Plans are being set for the first leg of our trip on Tuesday. Rachel and I need to be at Regan National Airport early so rather than leave Maryland at 4 am we will stay at a hotel in Arlington near the airport. Michelle Paul and the other two girls Renee and Anna will all stay with us and come to the airport to say goodbye to Rachel and me as we leave for our trip to Alaska. Rachel is learning

Adam's Blog Norwegian Pearl Alaskan CruiseIF EVER YOU WERE THINKING OF DOING AN ALASKAN CRUISE.........DO ITOk so we are a bit excited. Yes it is eveything they say it is and to top it off the NCL Norwegian Pearl was a great ship to take us there for a family.Sunday morning and we were well organised onto the ship and into our cabin...on deck 8. The ship was built in 2008 and the flagship of NC

Hey everyone Sarah typing here for my first entry it seems I can't work the touch screen on Ed's ipod but now we are in Koh Samui airport I am using the free PC First off I want to apologise for any worry we caused when you guys heard about the boat crash at the full moon party no one where we were staying had even heard about it until you called but yeah I'll make an effort to keep my phone

Again here are some great pics for your pleasure

Another fun filled dayMontmorency FallsSt. Anne du Beaupre CathedraleChocolatier on Ile d'OrleansFree time in Old QuebecSugar Shack for Dinner

WOW After three amazing days in Vancouver Julia and I are now comfortably settled into the Quality Inn in Hope BC. Full from our dinner at a diner called 'HOME'. It was pure comfort food. Julia chowed down on a hot turkey sandwich a mug of hot chocolate topped with whipped cream and the largest homemade 'MM' cookie I've ever seen. I enjoyed a homemade tomato soup filled with veggies and a

Day 2 was an very unproductive thank you unreliable wifi. The good thing is that I now have 3 interviewees that I plan to talk to this coming week. I have come the decision that I will only stay in Akumal for a month instead of 2. The remaining time I will spend satisfying my curiosity by visiting the Mayan ruins that consume this beautiful place. Not much has happened in the last 24 hours so s

Here are some of the pictures from North and South Dakota. Our first stop was at the Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l. Park in N. Dakota. A very different landscape from where we have been. This is what they call the bad lands. We spend a nice evening with Kevin and family and stayed at Ellsworth AFB a very nice RV park. A storm moved in that night and gave us some neat sky pictures. From there

Had a great night's sleep and ready for the Grand Canyon. We left around 5 am and stopped at a great local place called Mary's Cafe. We had our usual hearty breakfast as we've been sticking to two meals a day. Just worked out that way. The ride to the Grand Canyon was in perfect weather. Cool enough for jackets but didn't need chaps. We went by miles and miles of property without power lines

A late bid in keeping with the World Cup interest and the big game tomorrow is for 66.There is 1 hour left to bid............the auction closes at 8am UK time today.

out cold by 945pm last night it was still light out. One of the things we were going to do here is observe the night crier apparently the tradition is that some costumed guy blows a horn to warn people that nght is coming do they have to be warned and they've been doing it for hundreds of years. missed it. stupid chinese buffet. now that it's almost over i'm getting really good at

And so the day has arrived when I have to head home. All packed I wait outside the Hotel for Anna. There is a hive of activity as people are heading to work and there is Police activity in the area apparently due to a high profile case at the nearby Court. Mind you the police weren't that interested in the public I saw a policeman on his motorbike riding down the road almost two abreast with a

After we returned from our mini adventure we spent two days recovering from our big trip catching up with family and packing for our next mini trip and we rode our bikes into Nijmegan and were finally able to shop for some decent clothes fashion at the moment includes fluro coloured jump suits....yeah no...Today day 12 we depart Bemmel to spend the day in Amsterdam looking at the Ann Frank

The auction is now closed......................and the final bid of 66 was made by David Penfold. Thank you so much and to all those who also bid for Shrek. Shrek and his photos will soon be off to a new home with tales to tell of his travels. David while you await his arrival there is a nice picture of him in The Sun today in the football pull out He too has World Cup fever.It is great that the

Today we were in transit. We decided not to drive back to Cape Town after a chap told us that a flight was available out of East London which was about 2 and a half hours away. Roger didn't fancy the long drive to Cape Town even though the route is stunning.Well what can I say never believe distances told over a drink. This journey took us 4 hours. We disbelieved the Sat Nav and ended up lost. F

Seems like every Hawaiian word we come across has an extraordinary amount of vowels. Wheel of Fortune would make a killing here selling vowels by the dozen. We are on Maui for the wedding of Cathleenrsquos niece. It is quite beautiful here in paradise and while it is hot and humid it seems there is always a cool breeze. Today we spent the morning hiking to the Nakalele blowholes. The sma

So here I am in Iceland ready for a week of relaxation hiking geothermal pools puffins and perhaps a ride on a pony. I'm drawn to the clean air and promise of fun people who consider sarcasm something of a sport. I left for the airport 5 hours before my flight curse you G20 and got here from the Beach in 25 minutes which is pretty much unheard of. The traffic at 430 on a Friday was like 4

On day nine we found ourselves in the town of Cochem in Germany it was a really awesome place really German. After breakfast we went our separate ways with Opa and Oma Riet heading off to do some shopping and mum and i off to the market square to catch the bus to the castle. On the way we did a fair bit of shopping bought a bit of local wine. All the wine came in really cool shaped or coloured

God I hate this stupid laptop. I hate Microsoft. I loathe and detest everything to do with wifi.I also hate Virgin Blue for losing my luggage. I abhor the World Cup this time a curse onto the rotten spoiled playboys of Brasil Portugal Spain Chile and England.Now you may be getting the impression that I'm a bit jazzed up at the moment and you wouldn't be wrong after all my thyroid meds

I moved into a tiny windowless room over a bar for 4 nights while the V8 Supercars Championship was on in Darwin as everywhere was packed. Not only were all the hotel rooms taken but you couldnrsquot get tables in restaurants or cafes. My room was over the Wisdom Bar claiming they provide enlightenment through beer where they sold over 50 types of beers had loud live music every night and