I couldn't upload all my photos on the last entry so here are the ones that were missing...

Our encounter with the adorable yelloweyed penguins...Notre rencontre avec les adorables penguins aux yeux jaunes...

Our encounter with sea lions...Notre rencontre avec des lions de mer...

The first town I visited was Puno which is on the shore of Lake Titicaca. This is highest commercially navigable lake in the world at 12532 ft 3820m. According to Andean legend the lake was the birthplace of civilization. I took at boat trip out to floating Islands which are manmade from tortora reeds. They are around 100 feet wide and the good thing is that if you don't get on with your n

The bottom of the South Island and the CatlinsLe sud de l'ile du Sud et les Catlins

Having waved goodbye to LA but not without sampling the famous cupcakes at Sprinkles Rodeo Drive being caught on camera and going to my first Bollywood party endured the flight to Tokyo and the train journey to MizusawaEsashi station in the middle of nowhere or so it seemed to me I made it through my first day in Japan.I'm in Mizusawa a town so small it doesn't even register on the blog

Hello all ye blog followers We went to Hawthorne on our first day out Fridaywhere Jodie and Aidan met us. the next morning we went on a 4wheel drive poker run to benefit breast cancer research. We had a great time and saw new country on the other side of Walker Lake. There a few new wildflowers to identify. Then we all went on to Dyer. Jodie and aidan spent the night and had a good visit wi

We were on the road by 9am this morning for our 2 hour journey to LA. We stopped about half way at a place called Laguna beach and got a drink then headed straight for the Hollywood sign Nige had looked up a way of getting as close as possible so we thought we would take our chances and follow the directions. It was through really narrow twisting streets and as we approached Liz even got out h

Dearest friends and familyI hope that I have included everyone that wants to be included in following me along my journey if I forgot someone please forward on. This is the last time for 2.5 months that I will be writing you from my parents house in Boulder Colorado. Tomorrow morning I am off to the airpot where I fly Denver gt DC gt Johannesburg South Africa with a short refueling pi

It's been a wateryold week one way and another. After leaving Victoria I headed slightly north to the Goldstream Provincial Park for my first night of real camping. None of this electricity and water connected directly to the van. No this was real outside living. Well apart from the flush toilets and the hot showers in the washroom.It was a bit of a wet old day when I arrived in Goldstrea

DAY 55 MAY 8I finally am able to get to a computer to add to the travel blog and catch up with emails. We left Golden British Columbia and had the most magnificient drive to Banff. We drove through Kicking Horse Pass and into Yoho National Park and our first stop took us to Emerald Lake. In the summer this lake is the most wonderful shade of emerald green hence it's name. But in early May it is

I rose at 615am packed my bag and took a taxi to the bus station about 630am. After arriving I spotted Mandy the Dutch girl I'd chatted to at the hostel waiting for the same bus to San Pedro De Atacama. We boarded the bus which was quite empty and sat in our respective seats. I was sat in what was supposed to be the best seat on the bus although all I could smell was pss which wasn't wha

Holajetzt endlich habe ich wider Zeit gefunden zu schreiben. Schliesslich bin ich jezt zurueck von Manuel Antonio. Und ich hatte dort ne wahnsinns Zeit. Wir sind Freitag frueh schliesslich habe ich nur bis Donnerstag Schule mit dem Bus 4 Stunden an die Pacific Coast gefahren. Um 10Uhr vormittags waren wir endlich da und uns hat gleich zu beginn ein reiner weisser Sandstrand erwartet. Alles war

i lasted 5 minutes on the stair master this morning. it was grueling. also i forgot to bring new underwear to the gym so i couldn't change into a new pair before work. but no one knew.no one.