We got up Wednesday to sunshine and decided to spend a day outside. Alex took me to an area of london that she use to love and went in search of her favorite hang out. We found it unchanged and just as aclectic as always. Troubadour. A dark entrance with an ornately carved wooden door. I would have walked right past it luckly Alex knew what we were looking for I of course loved the door

On my way to Lima I stopped by the Nazca lines. Sadly you have to hire an airplane to get a better view of the figures but you can still see the lines from a hill.Then I continued to Lima. As usual I almost died like 10 times on my way to Lima because of the craziness of the Peruvian drivers. Having said that the highway was nothing compared with the absolute traffic caos in Lima. They explain

DAY 29We got up this morning to the alarm at about 6am. We headed down for buffet breakfast shortly thereafter and it wasnrsquot half bad. After finishing brekky we headed out to take some photos of the monuments in the National Mall and surrounds. We stopped off at the Washington Monument White House Lafayette Park World War II Monument Franklin Roosevelt Memorial and the Jefferson Memor

Hello allJust when you thought you were havung a rest from me here I am again. It was time to leave my new friends Colleen and Peter so big hugs all round and hope to see them in the UK next year.I had a very good drive from Albany to Perth last Wednesday an easy 450 km ...and for the first 200 km I probably only saw 10 cars if that... and it is a good road with passing lanes at intervals which i

Boy are we pooped Yesterday Saturday we walked the Great Wall so cool The traffic around here does not sit well with my high strung personality. I squealed several times while Steve cracked up. As we were in the car line to go into the Great Wall cars were coming in our direction right in front of us no lines for the cars to follow and they don't stay on the left when they are comin

We went on a class trip to the CCTV Park on the outskirts of Weihai. Since I've been to most of the theme parks in Orlando this park seems well to put it nicely run down but the kids had a blast and that's what counts. So if you are going with the kids by all means spend the 30 yuan it costs to get in.I was however a little confused on the theme. They had fairy tale statues SouthwestAme

Another trip downtown to pick up another batch of altered bottoms...I bought another blanket because it's getting colder and let's face it we spent the last four years in Florida...enough said am I right We stopped in at a Korean restuant and they were kind enough to make some vegetarian kimbob and pan fried tofu with no MSG. Both were very good. I'd go back there anytime to get out of the c

Woke up super early and we went to Jungfraujoch The Top of Europe. So cold as you can imagine. Travelled there on a cog wheel train through the Alps. At the top we were higher than the clouds After the Jungfrau we went to Zurich for the night. Didnt like being in a big city again with a lot of traffic also our hotel was not the best. First one that we havent loved. Had a very early night

Lauterbrunnen was amazing It was so beautiful that it didnt look real. After arriving we just walked around the town and took in the beauty. Magical

For our second to last week of training the entire Blue Unit went up to a summer camp near the Redwood Forrests run by the Boys and Girls Club for team building and practice for projects. It was very much like the camp in New York where I work except the trees were ten times taller It was FREEZING I'm sure those of you reading this from the east coast don't have much sympathy for me out here

So on Tuesday we left Tongariro Nation Park on Trouble's bus all the drivers have Stray names had a loooong drive down to Wellington only stopping for food and loo stops. It was still mid afternoon by the time we checked into our hostel Base Wellington the worst we've stayed in so far but myself Debby decided to join Cora Sandra Justin in visiting the botanical gardens. After a slig

Friday 28th OctoberFriday morning involved a short drive down the East Coast from Kaikoura to Christchurch. Unfortunately it was a rather painful experience as Han had the most almighty hangover. Thursday night was spent at The Whaler pub in Kaikoura where we thought we'd try our luck in yet another quiz. After round 1 we had 100 percent correct but the topic for round 2 was horses so we

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Our first day in Arequipa we set about trying to book a tour of the Colca Canyon for the next day. We managed to find a cheap tour for 1 night that left the next day. Being tight as we are we opted for the budget accomodation option so were crossing our fingers it woiuld be ok. Tour booked we spent the day taking in Arequipa which we were pleasantly surprised by. Reading that it was Perus second

the capital of Paraguay is full of contrasts...

Valparaiso y Via del MarHolaHappy and healthy and Valparaiso continues to treat me well. Befriended a bunch of people in the hostel once i stopped going to sleep while it was still light. There was a Belgian couple a couple of French girls a German or two a Scottish guy a Swiss guy a slightly unhinged Northern English guy and a couple of younger English guys. Pretty solid mix i thought.

So Saturday we were all set to attempt the Tongariro Crossing reputedly the best 1 day tramp in New Zealand... We left Taupo at 6am arriving at National Park Village imaginitive name before 8 in order to sign in for the guided walk get kitted out. Seagull had told us walking shoes weren't good enough but our guides seem to disagree pronounced all our footwear suitable for the tramp. So aft