in Isalo is usually around 17 to 25̊c

Climbing Mount Lhotse!

I have just Treked up mount Lhotse and it was one of the greatest adventures ever i loved it. I felt like i was on top of the world and a neally was!! I went with a group of amazing people who loved it as well although it was very tiring and a little hard to breath oh amd i almost forgot how COLD it was. So much colder than Vancouver and Glacier Bay. The view up there would have to be one of the best in the world it was spectualar, amazing breathtaking everything! I Loved it
Tommorow i am setting off to Madagascar so i am ready for the tropics i am a little over the cold!
It will be very warm so that will be good write soon!!

Mount Lhotse Nepal

i have just arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal and am soon going to go on a trek up Mount Lhotse i am so excited!!

Mount Lhotse in Nepal Asia just south of Mount Everest is the 4^th Highest Mountain in the Himalayas at 8511 metres. When climbing Mt. Lhotse you take pretty much exactly the same route as when you are climbing mount Everest. The Lhotse was first climbed in 1956 by Ernst Reiss and Fritz Luchsinger they took the same route as you take on Everest. A lot of the time Lhotse is mistaking for mount Everest’s south peak. Mount Everest and Lhotse are actually joined at the bottom by the south col.

Intresting

The Tundra Enviroment was very different from any other I have seen so far. The Tundra was very interesting and i even got to meet some of the Yakut people it was very exciting. Tommorow i am leaving for Nepal Asia my Mountain enviroment so i will write when i get to nepal.
write soon!

Siberian Tundra

I am staying in the victory hotel in Irkutsk As it is the only place i could get. It is SO windy here and pretty cold as well. I will be exploring the Siberian Tundra tomorrow and i am sure that will be a great experience.

The Siberian Tundra is located in the North-eastern part of Russia and covers 20% of the earth’s surface just below the polar cap. The Tundras are very windy and can be from 30 to 60 miles per hour. The only plants in the Siberian Tundra are usually Fungus, grasses and shrubs which hug close to the ground to protect themselves from the wind and cold. The only animals in the Tundra are really only birds, fish and insects as well as some other animals that can stand the cold and wind like the Caribou reindeer. The only people in this area are the Yakut people they survive by hunting or trapping their food.

Amazing

Today was one of the most amazing days of my life and as i said i will remember this forever. Just seeing the glaciers was definatly breathtaking and watching them smash in to the water was amazing it is so sad to think that this place is beeing affected by globalwarming and could one day not be here is terrible. It was so wonderfuli got to see whales and little sea lions oh and a moose i have never seen a moose or sea lion before they are SSSoooooooo cute!. Anyway i am staying a little long to enjoy this place more with my friends but i will write when i am at my next place a tundra enviroment which is in.... RUSSIA yay i hope it will be warmer there!

Glacier Bay

We have just arrived at our hotel the Hilton Anchourage in Anchourage. i Carn't wait till i can go see the Glaciers they are suppose to be Breathtaking and can send water flying hudreds of feet in the air making a thundeing sound the locals call the the "white thunder". The Glacier Bay spreads across 3.3 million acre park the bay actuallyuse to be ice free and was home to the Huna people for thousands of years. The Glacier Bay was found by John Cuir in 1879 and is now one of the largest marine santuarys in the world. Glacier Bay gets an average of 380 000 vistors a year. Some of the common animals you would see in this area would be humpback wales, Sea lions, Bears and moose as well as some sea birds. This place is spectaular and i am sure i will always remember this as one of the most amazing thing to see. just to watch the glaciers fall off the icebergs and smash into the water is meant to be Breathtaking.
The Glacier bay has 12 tidewater Glaciers lots of ice sheets and about 200 smaller glaciers. The Glacier Bay is located in The Glacier Bay nationalpark which is on the southeast alaska Coast.

Finally Here

I am finally at my 6th destination Glacier Bay Alaska and i have been waiting so long to get here as i am meeting my two friends Elise and grace who are also geographers and are traviling the world. I am staying in Glacier bay a bit longer than the other destination to enjoy this magnificent place with my friends. i was the last to arrive at the airport and i think i can see them running towards me now This is going to be so fun. Got to go BYE

Off To Alaska

i have completed my trip along a part of the candian Coastline and it was amazing the scenery here is breathtaking and the canadians are alot like australians and are very welcoming. The trip was long and i had to come back to Vancouver to catch a flight to my next place Alaska. Canada is so beautiful and i am going to see the ice hockey even though i am not a big fan it is a sight to see i hope Vancouver wins! and then catch my flight to Alasks.

write soon Bye

Canadian Coastline

I am travailing down the a part of Canada’s coastline and I have just reached Lion Bay and will be driving to Poteau Soon. The Coast is absolutely beautiful as everyone has said. The Canadian Coast is the longest Coast line in the world and it would actually take you 33 years to walk around it as it is 243,792 km. The Coast means a lot to the Canadians and each year the Canadians invest around 1 billion dollars on projects based on the coast. The Canadian coastline also needs a lot of protection from erosion and a lot of that money is spent on keeping it from eroding. Some of the Worlds largest natural wetlands are found in the regions on the coastline. The Canadian Coast line extends along the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans as well as alot of fresh water rivers and lakes.

Vancouver

I Have just arrived at Vancouver Airport Canada And it is Absolutly Frezzing, and this is the mildlest place in Canada! i Can't Wait to get to my hotel the Barcley Hotel which i heard is magnificent and get out to start exploring this amazing place. i won't be spending long in Vancouver as i am going on a trip down the coast to get a really feel for the coast enviroment.

Mississippi River Trail

Today I Rode my Bike on the Iowa Mississippi River Trail Although I only went through Iowa because the whole trail is goes through 10 States! It was SO tiring although the View was spectacular and differently a site to see. Any way I am off to my Next Place Canada’s Coast so I will write when I am There Bye!

The Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the Second Longest River in The US. In March 1543 the Mississippi actually Flooded for 80 Days and has had Iowa Under water before. Like The Amazon River the Mississippi has a Drainage basin and it is the third biggest in the world the Basin actually covers more than 1,245,00 Square miles! The Mississippi River is locates in North America’s State Mississippi and flows through around 12 states and the name Mississippi actually means ‘father of Waters’ in Algonquian. The Mississippi Is home to around 200 different species of fish which means Mississippi has the most fish than other river in North America it also has 25 different mussels as well. The Mississippi also has reptiles as well like the snakes, turtles and Salamanders there is even river Otters how cute. 40% of Americas ducks and geese also rely on the Mississippi for a migrating area. In New Orleans the speed of the water is 3 miles per hour. The Mississippi river in most areas is about 20 to 30 metres across, Although near alton the mississippi is a huge 1 mile wide!

Sunrise over the Mississippi

Yay I am finally at my 4th destination the Mississippi River although I am actually in Iowa Mississippi which is on the river so it’s pretty much the same. This Place is a lot different to The Amazon and there are more people as well. I am now watching the Sun rises over the Mississippi river and it is magnificent. I am sure I will enjoy my stay here!! I am thinking I will go on the Iowa Mississippi river trail Tomorrow. Anyway I am going to bed its really early !

The Amazon

The Amazon Rainforest Is the Biggest Rainforest in the World and covers almost 40% of South America! it is located in 8 countries Brazil, Bilivia, Peru, Ecuador,Colombia, Veneziala, Guyana and Suriname. The Amazon is drained by The 2nd biggest River in the world The Amazon river without this river it would flood. At first The Amazon was a inland sea but when the ice age came and the water levels dropped and it became a river and now has lots of sea life as well. The Amazon rain forest recovered and is back to normal. The Amazon is home to around 30% of the worlds wildlife and plants. The Amazon has the most Deadly fish the Piranha one of the biggest snakes and lot's more scary animals but strangle it also has dolphin's in the river of course. As well as neally every type of bird and a lot of monkeys as well they are so cute! And Thousands of endangered species call the Amazon home. The Amazon's plants have some of the best medicines and can help cure anything from snake bites to Malaria!. The Amazon holds the most plants and trees in the world, there are up to 80 000 plants and around 40 000 of then play a huge role in keep the worlds climate in control. So the Amazon Rainforest plays a huge part in the World and Who knows where we would be without it. Any Way My time has come that i have to go to my next destination the Mississippi River! which i can't wait to go to the US. !)

This Place is absolutely beautiful I am in a rain forest and on the river at the same time although the river doesn’t look very inviting! And who knows what’s in there!!. Any Way I Have Just been on a tour Through the AMAZON can you believe it I was actually in the Amazon!!!!. It Was Fabulous I can’t believe How GREEN it was. Oh and the Animals where every where it was kind of scary! And I did get to see my Anaconda I was lucky enough to see one when we went on a boat on the river!. I was so scared I thought it could come get me and walking through the rain forest I was worried I would get lost cause that would be pretty much the end. I was looking at a picture and have put one on here but look how much the Amazon River looks like a Snake!!

The People here are so nice and are pretty talkative as well.

Any Way I will tell you More about The Amazon next time sorry got to go bye :)

Manaus Airport Brazil

I Have just arrived at Manaus National Airport and i think i can see my taxi which will take me to the spot i have to get off and catch a boat to my Lodge Which is the Amazon Ecopark Lodge. The eco park Lodge is actually build in the Amazon basin and is on the banks of Rio Taruma aka the Black river. It is surrounded by the Amazons Flora and there are supposed to be lots of wildlife there as well! i Can't Wait till i am actually in The Rain forest anyway got to go !!

Boat Trip

i Have just arrived back from my boat trip which was amazing, there is wildlife everywhere in this place. I even ended up going Piranha Fishing and caught one it was so scary their teeth are so big and SHARP!! My tour guide was so nice as with all the others here. I still can't believe how big this place is. It was absolutely beautiful on the ride back to the lodge the sun was starting to set and it look like out of a picture. OH i almost forgot guess what i saw on our trip other than a couple of crocodiles i am pretty sure i saw a Anaconda!! although i can't be sure, but i am sure i will see one at my destination anyway!

Hiking In The Wetlands

The Pantanal Wetlands are the largest wetlands in the world and are located in South Africa in Brazil . The Pantanal is 230,000 square kilometers which is larger the France! The Pantanal wetlands are created by the river Paragui.Today I went on a hiking tour with one of the local guides. It was breath taking, we saw Monkeys, Macaws and Toucans which was a great experience I have only ever seen them in pictures and there are defiantly one of the prettiest birds ever! We also saw a lot more wildlife as it is everywhere. The Pantanal has around 700 species of Birds just living there. I was so happy we didn’t come across a Jaguar or any maned wolves while we were hiking that would have been terrifying! This place would have to have the most fauna I have seen although my next stop is the Amazon so maybe that will change. I better go now as I am about to be taken on a boat through the wetlands and they even have piranha fishing! So I might give that a try! Talk Soon :)

The Pousada Piuval Lodge !

I am finally here at my second Destination the Pantanal wetlands. I have just arrived at my Lodge the Pousada Piuval in Pantanal and am in my room half asleep writing on my blog after catching a taxi from Cuiaba. It is amazing here I can’t believe I am actually in The Pantanal in this 7000-hectare lodge. The Pousada Piuval is defiantly the best place to see and experience the Pantanal as it is basically in the wetlands. Although it only has 12 guest rooms so it’s not that big, but has a lot to do and is very relaxing. Tomorrow I am going to go tour the Pantanal wetlands which is really exciting and I can’t wait. Also then I will be awake!

Sydney Airport

Hey Sorry i Didn't write yesterday when i was in Alice springs but it was really Tiring i had to get straight on a plane to Sydney, where i am now waiting for my next Plane to Cuiaba in brazil. Although it leaves at 5pm so i have got a while. i think i might go shopping while i am waiting and get something to eat.

The 4 WD Rivinng Trip

The Victoria Desert is around 424 400 km and it the third Largest Desert in the World. The Desert is located in South and west Australia, The Victorian desert is actually boarded by the Gibson Desert in the north, little sandy desert in the north east, The Nullarbor Plain in the South and Tirary and Sturt Stony Desert to the east. So as you can see there are a lot of Deserts in Australia.

Anyway I have just got back from my 4 WD driving trip through the Great Victoria Desert and it was Wonderful. I went on the Great Central road and now i am in Warburton it was a great experience although it took About 7 days, And it was really really HOT!. The Temperature was about 35 degrees although it got cooler in the afternoon and cold at night. There is a lot wild life here, I saw goannas, Dingos and there where lizards every where I even got to see the Great Desert skink which I didn’'t think I would. There are a lot of sand dunes which I had expected but there were also a lot of Rocks and caves as well, which were great to explore. Surprisingly there is actually a fair amount of vegetation with a lot of Marble gums and Spinifex grass as well as a lot of shrubs and bushes. Sadly though because of so many people coming here, lots of feral animals have appeared as well like Rabbits and Donkeys which we also saw on our trip.

I am quite sad as this will be my last post while I am in WA, because tomorrow I am going on a bus trip to Alice springs and from there i will be flying to Sydney and then catching a plane there which will take me to Brazil yay i can't wait but I know that I will defiantly come back one day and I do recommend it as a sight to see. :)

The Great Victoria Desert

I have just arrived at my first destination the Great Victoria Desert. It is really hot and very dry. I am about to check into my hotel in Leonora, Then I am going to start my 4wd trip through the Victoria desert and i really need to prepare for that but i think i will stick to the Great Central road. The Victoria Desert is the biggest desert in Australia and is about 424,400 km2. Although you can go through it as I am today! Also surprisingly there is actually a fair amount of vegetation in The Great Victoria Desert especially when it rains. The Victoria Desert is the largest Desert in Australia and about the thrid biggest in the world. The victoria desert was found by European explorers and was named after Queen Victoria in 1875. There is Animals everywhere and lots of rocks and caves to see.

Tonight i am setting off to my first destination. I carn't Wait i have never been to a desert before, my suit case is huge as i am going to all different enviroments in such a short time i need clothes for every tempreture. Its so hard to chose what to pack! allthough i think im set. Tommorow i will be arriving in Leonora a town just near The great Victoria Desert .Then i can offically start my Trip around the enviroments!