I thought that Holland was a pretty place but Belgium was just gorgeousSome says because Belgium was not that important city during world wars so somehow the ancient arquitecture is still well conserved.Building shapes old cathedrals and lovely chapels antique shops little bridges beeeeeeer smells old streets people around chocolates very touristic of course but is so charming...I dont

Kalaupapa overlook provides a scenic view of the Kalaupapa peninsula some 1600 feet below. Interpretive plaques explain the history of the leprosy settlement below the town of Kalaupapa can be seen from the overlook. The peninsula is a lava slab that is surrounded on three sides by the sea and backed by the worldrsquos tallest sea cliffs which separate this peninsula from the rest of the isl

The Hawaiian music that we were looking for on the other islands is plentiful here and free The Kapuna elders get together and play their ukeleles and guitars and sing both traditional Hawaiian songs and oldtime songs from the 40rsquos and 50rsquos at the Molokai Hotel every Friday from 4 6 pm. You can get beer on tap for 3 and there are some inexpensive appetizers that can be shar

The search for a nice beach on Molokai was a frustration. Higher winds and rough seas make all the islands a little more dangerous in the winter time and you have to pick your places carefully. Since the south shore is the most protected and would be the safest for swimming we drove all along the south side of the island and stopped at every place that any map made any suggestion of a beach b

Somewhere in the Netherlands was located Elfebein...other of the huubs surprises.Never ever in life I thought to visit such a entertainment park many european legends miths and fairytales even some other exotic stories from Middle East and Asia. It was a delicious surprise I was so happy to come back to my not long ago childhood and go deep into my memories. Witches dwarfs dragons heros

Ok really this is the last day of the Adventure. And the earliest wersquove gotten up since the trip began. We actually set alarms. Not only do we have a deadline for getting the boat in but more important if we miss the low tide mark we canrsquot pass under the bridge to get to our port and would have to wait until after dark. Wersquore efficient but therersquos still a few hours of sai

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Morning rolls in and before breakfast bathing suits flippers snorkels and the grey dinghy bring all of us to shore. Sun glows up the thin strip of white sand hemmed by brown seaweed washed up by the tide. A few of us go up to the remnant old highway an engineering feat that broke the financial back of the railroad guru who financed it when a hurricane or some Florida catastrophe struck it ju

DAY 4 Friday 16th April 2010 EDMONTON JASPER by Darryl We were up late last night packing and finishing arrangements finally hitting the hay around 130 and had to rise at 515 to be ready for the taxi so only had 3.5 hours leepIt was a beautiful clear day but quite cold still quite refreshing though as I couldnrsquot seem to get the temperature down in the hotel roomGot chatting

I saw the scars of the mountain. It shattering my heart. Shalatuo supposed to be a remote village no tourist would go there without any particular reason and was my ideal place for undisturbed terrace scene in Yuanyang it created a triangle with Honghe and Luchun county I did couple of walks back few years ago between different counties it provided lovely long walk in tiny trails tourists

Hello to all our friendsAfter our 8 months in Canada in the wonderful places Sudbury and Hamilton we started our Tour down South. Our first stop was Ardmore Oklahoma. There we stayed with Bastis former host family and we enjoyed all kinds of activities that real rednecks only do Fishing golfing fast food getting stuck in the mud driving around in a big GMC Envoy and having some nice BB

Later on for the May day hols I went to the city of Guangzhou also known as Canton. We also went swimming bowling and did lots of other little bits.

Siem Reap town has changed a lot during last 10 years. Now there is a lot of classy hotels around the town. And airport brings new tourists to site every day. The town it self is full of bars and restaurants. Luckily there still are many guesthouses in town so itrsquos easy to find place to stay whether you like to stay in fancy hotel or in cheap guest house.I used two days to explore main Angk

Photos from my birthday party and other bits around this time AprilMay 2010 in China

This morning we were introduced to the tea ceremony in a more formal setting than we experienced at the tea factory. Before were situated in a large white room just to watch the tea service and see how brewing was done. Today though we sat down in a lovely tea house surrounding the young woman serving the tea and watched closely as she poured each individual cup from her tiny tea service. T

So I ended up not going out with my contact from Couchsurfing in Oaxaca Mexico because I didn't feel good still had diarrhea but now am super I have returned to eating street food....hahaha I never learn. However I had my picture taken by a photographer while I was strolling the streets of Oaxaca I met this photographer guy from the States who wanted to take pictures of me and use it for

Okay so I brought the camera to document my stitches being taken out buuut I forgot the cable to connect my camera so the photos will have to wait.Thats about it. Went to see Iron Man 2 again with a bud since he hadnt seen it. I will get a pedicure tomorrow before I head home. Have a meeting Friday that I am still trying to decide if I need to go or not. We shall see. It would be in O

The first half of today we toured the Sichuan Culinary Museum a little museum with a lot of history.Beginning around 3500 years ago the Chinese have had a pretty rich culinary background that the government has recently tried to document with work in archaeological digs and museum foundry and the museum in Sichuan had done a wonderful job of displaying thousands of years of culinary history i

DAY 2 Wednesday 14th April 2010 EDMONTON by DarrylWell we all slept heavily and I woke about 7am down to breakfast around 9amsh and we feasted on all the free food to fill up for the day bagels English muffins and Grape jelly was a hit. We intended on visiting West Ed Mall today but after trying to arrange a bus and finding we needed exact change still finding the coins pretty odd no

Happy Cinco de Mayo We woke up this morning in Republic to SNOW. It lasted a good couple of hours and it got to the point where there was no grass showing before it slowed down but it did and turned to rain. It was definitley cold but we headed up to the property around 1130 hoping to get some planning done. We got word yesterday that a gravity fed drainfield has been approved So we con