August 1415 Rocky Point on the western edge of Klamath Lake.This place is so peaceful so calm such a balm to the eyes. The colors are soI couldn't think of the right words. ldquoLike a Bonnie Griffith paintingrdquo said Phil. Yes. Thank you sooooo much Cathy for telling me about this place I'm sure I would never have happened upon it. Canoeing is one of my most favorite activiti

My most recent minivacation was for 4 days and 3 nights. In all actuality I like to say 2 days and 3 nights because you get there late at night the first day and then you have to check out and go back home on the fourth day. So for future reference I am going to use this method of describing my vacations. I am sure those of you who love to travel like I do will understand.We left Thursday n

To some people becomming a grown up means more bills more responsibility and a lot less fun. To others becomming a grown up means going to Disneyland whenever you wantKyla and I have both been the the Happest Place on Earth several times and cumulatively have countless hours of experience in research contributing to our general knowall. This October we will be seeing a new side of Disne

We were in the queue for 20 minutes before I realised that we couldn't pay for our Indonesian Visa at Customs and behind waiting were scores of people holding their 50 US dollar visa receipts too late he was calling us forward We got away with it jumping the visa queue as Lynn waited with customs close call and a bit stressful but we arrived in Bali late in the dark to be taken to our Hotel in

PortauxBasques 16 aot J'attends le bateau ce soir et la longue journe sur la route m'a dj mis en mode rcapitulation... Comment exprimer tout ce que cette le magique m'a procur comme bonheurs depuis un mois Difficile j'avoue Commenons par les derniers jours ce sera plus facile Bonavista avec ses falaises les baleines enfin au rendezvous et une soire inoubliable sous les Pers

Es ist wieder Zeit fr eine weitere Folge von bdquoBarbara und Eva im Wunderlandldquo .Im Spital luft fast jeden Tag sehr viel und es gbe im Moment einiges zu erzhlen was vor allem fr die medizinisch versierten Leser von Interesse sein knnte. Trotzdem mchte ich das vorerst mal beiseite lassen und Zuhausegebliebene etwas neidisch auf unser Leben hier machen... Obschon die Wochentage i

I woke up this morning groggily peeled the curtains back and looked out my window at the snow covered peak of Chimborazo volcano. The clouds had lifted their furry heads to give me the most splendid view of this monolith perched on the edge of a plunging green valley with a river snaking through it spotted with tiny farm houses and a soccer field. After eating my daily bowl of oatmeal with palm

July 8thTime does fly when yoursquore having a good time doesnrsquot it Itrsquos been nearly a month now since I took the time to write about my travels and the guilt is starting to set in. Irsquoll do my best to recall the events that happened on the 8th of July 2010.The night before I had made plans with Nicio Fabio and Lucas to head with them to Cape Point also known as the Cape

My rest day is now nearly over but I have received words from some of the others out in the heat of the day.At the moment the USA is suffering the most days over 100 deg F since 1980 There is building storm type conditions in the Southern States Bugger that's where I am headed Also as I write New York is bracing it's self against a low coming in....I will leave Socorro early in the morning a

Sunday August 15 ....wersquore heading to the coast to find some sunshine and heat After two sleepless nights in Banos we are back in Quito awaiting our flight to Manta and then onto Puerto Lopez on the Pacific Ocean. Banos was an interesting place to see but two days was enough...especially with rainy cold weather and the bar below our hotel room. The first night the music didnrsquot s

Monday August 16....Puerto Lopez...the weather is overcast and about 23c....not overly warm we were hoping for a little more heat as itrsquos not really beach weather. Itrsquos some sort of provincial holiday here today we watched the parade go down the dirt road in front of the hotel. We spent the day exploring the town and walking along the beach. The kids went for a swim in the ocean

I finally started teaching classes. Well two weeks ago. And let me tell you the classroom dynamics completely changed. My first week observing I noticed a complete lack of discipline towards me and shyness when it came down to asking questions. Finally last week I took 1215 students per group to my own classroom. They opened up to me and trusted me. The way that I presented it to them was that

Sorry we couldn't add anything while away the internet was there but very ropey and not at our fingertipsSuffice to say we survived and have returned unscathed with lots of stories and experiencesEveryone we were working with is involved in some way with development projects schools health awareness street children orphans women's projects feeding programmes selfhelp entrepreneurial

When we left the Adriondaks we headed to new Hampshire via the white mountains. We wanted to stop and visit our friends from Florida that live there in the summer. Our first stop was right on the shore of Lake Champlaign. We enjoyed the night breeze off the lake but it did get chilly later in the evening. The campfire felt really good. We crossed Vermont quickly. I have a hard time getti

Wow...what happened to my week Just got back from the park up the street and was reading Zen andthe art of motorcycle maintenance. Left for the park at about 5pm and since Ive been hung over all daysleeping and reading various books I decided to get some sun before she went down. As I approached the park there is a fairly large firing envoloping a the nearest valley of tunari smoke covering a s

Norbert Figueroa finds the world a source of inspiration – one which he shares on GloboTreks. With a Masters in Architecture and backpack full of wanderlust, he travels the world to experience local cultures (and architecture, I’m sure) firsthand. His site offers his personal stories, travel tips, reviews and inspiration, of course.

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What takes someone from South Africa to London to Abu Dhabi to Tripoli? As Tony Fernandes describes it: “six years of relative dullness”. Well, things are no longer dull and it’s all due to “Istanbul and some Gypsies”. Throw in some turtles, interesting taxi drivers and you have yourself an adventure (or two or more).

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Wenshan offered reasonable cheap accommodation and in good value compared with in Qiubei. But not much you could do in town except climbed up the 800 steps long staircase to the Wenbita pagoda from there you got a superb view of the whole city. I visited Hongdian and Binglie market both were dominated by the Yi people with their unique headdress full of embroidery and silver studs colorful cost

We visit Zone C on the first day. The temperature was a record 40.7 deg C so we decided to visited pavilioins that do not require queuing as the heat was too much esp for the children. Thus we only managed to visit the Caribbean Community Joint Pavilion Africa and Netherlands Pavilions.Still the children enjoyed the visit very much identifying those countries they know and going to the differen

Rudesheim am RheinWe docked at Rudesheim and took a little train up to Siegfried's Mechanisches Musikkabinett a mechanical instrument museum in a 16th century house. The floor tiles of the chapel were 15th century. There we saw and heard some amazing mechanical music machines a whole orchestra in a box. It must take a lot of time to tune the instruments especially the piano with 6 or 8