Seattle, Washington has it’s pluses – they just weren’t enough for Angie and Allen. In 2009, these two, like others before them, quit the day job routine to hit the road. From South America to Asia, they have been logging miles and blogging entries.( Plus, it seems they like Sumo Wrestling.)

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HiSorry its been a while Ive been super busy. So I left Porto to go to Sevilla and at the hostel I met an awesome newlywed couple from Australia. We went out together every night to tapas bars and to see a mediocre flamenco show. The layout of the city was pretty cool small windy streets and beautiful houses with flowers all over the balconies but what surprised me were all of the very posh

We're halfway done with the class today Its gone by soo fast. Just 2 more weeks and we'll all be certified to teach Got my resume finished and started applying for jobs online yesterday. Also I talked to Angeliki about being pretty open to teaching anywhere in Europe as long as its a safe place and somewhat of a smaller town. She said she'd send out my resume to a few places she has in mind.

Dick Evesonrsquos Alaska Tour Talkeetna and Denali National ParkThe two weeks are drawing close to the end. We have one more ldquobiggierdquo event arranged for Dick a tour of Alaskarsquos jewels Denali National Park. Denali the mountain is sometimes called Mt. McKinley. The highest peak in the North American continent it is located about the middle of the State of Alaska in the Ala

So we have spent the last week exploring the beaches at Ao Nang. Krabi and Ko Phi Phi. The first day we had in Krabi we did the four island trip which pretty much does what it says on the tin. There were 7 of us english people on the trip and quite a few little monkeys. We liked it so much Chris and I are going back to do it again A couple of days later we kayaked around Krabi. This started rea

Today our leaving day.It seems impossible that our trip is done and we are now packing to go home. At this point we're quite efficient in our morning packing for day trips but somehow planning for the trip home seems inefficient to our travels There is so much world to explore it would be a wonderful life to wander and discover Alas it is time to go home and share all our stories and experi

Semana passada um amigo chegou em casa com um pedacinho de papel na mo. Era promoo de um curso de dana latinoamericana muito Carlinhos de Jesus comum por aqui. Salsa Rumba Merengue e Cha cha cha tudo patrocinado por um casal posado no folheto numa daquelas fotos de coxo levantado embaixo da sainha de franja. Logo me perguntou se eram brasileiros mas ja tinha visto de longe tambm pe

There is a buzz around China at the moment. No not that misfiring scooter thatrsquos just gone past but a more permanent buzz Shanghairsquos World Expo.The World Expo is showcase for the World. Each country has a pavillion the size of which being dictated by the size of itrsquos political ego showing titbits that aim to represent and flaunt each countryrsquos virtues. Itrsquos on

The drive into Colorado Springs was plagued by lots and lots of road construction an occurrence we have encountered throughout the country. Funded primarily from federal stimulus money the road construction has clearly put many people back to work. Bummer that it's in the middle of the longest road trip of our lives thus far anyways. The two lane highways are merged into one lane where t

Hello all. The entry for Rich's birthday should have been July 29th not August 13th So sorry

Kunming is located approximately in the middle of Yunnan province. It's a metropolis centered among the many popular tourist sites in the region so I guess it is belatedly that I managed to venture out to see more of Yunnan. I finally got around to it when my mom was visiting among the many options we decided to go northwest. The first leg of our trip was a 45minute flight to Lijiang.First

ldquoThis is beyond a jokerdquo I said sweat dripping down my face my tshirt already sodden. Since getting off the airport bus at the central station Angela and I had dragged our suitcases through the neonlit city centre of downtown Taipei wondering how the hell we would ever find the hotel. Twenty minutes later after lugging the unluggable luggage up and down an underpass I was ready

It's two weeks before take off and there's much to be done beforehand I've had the whole light packing thing in the back of mind for a while so items are gradually being removed from the suitcase. I was quite satisfied with how much I decided not to bring. I kept thinking of how to make the most of each piece of clothing. One goal for this trip to make up for all the pictures that were not e

I was debating what to put for this inaugural test travel blog seeing as I donrsquot leave for another three weeks. So instead of a rambling philosophical post about why wersquore traveling how it expands the mind yadda yadda yadda I thought Irsquod start with a look back at the travels Irsquove had in the past and compile a short list of memorable characters Irsquove met alo

Sorry for the lack of blogs but now i'll try to make up for it. We have been skiing for the first three days since my last entry and we haven't had lots to blog about. I'll breifly sum up those 3 days.On the first day we went to Cardrona which is one of the ski fields near queenstown. To be honest it was a bit of a disappointment because it is only good for snowboarders.For the next two days we

We went to visit the Frick Collection. Henry Frick was a very wealthy industrialist who built a beautiful home on Fifth Avenue in 1913 1914. He only lived until 1919 but over his life he gathered an amazing art furniture collection. I canrsquot recommend enough visiting this house when you are next in NYC. httpwww.frick.orgcollectionindex.htmWe had lunch in a diner nearby It was actua

The Socialist deputy Teresa Rosique replied to the statements of popular deputy Martin Quinonera in infrastructure that the PP has to explain who refused to add the applications to the Ministry on the infrastructure for the regional government . This shows that the PSOE if this issue is concerned while the PP is only interested in the measure that serves to make opposition to the Government

It's Rich's birthday Janet called and played him the Beatle's music about Will you need me will you still feed me When I'm 64 Rich set out for the VA Medical Center here to get some prescriptions refilled. He said it might take all day. Tim and Mary and Madeline had invited us out to Wasilla for dinner so we surprised them and took them up on the offer While rich was at the VA and the lau

Caras Alegres means happy faces in Spanish and it is the name of the after school program that I have been working with this week. I am so thankful that I was able to get plugged in so quickly. It is located in a section of Xela called Las Rosas near a very poor barrio. There is a free school for these kids called Edelac on the premises that is sponsored by a nonprofit hiking company in Xela. H

Hey is anybody reading these blogs Where are your comments anywayAs we headed back to Anchorage from Seward we enjoyed one breathtaking vista after another for hours. There were steep kelly green mountains with snowfields near the tops and in the shady clefts. The sun came out for about five minutes at noon then there were clouds again. We set up at Aunt Jean's again threw in some laundry a