Saturday May 22ndOnce again we got up early. This time we drove to pastor Karel's house where Ferdi dropped Talita off before joining AJ and pastor Karel for a menrsquos breakfast. Here a guestspeaker talked about NZ family law and how quickly the laws have gone down the drain. Prostitution and abortion is legal spanking is a crime and children are interrogated by other parents and teachers

The night Started off by arriving at the Venue to check out Ben Harper and the relentless 7. we arrived to pick up our ticket's were we were told that 3 of the 4 should have been mailed to us and we could only get the one. there was only 3 of us because someone bailed so I scalped that ticket to a guy who didnrsquot have one. At this stage I didnrsquot think there would be to much of an issue

Wow I moved a lot in the last few daysI left Bariloche with no real problems and with a lot of Spanish to review and review until it gets stuck in my head.The bus was pretty good on the way to Mendoza except for the protesters who set fire to a section of the road in protest over the government not getting the jobs my neighbour described it that way i don't know the 'real' details.The Mendoza

Hi FolksWel it's been a few weeks or months since i last posted up here. Basically i've been waiting for the good weather to break. That happened a couple of weeks ago and since then I've been out trying to wear down the old back tire ready to replace it for the new one.I've also built a new oil cooler guard for the bike. I used 1mm thick stainless steel hole drilled as material photo attache

I just thought I'd see if this old thing would still start up alright before I take her on the road again. If you are reading this because you got an email as a result of an old subscription to the blog now is your chance to say 'I hardly remember this guy I don't care where he's going next' and unsubscribe. If you are reading this blog for the first time welcome Here is where I keep my frien

One of the most popular destinations for Aucklanders going on holiday is the Coromandel Peninsular a large jut of moutainous land sticking up to the east of the Auckland region. Despite the fact that it's so close to Auckland Glynn and I have never made it over that way mainly because it is always so popular and we tend to shy away from crowded holiday destinations. With winter fast approachin

We lost our WiFi yesterday so I couldn't blog after our day trip so here are pictures from yesterday. What an amazing day. We are so glad we did this drive in the car and not in the RV. We took Rt 1 all the way from Pismo Beach up to Carmel Pebble Beach and Monterey Beach. Absolutely incredible drive Cliffs ocean and Big Sur need I say more. Enjoy the pictures.I will post more after

Just north of Moab we turned east on Hwy 128 another designated scenic road. It's a beautiful drive through red rock canyons cut by the force of the Colorado River. The road runs alongside the Colorado River for about 30 miles. Castle Valley was gorgeous its name an obvious choice the rock formations look like castles on top of mesas for miles. The closer we got to I70 the flatter and dri

When were back home again and looking back Today will be one of the days that will be one of the first that springs to mind. A perfect day.Having booked a hotel that was just 0.5km from the start of the run at the WACA to minimise travel stress in the morning . Philip manages to get lost on route this despite the fact the WACA has massive floodlights is next to the river and virtual impossible to

Just a quick blog to finish off on Bangkok before we head off to Hong Kong.You probably know by now that the Red Shirt protests ended in violence. The army moved in over 2 days declaring the centre of the city a ldquoLIVE FIRE ZONErdquo and shooting several armed and unarmed people. On Wednesday 19 May the protest leaders surrendered and most of the protesters left the protest site. A small

Another birthday has come around and I am now counting backwards.I have to say that I had a lovely day the weather was a little dodgy but that did not deter me.We went out to Joel and Chelle's to pick up the girls for a day out at Kelly Tarltons Underwater World.I was given a lovely surprise when we got to Joel's. Chelle and the girls had been up early baking. They had made the most beautiful lit

Sadly we left Eric's place in Arlington and decended southward to the home of the parents of Laura. We had a wonderful past 24 hours starting with our farewell party in DC. We sucessfully were able to finish the Ben and Jerry's Vermonster ice cream sundae. This is 20 scoops of deliciousness We then went to the Brickskeller in Dupont home of more than 3000 beers from all over the world. Tha

We woke up and decided that a free continental breakfast at the hotel was way better than paying to go somewhere. And as far as hotels go this was probably the best place I have ever been to for continental breakfast. It was actually really great. I had waffles with strawberries on top and hard boiled egg. Im not really sure of all the stuff Doug ate but I do remember that he gave me a bite of

Off by about 830 leaving Moab UT. We drove up UT 128 to I70 East. 128 follows the Colorado River about 23 of the way to I70. It is a beautiful canyon with lots of red sandstone high cliffs of monolithic sandstone some towers buttes and other assorted shapes. The road is really close to the river which was high and running dirty. Saw a couple busloads of people going to drop off poin

Doug and I had bought tickets to see Carbon Leaf one of our favorite bands for way back in Feb. We had driven all the way to Londonderry NH to see them at this really cool place called Tupelo Music Hall just to arrive and find the place had no power due to some rain and sleet that had been coming down. What a bummer Well Carbon Leaf rescheduled their show for May 21st So round 2 Up to Londond

I went down to Atlanta this weekend to visit Dad and trade cars. My road trip is at the end of this week my anxiety is starting to realize that too and Dad's car is more suitable for a road trip than my Fit. So I drove down Friday and we went to my favorite sushi place they have this special roll that no place here has and it's soooo good. We were supposed to go to six flags Saturday but Dad

Friday May 21One of the pleasures of road trips is the excitement of a find that you didnrsquot expect. Our traipse through AP US History has had us trying to recall so much that we had forgotten education is wasted on the young but many of the places and names certainly did ring some familiar bells. But our real find today was a new one Montpelier the home of James Madison outside Ch

Mr and Mrs G decided that as HB was ldquounwellrdquo that it would be better to go back to Tokyo a day earlier than planned. Mrs G told me later that HB had miricauasly gotten better as soon as they had decided to go back although HB didnrsquot know that. No she was never sick to begin with she had dry skin. Secretly I think that they were trying to get out of staying in a Buddhist tem

meer fotos van cooktown en cape tribulationKijk naar de Map hoe we ongeveer hebben gereden het was 3200 km

Las Vegas the town of flash and flesh and I don't mean just in the shows but on the street. Amazing Judy I took an evening and went down the Strip to see the casinos and experience the flavor of the center city. It was a cold blustery evening and was hard to stay warm as I thought it would be warmer than it was. We were in and out of several casinos and the glitz of course is everyw