5 May 2010After a sleepless night on the overnight train from Ankara we arrived in Istanbul on the Asian side early morning and caught a ferry over to Europe. Istanbul from this viewpoint is absolutely gorgeous. We enjoyed the short and cold ferry ride over to the European continent. Nina our tour leader led us to the Constantine Hotel which is the main Intrepid hotel here in Istanbul. We were

Well I have changed to holding my breath as progress occurs at a whirlwind pace hoping for rain to germinate the seeds planted outcorn and pumkins.Yureeka we had rain last night not long but heavy and some sun back today so hopefully things will start to move in the veg . department.The other good thing that was a change was that we had no late frost so we have pleanty of plumscherriesand

Since my last blog I've done rather a lot so I won't even try to describe all of it. In short I've been to Halong Bay done some trekking in Sapa and come into Laos making my way to the former capital of Luang Prabang. Sapa was very good we were drinking on the last night with some local people who were great fun although one girl who was a bit drunk was playfighting with us which was fine

NOTE This was written two days ago but internet was having issues. In Kho Phi Phi nowHey everyone Well I am officially a certified Advanced Open WaterDiver. Last night we went on our night dive and awoke a sleepinggreen sea turtle... the thing was MASSIVE and absolutely beautiful.There were 5 of us plus our instructor forming a semicircle aroundits cave and we literally had to break t

ENGLISHSo with one of the most traditional ceremonies under our belts our first train ride and a dodgy taxi driver we left Delhi for the 2nd time by train. We were heading South to a little city called Agra. Now in Agra there is a tomb. A tomb so grand that it moves the hearts of even the most hardened of men. It's a structure built only of love. Of complete and utter dedication and passion from

Hello from Bryce Canyon. It was a mostly uneventful day of travel.Thursday evening we had a fun time at the Freemont Experience in the older lsquodowntownrsquo area of Vegas.Last weekend I got the RV washed and waxed at the RV Park. They came this morning and washed and waxed Taz before I hit the road. Jeff came over and helped me load the car on the trailer. So I left Vegas with two clean

I'm here finally after a nine day wait in England and then a fourty hour journey to get here I have made it. I flew into Bangkok and then organised a flight to Phnom Penh where I checked into a guesthouse called The Boddhi Tree. I had been to the caferestaurant part of it on my last trip to Cambodia and liked it so much that I thought I'd and stay there this time around. On the first night that

wat valt er te vertellen als je een week op een eiland bent geweest niet zo heel veel eigenlijk behalve dat we lees Anka nog bruiner zijn geworden.Dit was de tweede keer dat we een bezoek gebracht hadden aan Pulau Tioman en er niets veranderd sinds de eerste keer 2008 dat wij het eiland bezochten. volgens een Duitser naast ons is er niets veranderd sinds de laatste keer dat hij hier was in 1

Because it's just the greatest person in the world's birthday 46 glorious years ago today Terri was born at Doctor's Hospital in Shreveport. And I'm so blessed that she's in my life Today was a great day We went to see Clash of the Titans and were the only two in the theater. And can I tell you that was a damn good movie We definately will own it when it comes out on DVD. I thought it

DAY 54 MAY 7 2010We left Kelowna and the home of Carol and Keith Baker after two days of being totally spoilt. We travelled along highway 97 toward Golden British Columbia.We followed along the shores of Lake Okanagan Lake Kalamalka the lake of many colours and Shuswap Lake aull bloom and enjoyed the apple orchards in full bloom. The mountains were towering on all sides of us every mile of t

We just about killed ourselves hiking up to Diamond Head one day. We dawdled over breakfast at the BB where we were staying taking pictures of a family of birds whose babies were just starting to leave the nest. Our BB host Bob was so excited and we took a bunch of pictures of the birds which Steve later printed to give to Bob. The only downside of that decision was that we didnrsquot g

April 13th 24th How to spend a birthday being a kid again.When I returned to Ko Payam excited about my Dive trip I also wanted to take some days to let me feet heal. Diving is great but it not only gave me blisters on all my toes but it also ripped off any part that healed every time we went out. I was also glad about the dive trip because not only did I do my Open Water but I also did my Ad

I feel like today was another wasted day. My plan had been to wake up and eat write up my blog and find an internet cafe. Maria and Sara kept saying that the first buses out of the local bus station didn't leave until after 1pm. And then it dawned on me Maria and Victor had gone to work without any backup day care plan in place. So we were forced to wait for Maria to get home at 7pm before we co

See corresponding pictures at Well damn that went fast. I started writing this fourth NZ entry a month ago. I was taking the ferry to the North Island and I figured that I would knock out an entry that covered the rest of my South Island adventures. The next time I sat down to write I was on the ferry again going back to the South Island. My third crack was my final day in the country but I

mahlzeitirgendwie erzaehlen uns hier alle leute die wir treffen dass sie irgendwann mal irgendwelche probleme auf ihrer reise hatten. aber was sind diese dinger ueberhauptwir hatten bsher jedenfalss keine. ja BISHER eigentlich war uns klar dass sie ja irgendwann kommen mussten. aber mal ganz auf anfang...bei uns ist es seit wir im schoenen australien sind immer so dass egal wo wir hinkomme

April 9th 12th how not to diveKris wanted Lynn and I to finish our books on our 2nd day on the boat. I had around 200 pages left to finish. Early in the afternoon on dive day 2 and after 4 dives Lynn had apparently whizzed through the book. I didnrsquot understand how she read that much the night before I didnrsquot see her reading at all.I found out that Lynn and Kris were friends from back

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My next tour was riding on friendly horses with my friends on the beach near Manuel Antonio. We traveled a bit away from the Mirador del Pacifico the hotel we were staying at that night to a place in Parrita about 30 min. away. I would have never known about this town if it weren't for this tour. We stopped to get a bottle of wine for our inclusive dinner after the tour and then headed to this

I wish I had the ability to read to Chinese. That has to be my next goal in life. If I could read Chinese I could tell you a lot more about the Chinese National School of Administration. But now I am going to have to refer to hearsay. Our Prof. says that CNSA is THE school for top government officials in China. This is where Governors of provinces and top federal government guys get their educatio