I thought that Holland was a pretty place but Belgium was just gorgeousSome says because Belgium was not that important city during world wars so somehow the ancient arquitecture is still well conserved.Building shapes old cathedrals and lovely chapels antique shops little bridges beeeeeeer smells old streets people around chocolates very touristic of course but is so charming...I dont

So I ended up not going out with my contact from Couchsurfing in Oaxaca Mexico because I didn't feel good still had diarrhea but now am super I have returned to eating street food....hahaha I never learn. However I had my picture taken by a photographer while I was strolling the streets of Oaxaca I met this photographer guy from the States who wanted to take pictures of me and use it for

Decided to go on a tour today down the Song Huong Perfume River. Guy knocked on our door at five to 8 and again we had to follow him on his motorbike down to the boat. It was quite a big boat with decorative dragons heads on the front. We were first on but we were soon joined by a little crowd and we all had little plastic chairs to sit on luckily the river is very calm. The cruise was qui

So itrsquos been a while since my last posthellip sorry about that. Magnetic Island was absolutely stunning the weather was perfect and I made a bunch of new friends to hang out with. The first night we had a pub quiz and we came a very respectable 5th out of 20 or so. We agreed to rent a couple of cars the following day and explore the island. The next day not quite as bright and early

This morning we spent our time in lecture with a man Chef Cheng taught two and a half decades ago who is now one of the top instructors at the Sichuan Higher Institute of of Cuisine. Not only was our demolecture period a great look into how to make the food we've been eating for the past few days it was also really nice to be back in a kitchen setting for a few hours.Chef Chen Ju Min and his as

Hello again everyone Irsquom in a town in the Bay of Islands area called Paihia. It may be fall in the southern hemisphere but they apparently forgot to tell that to people here itrsquos still 25 degrees out and I had to buy sun screen or risk looking like a Hussmann lobster. Irsquom doing a little job hunting in the area here there are a ton of hostels here but many are winding down as

I'll just begin by saying I really honestly do not like the smell of rice liquor sour mash. However I suppose it's not actually that much worse than any other mash because there's not much that truly smells good about fermenting grain product is there Few will argue that the end result is in global demand though.Today we visited both the Pujiang and Quan Xin rice liquor factories the prima

Tuesday 4.5.2010 day 202Niagara FallsNiagara Falls was so exciting. To get there we drove along some fantastic country roads and alongside Lake Ontario.From the first minute that I first saw the falls they made me feel energised it was very cool having all the spray wash over me. It is the second largest waterfall in the world. I would love to see the largest now. I cannot believe that the fall fr

Seeing as we didn't have to leave until 11 for lunch before the flight today started on a nice note sleeping in Now obviously we're all having a really great time but last night was our final night in Chengdu so most everyone had a big night on the town and needed the extra few hours to get ready for the plane to Xi'an. For the record seeing twentysix tired half asleep people try to fit t

Wednesday was our least active day. We went to the Picasso museum in the morning and i'm glad we did. We almost skipped it because we had heard it was not as nice as the one in Paris which we have already been to. But I read it had his renditions of Las Meninas and our Spanish book talks about how Picasso did his own versions of that masterpiece so I thought it would be cool to go and check it

Lost in TranslationhelliphellipIs a BitchOn a recent journey to Cuba I found myself in the downtrodden plaza of an inland village surrounded by adolescents politely requesting Chiclets. Had I imagined that Chiclets were a rare delicacy to Cubans I might have smuggled in a few cartons from the ThriftyEMart back home. As it was however I lacked both Chiclets and as it turned out the

Two weeks in and I haven't swung for Philip yet who would of thought it. We went to Floreat beach with Louis and Jayne today we got a message that Bobby had been a bit wobbly in the night so we were very worried he's ok now and went school phew. anyway Philip was bathing his feet in the sea fully clothed thinking of bobster. when a big wave came along and completely covered him from head to

Rather than write a short blog entry for each day I'll just recap our entire trip for you. The overall gist We had an incredible time ate delicious food and could really see ourselves living in Taiwan someday. The city was just that great. Either we were REALLY tired everyday or our bodies just don't know what to do in super dark basement rooms. We slept in until 10am each morning something w

Made it back to Salt Ponds on Sat. I left the marina after two nights. the weather was better but as always lots of wind. I dreaded going through the Cape Fear River because I knew I was going to have opposing wind and current which means rough water but I wanted to make it to Wrightsville Beach and get a day up when my brother got on the boat. I see why they call it Cape Fear. Very rough and chop

I didn't know what to expect when I stayed in Taipei for 10 days. Now I 'm happy to say Taipei for me was one of my best night life place as a tourist. The city is always alive and bustling at night with food nightlife and shopping areas. For me getting around famous pub is a plus sign. If you ever go to Salsa bar be prepared to get twisted and turned upside down by the Salsa dancers. It was

Our good friend Jama from England headed home this past week so we had a few different going away parties for him.The first came during hell week for me. I had three assessments due last week and I did nothing but that. So the first going away party at the Hogrsquos Breath Caf was quite noneventful for me.We all headed out Thursday night about 20 of us in the end I believe and ate and dr

4th May 2010PORT DOUGLAS dictated by Jasper to MumToday I was playing in the park and I went back to the bus because Mum and Dad said that it was time to go. While I was playing they got the tyre off the front of the bus and they put it on the place where the flat tyre was. After the tyre was fixed we went down to the sea.We tried to catch fish off the jetty except all we caught were seaweed fi

Greetings Blog ReadersWell we have returned to our beloved Asia this time in Bali Indonesia. We decided to make the most of being close to Bali 3 hour flight and check it out for 3 weeks before our New Zealand adventure begins. So we left the blog last time after selling Harry to the two Israelis and finding a hostel to stay in around Perth. Now after living in Harry and at Janrsquos ho

Diamond Princess Beijing to AnchorageAfter a fantastic time in Beijing it was time to begin the main part of our vacation. We arranged a private car through the same tour company that looked after us for the last 3 days. Not wanting to travel 3 hours in a Red Flag sedan the size of a Mitsubishi Galant we asked for a bigger vehicle. We both thought it would be an Audi A6 but as it turned

May 2nd 2010 Only one month left Doune ScotlandI am now in Stirling Scotland another very old city with a deep past mainly which is of William Wallace. My hostel is even called the ldquoWilly Wallace Hostelrdquo. Though I am in Stirling I will not have the time to see the William Wallace sight because I decided yesterday was better spent in Edinburgh seeing stuff outside of the town. I do