DAY 548We are out of practice doing the blogs at the moment we are finding that the weeks are not going to be exciting enough for you and we are sure that you donrsquot want to hear about the boring work stuff we have a good weekend planned ahead of us so hope that it will be a little bit more exciting for you so here goes.With the sad news of the death of Jack still heavy in our hearts we had

Hi peopleIn the last couple of months I have done some really nice weekend trips in Europe and Marrakech. ALthough I haven't put these bogs up yet I want to include you all in my latest trip to New York and Costa Rica. I have been working quit a bit the last year so this is a well earned one month holiday. Together with Bart I headed off to New York to do a quick city trip. We have had a wonderf

Well tomorrow morning I'll be leaving our house at 7 AM to start my trip. I leave from the Charlotte Airport at 1115 AM and head to Newark NJ for my connecting flight to Lima. I'll arrive in Lima at 930 PM 1030 on the East Coast in the U.S.. From there I'm not really sure what I'll be doing but I'll definitely post it tomorrow or Monday sometime. I'll try to keep this as up to date as po

After an awesome time in Whistler it was time to spend a few days visiting Andy's Dad's friends on Vancouver Island. First stop Randy and Noy in North Saanich. The ferry ride from Tswasswan on the mainland to Swartz Bay on the island cost us 13 and was a pretty cool ride. We enjoyed the lovely scenery and views of the islands as we chilled out on the top deck of the ferry. It was a little wi

It's Wednesday 5th May and the time has come to leave Canada and head over the border to begin our trip down the West Coast of America. First stop Seattle. We had booked a greyhound bus from Vancouver to Seattle and despite hearing a number of horror stories from people who have crossed the border we passed through customs without any problems although it did take about 1 12 hours and invo

It seems that my internal clock has no regard for the state I am in when I go to sleep. A few evenings ago my uncle Eddie took me and my cousin Chris to my second cousins' I'm not good with family terminology. They're basically my mom's and my uncle's cousins to get his van fixed. I knew we were going to see my cousins but what I was unaware of was the copious amounts of alcohol that was going

02.05.10 Kumily Munnar Udumalpet Coimbatore 3 Etappen mit 3 verschiedenen Fortbewegungsmitteln die erste Etappe fahren wir im offenen Jeep durch die atemberaubende Berglandschaft von Kerala mit herrlichen Ausblicken in die weiten Ebenen vom Nachbarstaat Tamil Nadu. die ersten 90 km ber Psse Serpentinen und mit etlichen Fotostops legen wir in knapp 5 Std zurck. fr die zweite Etappe

Endlich geht unsere Tour weiter in Richtung Sdinsel. Und die vielleicht interesanteste Art zu Reisen ist trampen. Deshalb stellten wir uns einfach mal mit einem schn gemalten Schild an die Strae und innerhalb von 10 Minutenblieb ein kleiner Van voll mit Franzosen stehen die uns die 350 km bis nach Wellington mitnahmen. In Wellington war dann ersteinmal Kultur angesagt Das heit Museumsbesuc

Von Wellington nahmen wir dann den Flug nach Christchurch um dort unseren neuen Travelmate Phillip zu treffen und unsuns hier einen Van zu kaufen. Gesagt getan wir kauften einen uralten Toyota Hiace fr 650 Euro und fuhren direkt nach Akaroa ein wunderschner Hafenort ca. 80 km stlich von Christchurch. Dort durchwanderten wir dann das Hinawai Reserve wo wir einen traumhaften Blick auf die Buc

Franz Josef and Wanaka BlogHowdie folks Sam here again. I hope you all enjoyed Laurarsquos blog.Punakaiki was indeed very beautiful. The sea was ferocious and the state of the rocks jutting out into it reflected this ferocity. There is something quite wondrous and gripping about a rugged coastline you canrsquot quite take your eyes off it.Anyway enough about that place we have moved onA

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Hi Everyone Today we went to Hoover Dam Kids liked it a lot. We went down 500 feet into the dam and went into the generator room on the Nevada side and we went into the diversion pipe line cave that houses the huge pipe. We had enough water flowing under us they said it would fill a olympic size swimming pool in one minute. You could feel the rumbling under your feet pretty powerful. We then

Sonnige Gruesse aus South Australia The Festival StateDer Lebenstil der Leute in South Australia ist recht amuesant Kaffee trinken Schoki und Eiscreme essen und das wichtigste RELAXEN. jetzt koennt ihr euch vorstellen dass ich mich hier extrem wohlfuehle hehe Die South Australier sind extrem stolz auf ihren Haighs Chocolates und der kann sich wirklich sehen lassen. Nix Maschine alles per Ha

Time for another report Yesterday we went fishing in a long boat and motored out around the islands by Phuket Ethan and I caught a grande total of drumroll please ONE FISH Caught by the seasoned fisherman Monty the striped rainbowscaledNemofish saw his life flash before his eyes as I pulled him up to the surface where I promptly let him go. The Thai boatmenfishermen looked at me li

Its been a couple of weeks since we've entered a blog have been really busy with friends coming over and celebrating my birthdayIts all a bit of a blur as it was so long ago but it was so great having my friends here for my birthday. There was 10 of us all together it was a pretty relaxing day... started with breakfast at cafe Canggu then the boys went for a surf down at Echo beach while us

Sierra de Guara is a mountain range in northeastern Spain. Most of it is included within a natural park... and it really worths a visit. These mountains are full of canyons and gorges and actually are one of the best places in Spain for canyoning. I am not so brave for that I am not a friend of hanging ropes although I feel kind of attracted by jumping into deep pools in a river. Anyway I don

May 1 afternoon May 4 eveningDAY 1We were shown to our room in the new building the new Outside Inn so the rooms and facilities were awesome Alex one of the hotel guarddogs assisted in showing us to our room. He is an adorable 7month old sausage dog. After we got some food into our stomachs we headed out on foot to the Yulong River. We had to walk across someone's rice paddie

Sunday 9.5.2010 day 207Our resort TrailsWhen I work up there was a light covering of snow on the ground it looked very pretty. It is so quiet out her making it very relaxing. We were going to try there breakfasts here as we had a two for one voucher but my friend is not feeling so well and sleep in. I could not wait so made my own bfast. Although it is very warn in our lodge it is quite cold out t

Monday 10.5.2010 day 208Ottawarsquos Tulip Festival and MontrealToday we drove to Canadianrsquos capital city Ottawa it is only about an hour from our lodge we had a look at the Tulip festival. It is the largest Tulip festival in the world from a gift of international friendship given 6 decades ago in 1945 Princess Juliana of Netherlands gave Ottawa 100000 tulip bulbs. The gift was in appreci

Tuesday 11.5.2010 day 209Ottawa ValleySunrise here is about 5am at this time of the year and it is very nice to see the sun come up and shine on the lake in the morning. Samuel D Champlain was French explore navigator and map maker who explored much of Eastern Canada. In 1613 while exploring the Ottawa River he needed to bypass the rapids in the river. To do this he portaged through a chain of la