In the final stages of preparing for my first trip overseas I am so excited and can't wait. Hoping that this travel blog will help me stay in contact with my awesome son wonderful family and friends and bring everyone along on this incredible journey. When you click on the subscribe button and enter your email you will get a message when I post something from China. 24 hours to go and I am

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I am sitting in my friend Johanna's apartment located near downtown Munich. Thanks to the noisy city traffic I am the first one up and so I finally have a minute to update my blog finishing the stories of our Kenyan adventure. The day following the last medical clinic we began our morning going out to a small village where a church in Garissa does a sports ministry and plays soccer with som

Okay an early start in Bangkok allowed us to get the train 2 hours north to a city called Ayuthaya which is full of old temples and stuff. At first it was quite impressive and I really like the Cambodian style temples but you had to pay an entry fee to get into the grounds. And I wasn't doing that when I have a perfectly good zoom feature on my camera. Like I said the temples were impressive but

Left Tiaro Petrie Park camping area about 9.15 and headed towards Calliope Historical Village. Arrived about 1.30 and set up camp on the topside overlooking the river. We are permitted to stay here for 2 days although some people stay longer. I don't think that they worry too much. We have no toilet facilities except for some portaloos. They say that someone came during the night and put

me and the guero went on a tour today of Berlin and it turned out to be such a great experience. So amazing how the people of this city have overcome so many obstacles. I never realized how much this city has suffered during the last 100 years. I also have learned and been inspired by how the unification of a community can make change happen in a very drastic way. Futhermore I have learned r

With nerves on edge we head inland towards Ravenshoe Queenslandrsquos highest town some 920m above sea level or thereabouts. We start with 8km of near vertical road but cruise it at a steady 25kmph. We decide Innot Hot Springs is the place to stay for 2 nights no phone coverage no internet coverage and no TV signal geez what are we gonna do Oh and did we also mention no sun in fac

Bonjour Nos AmisInteresting trip back o France since the Italian Workers decided to go on general strike at precisely the time we thought we were flying outbound from Florence. Consequently we wound up napping by a busy traffic circle by the terminal under a shade tree until the gates reopened only to discover that our destination of Toulouse France on Air France was only reachable this day

Saturday June 26thDaily Information High temp 74Low temp 49Campground Elevation 6822 above sea levelHighest Elevation 10450 above sea levelLowest Elevation 6822 above sea levelTraveled 125 milesDeparted 1030AM Local Weather wonderful cool and low humidity.HighlightsGrand Teton peak in the clouds awesome Saw White Pelicans ReallyGoing to Jackson I saw my first Bison Tetonka Indian f

After that very long and very tiring drive last night we were exhausted which made us both sleep like little babies. We woke up this morning in a small town called Frisco CO and of course we were in the WalMart parking lot. Unfortunately we were up before our alarm went off due to someone's car alarm that was continuously honking right beside us. We hopped up and began getting ready for the day

Sunday June 27thDaily Information High temp 74Low temp 38Campground Elevation 6822 above sea levelHighest Elevation 6822 above sea levelLowest Elevation 6822 above sea levelTraveled 1 miles plus boat milesDeparted 709AM For Breakfast Cruise Weather wonderful cool low humidity and no clouds.HighlightsCruised to Elk Island on the Rendezvous for breakfast with Captain Brent at the helmWe

Too tired to write these are big states that take FOREVER to drive through....Yesterday Summerfest in Milwaukee Miller Brewery Tour Milwaukee Brewers game they lost and random flip cup game.Today Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota. We checked out the Badlands Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horses pronounced nose and the Black Hills. You check out our pics. Must sleep now headed to Yellowstone i

Monday June 28thDaily Information High temp 78Low temp 42Campground Elevation 6865 above sea levelHighest Elevation 8028 above sea levelLowest Elevation 6740 above sea levelTraveled 170 miles Departed 900AM. Weather wonderful cool low humidity and no clouds.HighlightsEntered Yellowstone NP at 925AMSaw Yellowstone Lake large with snow covered mountains in backgroundSaw bubbling therm

Today we went out from the Fitzroy river again but this time with Shane. Shane works for the Fitzroy River Basin Association and is in charge of allocating funds to different community projects such as the one we are doing. Consequently most of our grant funds come from the FBA and Shane and he and his coworkers will be coming out on the boat with us every now and again. The drive to the ri

Sleeping in until 730 feels like such a luxury Except for the part that we live across the street from a few car shops and I woke up to a grinder bright and early in the morning. Go figure. I guess I canrsquot escape the damn grinder anywhere In case any one is confused the grinder is Alexrsquos favorite tool and he would use it to cut his fingernails if he could. I wouldnrsquo

A backpacker visited a Zen master to have a cup of tea. While the tourist was drinking the tea the master was subjected to some questions about Zen. ldquoMaster what is ZenldquoMaster why is Zen ldquoMaster can I have some milk for my teardquoldquoMaster is Zen ZenrdquoThe Master got up and started fiddling with the visitors pack. From within his robes the Master produced an u

So i have been here in Sydney for just over 2 weeks now i thought it was about time to share some of the things i have been doing. For those who dont know I am doing an internship in Sydney for 5 months then after i will be travelling all of Australia but for now this blog will be limited to just my activities in Sydney im afraid.Work is going well the guys im working with seem really nice an

According to Julia ACDC is the best band ever. Prior to our trip she discovered that they had recorded in a studio on Powell street in Vancouver. Our mission on Day 2 was to find said studio and at least touch the same door handle as her lsquorock godsrsquo. And so with 100 Powell street as one of our objectives we headed out to explore Vancouver. Our friends Mike and Sandra served as

According to Julia I snore. Loudly. I refuse to accept this as truth but woke up in the morning vaguely aware of getting an elbow or two in the ribs the night before. Oh the joys of sharing a bed. My friend Mike lent us his car and so Julia and I ventured out to Lynn Canyon Park in North Vancouver. Most tourists head to the Capilano suspension bridge but why fight the crowds and pay a smal

Following the Gold Rush TrailOh the things wersquove seen Our drive from Hope to Quesnel took us through the Fraser Canyon. I cannot begin to find the words to describe how truly magnificent this drive is. Pictures do not do it justice although we took plenty of them. There was rain off and on but that did not in any way detract from the experience. In fact there were times when driving t