We got in around noon found the beach house with reasonable efficiency it39s lt 500 yards from the one where we stayed in 2006 walked a distance that Google claims is half a mile but it felt a lot farther to a fabulous local cafe serving traditional Hawaiian food with ingredients fresh from the proprietors39 back yard ate way too much kalua pork shuffled back to the beach house head

M Next stop Chobe National Park Chobe is known for its elephants. Indeed there are estimated to be 120000 elephants in Chobe. If you have read Kates blog on Etosha then you know that this isnt exactly a selling point in Chobes favour for her Hence we decided to take our friends advice and rather than undertake a land safari base ourselves on the river at Kasane enjoy the par

Now this is somethinWe embark on Ruta Puuc heading eastish out of Tikul along twolane highways. Its not hard to navigate around this area if what youre seeking is along a highway. There just arent that many roads. Plus theres a surplus of signs reminding drivers not to speed or litter and of course the lineup of upcoming towns. Im driving this time and I quickly relax into it

After a long long flight I had finally reach my destination In the Airport to Welcome me was Greg Illingworth President of SKAL Club of Hobart and General Manager of Hotel Collins. David Reed Chairman of Youth Exchange Program and Sue Goldstone my hostfamily and commitee member.After I got my big big suitcase weighed 31 kilo I39m a girl and have a lot of stuff we went to David Reed

I39m not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I39ve always been a freak. So I39ve been a freak all my life and I have to live with that you know. I39m one of those people. John Lennon Message you shouldn39t change for anyone but only yourself because you39re you and no one else.Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.C.S

The Hanakapi39ai Trail and Kalalau Trail originate at the end of the road on Kaua39i39s north shore. There is a parking area to park your car but don39t leave your car with valuables in it. Most people leave a window slightly opened to show the thief that nothing is left behind.The Hanakapi39ai Valley is 32 kilometers in on the Kalalau Trail parting at the Hanakapi39ai Beach. T

Deze morgend ben ik een beetje langer blijven liggen dan eigenlijk de bedoeling was Toen ik wakker werd om 10u trof ik het zakje zoute Lays chips aan dat ik gisteren half had opgegeten. Daar had ik wel zin in dus stak ik een van die lekkere goudgebakken wonderen in mijn mond. Ik keek in het zakje hoeveel ik nog over had en trof een hele bende mieren aan op mijn chips BWEEKES ik spuwde mijn e

Toen in s morgends aankwam aan de busterminal vond ik vlotjes de bus die me naar Ban Tha Klang zou brengen. Het was een soort Brijbewijs vrachtwagentje met een open achterkant en twee zijdelingse banken. De chauffeur was nergens te bekennen dus wachtte ik op het perron. Toen iedereen begon in te stappen was die chauffeur er nog steeds niet maar ik besloot er alvast mee in te kruipen zodat ik t

A 19 year old London black cab, 3 friends, the British Red Cross and the Guinness Book of World Records -what do they all have in common? Normally nothing. But, in this instance – everything. Three friends decided to drive a London black cab from – you guessed it, London to Sydney, Australia – raising money for the British Red Cross and breaking the Guinness Word Record for the longest taxi ride. They broke the record and haven’t even reached Sydney yet.

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