Yea We can hardly believe that tomorrow morning at Odark 650am we are off. Southwest will take our baggage FREE to Austin Texas and on to Ft. Lauderdale Florida. Decided to give our friends Sharon and Dave who are traveling with us...or us with them... or something like that a royal sendoff. So right here in our room at the Airport Sleep Inn in Phoenix sitting on the bed I craftily

Well......lots of things have happened since our last rendezvous.We checked out of our normal hotel and then went to buy a really cool camera we had finally decided on for less than half the amount you would pay in Aus. Yay This took quite a while but was well worth it. The weather was quite cool and raining so we decided to head to the Toyota Salon and the Sunshine 60 buildings in Ikebukuro. We

In Heathrow now ready to start our trip. Wersquove been staying with Garyrsquos grandparents since Sunday evening Rico used to be kinda scared of Nana Pina but after living with her for nearly a week has decided that shersquos a very sweet lady. She took great care of us feed us up until we couldnrsquot eat anymore. Also got to meet Garyrsquos 2 aunts that havenrsquot been over to Ir

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We made it to the northernmost part of Thailand to the section known as the Golden Triangle. Here we visited Lampang which is famous for its narrow streets and horse drawn carriages. We also visited Chaing Saen which is situated on the border with Laos. In Chiang Saen we visited the Opium Museum which is an interesting place and contains a wealth of information on opium. Inside are numerous opiu

The Kingdom of Sukothai lasted from around 1235 to 1438 AD. There are several Wats in Sukothai Historical Park but Wat Mahathat is the largest and most impressive. It covers an area of ten acres and Wat Mahathat translates as 'great relic'. It is one of the oldest and most important Buddhist temples in Thailand. It was established in the 13th century and rebuilt in the 14th century. The Wat is bui

If you've ever visited the Angkor ruins outside of Siem Reap then you'll recognize the ruins at Prang Sam Yod. This massive stone santuary was founded in the 13th century by the Khymer King Jayavarman Vll the ruler who built many of Angkor Wat's most famous temples and palaces. Like a lot of the temples at Angkor Prang Sam Yod was originally a Hindu temple with the three stone steeples or prang

Ayuthaya was the Thai capital for well over 400 years and was founded in 1350 by King UThong. The city sits at the junction of three rivers Chao Phraya Pa Sak and Lopburi. While there we toured two Wats. Wat Phra Srisanphet was founded during the 15th century and was later sacked by the Burmese in 1767. For two centuries after the city of Ayuthaya's fall a huge bronze Buddha sat unsheltered a

Angel Fire New Mexico Day 4 and 5Day 4Got up this morning the winds were very strong 30 to 40 gusting to 50 weather clear and nice. There is a fire in the canyon. The road that I came in on is closed due to the fire. Took a ride to Taos while I was gone the wind bent the poles in my trailer. Got it down and will fold up tomorrow. The guy that runs the RV park is really nice he is letting me sta

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Estoy escribiendo desde San Jose de Costarica hecho para nada trivial teniendo en cuenta que ms de una vez en las litmas 48h pensaba que no podra sucederEmpezamos el viaje con un puado de percances que hemos ido superando a modo de pruebas de un videojuego. El primer de los dos vuelos era Reus Frankfurt y all a las 7 de la maana me dicen que con el yeso no puedo volar porque con la pres

It seems I'm well on my way now I've spent the last few days tearing down the coast of New South Wales. I'm doing about 90km a day on average which depending on the hills and road surface equates to about 5 hours on the saddle each day. I'm very pleased with my progress. I even took a day off in Port Macquarie and sat on the beach reading The coast is really nice to ride along with the ocea

Sorry for lack of blog yesterday Interenet connection has been bad.On Wednesday we took another stroll along the Strip taking in a few of the hotels and had lunch in a restaurant over looking the Strip which was nice. It was my turn to buy some jewellery from Tiffany today On the way back along we went into New York New York hotel which is linked to ours via an over pass. We found a nice res

April 30 or so 2010The last few days have been great. We have gotten to travel to distinct area of the Henan Province and see very different ecosystems and ways of living. It is really good to get out of this huge city 8 million and see the country side. Lots and lots of planted trees lots of wheat no rice and lots of terracing. Every square inch seems to be used. We drove two hours

Tomorrow is the big day when we head to Arizona for the Route 66 Fun Run. Jeff and Toni are enroute as I type.Things seemed to have settled down except for the wind the winds have been gusting to 40 mph since I got here and Irsquove about gotten everything back lsquoshipshapersquo with the RV.This morning they replaced my curbside mirror. While I was there I mentioned to them how my

So got on the bus on tuesday and went from christchurch to kaikoura north of christchurch met quite a few people on the bus so that was good. Kaikoura is right on the coast sea was a perfect blue colour. Was supposed to go for a spot of whale watching but the trip was cancelled due to rough seas i do pass through here again so maybe next time. Instead I went for a walk with some people fro

Today was a day of rest please enjoy the photos

So I stayed up way too late talking to that girl and was way too tired from climbing the mountain that 930am pretty much the latest you can get the free breakfast for came way too fast. I had a strange nightmare for the first time in my memory I actually woke up saying 'no no no' and I was clawing at the air. It was a dream about something trying to force something down my throat. When I t

Well today is our last full day in Vancouver. Craig has already started to pack up all our stuff. Tomorrow we'll be handing back the keys to the flat and heading off to a hotel for the night before we pick up the camper van on Saturday morning. Not quite sure whether we're really looking forward to becoming trailer trash for a while. I'm not convinced that I can get away with wearing a stained

Hello againWe are in the cloud forest and it definitely has cooled off. Not parka weather or anything but much more bearable.Today we were awakened at 430 am by a bird or bat flinging itself into our bedroom window. It was so loud Guy and Wendy heard it two cabins overIt's a beautiful morning and we visited the Hanging Bridges 8 bridges connected by paths at the Cloud Forest Treetops. It is