After 361 hours aboard quite bumpy buses, 36 luxurious hours aboard trains, 43 hours on rather overcrowded ferries, about 135 hours in cars, 69 hours on planes, some of them the dodgy propellor type, 22 hours on horses, 4 hours on camels, 21 hours on mopeds ( a few of them rather precarious) one hour on an elephant, 6 days aboard a 19th century buccaneer vessel 10 hours aboard motorized canoe 16 hours on the back of a bumpy pickup and about 15 hours on a mountain bike WE HAVE ARRIVED HOME
we have raced around the world and discovered that a) there is a very big world out there b) it's quite interesting c) Australia is a very nice place to live as long as you don't mind sticking your head in the sand so here you go.... a best of collection of the photos and stay tuned for really interesting anecdotes about North Ryde .....
Leoncio the puma, still sends shivers down my spine
Hans the monkey man
Martin the incredible fanta drinking monkey
Cult of the Birdman Easter Island... to join, jump off cliff and first one to round the pointy Island and return alive wins
Where trains go to die, Bolivia
Picnic in the Salar Bolivia
Bridge cycling the latest Burmese adventure sport
Llamas in Southern Bolivia
There's just way too much sitting around in Bolivia
The Bolivian Salar
We're on a road to nowhere
mmm eating.... cant talk hungary
I said only one bucket of cucumbers
Hooray for Elephants
You aint going nowhere french man
Excuse me, is this bus air conditioned?
Early morning in Bagan, Burma
Schwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Burma
Warning... smoking can seriously improve your ability to be photogenic
Fascinating those rocks isnt it
Burmese days with the Browne
Sorry Marco you're dropping out
hats are definitely IN in Huaraz Peru
Sacred Valley Peru
water's awful salty said the thirsty horse to the parched llama
So you hear Jose has a new job herding llamas
Pass the salt please
Burmese Unbrella convention
The only way to travel Burma
Life at 4000 metres, Santa Cruz trek, Huaraz Peru
World's windiest valley Santa Cruz Trek Peru
Beware of men in tight green shirts and donkeys near the edge of cliffs
Living on a floating island aint what it's wobbled up to be
somebody give that boy a haircut
Machu pichu- Soon to be seen on a christian calender near you
Gotta love that Inca stonework
Is that 50 chickens on your bicycle or are you just glad to see me
You can never wear too much sunscreen in Burma
Ladies and gentleman the lovely Kate Browne
Ed versus the Baby Elephant
Indiana ed and the Temple of Browne
Oy... stop trying to look up my girlfriends dress
Applying sunscreen elephant style
Does my bum look big in front of this elephant?
So how clean do we have to get this guy?
Elephant mahout Thailand
Temples of Bagan ( Burma)... with model
Who took all the trees?
Somebody offer the man a job at National Geographic
Lake Titicaca Peru and the colour blue
Dinosaur tracks in the wall, Sucre, Bolivia
So you're telling me the Spanish arrived here 400 years ago and you're still wearing the same hats?
Whats with the stoney face dude? 
And the winner of the world's biggest head 2005 goes too....
Quiet Please...Adventurer in action
Who ate all the Bolivian pies?
Now that's what I call a bad hair day
Angkhor Wat, Cambodia