May 2nd 2010 Only one month left Doune ScotlandI am now in Stirling Scotland another very old city with a deep past mainly which is of William Wallace. My hostel is even called the ldquoWilly Wallace Hostelrdquo. Though I am in Stirling I will not have the time to see the William Wallace sight because I decided yesterday was better spent in Edinburgh seeing stuff outside of the town. I do

May 2nd 2010 Only one month left Doune ScotlandI am now in Stirling Scotland another very old city with a deep past mainly which is of William Wallace. My hostel is even called the ldquoWilly Wallace Hostelrdquo. Though I am in Stirling I will not have the time to see the William Wallace sight because I decided yesterday was better spent in Edinburgh seeing stuff outside of the town. I do

Greetings Blog ReadersWell we have returned to our beloved Asia this time in Bali Indonesia. We decided to make the most of being close to Bali 3 hour flight and check it out for 3 weeks before our New Zealand adventure begins. So we left the blog last time after selling Harry to the two Israelis and finding a hostel to stay in around Perth. Now after living in Harry and at Janrsquos ho

4th May 2010PORT DOUGLAS dictated by Jasper to MumToday I was playing in the park and I went back to the bus because Mum and Dad said that it was time to go. While I was playing they got the tyre off the front of the bus and they put it on the place where the flat tyre was. After the tyre was fixed we went down to the sea.We tried to catch fish off the jetty except all we caught were seaweed fi

Our good friend Jama from England headed home this past week so we had a few different going away parties for him.The first came during hell week for me. I had three assessments due last week and I did nothing but that. So the first going away party at the Hogrsquos Breath Caf was quite noneventful for me.We all headed out Thursday night about 20 of us in the end I believe and ate and dr

I didn't know what to expect when I stayed in Taipei for 10 days. Now I 'm happy to say Taipei for me was one of my best night life place as a tourist. The city is always alive and bustling at night with food nightlife and shopping areas. For me getting around famous pub is a plus sign. If you ever go to Salsa bar be prepared to get twisted and turned upside down by the Salsa dancers. It was

Made it back to Salt Ponds on Sat. I left the marina after two nights. the weather was better but as always lots of wind. I dreaded going through the Cape Fear River because I knew I was going to have opposing wind and current which means rough water but I wanted to make it to Wrightsville Beach and get a day up when my brother got on the boat. I see why they call it Cape Fear. Very rough and chop

This was our 4th cruise port stop. We took a 7.5 hour tour for this stop since there was a lot of ground to cover beyond the dock. We put our feet and eyes on some of the oldest and most amazing ancient roman ruins. We had no idea Turkey was so rich with ancient roman history. Our first ancient site was Ephesus. At first glance it looks like a bunch of rubble. Well all the ancient ruins look li

Hello my poor neglected readers. Sorry itrsquos been 7 months since my last blog. Hmm kind of coincides with getting a fulltime job. Anyone heard of the Expo 2010 Maybe news of this multibillion dollar extravaganza hasnrsquot travelled much outside of China but itrsquos all you hear about in Shanghai. Haibao Expo mascot pops up all around the city the ldquoBetter City Better

Saturday May 1stWe drifted up from a deep and peaceful sleep to Zulu crowing and a sunny morning that quickly turned into a rainy one. An hour later it was sunny again so we dug out the chainsaw gave it a thorough cleaning and started it up. Memories flooded back as we heard that familiar sound and smelled the oil and the chainlube. Good memories mostly. Happy that it still runs beautifully we

Well it had to be done at some point. Today was a mamoth day of much driving thanks to my longsuffering friend.First we headed for Sunset Boulevard and from there turned on to Beverly Hills. For a Brit it's easy not to be impressed by Beverly Hills it's essentially a pretty green overgrown spot. Then you remember that the rest of LA is dusty yellowing scrubland and you realise that t

Well it certainly does not pay to be writing this log at midnight as mistakes are made. It is April and not March.Day 46 April 29thLast night we stayed in Brookings Oregon called the Carmel of Oregon. We left early early for Kirk 930 and drove to Samoa and had breakfast family style at the Samoa Cook House. A memory for Kirk as he had breakfast here 40 years with David and Hazel on a canoe

My first bday batch in Vegas and Los Angelesto be continued .........

So after the cliffhanger last ending I can reveal that my friend's incredibly talented housemate adjusted remade and sewed costumes for the Renaissance Pleasure Faire. Yes Faire. A frills and whistles recreation of Elizabethan England in LA. It was...something. Hillarious but also totally overwhelming. Overwhelming partly because of the huge numbers of people and when you're wearing an

Well here we are making a change in our itinerary. After some discussion we decided to drive south into lower Texas and explore Big Bend National Park. Judy had been there with Outward Bound almost 30 years ago. Wow time flies It was a very long trip as once you are in the park you must travel miles and miles. Itrsquos about 147 mi. just to the park then 47 or so miles to Rio Grande Vi

Hey folks I know I haven't kept up with my blog as much as I would have liked but it's too late now I'm leaving tomorrow at 5pm out of Fredericton and flying to Toronto on to Amsterdam and then lastly to Accra. I promise to try my hardest to keep you updated as much as possible if not I'll be keeping a journal to fill you in on my return. I love you all you have no idea what your support me

After leaving Ilha Grande we took a short bus ride to the town of Paraty a pretty little town with cobblestoned streets. Paraty is also the home of cachaca sugarcanederived spirit that makes Brazilrsquos famous caipirinhas. Caipirinhas are great the first taste of them is reminiscent of a tequila mixed cocktail which might put you off but if you stick with it yoursquore fairly drunk a

Diamond Princess Beijing to AnchorageAfter a fantastic time in Beijing it was time to begin the main part of our vacation. We arranged a private car through the same tour company that looked after us for the last 3 days. Not wanting to travel 3 hours in a Red Flag sedan the size of a Mitsubishi Galant we asked for a bigger vehicle. We both thought it would be an Audi A6 but as it turned

OLD COUPLES YATRA TO HOLY HILLS 3 By 130 pm we reached Nandyala from eastern side and we decided to have lunch in Nandyala. We proceeded to a vegetarian restaurant had lunch and then proceeded to Mahanandi which is about 20 km from Nandyal. We proceeded to the Karivenavari Satram where I stayed in my earlier visit and took two rooms for our stay. Just before entering Mahanand

03 05 2010Today was an in transit day. We essentially kicked our heels around Sydney whilst waiting for time to elapse to go to the airport and fly to Thailand.The Crowne Plaza nice hotel and very comfortable. A warm day in Sydney and took a few pictures of the Government building and the Queen Victoria building.The chauffeur turned up and took us to the airport and into the luxury of Emirates bus