Friday Feb. 25 2011Barb Today we headed toward Volcan about 45 min from David. The drive there was good and the flowers bushes and trees were just amazing in their color and beauty. I don't think I've ever seen such deep and rich colors anywhere. There was one spot where there was this one particular tree lining both sides of the road for about a quarter of a mile. The tree had a trumpet lo

February 24 2011 WednesdayWeather Hot hot hotIt was a 530AM departure and a box breakfast consisting of a few pastries and a lettuce sandwich. As it was too early to check into the Somadevi Angkor Hotel we began our touring. Our tour guide Sovan began with the important history lesson of Siem Reap and the surrounding area. Born in 1972 and a father of 3 daughters under the age of

Nong Khiaw Muang Ngoi Ban Na Huay Bo Nam Ouyeah we murdered those names the first couple times we said them tooWe were glad we had decided to take our chances with heading to the northern bus station in order to take the local bus to Nong Khiaw when we found out that it was leaving early enough and it was cheaper than anyone in town had quoted us surprise surprise. Nate went up to the

On Saturday we went out for breakfast and then dropped Sophie off at the supermarket. Whilst Sophie was doing the shopping Dad Chris and I went to a garage and got the car battery replaced. We picked Sophie up and came back to the appartment to put the food in the fridge. After lunch we went out to a fishing shop and bought a beacon to beacon and a new fishing reel. On the way back we stopped of

HeyUn weekend vient de se terminer Oui existe aussi les weekends pour ceux qui sont en vacances Trs tranquille en plus due quelques soucis d'ordres physiques de part et d'autre... Samedi matin petites courses... Samedi aprsmidi plage la baie des Citrons dcouvertes de nouvelles patates de corail ainsi que de nouveaux poissons aux formes et aux couleur toujours plus incroya

Saturday 26.2 KosraeJapanese tunnels from WWII and island views and jungle hike. Today I was picked up by Hamilton the owner of Ohma peak. His windshield was broken he was cursing the government for not making landowner trim their coconut trees one had fallen lately direct on his car. We went to Malem a village on the east coast and started out from his house. The trek was regular ju

Our penultimate day with the campervan started on a rather dismal note when we woke up and realised that someone had gotten into the campervan during the night and taken about 20 from our wallet. Luckily I suppose the cards were all left as was the camera satnav and Ipod all sitting in the glove compartment. Having checked almost daily since then it appears that none of the cards have been use

Sunday 27.2 KosraeWhy are you not allowed to swim on a Sunday when there is so much water around the island Johanne asked. On Sundays it is not considered polite to swim wear short trousers work fish just relax. Kosrae is Christian like most of the Pacific. At one point in history there were only 300 Kosraean left history tell that is was because of diseases introduced but the

I think it is a good thing minimal blog messages throughout the week but so many stories to tell. I would not call what I am falling into here as a grove but I would call it a way of life one that just accepts the unexpected and expects nothing. In a normal life a life like back home in North America you would not expect to follow some Erasmus students after your Turkish lesson around a fe

Sail awayMy cave is great First time in an inside cabin and I lucked out with a very large one. I have a wrap around sofa and coffee table. The bed is set up as a queen and there is at least 4 feet of room on each side. This is more room than the average ocean view cabins Ive been in. There is plenty of closet space a frig safe and ample size desk. Its aft so I get some motion and

KRETA 26 MEI tn 4 JUNI 1993. 265 Om 3.45 staan we op. Het is woensdag 26 mei 1993. We gaan met onze eigen auto naar Schiphol en arriveren daar om 5.00 uur. Ons vliegtuig boeing 737 naam is Johan Cruijff heeft een uur vertraging. Maar wij liggen gewoon te slapen. Om 11.45 plaatselijke tijd landen we op Kreta. We worden door een hostess per bus naar ons appartement gebracht. H

Bond casually entered Moneypennys office that drab early spring morning and as was his custom tossed his hat without looking at the stand in the corner. Damn Mished again Morning James purred Moneypenny. Yesh. It isz he quipped. Any news of them yet None he syruped The lashed we heard of them was in Goa. They were heading for Nepal. They may have falle

Cambodia Angkor Wat and other templesWe arrived in Siem Reap after an exciting overnight bus journey which stopped at every opportunity and Tory had her sick bag on standby but we made it at 6am to be greeted by a rugby scrum of taxi drivers. We finally made it to our very nice guest house Bun Kao run by a very nice old gent who also runs community projects. We spent the first day sleeping

NewsNewsNews. Es ist mal wieder an der Zeit was von uns hoeren zu lassen und es ist auch wieder einiges passiert. Von dem was Neuseeland im moment Kopf stehen laesst habt ihr vermutlich in den Nachrichten etwas mitbekommen. In der Region Canterburry hat sich ein Erdbeben mit verheerenden Schaeden ereignet. Die Opferzahl steigt taeglich und im Ferneshen laeuft nichts anderes mehr. Das Erdbeben

November 14On this day I was to have a guided excursion to Boudhnath and Pashupatinath the price of it was included into the cost of the trip. There was a guide for me and a car with driver. This day was the last day before the trek so I was rather excited if not very. It was warm in Kathmandu during all my stay. The sun shone most of the time but in the evenings when I went to the hotels

I took quite a psychological risk last night. I had verified on Friday night that when people played the DVD in Cap'n Bob's common room it now really hurt my shoulder even if the piece didn't have drums. I'd finally gone out on Friday and begged them to turn it off and they had.Anyhow I decided to write a little note and put it on the DVD explaining the situation. I did and I signed it and

Thursday 24th today we are off on our special holiday so Graham was up at about 6.15 to prepare Sweetie for her rest period. I followed as soon as the alarm went off at 6.30am. There were a few other people about but generally most people were still asleep so we had to be as quiet as possible although when you are putting a caravan away its practically impossible not to

Our blog Log 9From Monday 21st FebruaryAfter a drive around Kings Park and walk to the war memorial in the park which commands a wonderful view of the Swan River and city of Perth we went to the airport and collected Celia my sister and Janets mum who flew in from the UK.We then had a lovely dinner at Char Char Bull in Fremantle meeting up with several of Janets friends.On Tuesday we had

Sunday 20th Queenstown againSlow day today after so many early mornings and busy days on the Milford Track. Did a circular walk about town and then went up on the Gondala to the hill above Queenstown. Went on the Luge runs which were great fun even though Julia was less than gungho We discussed the fact that we needed to go on a diet when we return to the UK which put Peter into such a panic

After getting quite drunk the night before we had a bit of a lie in on our final full day in Wellington. Then at 1.30pm we headed out on the Lord of the Rings half day tour. I actually didn't really realise how much of the Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed in New Zealand but it seems pretty much all of it did.We went up Mount Victoria with our guide Rendall and visited spots where Frodo and