As I siad yesterday during the night the rains came not a typical thunderstorm but more like British rain continual shower. It was raining when I awoke at 630 and looked like it had been for hours and the sky was dark grey everywhere you looked. I had obviously come to Corfu expecting some rain during my walk to have had none during 16 days late May early June would have been very lucky. I de

Our last day in Denmark was the best day ever in terms of weather. Bright blue skies and temps in low 70's. Drove north of Copenhagen about 10 miles to Rungsted a small town on the coast to the homemuseum of Karen Blixen. Her life in Africa is portrayed in the movie Out of Africa. This is the house she grew up in and returned to after her time in Africa. Interesting information on her lif

Audi Drivers day IngolstadtI want to start by saying that Kath has said that this is a pretty boring blog. I am hoping that she will write another blog to cover this for all of those that don't like talking cars. I apologise in advance. GregWell actually it was a 3 day driving event and it went from Ingolstadt in Germany through Austria to a hotel called Arosea Life Balance Hotel near St Wa

Still feeling angry after the performance of England last night. The big consensus over here apart from the feeling of total let down is that Joe Cole should start and Heskey goes home Rooney should channel his aggression onto the pitch and Super Frank should go back to basics and learn to pass a ball. The cobwebs were blown out of our system on the boat ride to Robben Island. Again we met so

Blogs are like buses you wait 2 weeks for one then 2 come along at once I'm blogging this now as Verlie is off to Singapore tommorow and I will be Sans Laptop for a few days so..............At the very start of this blog a few months back I wondered what tales the coming pages would hold the highs but also the inevitable lows that we would document. I was and still am fully committed to

We woke up this morning in Taos New Mexico to a chilly breeze coming through the windows and even though I slept like a baby Advil does that to me I still didn't feel good. My headache was pretty much gone but my head was stuffy and I was just feeling tired. Tim and I decided we were going back to bed and we would just get up whenever we felt like it. Well whenever we felt like it was about 1

Testing to see if something posts onto facebook. Blogs from Ecuador are coming soon

After fourteen years the stars and my vacation days have finally aligned and my journey back to the Philippines begins. No doubt much has changed and I am beyond excited to rediscover the land of my roots aka the pearl of the orient the sick man of Asia the land of Imelda Pacquaio and people power. My partner John and our dear friend Brenda are joining me on this adventure. It will a very i

'tis true. Hanoi is trying to kill me. We thought the traffic in Saigon was the worst we had seen but Hanoi wins top prize. What Hanoi has that Saigon doesn't is young males on motorbikes that race through alleys streets sidewalks and crowds. On our walk home last night we were really taking care of each other. I told Steven this morning I am not going down past the 2nd floorthat way they can'

HiIt is Omer and today I am going to tell you about a village called Mindo. Mindo is a cloud forest surrounded by many activities. It is two hours away from Quito the Capital of Ecuador. Our hostel was called Cabanas Armonia or in English ldquoHarmony Cabinsrdquo and it had also an orchid garden. There were 2 dogs one called Balu and the other Osito. When we got to Mindo it was already af

It was a good plan leave the house at noon make the 5 12 hour drive to Raleigh check in to the hotel find someplace nice for dinner ...Well we left home at 230pm we got carried away doing 'last minute' yard chores we should have done a few days ago. Immediately the GPS warned us of a 2hour delay on I95 south of DC. So we took the nonhighway route for the first 2 hours of the trip. O

A Funny and random thing happened while walking back from the shops as the sunset a local stopped us worried that Philip was cold in just a shirt and to ask if he seen anything as remarkable or beautiful as the white cockatoos sat in arow on the telegraph line chirping away as the sun set behind them. A random yet engrossing imagine. The man thanks us gave us an orange as he could tell we had a b

Itrsquos supposed to be summer and yet our temps here are between 37 and 50's depending on the elevation. Crater Lake is a deep blue in color and is the deepest lake in the nation at 1943rsquo. That makes it the 7th deepest in the world according to my information. The lake was not seen by white men till 1853 when gold prospectors stumbled upon it. It was dubbed ldquoDeep Blue Lakerdquo

This morning is a bit of an orientation day as we get ourselves a bit organised. The first plan is to go for a walk and get an Octopus card each for our travels around Hong Kong.We went for a walk down to the Star Ferry terminal and along the waterfront of Victoria Harbour where we found a Starbucks and had a cup of coffee. I thought we may be able to get the card at the ferry but couldnrsquot f

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The tour of Monument Valley a seventeen mile loop over ungraded gravel roads took about 2 hours. The monuments are great too look at and if you have ever watched a western The Eiger Sanction Back to the Future 3 or even Forrest Gump you have seen a part of Monument Valley. We did take a short round trip back to Four Corners 200 miles as we were told that it was open Friday through Sunday.

We've made it to Amarillo. Having some computer problems... but other than that we're almost out of Texas. We're getting ready to eat. I'll post more soon

We were on top of the world today. Or to be more accurate we drove along the Top of the World Highway.We've just spent a couple of days in Alaska due to a last minute change of plan. Originally we had planned to journey in a giant U shape through the Yukon from Whitehorse up the left arm of the U via the Alaska Highway to Beaver Creek then back to Whitehorse to do the right arm of the

Hello everybody. Sorry it's been a few days. We had to move hotels and the Internet jack in my room doesn't work so I'm piggybacking off Girouard at this point. For the field trip this week we went to Quanzhou the city once called Zaytun where the word satin comes from and a major stop on the silk road. We took a bus built for much shorter Chinese people again so all the staff's knees wer

Today was simply put a much needed blissful day..I cant describe the serinity that I felt today wandering by myself. Before I get into that thoughts have been running through and through. Ive found some of the views that I have long lost. I remember who I was and what drove me aside from my chaotic ways and FTW mentality. I want to come back to this country again. But the next time I come back I