Oddly familiar Downtown Townsville felt a bit like a New Orleans river ferry on Saturday. All of Palmer street was dedicated to small jazz bands with larger bands performing earlier in the day. I cycled downtown and in the hope of sparing my back the consistent presence of a backpack I didn't bring a camera. Of course it was awesomely photogenic and I missed out on wonderful shots. As much as

I am writing this from Vancouver but the pictures are of NZ so I am saying this was written from NZ. Off to Seattle in the morning. Getting up early for an Amtrak experience. Harry and Thomas.

Miles traveled today 574After a leisurely start from our hotel we packed into the car with no plan other than to get in as many miles as possible. The heat sun and pure boredom made us take a midafternoon detour into a little town called La Crosse Wisconsin. We didnrsquot expect much beyond a look out called Grandad Bluff found on Trip Advisor. When we tried to drive up to the Bluff we fou

lsquoParadisersquo is an overused word. Often it embraces lsquotropicalrsquo and refers to some speck of land fringed by idyllic beaches suitable for postcards. But on Earth there is no paradise. Itrsquos strange when a sentence alters your way of seeing. It doesnrsquot happen often but occasionally a string of words perhaps uttered unthinkingly by a random person can cause a small

We had a 10 hour bus journey to Lak Xao which was where we crossed the border from Vietnam to Laos and the next day we travelled to Vientiane the Capital city of Laos where we stayed for a couple of days.It was here that we found the most amazing bakery called Joma and we ended up ditching the cultural stuff and sat here for most of the day watching the world go by and eating as much as we coul

For our eleventh day in Iceland it was quite a lot of driving. First we headed from the tiny little town over some mountains and we noticed that we didnrsquot see any other cars for the first hour or so of driving which made it very nice. We had found out that the weather was going to be pretty bad for the rest of our time in Iceland so we got moving to a peninsula that goes of the north which i

Most buses to anywhere out of Kangding leave at 6 AM so that they can maxmize the probability of completing the trip in daylight. So the bus station was very busy Sunday morning when we crossed the street to find ours to Ganzi. No buses were headed back to Chendu over the route we had travelled just a few days ago due to landslidecaused road closures. But we were told that we go onward fur

CLONCURRY TO YEPPOONThurs 5th Aug We had a look around town not much to see and had a relaxing day at the caravan park.They had a bush poet last night and a country singer tonight. Very pleasant stay.Fri 6th Aug A long 342 kms to Winton today and on the way we saw quite a few of the 400 Harley riders that had been at a group gathering at Mt Isa this week. Not a blade of grass at the

We rose after a quiet night and paid the exorbitant bill at the Kings Canyon Resort they even charged a 1 extra for using credit cards. This would have to be the most expensive resort on the planet but everything is run down and second rate. We drove the sealed road from Kings Canyon to Alice Springs having seen the mud covered 4WD vehicles that had obviously taken the short cut route. We ne

The journey continues.We were kept awake during the night by massive thunder storms. We could see both sheet and normal lightning flashing around the city.44mm of rain has fallen in the past 24 hours.We were up on time and had a chance after a quick breakfast to quickly explore and take some photographs.Then we were off again. The countryside gradually changed and there was a lot more farm land.We

We have spent much of our time the past two days relaxing and smoothing our feathers reminiscing about our trip what we've seen and what we have thought about it all. One word AMAZING I feel so incredibly fortunate to have had four weeks of uninterrupted time with my husband and best friend. We have laughed lugged suitcases duffle bags camera cases and laptops all over this beautiful

Don't panic we are fine it was just not a very good travel day. I started out sad to leave the RV Park in Medina OH. For some reason I really liked that place and didn't want to leave. We got out of there around 930 and headed to Harrisburg PA which was about a 335 mile drive. This was a long day for us since we have only been driving about 200 to 250 miles each time we travel. We decided

Hola amigos So I made it safely to Medellin on Friday afternoon after a loooong journey via bus from Otavalo. I barely made my night bus at the Colombian border because the crossing took entirely too long. It seemed that everyone in front of us didnt have their papers in order and took ages. Thankfully my bus was late to arrive to the station so I jumped on sprung for the more comfy versi

This afternoon I went to Boston. First I rode to Sullivan Square where I could park my car and take the subway calles T to the center of Boston. I stepped out at Downtown Crossing station and walked through Boston Boston Common a park Boston Public Garden Theatre District Chinatown. I tried to find my way and made some pictures.

hellojol vagyok. csak azert irok par sort hogy tudassam veletek jol vagyok. holnap utan repulok haza. vegul az utolso par nap maszkalassal telttelik.voltam a palermo nevu varosreszben tegnAP elott. setaltam a parkokban voltam a planetariumban meg az evita muzeumban. az nagyon tetszett. bemutatja eva peron egesz eletet szerencsere angolul is.. a planetariumban meg beultem egy eloadasra. igaz

Hi all I know it's been a while since I wrote last but I guess I felt more and more like I was just living in China and not travelling anymore which gave me little motivation to write new entries about everyday life. But alas I am travelling again and here comes the stories.After a hot hot hot June and July in Hangzhou like over 30C for three days in a row which is like over 100F my friend

The month of Ramadan has officially begun as of the 11th. Ramadan being the holy month of fasting and one of the 5 main tenants of the Islamic faith if you need a refresher Irsquom personally not a particularly religious person but I figure Irsquom in the Muslim world in a Muslim village and living with a Muslim family so I might as well give it a try and treat it as a cultural experience

LivingstonWednesday 11th AugustToday we make the journey from Flores to Livingston. The only way into Livingston I think is by boat so a minibus picks up from our hotel to take us to the town of Rio Dulce on the river of the same name. Here we take a boat to take us down to Livingston which is at the mouth of the Rio Dulce on the Caribbean Sea.The river banks on either side are very green and un

We had a good rest with our extra blankets and set out to complete the additional walks around the Kings Canyon Resort. The weather was cool but clear. The first walk was the Kings Canyon Valley walk where we could view the canyon walls we had seen from the rim yesterday. This walk was much easier on the body. We next went down the road to the Kathleen Springs and walked up the valley to the

Awasowaren means something like no fighting standing for international peace and understanding. This is the team which I and my fellow Tokushima JETs joined in dancing through the lanternlined streets of Tokushima City for the annual Awa Odori dance festival the second largest dance festival in the world. We wore Yukatas a type of summer kimono and proceded to butcher a traditional Japane