After 482 days of travel we now consider this part of our journey completed. We've accomplished more seen more and experienced more than we'd ever thought possible. Best of all we've grown very close with God and we met awesome people who changed our lives forever. To everyone who helped us along with an encouraging word took us in gave us advise and taught us something new we thank you from

Today we went to Tokyo Edo Museum. It was an interesting museum it was nice to see both full and scale models of the stuff i learned from classes. I got to see full models of the Tokyo bridge and the a kabuki theater. As well as what several Edo period homes looked like. That night the Meiji Kids took us to experience Tokyo night life. We went to a club called Atom. it was pretty cool three floo

22 05 2010We woke up slightly sad as today was the day we left our little piece of heaven Shasa hotel. We have had a lovely time here and got to know the staff so well. The sun was shining and we had our last breakfast.The bright spot though was our Thai friend Meaw who we thought we would not see again was on reception with Jak and we were able to say goodbye personally. We got a picture of us

Sorry this took a long time to put together due to one too many single malt whiskeys all will be revealed.On leaving Airlie Beach we decide to free camp at Home Hill a much recommended site we had heard so much about it. The camp site or to be more precise camp street runs parallel with the Bruce Highway on one side and the railway line on the other how peaceful Not really anything to do

23 05 2010Up at 0615 hours for the 0700 hours shuttle for the airport. Back in the lap of Emirates luxury. We had a small breakfast at the lounge and awaited our flight. There was a warning of a storm over the Bay of Bengal and the recent air crash in India which we were due to fly over was at the back of our mind.Got on board and we were 2 0f 4 people in business class so were truly spoilt. We bo

Today we did not have a lecture but went straight for the cultural sights. We went to Harajuku and Meiji Jinku shrine. We didn't get to see to much of the town. But we saw the shrine. It is a shrine to Emperor Meiji who instituted the Meiji Restoration which forever changed Japan. While there we saw a wedding procession in typical Japanese style Kimono's and all. After that we went to a Rugby gam

Howdy all I've been in Yuxi just around 2 months now. I've got 10 months more here before I move on through SE Asia and then back home. I've been thinking about home a lot lately. This week marks one year abroad for me. I left Seattle on May 28 2009. I expect I'll be back in the states around the same time in 2011. Two years in Asia wowAnyway it's best not to look too far ahead as Yunna

Sadly we left Eric's place in Arlington and decended southward to the home of the parents of Laura. We had a wonderful past 24 hours starting with our farewell party in DC. We sucessfully were able to finish the Ben and Jerry's Vermonster ice cream sundae. This is 20 scoops of deliciousness We then went to the Brickskeller in Dupont home of more than 3000 beers from all over the world. Tha

Another birthday has come around and I am now counting backwards.I have to say that I had a lovely day the weather was a little dodgy but that did not deter me.We went out to Joel and Chelle's to pick up the girls for a day out at Kelly Tarltons Underwater World.I was given a lovely surprise when we got to Joel's. Chelle and the girls had been up early baking. They had made the most beautiful lit

Just a quick blog to finish off on Bangkok before we head off to Hong Kong.You probably know by now that the Red Shirt protests ended in violence. The army moved in over 2 days declaring the centre of the city a ldquoLIVE FIRE ZONErdquo and shooting several armed and unarmed people. On Wednesday 19 May the protest leaders surrendered and most of the protesters left the protest site. A small

When were back home again and looking back Today will be one of the days that will be one of the first that springs to mind. A perfect day.Having booked a hotel that was just 0.5km from the start of the run at the WACA to minimise travel stress in the morning . Philip manages to get lost on route this despite the fact the WACA has massive floodlights is next to the river and virtual impossible to

Just north of Moab we turned east on Hwy 128 another designated scenic road. It's a beautiful drive through red rock canyons cut by the force of the Colorado River. The road runs alongside the Colorado River for about 30 miles. Castle Valley was gorgeous its name an obvious choice the rock formations look like castles on top of mesas for miles. The closer we got to I70 the flatter and dri

We lost our WiFi yesterday so I couldn't blog after our day trip so here are pictures from yesterday. What an amazing day. We are so glad we did this drive in the car and not in the RV. We took Rt 1 all the way from Pismo Beach up to Carmel Pebble Beach and Monterey Beach. Absolutely incredible drive Cliffs ocean and Big Sur need I say more. Enjoy the pictures.I will post more after

One of the most popular destinations for Aucklanders going on holiday is the Coromandel Peninsular a large jut of moutainous land sticking up to the east of the Auckland region. Despite the fact that it's so close to Auckland Glynn and I have never made it over that way mainly because it is always so popular and we tend to shy away from crowded holiday destinations. With winter fast approachin

Las Vegas the town of flash and flesh and I don't mean just in the shows but on the street. Amazing Judy I took an evening and went down the Strip to see the casinos and experience the flavor of the center city. It was a cold blustery evening and was hard to stay warm as I thought it would be warmer than it was. We were in and out of several casinos and the glitz of course is everyw

meer fotos van cooktown en cape tribulationKijk naar de Map hoe we ongeveer hebben gereden het was 3200 km

Mr and Mrs G decided that as HB was ldquounwellrdquo that it would be better to go back to Tokyo a day earlier than planned. Mrs G told me later that HB had miricauasly gotten better as soon as they had decided to go back although HB didnrsquot know that. No she was never sick to begin with she had dry skin. Secretly I think that they were trying to get out of staying in a Buddhist tem

Friday May 21One of the pleasures of road trips is the excitement of a find that you didnrsquot expect. Our traipse through AP US History has had us trying to recall so much that we had forgotten education is wasted on the young but many of the places and names certainly did ring some familiar bells. But our real find today was a new one Montpelier the home of James Madison outside Ch

I went down to Atlanta this weekend to visit Dad and trade cars. My road trip is at the end of this week my anxiety is starting to realize that too and Dad's car is more suitable for a road trip than my Fit. So I drove down Friday and we went to my favorite sushi place they have this special roll that no place here has and it's soooo good. We were supposed to go to six flags Saturday but Dad

Doug and I had bought tickets to see Carbon Leaf one of our favorite bands for way back in Feb. We had driven all the way to Londonderry NH to see them at this really cool place called Tupelo Music Hall just to arrive and find the place had no power due to some rain and sleet that had been coming down. What a bummer Well Carbon Leaf rescheduled their show for May 21st So round 2 Up to Londond