Hola again from Juayua Its been an exciting few days for me. Ive seen lots of new things and had all sorts of new experiences.We walked with a guide Duglas through coffee plantations to Los Chorros de la Callera local swimming pools that are actually part of a hydroelectric power operation. There were a number of waterfalls and beautiful cool water in the pools. Keith was very keen to swim t

In high school I did two projects about Vietnam one about its economic development and another about American films set during the Vietnam war this sparked my interest in the country and it was not until three years later that I had the chance to visit. Originally I intended to spend five weeks in Vietnam four in Saigon doing an internship for a media company and then nine days of Travel from S

On day two we went to the Crazy Horse site and it was incredible. This is a privately funded project and although progress seems slow it is hard to conceive what they have already accomplished. Everyone should tour this project. We also went to Wind Cave which was interesting but not the prettiest cave we have ever seen.

In order to save money I took two separate flights to Saigon both of them were Thai Air Asia Asiarsquos Easyjet. During my flight from Bangkok to Saigon I met a woman on the plane who knew about the company was going to work for which gave me a sense of encouragement that I had let myself in for something good. Three hours later I did not feel the same way. Arriving at the airport I was hara

Travel from Mumbai to Pune. Today started with a pack up and move out from the Marigold Hotel to the MUWCI Mahindra United World College Campus in Pune. Driving out of Mumbai you realize why it is most populus city on earth the high rises go on for seemingly ever. Then the landscape changed to moutains as we climbed the Dacan plateau. With many open waterfalls and lush vegetation during t

Waking up a teenager at 430 am is never fun EXCEPT when it is to catch a plane Julia and I were up early and at the airport by 6 am to catch our flight. Unfortunately the airline lsquogodsrsquo were not on our side and our flight was delayed by an hour. No biggie but that extra hour sleep would have been welcome by all. By 800 am we were in the air and on our way. A turbulent flight w

Nothing exciting today. Got up at 4 am and left around 530am. The goal today is to beat the heat because we'll be traveling through the Mojave desert. At one point George said it was 105 degrees. I asked him not to tell me anymore. We arrived at the Best Western that's right no camping tonight around noon. Piper has been a real trouper. We've been careful to keep her hydrated everytime

The train ride from Saigon to Hue lasted 24 hours. It was not the most enjoyable train ride I had ever taken. I slept on the middle bunk beneath me were two Vietnamese families yes families not individual passengers who occupied two small beds. They were so loud the kids were constantly screaming at the top of their voices the woman beside me was friendly but was shouting down her phone every

Ok so Fraser Island has to be the best experience I have had so far absolutely a great laugh. We arrived at Hervey Bay and stayed at a hostel called Beaches. It is through Beaches that our Fraser Island and Whitsunday packages are booked through. We stayed on night in Hervey Bay getting ready for the trip to Fraser the next day. Basically you get put into a group of 8 and share a 4x4 vehicle.

I have only one word in which to describe Hanoihellipshit I checked into the hostel after arriving in Hanoi during the early hours of the morning. The hostel was located in the old quarter which contrary to the lonely planet guide is not full of charm it is not the Asia that I always dreamed of it is shit. The only exception to the shittiness that is Hanoi is the huge lake in the city centre.

Distance Travelled 663Temp Hot Sunny YAYToday we traversed the almost the entire state of Oregon. Left this morning at around 9am and headed down 395 and then jumped onto 84 to drive along the Columbia River. This area is amazingly beautiful. You wind along the river and on both sides are surrounded by wind turbines. Thousands of them We also went past the John Day Dam. There were wind

We spent a lazy morning enjoying fresh trout for breakfast. Then we drove into Missoula to fill prescriptions at Wlagreen's and to eat lunch at oh boy the Cracker Barrel. Rich found another scenic drive through the Blackfoot Valley following the Lewis and Clark trail again. we stopped in a tiny town at a fly shop and Rich bought three of the popular flies of the day. We reached a National Fores

Adam's BlogHi folks back on line again after a week on the high seas to Alaska....the internet rates were pretty exorbitant 1.50 a minute.....so waited till we got back to LA....Anyway time to update our travels....going back to week 11 with some lovely photos to scan throughWhen we checked out of Jasper we took quite an adventurous journey to Bridge Lake which was 4 hours away firstly spott

hola mis amigoswell what a crazy week it certainly has been. ironically we are right back where we were exactly a week ago in alejuela right outside san jose and are somehow already heading to peru tomorrow. I cannot express in words what these past 2 weeks here have taught me and I feel very enlightened as a worldy individual. but enough of these thoughts haha.. let me fill you in on this pa

Our firsts full day on the MUWCI Mahindra United World College of India campus was a great one Today is a day when we saw the importance of careful planning. We opened the day with Nandita Deostahle of MUWCI giving is an overview of the entire UWC system and some of the history of MUWCI itself. The UWC system is now up to 13 campuses worldwide with a new campus about to open in the Netherl

I was woken suddenly at 6am by one of the bus conductors to find that the bus was completely empty besides me. We had clearly arrived at Cochabamba some time ago. As I peered out of the window I noticed that my bag had already been unloaded and was laid on the floor next to the bus. After being hurried off the bus by the conductor I went to pick up my bag at the same time as the bus began to re

I chilled for most of the morning after having breakfast visited the internet caf and attempted to catch up on my blog. Around dinnertime Julian and the Puntas returned from a Tai Chi session and planned to go to the market to grab some lunch. They invited me to join them so we headed to the market sat down at a wooden bench with a group of Bolivians in the downstairs area and had a chicken d

Ok this is too many OK's for me ..... Great day of traveling... route 40 from Memphis to OK City is rough.. but we're here at the Hyatt Place and it's a great hotel ... SO let's start from this morning... left the Comfort Inn hotel at 9 ok for a three star hotel... but it must have been three stars out of ten instead of five and then proceeded to Graceland WOW We did the three hour tour

We have arrived in Redwood NP on Saturday June 26th. We will go out sightseeing today so you will have to wait until next post for the pictures. All the campsites in the lower half of the park were full so we are in a private campground Kamp Klamath between the upper and lower park.We left Sequoia and traveled to Yosemite and spent the night just outside the park at Bass Lake. Yosemite was great

Ni Hao from Zhangjiajie We've just spent the last few days around the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park which is home to the Avatar mountains. Obviously not the floating mountains with blue mystical creatures hanging off them but merely mountains or karsks add that to your vocab for today that very loosely look like the ones in the film. The park was huge and amazing and bar the Avatar memorabi