So the plan for 2010 is as follows for those following our progressFerry 256 Hull to Rotterdam26Jun 286 Cologne29Jun 17 Tergensee02Jul 47 Brienz05Jul117 Locarno12Jul 157 Alsace

We in our 8th week of training and are all physically emotionally and mentally exhausted and we are coming close to the end of our training. What a week this has been especially it being the week after our Field Based Training. Monday we had the amazing opportunity to visit a Mayan Museum and coffee tour. It was absolutely beautiful we saw each step of how the coffee is grown cultivated prepa

So my dad is always telling me that I must never write about partying on my travel blog because I know that my family reads it. Well here we go I'm going to write most of an entry about how hard I partied on my very first day in Panama Allie and I flew out Friday night. Our first flight out of SF was delayed but it didn't put us behind for the other flights so the trip was fairly uneventful

Finally all caught up to the date of the blog posting...I think my clock may be finally getting back to normal. Today as I normally would after a nightday of ldquopartyingrdquo I woke up at 830 am. I quickly got ready and jumped in the first car that would head out to our adventure for today. Today we decided to go to a ldquorestaurantrdquo located on the beach called Die Strandloper. T

Today had to be the best day so far at the World Cup. I have to admit after a couple days in the house here in Camps Bay I was worried that we wouldnrsquot be doing as much sightseeing and exciting stuff but rather just chilling in the house watching the games and going to the games that we had tickets for. But after today I am definitely super excited and canrsquot believe that I get to

What a lovely spot to pitch our motorhome right on the front of the campsite almost in the sea. Gorgeous sheltered bay with a few small boats and a view across to the frigate. Shame about the rain.Drove here back onto the mainland of Denmark from Fyn Island. Avoided motorways and got to the campsite in about 3 hours. We drove through Denmarkrsquos 2nd largest city but didnrsquot stop as loo

Well we made it safely to Kansas City Missouri. I am ashamed to admit I thought we were going to Kansas City Kansas If you look at a map of the area you can drive around the Missouri river and be in Kansas one minute and Missouri the next. Kansas City Kansas is actually a smaller city than Kansas City Missouri and it is actually a suburb of Kansas City in Missouri or Missoura if you were b

Tuesday June 15 2010 Nsona MpanguAs the station where I spent my first four years in the Congo and where my parents worked for seven years Nsona Mpangu was probably for me the most anticipated stop on our trip. Of course for my sister Patricia it was seeing where she was born in Sona Bata. We were welcomed by former students warmly. As background Nsona Mpangu has become an isolated outpost

And so our state hopping continues Heading further inland from South Carolina we soon found ourselves in North Carolina. The visitor centre gave us some useful information about where to go on our way to Asheville and like fools we listened to every word they saidOur destination was Asheville because we had arranged to Couch Surf there for a couple of nights. We had plenty of time to spare so

Monday June 14 2010 KimpeseWhile my travel companions did adult things like attend meetings I decided to hike to the Vampa Falls at the base of a great rock outcropping near Kimpese called Bangu. It looks like a miniature Kili. Most of the water that feeds Kimpese comes from this location. Two guides from the Bible Institute accompanied me to show me the way. My most vivid experience was wa

We arrived in Sucre 2800m asl late afternoon with the sun shining yippeeWe checked into our nice hotel in the centre of town after our seven hour bus journey.We went out for dinner in a place where you could watch movies so we saw a film about the working conditions of the Potosi silver mine we had visited called Devil Miner.Next day we took the opportunity to get our laundry done and chill i

La mto maritime met depuis hier soir un avertissement aux petites embarcations pour aujourd'hui avec des vents de 25 35 noeuds pour le secteur que nous sommes supposer traverser aujourd'hui. Nous avons donc dcid de ne pas essayer de passer le lac SaintPierre et notre destination est donc Sorel un petit 37 milles nautiques environ 69 km que nous allons essayer de faire ce matin pour

Aujourd'hui c'est la journe des cluses... D'abord SteAnne de Bellevue qui depuis l'an dernier n'ouvre qu' 9h00. Pas grave... nous avons le temps de prendre notre caf plus tranquillement. Premier clusage vers 9h20...Nous effectuons ensuite la traverse du lac SaintLouis au moteur parce qu'il y a trs peu de vent et que le trajet ne s'y prte pas. Nous entrons dans le chenal de la rive sud

Finalement nous partons aujourd'hui jeudi le 17 plutt que demain. Patrick avait pris cong aujourd'hui et nous sommes arrivs au bateau vers 14h00. Comme j'avais dj paquet le bateau mardi il ne reste quelques trucs faire soit ranger la bouffe dans la glacire rcuprer le pneumatique de Patrick et prendre de l'eau pour le rservoir.Vers 17h00 nous partons avec le faible espoir d'arri

Day 7 SaturdayEstoy Enfermahellipmeaning I am sick. Guess I get a little too worried about Mattrsquos hydration levels that I sort of forgot about myself. I woke up this morning around 530am with the worst headache Irsquove ever had and the most dehydrated Irsquove ever been. I downed some aspirin drank an entire bottle of water and went back to sleep. But to no availhellip.My hea