Have you ever tried a banana blossom burger While in Port Barton make sure to try one at Judy's restaurant. Her secret recipe is completely vegetarian and made from fresh banana blossoms and lots of garlic and onions Judy says with a smile. We tried it and and we can honestly say it's one of the tastiest burgers vegetarian or meat we've ever had. Crispy and hearty with onions tomato and f

Het is al weer ruim een week geleden dat we Corina Miriam en ik aankwamen in Kabul. Voor Corina en Miriam de eerste keer dat ze voet op Afghaanse bodem zetten. Het project vraagt veel tijd en daarom moet ik hier eigenlijk permanent zitten. Met alleen maar korte bezoeken valt dit project niet aan te sturen ik moet er elke dag bij zijn. Vandaar dat we besloten om in elk geval de rest van het j

these are the photos we did not have originally for the Salt Plains blog.....these are the funnier ones....

Hi everyoneWe have been busy getting situated in La Mariposa Ecolodge and have been taking Spanish lessons. Rich has been studying hard but I have doing my best to just shoot the breeze with my teachers and so am not really utilizing my time well. We arrived late Wednesday and took classes Thursday and Friday. Today we had a field trip to Laguna de Apoya which is quite warm because of the und

Tan and I both got haircuts this week. The only things I could say regarding my hair were short and not too short so I pointed to different parts of my head and let him do his thing. To be honest I've had worse haircuts in the US when I was fully able to communicate what I wanted. Anywho following up the haircut day we took a trip to Wu Zhen which was way too packed to be enjoyed. Wu Zh

i'm chilling at jfk with a coke and a pizza the size of my palm. on the way in i heard the sniffles of a korean family while they were saying goodbye. it was kind of sad.i have another hour until the flight begins boarding. i really hate the wait. if they had beds at the airport where i could sleep until the next flight i wouldn't mind. one time i slept for 12 hours on the floor at heathrow.

Here are the Sequoia Nat'l. Park pictures and all I can say is pictures REALLY don't do the giants justice. These trees are towering giants and a miralce of nature. We are so impressed with the National Parks out here this is one branch of the government that works right I should explain a couple of things. The tree you see on it's side once had a family living in it and in the 1870's they

We arrived in Sihanoukville yesterday. We have a private driver for the next week we hired our friend Sam that we had met last year but he was in a very bad motorbike accidentroad rash on face and handsso he couldn't make ithe sent his cousin Mr. Sear so we will be exploring quite a lot. We checked into our hotel that overlooks the beach headed down and Steven found his new best friendSerya

So Irsquom 23 now It was my first birthday out of the country but it was pretty fun. Being older wiser and much more responsible than that of my 22 year old self I had to go to work the whole day. Kiwi fruit picking isnrsquot what Irsquod call the most exciting event to attend for a party but the German girls Kerstin Anika and Lisa made me a batch of chocolate and caramel muffins wh

The reason why most tourists visit the area of Chachapoyas is the archeological site of Kuelap which is supposed to be the second most famous ruin in Peru besides Machu Picchu. I knew that Kuelap would and should be my last Peruvian site after spending more than five weeks in Peru I had the feeling that I had seen enough ancient Peruvian stones...I was Peruviansitesbraindead.And I will defini

Where did I leave off Oh yes we are on our way to Milan. We have a week's worth of dirty clothes and tomorrow we see Leonardo's Upper Room fresco. Buff Googled the address of Hotel Mokinba the night before so should be easy. Famous last words. How appropriate last supper last words. As we get to Milan we seem to travel right on around it to a town called Legnano. Last there's that

Friday June 4 2010It rained all night long and we expect nothing but rain again today. Because of this we decided to take it slow this morning. Hiking was not going to be a good option for the day so we decided to head into the town of Jackson. The downtown district is Wyomingrsquos version of Brown County so for those who like to shop in a quaint little district this was a goldmine. For

Fruit Picking in Australia..So a lot of people will tell you there best time in Australia was fruit picking in the outback. Well I guess everyonersquos experience is different When Josie Claire and I arrived in ldquothe outbackrdquo our little village called Redcliffs freaked us out completely...Coming from the HUGE city of Sydney and living in the famous Kings Cross the suburb that never

Saturday June 5 2010Happy birthday Mom We had hoped to call you to sing but we have no cell reception so hopefully this blog will go out in a timely manner. I hope you got to celebrate in some fun way today. Itrsquos hard to believe that this is our last day in the Grand TetonYellowstone area of the country. We decided to drive to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in hopes of seeing t

We arrived in Cambodia midmorning Friday so we've been here for just about 2 days now. We moved into our new apartment and have spent the time unpacking meeting our coworkers trying to get over jet lag and sweating. It's soo hot Monday we start language classes and continue our orientation.Our first impression is that we're going to like Phnom Penh a lot. It's an active growing and exc

Haben gestern die WICKED Musical Lottery gewonnen und somit total guenstige Tickets bekommen 30pp statt 90. Vorstellung war dann auch gleich gestern Abend Sassen in der ersten Reihe ganz in der Mitte War echt supergut Wuerde ich mir auf jeden Fall nochmal anschauen

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Matt and I have just returned from a wonderfully relaxing yet very wet weekend in Whistler. I think we Vancouverites tend to take Whistler for granted. Whenever I'm there I have to remind myself that people come from all over the world to experience this beautiful place in the middle of the mountains. Unfortunitly the weather decided not to cooperate with us and it did rain most of the weekend

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Getting out of Milan was as hard as getting in. We seemed to travel in circles for hours following signs for 'Como'. And that was after we spent an hour at least looking for a couple of 'lavandarias' that Buff had Googled. They turned out to be drycleaners not selfservice laundromats but not to worry. He found one on the web in Bellagio where our next B B is. Finally on the Autostrada