Capital City Fourteen - Singapore: Singapore (capital) - 181 to go

November 4th 2012
Singapore - City: Singapore (capital)
Sneaky picture with local airport worker
181 countries to go

Well it's official, no-one in uniform ever wants their picture taken in an airport - something to do with it being a security risk, but of course that shouldn't phase you. Got this gem waiting to re-board my flight back to the UK from Australia.

City Thirteen - Australia: Melbourne (capital city is Canberra) -182 to go

November 1st 2012
Australia - City: Melbourne (capital city is Canberra)
Picture with local Metro worker 182 countries to go

I spent a year working in Australia designing, unfortunately because I was working all the time I didn't get chance to explore Australia. This made me question did I want to spend a whole weekend travelling down to Canberra just to take a picture with a local uniformed person, or would simply getting a picture in Australia suffice. I decided as they were my rules I could alter them at any time, as this challenge is a big enough feat as it stands. Why make it harder for myself?

I will always try and aim to see a capital, and that's a bonus, but if I can't get to the capital then getting a picture in the country is acceptable.

Brighton Beach in Melbourne

Sydney Opera House

Capital City Twelve - Vanuatu: Port Villa - 183 capitals to go

11th August 2012
Vanuatu - Capital city: Port Villa
Picture with local bus driver
183 capitals to go

Needing a holiday and the realisation that in the whole of 2012 I had not yet completed a capital, a week to Vanuatu with my cousin soon rectified that. We stayed at 'Hide Away Island' which was a tiny Island, so tiny that you could walk around it in 10 mins and also Kayak around it.

We didn't do too much, apart from sleep, drink, read and snorkel, which was pretty good. One night we went to a tradition night. Whereby we had the tradition drink of  'Cava' which to start with I was thinking along the lines of champagne, only to met with some muddy, rooty awfulness, which the only way to drink it is down in one go. They also had a tradition band with a instrument which was a wooden stick  in a hole in a box with a string attached, which I attempted to play.

Cava

Attempting to play an instrument of the band's 

View from where we were staying

Capital City Eleven - Qatar: Dohar - 184 to go

November 26th 2011
Qatar - Capital City: Dohar
Sneaky picture with Airport security
184 capitals to go

I was flying through Dohar and although when I started this challenge, I had wanted to stay a night in a capital, but I've just come to realise that if I'm wanting to knock off some of these capitals then unless I really want to stay, I have to take any opportunities I can get. So after asking for a picture which was declined I did the next best thing and grabbed a sneaky one :)

Waiting to board the plane

Capital City Ten - Croatia: Zabreb - 185 to go

Sept 14th 2011
Croatia - Capital City: Zagreb, Picture with local Policeman
185 capitals to go

Spent a month travelling around Croatia, staying in each place 2-4 days, started at Zadar and worked my way down going across to the islands Hvar and Brac. Then worked my way back up going into the capital and then on up to Rijeka before flying back.
The islands were beautiful my favourite place being Stari Grad, cute little port to go and chill. Hvar was quite touristy.
Croatia was the only place i've been (so far) where you travel through the country and the north and south people differ greatly through their looks and height.

Exploring Brac on a hired bike

Overnight boat 

The same humour translates even though you don't understand the language