Tha erum vid komin til Brasiliu Belem nanar tiltetekid. Ad baki er batsferd i litlum bat yfir landamaeri Fronsku Gvaejana og Brasiliu 10 tima rutuferd i drullu grjoti og verulega mishaedottu landslagi tveggja daga pasa i Macapa og nu sidast 28 klukkustunda batsferd i hengirumi em vid skulum byrja a byrjuninni...Sidustu dogunum i Fronsku Gvaejana var eytt i afsloppun kokteildrykkja og strandf

So... were back in Tokyo Yesterday was our last day in Kyoto. We spent it visiting the Northwest of the city. Our first aim was to get by bus to the socalled Golden Pavillion. Like other temples it used to be a residence and later it became a temple. It was very impressive but packed with people. It was difficult to take pictures without someones head or arm in the background. We

Ascona 24.09.2011.Heute Morgen versteckt sich die Sonne leider hinter Hochnebelschwaden und zeigt sich nur hie und da. Doch die Temperaturen sind angenehm so um die 18C. Wir unternehmen einen Spaziergang nach Ascona. Der Weg fhrt ab dem Campingplatz an der Maggia entlang. Hier wurde vor einigen Jahren der Planetenweg angelegt. Er beginnt mit der Sonne welche einst als eine gelbe Kugel von ei

On Saturday afternoon we arrived in our final destination Vienna by train from Hallstatt. Our apartment is only three metro stops from the city centre or approx. 15mins stroll and we certainly saved the best accommodation til last this place is really nice. After we arrived we went for a walk into the city to look around and came straight across the famous Stephansdom. We returned to the hot

In my World History class this week we have learned about India and their caste system. Our homework was to read this article and answer the following questions. Indias Untouchables Face Violence Discrimination.1. As mentioned earlier this article is related to we are learning in class by it taking place in India and having to do with their caste system fpthat is based of their reli

M Because once they have staked out their place by the pool no one else is getting look in The following short series of photos is of a family of lions mother father and two younger daughters enjoying a lazy afternoon by the pool manmade watering hole before dad decides to take a stroll. In typical lion style he totally ignores the tourists cars and walks straight between the them. As us

My Dear FriendsUpon my arrival in China I decided that I would try my very hardest to take in everything Chinese during every moment of the dayeven when I am alone at home. For a while this worked out. I only watched Chinese TV and tried my best to go out and explore by my self on my days off. Eventually though I couldn39t take it any more. I couldn39t understand anything that was being

When the IRB announced in 2005 that New Zealand would be hosting the 2011 Rugby World Cup I vowed I would go. Since my high school exchange here I have made the pilgrimage to my second home twice before. My fourth visit to New Zealand is technically my fourth and fifth visits since I39m punctuating my time here with a trip to Australia.My Rugby World Cup experience began on September 11 wh

Just over 1 month in and Im over the culture shock which was surprisingly worse than I imagined it would be. I think 3 months back in England and I had reverted back into the comfort zone as well as missing my life and friends in South America. Te extrano chicos But pastures new...Ive started work and am discovering what it is like to teach classes of shy reserved Vietnamese adults

Sorry folks. For some reason my last blog dropped off a few sentences at the end so I39ve added this bit so that it makes sense.I think the end of the blog 39Three Days to Go39 said something about how I had added some family and friends email addresses to a list that should get an automatic email notification whenever we post of new blog. To test how this works could you please send us

No I am not coming home yet but a slice of home came here this past weekend for the Rugby World Cup. Thats right the United States Eagles our very own Rugby team which I did not know we had until this trip came to Wellington to take on the Australians. Of course being Americans in New Zealand we had to support our country no matter how bad our team is if your unfamiliar with rugby we are awful

Ok living in a city of 18 million people not far from China you would think there would be a big vibrant China town. I had heard two versions one it was great but from a guy on the course who lives here I was told not to bother. Ignoring him I head off there Friday evening and let me tell you it was a great disappointment. Now before I go to far it may be my fault maybe I missed the nice par

Camp officially began Wednesday morning but of course nothing school work related really got done before that. I was just as excited as the kids and when the bus rolled out of Derby I felt sure it was going to be a great trip.Our accomodation was St. Mary39s High School rec room floor. It sounds horrible sleeping in one room with 20 children but it was a fabulous bonding time.We spent a total

As I sit here in a generic airport seat overlooking the sunbleached tarmac of Doha International as planes come and go into the hazy blue sky and shimmering heat I don39t think things have really sunk in yet. Nothing quite seems real like I39m stuck in a dreamland. And to tell you the truth at times I don39t even know how or what I39m feeling or if I39m even feeling anything a

Hi all well it is not long now before I will be heading home and looking forward to Aotearoa. Alot has happened since we last blogged mostly unexpected events. We left Washington DC and headed too Chicago to catch a connecting flight to Memphis only to find that our flight had been cancelled and the next one won39t be until the following day all good. They just put everyone up in a hotel with

at about 8.30 at night we arrived in a sea of light at the city of las Vegas. A beautiful sight all those lights. No carbon tax here. Everything went smoothly so within half an hour we were outside a cool airport into a warm Nevada night. A cab took us quickly to our Monte Carlo hotel. The check in gave us a nice room on the 27th floor that gave a nice view over part of the city. On those small fl

Hi EverybodyThe TransSiberian is the journey of a lifetime and an epic trip into some of the worlds most remote landscapes through spruce and birch forests traditional villages and endless steppes. The trip across Russia is one of the longest railway journeys in the world starting in Moscow and ending in Vladivostok. Walt and I are not going the entire 6000 miles to Vladivostok the P

Wow so it turns out I wasRUBBISH at keeping this blog up to date. I say 39was39 because I intend to correct that.Last thing you heard from me I was still in my 1st year in Korea and loving every second well things didn39t change much. My contract came to its natural end at Wonderland School in Mansudong quiet a challange for most people in Korea who get sacked just before the end of

We slept in knowing there was nowhere to go and nothing to do for the day.We are staying at a Catholic Retreat Centre run by the Benedictine monks. The land is sparse but it sits right on the shore of Lake Tangayeka. The rooms are primitive to say the least. I had a shower that doesnt work so bucket showers were in order. This is where you fill a bucket with cold water pour it over you

1 This relates to what we are learning in class because we are learning about how people were treated differently because of their social class. Also in the article it talks about how people are treated different becasue of how much money is made by them.2During class in the Hinduism and Caste system stimulation I think everybody played their part well. I think so because you could see how every