9th day FloresI'm not particularly happy about domestic flights had a few rough one's in Ethiopia and have developed a bit of a fear for them this one however was smooth as I arrived in Flores at kimodo airport in the small coastal town of Labuan Bajo with the plan of getting an official taxi one with a metre. There were no official taxi's to be seen however.I got in any old taxi another c

I plan to be here in Auckland for two nights before going further north to Paihia and the Bay of Islands which i'm really looking forward to. After having relaxing time in Auckland and around we decided on getting a campervan. We decided not to rent a vehicle cos it would cost us more than buying one. After partying on saturday night we woke up early yesterday morning and walked up to Karangahap

Friday the 30th of July.Hello Wonderful PeopleWell today was a long one for us and I now sit in my tent at 1030 at night typing todayrsquos news onto a word sheet so I can copy paste tomorrow in Prudhoe Bay helliphellipactually Deadhorse Alaska helliphellipthe Oil companies wonrsquot allow us to get to Prudhoe unless we book 24 hours in advance and pay 45 each to be escorted the

One of the exciting things about Alaska is the glaciers. Janetrsquos number one hope was to walk on a glacier during her Alaskan vacation. The Matanuska Glacier that we saw on our way into Anchorage has a walking trail access to the glacier. We piled everybody into the pickup again and stopped to see Uncle Dick on the way out of town. Rowan was too shy to talk but after we got back in the truc

We leave Paris for Prades France today. It has been a wonderful time here. We ate more Italian food than french but that is what happens when you travel with kids or at least our kids. We did have some nice french wine to make up for the lack of french cusine. Jeff and I are depending on Cindy and Russells hospitality to get our fill of french food. I will send pictures and some fun updates

As some of you know Wilmington N.C. is the carnivorous plant capital of the world. When you learn this you can instantly conclude that the soil quality is terrible since even the plants are eating animals. Similarly it should dawn on you that parasites and fungus are rampant in Townsville when even the trees are shedding.

I have to write this entry more for my own memory than anything else. The journey to Koh Chang was something else and I don't want to forget all that we went through to get to this island known to most as a tropical oasis but to us has been something quite different but that is another entry altogetherWe left Pai at 2.30pm on Wednesday afternoon. We had bought a direct ticket to Koh Chang for 1

I really am living her life now. For those who donrsquot know who Irsquom talking about her name is Lhamo Tso. She is 37 and has been through more than we can imagine. Her husband is Dhondup Wangchen somewhat of a hero in Tibet due to the legendary documentary he made documenting the feelings of Tibetans about various things in 2008. As a consequence of this he was imprisoned for 6 years. He

It's my second day in Fiji aboard Bold Spirit and oh boy I'm exhausted Boat life is tough Today we worked on getting the boat ready to sail. As in I scrubbed and rinsed the deck getting all the mold off the 'teak' while Kathi cleaned the 'head' and Jeff worked on mechanical things. Quite a change up from yesterday which involved hanging out on the boat while my room was cleaned out and all

It is actually a warm and sunny day We wore Seth and Vivian out so they rested and played with Rowanquietly and didnrsquot go anywhere. The rest of us went downtown in Anchorage. First we went to the Ulu Factory. An ulu is a woman's knife that is very utilitarian and is now used by the rest of us to cut up food. Outside they were selling reindeer hotdogs so we each tried them. Yum Then we w

So.... I did get slightly sunburned yesterday at the beach. One of those sunburns that doesn't peel and goes away within 23 days so I'm ok with that. What I am NOT ok with is the rooster that is probably 20 yards outside my balcony window. The rooster that must think it is sunrise at 1am 4am 730am and currently right now at 821am. This is not a joke. That thing cockadoodledoos wayyyyyyyy to

Another day of adventure. We decided to drive to Whittier which is a port town. We drove along Turnagain Arm which is an arm of the Cook Inlet which comes out of the Gulf of Alaska. It has some of the highest tides in the country at 28 feet and a tide called a bore tide. The ldquoArmrdquo is quite shallow. At low tide it is mostly a mudflat but beluga whales are said to frequent it. With o

Hi EveryoneDidn't think I'd be able to update so often but I'm up bright and early some things never change even in completely different time zones...We got to do some touristy stuff around Cape Town yesterday and I really wanted to share some pics so let's see how this uploading thing goes.....Off to the townships today work starts tomorrow. Hope everyone is good back home

KyleBeef beans rice plantain salad with a soup. Chicken beans rice plantain salad with a soup. Beef beans rice plantain salad with a soup... The monotony of a menu corriente was only one of the reasons why we were looking forward to getting away from the village life and back to the big smoke. Normally I don't like the hustle and bustle of cities but after three weeks of tiny fishing v

Sunday 1 AugustWe awaken at 6am or so without an alarm clock having slept quite well after our long day of travel. By 7am we were having a delicious breakfast at our hotel including not only excellent local coffee but scrambed eggs with salsa ranchero pancakes fresh fruit Cantaloupe Mango and watermelon and believe it or not refried black beans. Actually the beans went quite well w

To get to Lima we took an overnight bus from Cusco. This time our entertainment comprised of a preacher standing behind our seats trying to convert us to Christianity at least I think thats what he was talking about and a woman compulsively vomiting into a shopping bag in front of us. After an eventful and somewhat stinky journey we arrived in the early hours of the morning in the sprawling

San Pedro de AtacamaBefore we come onto Peru we did as Tracy said last time arrive back into civilization somewhat in the form of San Pedro de AtacamaChile. Bolivia was great and I really did enjoy the three daytwo night more like two daytwo night Salar de Uyuni trip but I was glad on the afternoon of July 11th to finally see what we as westerners would call roads. We arrived into San Ped

Here are all the pictures of Kyoto and the bullet train. I'm actually in Tokyo at the moment but they are pictures of Kyoto so I'm saying i'm in Kyoto. Harry.

Newberry Crater... it's last eruption of activity created the Big Obsidian Flow. It happened about 1300 years ago and caused masses of Obsidian to be scattered everywhere with big lava flows. Big Obsidian Flow is about 1.8 kilometers 6000 feet long and locally thicker than 20 meters 65 feet. The Obsidian pieces run enormous here. The boulders are really amazing to see in person. Obsidian is

Decided to retreat west and see the Little Bighorn Battlefield Nat'l Monument. Took a few pictures listened to two lectures and watched a film. The battlefield is out in the country and there is not much excitement around the area but we got to see it and get a feel for what happened. The visitors center is rather small with a few artifacts. They had a fire in the area a couple of years ago