Adrian it seems your fame has reached the winlderness of Australia except maybe the spelling is not quite right....

My prayers have been answered a much milder night even though we were parked right on the headland looking over two beautiful bays. I discovered that John had been taking no chances as hersquod used the spare blanket as well ... no wonder he keeps telling me itrsquos not cold It was a slightly grey start to the day with just a touch of rain in the air this prompted a discussion on our

So this past weekend a bunch of us went out in Fortitude valley where a lot of the dance clubs are and we had a great time the night before on Friday we had beach olympics consisting of dodgeball and volleyball. my floor didn't do well but we had a great time anyway I thought I would share some of the pictures of y'all

The hunt begins...Missing out on the first week of a 7 month rtw trip in reality isn't that bad in the long run. But what made it worse for us was the fact that we had prepaid for a 17 day tour through central america which started while we were stranded in London. Therefore every day we remained in London waiting for the infamous ash cloud to surrender the skies we were missing out on a holid

We are so lucky we have had yet another fabulously sunny warm day. Everyone keeps telling us that it wonrsquot last but hey Wersquoll make hay while the sun shines Itrsquos not just that its warmer with the sun shining itrsquos also that everything looks so much prettier with bright blue skies blue seas and sunny hillsAnd what better place for us to enjoy the wonderful weather is

June 21 2009 June 27 2009This is the week that I moved out of the dorm and into an apartment with a girl from the Netherlands. It was a nice apartment except that the door to the apartment was tricky and hard to open. My roommate Inge said that on her first day there she was stuck outside for like an hour. Luckily when I showed up she was there to open the door for me. Anyway I though

My last couple blogs have been long so Im going to try to keep this brief.We arrived finally in San Gil on Friday night. IWe checked in a hostel called Hostel Santander Aleman. Its very nice we have a private room and shared bath and the owner is super nice and helpful. It was late when we got there so we didnt do anything except grab dinner in an Italian restaurant. The next day y

Listening toAsatoma by Kevin James... Feeling AliveREALIZATIONSGiving love... I recently have had a sore left neck and shoulder. It began last Thursday in the morning. I was lying on a yoga mat at my school. I had just done some breathing and 2 postures dolphin and peacock I was resting and all of a sudden I felt crazy amounts of pain. I couldn't get up for 30 minutes. It was insane. When

Yes Sapa was everything I wanted it to be. Rolling hills relaxed small time streets colourful women wearing traditional clothes and clean fresh mountain air I caught the night train from Hanoi to Lao Cai last Monday night. It wasn't so bad but I was glad that I had nearly a week before I had to do it again as it takes alot out of you. You are constantly waking up as things lurch and bang and

At the end of February we had our first mini holiday as a family. The three of us took a road trip in our new car to the West Coast and enjoyed a night at Lake Brunner. The scenery was spectacular on the way and we were blessed with sunshine too in good old kiwi style we had to stop to allow a cow train to cross the road the ladies were off for milking though a few stragglers were more inter

I got up in the morning ate a breakfast of cheese and fruit then decided to look for a place to rent kayaks at my friend also met through LOTRO Matt's recommendation. Headed down to cannery row and found a place right by the breakwater Adventures By the Sea 30 all day deal I went out for a few hours and pretty much decided I wanted to go as far as I was allowed which was to the big point on

Tuesday 27th April Banka Banka to Daley WatersLeft Banka Banka at 9am. Refuel at Elliott and looked for somewhere to repair the tyre. The tyre was too damaged with the inner tube having melted creating balls of rubber and the wall of the tyre bulging. So bought a new tyre. Stopped for the night at Daley Waters Inn. The pub was the original farmhouse is very well known for itrsquos lsquo

Some of us were up at 545 this morning showered packed up and car loaded others eventually surfaced at 7am By 745 we were saying our farewells to Keith and Sylvia and on our way to our next state. We had to stop down the road to collect the tubing pictures and then start our 6 hour journey. We left with the roof down thinking we would probably have to put it up at some point.2 hours in we s

A friend and I decided to spend a couple of days in San Francisco and Napa Valley. The time before I flew to San Francisco in 1977 for a job interview so I didn't get to do much sight seeing. We landed in San Francisco the cool air felt good. We took a stretch limo to our hotel. We lucked out and stayed at a Hyatt hotel downtown. We left Austin in the middle of a hot Texas summer July 1995. I

Today we spent our first full day in Lima and got a chance to see a very different part of the city. Whereas yesterday we toured the more modern neighborhood of Miraflores today we went to El Centro to see Plaza San Martin Plaza de Armas San Francisco and several other notable landmarks like the weirdest Chinatown EVER...seriously. The Plaza San Martin had an incredible statue of you guessed

After a hectic first weekend we finally get to do some proper exploring and enjoy our surroundings for a couple of days. The small colonial town of Granada on the northern shore of the gigantic lake Nicaragua would be our first taste of central america. A world apart from our previous resting point in Comayagua Granada is a colourful and welcoming town where even the cathedral is painted a warm

Friday was sunny and gorgeous. Perfect weather for checking out Spain's Costa Brava the wild coast. After our delicious breakfast in a cozy setting at our hotel we drove down to Sa Tuna and parked. We tried to walk to Aiguafrada. I'm not sure if we got there or not. But every beach is gorgeous and there is walkway built between them. Around noon we went back to our hotel and up to the ca

On commenait notre voyage en Asie par un endroit trs nouveau pour nous SINGAPOUR. En passant Singapour est un pays et non une province Malaisienne comme beaucoup de gens peuvent penser. C'est une ile environ 4x grande comme Montral qui s'est dvelopp aprs l'arrive des commerants Anglais. La ville est reste longtemps une colonie Anglaise.Au dbut de notre priple a nous paraissait biz

So looks like the blog will have to finish while I'm in the States. Leave for the airport in about 10 minutes and in 4 hours plane takes off to San Francisco then Chicago then RochesterA few pics to hold you over. Thank you all for your love and support these many monthsxoAmanda

June 28 2009 July 04 2009I went to a bullfight with Michel Patricia Michel's friend Paul and girlfriend whose name I've forgotten. I was near tears when the first bull was killed but after the third it somehow seemed completely normal. Desensitization in action There were six and it was gruesome but there really is some artistry in the way that the matador moves. The guy in the g