Off by about 830 leaving Moab UT. We drove up UT 128 to I70 East. 128 follows the Colorado River about 23 of the way to I70. It is a beautiful canyon with lots of red sandstone high cliffs of monolithic sandstone some towers buttes and other assorted shapes. The road is really close to the river which was high and running dirty. Saw a couple busloads of people going to drop off poin

We woke up and decided that a free continental breakfast at the hotel was way better than paying to go somewhere. And as far as hotels go this was probably the best place I have ever been to for continental breakfast. It was actually really great. I had waffles with strawberries on top and hard boiled egg. Im not really sure of all the stuff Doug ate but I do remember that he gave me a bite of

We arrived in Chang Mai and headed straight to our hotel by taxi. The hotel was awesome compared to all the rest. We had people carrying our bags tea whilst checking in so much sugar but still had someone to show us the apartment huge modern room and even a pillow menu. The classy stuff all for cheaper than the hostel room in Amsterdam. After traveling for about 26hours we were both shagged

Mom drove us to Newark NJ airport at midday Monday. As soon as we entered the terminal I was so glad we decided to carry on. The line to check bags weaved all around the building We waltzed on by the queue and into a short security line. We were through within 20 minutes. It would have been shorter accept that a TSA official flagged Robarn for inconsistent density patterns in his left sh

Ok so it has taken me some time to get round to writing about Boracay but I think I have only just recovered from the experience You can't sell me a bottle of rum for 70p and expect me to walk away in a straight line So that was pretty much all there a to do on the island apart from soak up the scenery. Boracay's White Beach was voted World's number one Tropical Beach back in 1996 when the isl

....this will be quick as internet here is SLOWSnapshot We left the Okvandgo Delta in Botswana a week ago and now in Swakopmund Namibia. Okvandgo Delta is at least the locals claim the largest inland delta in the world. Imagine a vast area the size of Maine under water and once every year the water spreads to central Botswana turning desert into green habitats. We arrived when waters we

getting out of LA to Vegas sounds a good idea but some minor coulda been major disasters on the way made me wonder about my state of mindI planned to get the 9.30am Flyaway bus shuttle to LAX the flight was 12.15pm but they say 1 12 hrs before on the tix. Had located take off point for Flyaway the previous night and asked how long they had said at this time about 35mins that was late P

After we left the Louvre we walked through the Jardin du Tuileries which is the oldest formal garden in Paris. Parisians and tourists alike walk down the pebbled paths enjoying the temperate weather. The avenue is spectacular you can see the Louvre on one end and the Arc du Triumph on the other. We walked down the Champs Elysees to the Arc to take a picture and then stopped for an espresso

PERTHThursday 13th MayI was up at 5.45am to catch my flight to Perth. I was at the bus stop at 6.20am I hate getting up early. I got to the airport and as I'd already checked in just needed to drop my bags off. But caused a bit of an incident....the guy asked me if I had any aerosols and the only thing I had was the can of bug spray i.e. killer Caryl and I had got in Cape Tribulation. I told

We drove north to State Hwy 211 a great road with scenery to die for. At the Needles visitor center for Canyonlands National Park we got our patches and stamps and found which overlooks were mustsee and accessible while we were towing campers. The mountains canyons needles mushrooms and other rock formations were in vivid shades of red yellow white and green. Kerry and I had been to Cany

Before going to Bucharest we stopped in the small town of Timisoara Romania. We walked to our hotel which was actually towards the outside of the city but still a short distance from the train station. We paid 23 EUR per night for a very nice hotel room. It was a large room with two full size beds and a bathroom with a shower and a Jacuzzi. We arrived late at night and wanted nothing more

Hey everyone Well my first week in Norway I'm glad to say was pretty relaxing once I got here. I can say I'm pretty used to life at home though we haven't really been out much. I think the most eventful my week has been was on Tuesday when I went to work with Per Christian and met one of his bosses Arne and two of his coworkers Marianne and Henning. I hit it off with Henning pretty well

Vietnam has an emerging economy ever since good old Bill lifted the sanctions on Nam in 1995. Since then the Kids have been tucking into KFC strutting around in Nike trainers and listening to Avril Lavigne. So when we got off the plane expecting bamboo huts little wooden bridges and paper lanterns we were sorely dissappointed. To see that stuff we had to get to the Mekong Delta where everythin

Welcome to Washington DCI've been in DC for about a week and I'm excited for my internship that starts on Monday I'm not quite sure what projects I'll be working on at the Smithsonian but I will let you know when I find out. This week I've been mostly exploring and getting to know the city. I'm living in my sister's apartment in the NW quadrant of the city which is close to the Metro whic

Oops I meant to include some pictures with my last blog...sorry to flood your inboxGo Big RedNatalie

Wednesday 19 MayAmandarsquos first day of holidays today. We had a bit of a sleep in then headed over the road for coffee then walked down to Ferry Street for some shopping. About three hours in the shops with loads of successful purchases shoes clothes lingerie and bags between the three of us. Now I am sitting in a Laundromat. I feel like washing my clothes twice. Once to get the other peo

Hi AllThe Blogs are going to get done we are so tired it is taking longer to do. We're trying to put them together on the road and then download them at night. So here is day 6...We got up this morning in Tulsa Oklahoma and the clouds are super dark. We ate breakfast at a restaurant and by the time we came out there was a lightening storm. We stayed in front of the storm we got lots of rain t

So we left the tribes and water fighting of Chiang Mai and took a day and 2nights to travel to Koh Phangan The full moon party island. Meeting the lovely Natasha and Fiona on the way who became our companions for the next 2weeks which felt like a lifetime We decided to stay at the same resort as them and booked 9 nights at Weang Thai when we were waiting for the day in Bangkok. Wish we ha

Today was another early morning. We decided to go canyoning this morning with Kylie and Kristie so we needed to head out by 845. We were awakened at 7 am by the birds the farmers market that had magically sprung up overnight. It was quite a sight tons and tons of fresh fruit jewelry cloth etc. I was tempted but where would I put it My bag is beyond stuffed alreadyWe got up cleaned

Left Blanding UT and drove to the Needles South Visitors Center in Canyonlands NP. The road into the park is really spectacular very similar to the bus ride up the Zion NP canyon along the Virgin River. Lots of need stuff to see in the loop within the park. One really unique feature was the Wooden Shoe Arch Picture included. Every where we looked were amazingly beautiful sights th