Hi all this being our last night in DC we thought it maybe best to do another blog as we understand where we are going next Parkin in Arkansas they don39t have internet also it is nice to finally catchup with our blog page. So we are not too sure when our next blog entry will happen however we have enjoyed our visit DC is a very nice city it dosen39t appear to be overcrowded and peopl

Hi all We39re in Fundy National Park of Canada right now but I want to catch you up with last week39s travels and send the Bay of Fundy photos after we experience low tide tomorrow morning. Then I can show you some high tide and low tide photos of the same places particularly the Hopewell rocks the flowerpots on the beach further up the coast. That39s the best way to apprecia

Again not much to say here as we spent the last few days of basking in the hot sun swimming pina coladas and a trip to an island in the mix.We caught a ferry from downtown Cancun and headed to Isla Mujeres to swim in a different clear blue water.We arrived on the island and hired a golf cart thus ending up hooning around the island like race car drivers driving 20km a fast 20km. I actuall

Today is a public holiday as Mexico celebrates two hundred and one years of Independence. We decided to join the celebrations and walked to the Angel of Independence. We took a curbside position and whilst waiting for the parade to begin we chatted with those sitting around us. The Mexicans are extremely friendly .... they took the time to explain the events to us. Mexico displayed it39s milit

Note Since I39ve become lazy with blogging due to internet troubles and how much cooler going out and experiencing things in Glasgow are than sitting in my room hooked to a computer this blog will cease to be in any particular order. King Tut39s Wah Wah Hut looks like any of the apartments surrounding it from the outside. The sign is easy to miss and though it boasts itself as the UK

This morning we farewelled Yulara and continued our journey north to Alice Springs. It was a lovely sunny day with the wind picking up in the afternoon. We stopped for lunch in the shade of the roadhouse at Stuarts Well. Apparently Stuarts Well is famous for Dingley the Singing and piano playing Dingo according to the information board. We chose not to pursue it.As we got closer to Alice Spr

When I arrived in Tanzania the folks at VSO took my passport from me. They told me that they needed to send it to the Immigration Department to get my work permit. I handed it over gladly. They promised me they would get it back to me as soon as possible.Two weeks later I received my passport and a document that I am supposed to carry with me in case anyone should want to see my papers.

Just a quick map based update to show you all where we are at the moment and when we have been for the last 4 weeks since leaving Thailand on August 7th. By the time most people read this we will have arrived in Kuching in Malaysian Borneo where we spend 3 or 4 days before flying to Kuala Lumpur.I will be doing a proper blog in the next few days covering Java and Borneo but until then....

Sep 11Yaroslavl was very quiet. There was hardly any traffic for a city if 600000. We visited a couple of churches and then at 5 there were special services in every church for the victims of the air crash. There is talk of the corruption with technical checks for aviation similar to the tourist ship that sank a few months ago. The town has a nice feel to it as its quite an educational cen

Spending your time doing nothing in the midst of mountain hills is one do nothing activity that lets you admire the sunset sunrise clouds chilly wind flowers in the valleyall in all the beauty of nature around you... and theres no better place than Lansdowne to do so.Leaving for Lansdowne a small hill station situated in Uttarakhand last Friday was a perfect Get away for

Hello everyone Just a quick post to let you know that I Julia have entered an online travel photo competition with some shots of Katrina39s and my trip. The winner will be determined by the number of public votes so please vote for meTo do so is easy. Just click this link httpwww.paulettemagazine.comfrantikbatikutmsourceNLFRutmmediumemailutmcampaignpaulette scroll down unt

Hm. It seems to me a made a promise a while back that I39d update the world about my comings and goings in Germany. Seems like a grand idea I wonder what happened to...oh wait that39s right I39ve been pretty lazy recently. Well anyways this marks the first attempt to really rectify that. Since it39s been closing in on two weeks since the last one of these that I put up and that w

For those who dont seem convinced about the problems in our society I would like to discuss the educational system.Education is the most important thing in life. It is through education that we can develop a good heart develop our creativity gain social contacts grow into the person we want to be.Education is used as the most important aspect of development work in thirdworld countries. Ev

Getting used to the whole 39living for the weekend39 thing is strange. I never realised how quickly time can fly between Friday night and Sunday and i39m thanking my lucky stars I actually quite enjoy my job apart from lesson plans and schemes of work and action plans. Basically paperwork in general. I39m not good at keeping things in files. But this week the sunday blues are a

Darkness is setting in in Toronto as we board the A330 for Glasgow. Its hard to believe 400 people have paid good money for the opportunity to cram themselves into a 9 seat wide aluminum tube with wings for a 6 12 hour flight. The view of Torontos lights as the engines thrust us skyward into the night was breathtaking. We could just make out the moonlight glinting off Lake Ontario as we d

Travel day againNice early packup to head to Prague with a stop off at a Concentration Camp Mauthausen Concentration Camp. I don39t have any photos of the Concentration Camp because I really didn39t want to. We started our trip with a 30 minute video and I was fine watching the video until the last 5 minutes where photos were shown from when the Americans made it to the camp. The photos

This morning one of the other Christchurch girl39s said 39It39s September 4th today39 and it took me a while to click I cannot believe it has been an entire year that we have put up with earthquakesThis morning brekkie wasn39t until 9.30 but it got very warm so Steve and I were up at 7.40 and got ready to put a load of washing on... problem was the guy standing in the reception di

Today was a civil time to get up... or should I say normalish 6.306.45 has become a usual wake up time on this trip for travel days.This morning we were ready very early Steve rung Elijah since he missed out on talking to him yesterday. It was a pretty uneventful drive too cold when the airconditioning is on and too hot when the airconditioning is off. I pretty much did the ususal for a bus r

Today is September the 11th. On board right now we have over 1000 American guests. We carry several american news networks on our onboard TV channels all of which are doing memorials for the World Trade Centre. I remember where I was at school in the reception area. Where were you911Dont ever forget.

Today we started off with a 2.5 hour walking tour with a tour guide arounf Berlin it was not a usual tour where he took us to buildings and explained what they were he took us to very random places like construction sites and the underground subway station and explained the history and what used to be where we were standing. We were taking to the carpark of an apartment building to be told we