We have booked our hotels for a week in Bangkok a week in Chiang Mai which will give us time to look around for a condo to rent for 2 months longer in Chiang mai. Can't wait

Sunday is market day and I had read wonderful things about the Bac Ha Markets where eight different minority tribes gather in traditional dress to sell their wares. We had to leave at 7.30am and the three hour drive caused me considerable discomfort as it wound its way up down around and through many mountains. Luckily I wasn't bus sick but when we arrived we plunged straight into market busines

On Friday morning as I returned to my room from my free breakfast I was beconed by a friendly face. Sylvia from Holland had just arrived on the night train and wanted to know whether the guesthouse was any good. We started to chat and after she learnt that I was off at 9.30 that morning on a one night two day homestay she decided she wanted to come as well. We made the arrangements and then we we

So this past weekend a bunch of us went out in Fortitude valley where a lot of the dance clubs are and we had a great time the night before on Friday we had beach olympics consisting of dodgeball and volleyball. my floor didn't do well but we had a great time anyway I thought I would share some of the pictures of y'all

to be continued ........

less than a month to go until mexico. i bought a yellow backpack today. i think yellow will make me look like a seasoned traveler. it was either yellow or orange so that i can meet people and say yeah i've been there done that. like the one time it was just me against the bear and i was the one who walked away unscratched. but hey you have a neoncolored backpack like me so you know

Our trek to Fansipan began at the decent hour of 9am on Wednesday morning. On my arrival at the travel agent I found out that another 2 people had joined our group and had therefore lowered the cost for everyone. Feeling very pleased with the bonus cash in my pocket we headed off to the national park entrance. The first few hours were leisurely. We chatted and made sure we stopped often to enjoy t

Hello EveryoneWell after a break of a couple of years we are back on the road again this trip around SE Asia and China again yes itrsquos cheap especially the AirAsia flights and Tune Hotels accommodation.We had a comfortable flight to Kuala Lumpur with Air Asia X in their new A330 Airbus. We had heard some mixed reports about them but we had no complaints. Plenty of leg room we left on ti

Aprs notre alerte rouge nous sommes embarqus dans lrsquoavion vers 15h20 avec une quarantaine de minutes de retard. Vers 15h50 Flavie demande pour la premire fois Estce qursquoon arrive bientt Heureusement elle a attendu plusieurs heures avant de reposer la question. Arrivs Toronto MarieClaude une amie drsquoIsa nous attendait avec une facture qursquoelle brandissait bie

October 20Cali and I woke up early and saw some heavy dark clouds coming over the mountains. I was concerned because I had two more passes to cross before getting on down the mountains to Durango. Molas Pass and Coal Bank Pass are both over 10000 feet in elevation. You know the saying that God watches over fools and drunks. Well he certainly watched over this fool who was traveling late i

June 28 2009 July 04 2009I went to a bullfight with Michel Patricia Michel's friend Paul and girlfriend whose name I've forgotten. I was near tears when the first bull was killed but after the third it somehow seemed completely normal. Desensitization in action There were six and it was gruesome but there really is some artistry in the way that the matador moves. The guy in the g

On commenait notre voyage en Asie par un endroit trs nouveau pour nous SINGAPOUR. En passant Singapour est un pays et non une province Malaisienne comme beaucoup de gens peuvent penser. C'est une ile environ 4x grande comme Montral qui s'est dvelopp aprs l'arrive des commerants Anglais. La ville est reste longtemps une colonie Anglaise.Au dbut de notre priple a nous paraissait biz

After a hectic first weekend we finally get to do some proper exploring and enjoy our surroundings for a couple of days. The small colonial town of Granada on the northern shore of the gigantic lake Nicaragua would be our first taste of central america. A world apart from our previous resting point in Comayagua Granada is a colourful and welcoming town where even the cathedral is painted a warm

A friend and I decided to spend a couple of days in San Francisco and Napa Valley. The time before I flew to San Francisco in 1977 for a job interview so I didn't get to do much sight seeing. We landed in San Francisco the cool air felt good. We took a stretch limo to our hotel. We lucked out and stayed at a Hyatt hotel downtown. We left Austin in the middle of a hot Texas summer July 1995. I

Tuesday 27th April Banka Banka to Daley WatersLeft Banka Banka at 9am. Refuel at Elliott and looked for somewhere to repair the tyre. The tyre was too damaged with the inner tube having melted creating balls of rubber and the wall of the tyre bulging. So bought a new tyre. Stopped for the night at Daley Waters Inn. The pub was the original farmhouse is very well known for itrsquos lsquo

At the end of February we had our first mini holiday as a family. The three of us took a road trip in our new car to the West Coast and enjoyed a night at Lake Brunner. The scenery was spectacular on the way and we were blessed with sunshine too in good old kiwi style we had to stop to allow a cow train to cross the road the ladies were off for milking though a few stragglers were more inter

Listening toAsatoma by Kevin James... Feeling AliveREALIZATIONSGiving love... I recently have had a sore left neck and shoulder. It began last Thursday in the morning. I was lying on a yoga mat at my school. I had just done some breathing and 2 postures dolphin and peacock I was resting and all of a sudden I felt crazy amounts of pain. I couldn't get up for 30 minutes. It was insane. When

June 21 2009 June 27 2009This is the week that I moved out of the dorm and into an apartment with a girl from the Netherlands. It was a nice apartment except that the door to the apartment was tricky and hard to open. My roommate Inge said that on her first day there she was stuck outside for like an hour. Luckily when I showed up she was there to open the door for me. Anyway I though

We are so lucky we have had yet another fabulously sunny warm day. Everyone keeps telling us that it wonrsquot last but hey Wersquoll make hay while the sun shines Itrsquos not just that its warmer with the sun shining itrsquos also that everything looks so much prettier with bright blue skies blue seas and sunny hillsAnd what better place for us to enjoy the wonderful weather is

My prayers have been answered a much milder night even though we were parked right on the headland looking over two beautiful bays. I discovered that John had been taking no chances as hersquod used the spare blanket as well ... no wonder he keeps telling me itrsquos not cold It was a slightly grey start to the day with just a touch of rain in the air this prompted a discussion on our