Hello Everyone Wow has it been a wonderful last few weeks. I can't believe I haven't written since April and it's already May 14th Many other volunteers have came and went during my stay here and I am now the last one remaining from the original crew I arrived with. I get really sad when I realize my time here is quickly coming to an end. So I try not to think about it. I am just enjoying

Yesterday I headed into town so I could go to the internet cafe and pick up some more water and a few groceries nothing exciting or so I thought.....For the past couple days I've heard that the Kenya police have been pulling over the matatus heading into Nakuru for the pupose of extorting the drivers for more money. Unfortunately it's caused a lot of delays for people trying to get into town a

Fog and rain are not as bad as yesterday. Sight is probably 200 metres today. But still it is raining you canrsquot see the top of Tegelberg. So one more day without a task.Yesterday we walked up to the Drehhtte in a big group which is about 300 metres below the top of Tegelberg. There were about 20 pilots that did the 1.5 hour walk. Benno had organised a bus for all those who are not fit e

Vret begynner og bli kaldere jeg mtte faktisk invistere i en jakke i gr. Noe jeg syntes er helt fantastisk trope varmen har endelig gitt seg og lufta begynner og bli friskere. Her en morgen var det faktisk bare 9 grader ut og 24 grader i vannet. Jeg kan n fryde meg over og ta p meg noen alt for store raggsokker dratt over pysjbuks alla mamma style og kose med en var kopp te hver kveld.

Hello again a bit of a delay on the latest installment due to too much fun being had in the south of Thailand.Picking up on our ventures to Vietnam we decided to take the fast boat up the Mekong to the capital of Cambodia Phnom Penh. After a dodgy waterside border crossing and a few backhanders we were on our way and travelling inland to the searing heat and arid landscape. We made it to the ca

Friday May 7thWe left Ambury Farm RP and drove into the city where Talita had a meeting set up for 11am. We'd driven past the location before purely by accident so we kinda knew where it was. Today because we approached from the opposite direction we completely missed it. We eventually found the place and Talita's meeting went well.Cautiously uplifted we drove on to Browns Bay where we found

After a 20 km boda boda motorbike taxi ride with me and a friend clinging on along a mud track with all our bags asking the driver to go slowly and realising just how few muscles i have in my back and tummy....we arrived at lake nabugabo a huge quiet bilharzia croc and hippo free lake not far from Masaka. monkeys pottered around and a crowd amy i spologise for the collective noun of hor

Before we leave Coen we go to visit Charlies goldmine which belongs to an old Maltese chap who has been running a gold mine since the 1960's. He has made his house from old bottles and scap metal and has some cool metalic sculptures in his yard. He has loads of stories to tell and we will definetly camp overnight here on the way back down and do some panning for gold. This would be a great touris

Afternoon everyone Yet again this blog has taken a while coming to you as we have been busy busy To everyone who is doing exams etc....keep going it will all be over soon Maybe you won't want to read this blog though So our last blog was from the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia. It was so pretty and we ate a lot of scones and went to the tea plantations and generally relaxed. Did A LOT of laun

Wow what a spectacular day in Moab. I hiked to Delicate Arch this morning. Oh my goodness what an experience. Irsquove seen hundreds of images of Delicate Arch and even seen it from another viewpoint at least mile away when I was here in 2008 but seeing it up close is amazing.Itrsquos a mile and half hike across slick rock and coming up a ledge on the backside of the arch. When you come

Hello everyone today is Friday morning. Yesterday we had very long day on our trip to Monte Cassino however it was wonderful day as we saw where our Dads were and what a time they had We had done some reading beforehand certainly gave the tour more impact as we were able to relate the readings to the actual sights. We laid poppies on some graves. You could feel the Kiwi presence there. Th

Entry 3 10 days before the tripFinalizationsIf you didn't get the pun it's final exam week here at UMD. Granted I only have 2 exams 2 and a half if you count short papers but nature decided to bless me with my first cold in 2 years this Monday. Instead of studying I've been sleeping downing grapefruit juice and blowing my nose 247. Fantastic. Oh well first exam was pretty easy and m

Hello everyone I am so excited... 21 more sleeps. This will be our first trip back to Canada in the summer in over 6 years Hard to believe that time has flown so quickly. I am freezing at the moment here in Australia so very much looking forward to warm days of sunshine and hanging out at the lake. I must admit I am not sure if I will be packing my togs.. Swimmers for you CanadiansMorning'

Roughly a 4 hour drive east of our house is the Gila National Forest Gila Wilderness and within the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. Once we were off the main highway and onto the Scenic Byway that leads to through the park we were engulfed by trees galore The byway itself was pretty exciting. There were portions of it that seemed barely wide enough for two passing cars. Luckily

For our last full day in America we thought we would explore some of the beaches. First stop 40 mins away was Liz's first choice Malibu beach. We parked up walked down through some marshland and onto the beach It was practically deserted We could have sunbathed and had the whole beach to ourselves Liz Nige paddled but myself Andy bottled it it looked freezingNext up was Venice beach

That's right I'm not talking about the kind where you jump out of the car at a stoplight and run around and hop back in before the light turns green. That's about as Chinese as fortune cookies.You remember the fire drills of your youth one minute you're scribbling answers on your worksheet writing a note to your friend or if in university you're most likely asleep and it's rush week so the a

On a le motoris On devait revenir prs de l'aroport pour en prendre possession.On est encore dans un McDo.... 0 C'tait le temps de partir pour aller manger et tout ce qu'on a trouv c'est un McDo. En prenant le taxi ce matin Marc a encore tent de s'asseoir du ct du conducteur.... On a eu un upgrade pour le motoris nous avons donc un 6 places pour le prix d'un 4. Isabelle est trs t

LA to Saigon Ho Chi Minh City Day 1After three flights LA to San Francisco to Hong Kong to Saigon in almost 24 hours Erin and I arrived in Saigon around 11 PM last night Wed. It was 84 degress and fairly humid. There are primarily two ways for getting into Vietnam. Either you can send your passport to the Vietnamese Embassy or Consulate in the U.S. and obtain a self adhesive page that sti

We flew at night from Bangkok to Kunming with China Eastern Airline itrsquos great to have food on the plane after been flying with Airasia everywhere. Tasty over rice Banana cake peanuts apple chips chiffon cake and horrible horrible pickles. I repeat horrible pickles. We got to Kunming almost at midnight checked in at Cloudland Youth Hostel. The room was pretty clean for a dorm. They

The campsite at Cooktown is nice with ready made shades which come in handy as it starts to chuck it down later that evening and we sit under the shade and keep dry. We arrive here on a Sunday and the place is dead it is a very small town and has beautiful old buildings and you can see it really hasn't changed much since the 1880's when it was a gold mining town. It is only recently that there ha