Festival a Barunga une communaute aborigene a environ 80km au SE de Katherine. J'y vais donc par moi meme et une fois arrivee apres controle de police obligatoire pour tout ce genre d'evenement je plante ma tente et surprise mon voisin de tente est une personne que j'avais deja rencontre au festival precedent un allemand Swen. Plusieurs autres personnes viennent planter leur tente au meme

Saturday July 10 Driving back to DC Alexandria today. Got leisurely start and finished packing car before it started raining. It poured most of the way into town which slowed things down. Took about 4 hours to get to the Wyndham Old Town Alexandria did a timeshare rental with someone I found on the TUG site httptugbbs.comforums . We stopped at McDrsquos for lunch near the west

Sorry it's been so long just been busy working So I had a great time in Cairns and actually really liked the place. It's on the coast but doesn't have a beach and unfortunately the lagoon was shut for refurbishment and only opened the day we left Typical We did a snorkelling trip on the Great Barrier Reef which was amazing You could see so much more than in Whitsundays. The colours of the re

Today was a really awesome day. First Jie's mom drove us to Purple Mountain a big mountain in Nanjing where we saw a bunch of different attractions. We met Jie's cousin there and he went with us too. First we saw Sun Yatsen's mausoleum. We saw his tomb and where he's buried. He overthrew the Qing Dynasty and pretty much founded the People's Republic. His tomb was a huge park enclosure and

We woke up early for our big day. Our things were quickly packed and since the parking lot was a little less scary in the day we decided to eat the continental breakfast. The waffle iron worked but there wasnrsquot much else. A nice French Canadian family ate next to usmdashasking ldquoWhere is the milkrdquo and ldquoHave you seen the teardquo. We wished them well and headed to Yo

Tuesday July 13 We rode in the front of the Metro train again to Capitol South a long ride. Went to LOC Capitol Natrsquol Gallery of Art and Natural History before coming back from Archives Metro again in the front very crowded afternoon rush hour got back a little after 6 later than usual. Big thunderstorm about 8 or so glad we werenrsquot out and about. Stayed in room we we

Mary came in bright and early today. I got up at about 530 am and headed over to Denver International Airport. I still remember when they were building the new airport and the horrendous mess they went through for years. Lots of cost and time overruns. I brought all Mary's things in the car. So all she had to do was get offthe plane find me and hop into the car and head to Avon. She was a

Following the LONGEST drive of our entire trip we arrived this afternoon in Austin Texas. We were greeted by the loudest and rowdiest deluge of rain I have encountered in some time. Lightening thunder and big raindrops just as we turned into the hotel parking lot. We hustled to unload the car but were soaked nevertheless.We were up and at 'em at 5am this morning. This was the big enchila

So I just logged on and realized it has literally been a month since I last told anyone what I have been up to. Well for one I went to Laos for a week. It was AMAZING It was so beautiful and the people were friendly and could speak a fair amount of english. I would recommend anyone traveling through SE Asia make a stop there. For the weekend we went to a small town that had the most beautiful

All in one day I saw the highest tides in the world the longest multispan bridge and drove around the beautiful PEI. The next day saw Anne of Green Gables home recreationit is after all only a story but don't tell that to the thousands of Japanese who go and went to an amazing red sand beach. I spent 2 days in Charlottetown and saw a stage musical of Anne of Green Gables. I think PEI's econo

Oh my what a trip so far.I've been humbled twice in the last 12 months. Once by a stroke and once by a road.....the Dempster. After just completing 1500 kilometres of dirt road that's almost one thousand miles folks I can quite safely say that we've seen it all on that one piece of highway. This road is quite simply unique. It takes the traveller through so many emotions and regions that I don

Tomorrow July 27th at 700 am we will be departing the Acreage in the truck heading for Edmonton International Airport where Shauna's dad will chuck both of us and our luggage out with a hope it all works out smile on his face as we head for the departure area at the airport.At 1000 am Shauna and I will be boarding flights bound for San Francisco and Vancouver on West Jet Airlines.Shauna

Wir sind wieder zu Hause.Die letzten Urlaubstage ging es bestndig westwrts. Von der Zipser Burg unserem stlichsten Punkt der Reise ging es nach der Hohen Tatra und der Region Liptov fr eine Woche in die Kleine Fatra. Dort erkundeten wir vor allem das VratnaTal sowie die Region Kysuce nrdlich von Zilina z.B. mit der Waldeisenbahn in Vychyloka. Unsere Rckreise fhrte uns ber Bratislava u

Danielle a friend from Singapore days visiting from Australia and I spent a lovely long weekend at Scarlet in Cornwall Mawgan Porth. Scarlet opened last September it is an eco friendly hotel overlooking the ocean and simply divine. Friday evening after a bit of a scramble at London Bridge we got on the slow train to Gatwick. Luckily it was only a domestic flight but worrying on a propeller p

De eerste 2 weken in Canada waren geweldigHet begon allemaal met de aankomst in vancouver wat een leuke stad blijkt te zijn ben daar met een leen fietsje 3 dagen doorheen gecrossed om alle dingen te bekijken maar toch blijft het een stad en daar komen we niet voor dus met een Ferry naar Victoria wat op Vancouver island ligt.Een totaal andere stad veel meer laagbouw en allemaal victoriaanse hu

Dear BrethrenWe are so thankful that many of you were able to attend the wedding of Julia and Lee. So many gave gifts and wonderful cards. Thank you all for your support help prayers and love for the new couple and for our entire family. I was so thankful to be able to keep my emotions from flowing over during the ceremony itself. I was very honored to be asked by Lee and Julia to perform

Hong Kong is a wonderful place so vibrant and full of life When we went there in January it was very hot and humid and I was totally unprepared for that haha but still we enjoyed every moment The food is amazing Dim Sum is just first class And the egg tarts.. you gotta love them In the afternoon we took a train up the mountain to the view point the evening skyline is stunning After that

In de ochtend is mijn tent omgeving door een hevig mistgordijn. In de verte zie je niet wat er gebeurt. Al men materiaal is ook zeer vochtig nat inpakken dan maar. Om de fiets terug op de baan te krijgen is het al zweten geblazen. Uiteindelijk haal ik al men tassen eraf en breng alles stuk voor stuk naar boven wel per 2 stukken misschien 61514 Ok nu kon het echte werk beginnen. Ik trap ric

So quick update since I have the luxury of seeing a computer during the week. I am in Puyo closest town to my project but unfortunately it was for unfortunate circumstances. After yesterdays bus ride in pain and last nights lack of sleep due to gut issues I finally gave in and decided to try Western medicine...or the closest thing I can get to it. Monica a friend from volunteering offered

Margo Millure aspired to be a ballerina at an early age. Over time, and having been able to live abroad for several years, travel replaced her desire to dance. She has also raised a family. Now, the travel bug has bitten again and The Travel Belles has been a way to “scratch that itch”. Margo, along with other women writers, take you to destinations across the globe where you may just spot them dancing around a fountain or two…

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