Hakura with Aileen and Tom out and about in Vavau

Neiafu is a small seaside town of a few thousand stuck on the sides of a very deepwater harbour.I donrsquot understand the geology of Vavarsquou the main island seems to be called Vavarsquou and has lots of islands to the south. There is obviously volcanic activity plus tectonic uplifts and lots of coral reefs however I have no idea why this area has such deep water. Neiafu Harbour fo

Up at dawn with 20cm of fresh powder…riding in Bariloche…

Up early for an 8 hour trek through the Andes mountain range to Bariloche...Argentinas largest Lake District city. We had the most amazing drive through the mountains as we passed lakes rivers mountains and villages with everything covered in snow Not only is Bariloche a fantastic ski resort but its also very famous for chocolate...mmm which Im sure Ill get my hands on sooner or later R

Byebye l’Islande

Le 21 mai 2010 Aujourd'hui c'est notre retour au pays et la ralit. Mais tout d'abord on a droit une belle matine de dambulations dans Reykjavik. On se lve trs trs tt on se bat avec nos sacs pour fermer le tout. Ensuite on va djeuner. Deux amricains de Washington se joignent nous. On apprend qu'ils ont assist au 7e match de la srie CanadienWashington rappelezvous le match

Bikaner ville du desert

Bikaner express4h du matin il fait bien 30 degres quand je sors du train. Apres Jaisalmer a l'Ouest du Rajastan j'ai fait route a 'Est Nord Est vers une autre ville du desert du Thar. Apres un petit complement de sommeil je suis partie explorer le fort de Bikaner puis le musee qui est sur le lieu de la residence de la Maharani de Bikaner. A l'interieur des photos de famille George Clemencea

Beautiful Sri Lanka

Hello everyoneAfter a few very busy days I've found some time to write.The flights weren't as bad as I expected. We had a good entertainment system onboard with Ethiad Airlines movies TV programmes games so the time went by a little quicker.The total journey including waiting time between flights was 16 hours. We got to our BB at 6am had a couple of hours sleep then went for a walk round

5 aot De SaintjeanPortJoli SaintLaurent

H oui Deux jours SaintJeanPortJoli... Aprs Matane l'histoire se rpte... Deux jours d'alerte mto de gros vents mais pas d'orage pour nous sauf celui qui nous a accueilli ici.... Un peu de pluie la premire nuit mais aprs.. seulement du vent...Ce matin c'est dcid nous partons. Les conditions ne sont pas terribles temps gris et avertissement de vents forts de 10 20 noeuds .

The troops arrive

Thursday July 22Dear diary I didn't do much today I just sat in the apartment reading my book and in the afternoon I finally built up the enthusiasm to walk around Montparnasse. This area is dominated by the Montparnasse tower a blight on the inner Paris skyline and has quite a night life. The clubs advertise international artists such as Steve Winwood. I only wish that I was in town to se

todo esta bien

SEE ENGLISH VERSION BELOWsziasztokcsak egy rovid bejelentkezes hiszen tegnap ota nem sok minden tortent velem. ma voltam cafayeteben egy szervezett turan es csodalatos tajakat latam szinte mint a grand canyon nehany hely.koran reggel indultunk aztan 2 ora utan elertuk quebrada de cafayete regiot ahol megkaveztunk egy helyen majd folytatodott a kirandulas. megint lattunk szines hegyeket szurdo

Almost Over

So much to blog and so little computer access we share with everyone staying here so it takes a little time to have a chance to tell the story. No pics but will share when we get home.Ok the riding has been amazing for all three girls truly a learning experience and they are having such a good time that we are booking a return trip for next August. If this is my husband reading this maybe I

Ain’t Nothin’ But a Hound Dog

Knowing that our folks are eager to see these photos from Graceland I am going to post these and come back later to write the details. A quick preview I have never seen so much merchandise with one man's image imprinted on it Graceland was actually quite modest and homey I could totally envision folks hanging out and eating peanut butter and banana sandwiches.Immediately following we went

Maun mayhem

ldquoIf you reject the foodignore the customsfear the religion and avoid the peopleyou might better stay at homerdquo.James Michener.The addiction is growing with each day and there was once again a sense of wondering what lay ahead as we negotiated the sand and water channels back to the main road to then point vehicles south.Destination Maun.The countryside in this region was desperately

Costume party Peru

Countless pages can be written about Peru as a tourist destination or future home. What is notable visitable or appears peculiar Their consumption of guinea pigs the high percentage of blonde models that appear in advertisements or the fact that Peru has a whopping tenfold of taxis and public transport circulating around Lima in comparision to most other Western metropoles El Comercio 19 Jul

No more hostels please

Only those new to traveling or those fed up with it would get frustrated by its intern social system in which people come and go friends are easily made and both parties realize keeping in touch is an ideal hardly ever realized.Three years ago when my travelinglife got a kickstart by living in a youth hostel in Amsterdam for six months I was introduced to the wonderful world of hostel life

Wat is Florence toch mooi

Een blonde haar viel per ongeluk in de pastasaus. Het deeg begon al koud te worden. lsquoToch smaakt het goedrsquo zei ze terwijl ze Julia met pretoogjes aankeek. lsquoKijk daar is de Ponte Vecchiorsquo met het slotenstandbeeld en de kleine winkeltjes. De maan was halfrond en gaf de avondschemering een speciale ambiance. De gietijzeren lantaarns beschenen de mosterdgele huisjes. Links v

Patagoni Chili

En de wind ontnam hem de woorden. De regen liep door zijn hoofd. Maar diep van binnen was hij blij. En ze lachte. Een ruime anderhalve week zijn gepasseerd sinds ik Nederland verlaten heb. Ik ben nu in Patagoni Chili in Coyhaique om precies te zijn. Over enkele uren keer ik terug naar Santiago samen met een Chileense vriend Gonzalo. Deel n van het Chiliavontuur is voorbij. We hebben op

Earthquake in Santiago

As I am writing this blog the ground is still shaking slightly from the aftershock of tonightrsquos massive earthquake. At around 0330 in the morning disaster struck although movements were notable about twenty minutes earlier. According to the news the city of Santiago was affected by a quake of 7.0 on the scale of Richter and the epicenter a few hundred kilometers south by a 8.8 magnitude qua

Peruaanse wetenschapsbeoefening en het scheppingsverhaal van de Incas

Geen twee verhalen zijn hetzelfde zelfs niet als ze exact hetzelfde onderwerp behandelen. Toch is de discrepantie tussen de historische en de lingustische benaderingswijze hier in Peru groot. Aan de Pontificia Universidad Catlica del Per PUCP volg ik dit semester de vakken lingistica andina en historia del amrica precolombina y colonial. Het verschil met Nederland qua vakinhoud en onderwi

Oudejaarsdag in Tel Aviv

Het is oudejaarsochtend en ik zit in Tel Aviv in een tshirt. Naast me staat een leeg glas water. Elk half uur hobbel ik heen en weer naar de kraan om wat nieuw vocht naar binnen te forceren. Mijn hoofd bonkt nog na van het Jordanese avontuur hiken door de Wadi Rum woestijn en Petra. Een geweldige ervaring al liet het me wel uitgedroogd uitgeput en met een halve kilo rood zand in mijn schoenen