Went out last night again. Visited the hotel bar for on principle as well as the free club next to the hotel which was free since its our last real night here. Unlike our previous night out 2 days ago we had by now formed an understanding of our enviroment. Maybe it was just that we were there on a tuesday night ... but ... well there were maybe 100 people at this club and i assure you altho
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Central America on a shoestring
Thursday May 27th 2010This is the beginning of a new adventure Central America. I got the idea with Hubert a few months back when we decided to go somewhere different than United States where we spend the most of our time. I recall Hubert saying something like we could go to Guatemala and the whole idea grew from there.Our plan is actually quite sophisticated we are flying to Cancun Mexico
Chengdu
Hej alle sammen Nu har jeg vret i Chengduomrdet i seks dage. Vi har haft guide p alle dage lige fra den dag vi kom og vi har set en mase ting. Den frste dag var vi ude et sted hvor man opdrtter pandaer og man forsker ogs i pandaer. Det er nok den strste koncentration af pandaer i verden. Der var bde sm og store og rde pandaer.Men de sm pandaer var klart de sdeste fordi de legede med
Exploring la ciudad
Hola amigosToday I met with a local Bolivian student named Vanessa to take a tour of La Paz from a local's point of view. It was such a great experience. Vanessa got me oriented to the area and also instructed me on how to get around using public transportation large buses and mini buses which take 5 times longer but are 5 times less expensive then taxis. She brought me to the calvary calle
Day 17 New York State
Hi AllWell we have been so tired so please excuse the lateness of the blogs. We went to Palmyra NY. We began at Hill Cumorah we climbed up to the top not knowing that you could drive up to see it. The best part was walking down hill through the forest very beautiful. We then went to the Sacred Grove and the Smith Farm it was a very quiet and peaceful place to be. We drove into down town Palm
Den Tredie uge
Den tredje ugeNormer skik og brug i Kina er noget anderledes end i Danmark. Regler ser ikke ud til at bekymre kinesere ret meget. Vi har en teori om de forbudsskilte der bde er p kinesisk og et sprog som vi kan forst at p den kinesiske del str skrevet rdquoSymbolet herunder glder kun for de som ikke kan kinesiskrdquo. I flyet fra Lijiang til Chengdu begyndte kineserne at rejse sig og
Day 7 Milwaukee to Indiana Somewhere
Today was less eventful then the others. I got my oil changed at Firestone in downtown Milwaukee while Jerome was at his audition. I ate lunch and then went to Veteran's Park downtown. Jerome did not do as well as he had anticipated on his audition so we went ahead and left for our next part of the journey. We headed back south and stopped at the Mars Cheese Castle by the side of the highway
TOM PRICE TO BROOME
TOM PRICE TO BROOMEWednesday 2nd June we had 420km to go today so we left early. Some of the scenery of the Mungaroo Range were just as good as the Hamersley Range on the way up. After lunch we got held up for about half an hour with a very large 9 mtrs high and 15 mtrs wide mining rig section being delivered by road to one of the mines. There were 4 trucks in total in the convoy.We
Luang Nam Tha
I left LPB on Saturday morning bound for the remotish town of Luang Nam Tha. This is a popular first night stop for those travellers who have crossed the border from China. I found a gorgeous guest house to stay in clean free drinking water and internet all for about 4 per night. Luang Nam Tha is well known for its spectacular natural environment and there are loads of trekking opps. I found a
The highs and lows of Cambodia
Daniel and I traveled through Cambodia for three weeks and during this whole time I was continuously being surprised by this country. Coming in I thought it'd be similar to Laos one of the poorer coutnries. But actually Cmabodia is more similar to Thailand than I would have imagined. In the cities there's giant buildings some of wich are quite fancy. It's not unusual to see fancy SUV's cru
CORAL BAY TO TOM PRICE
CORAL BAY TO TOM PRICEWednesday 26th May Pam and I drove around to the boat launching ramp and pier to the south of Coral Bay and walked around the coast on the rock pools and sand flats where we saw many small clams and sea slugs exposed by the low tide. After a relaxing afternoon we again de camped ready for the trip tomorrow.Thursday 27th May nothing much to see along the way except for
Byron Bay Brisbane Noosa
Leaving Byron Bay was quite hard but as I thought I have had much fun since then.I went straight from Byron Bay to Brisbane and after spending a week on the beach I wasn't quite ready for the city I walked down to Southbank which immediately changed my outlook of Brisbane. Its a really nice park area on the side of the river. They have a pretty lagoon there which you can swim in and a beachet
Friday June 4
We went to visit the famous Banff Springs Hotel. We were greeted at the door with a man dressed in a kilt who promptly informed us that we could only visit the bottom 2 floors since we were not staying there. He was nice but we noticed a ldquorichrdquo atmosphere here. The stores where we were allowed go were all top scale and price. On that note Dan found a zoom lens for my camera that w
So what have i been up to…….
Well since my soujourn back to the land of Oz to mark my emergence from my twenties into my thirties i have embarked on a series of activites filled of course with endless fun and frivolity So there was a matter of finishing my soccer season here in Charleston which ended in LC Utd savouring the spoils of victory with a scrappy but satisfying 10 victory in the Grand Final. Although some suppor
Thursday June 3
Got to sleep in a little bit this morning. We are still trying to adjust to the two hour time difference and the sunset being so late but felt rested. After breakfast we headed back down to the town of Banff to finish some souvenir shopping. This is a very quaint little town and surrounded by beautiful mountains. Dan bought a down coat for a good price. As he said he will probably only wear
Outres Beach
The past two days have been quite the adventure We found a beautfiul beachOutres Beach45 minutes from SKV on dirt roadsand worth the drive. Pristine white sand beaches warm water with waves high enough for me to practice my body surfing and pretty deserted. We went to Cantina del Mar because they specialize in fish tacos and I have been craving Mexican food. We had fish tacos then a round o
Last Days in Split and Plitvice Lakes
We arrived in Split and went to our new hostel on the other side of Diocletianrsquos Palace. We had decided to stay in a new hostel to get a change of scenery but decided to meet up with people from the other hostel later. We had a delicious and cheap 3 course fish dinner at a local restaurant and met up with the guys from the other hostel just as they were heading off to a pool hall. Luckil
The ball is now rolling….
In the final stages of getting ready for another trip to Herredia. We have the tickets. We have the reservations. Dona Cecilia is waiting. Friday is the day. I need a vacation...badly...very badly.
June 7 wacky dates
Sorry foks just noticed that my camera went off the deep end and started using dates in 2008 So I've turned that function off. Didn't want you to think I was in a time machine.
Less than 30 days
Hello everyoneSo we thought we should revive the ol' blog for our next adventure. Kwesi and I are off to Ecuador on July 5thIt seems a bit surreal still that we are going to get on a plane soon. The bags aren't packed. I don't even have any pants to wear... My plan to wear shorts well not going to happen... Time is going to creep up on us and then 6 weeks of bliss No work. No cell pho