Hello againWe are in the cloud forest and it definitely has cooled off. Not parka weather or anything but much more bearable.Today we were awakened at 430 am by a bird or bat flinging itself into our bedroom window. It was so loud Guy and Wendy heard it two cabins overIt's a beautiful morning and we visited the Hanging Bridges 8 bridges connected by paths at the Cloud Forest Treetops. It is

Well today is our last full day in Vancouver. Craig has already started to pack up all our stuff. Tomorrow we'll be handing back the keys to the flat and heading off to a hotel for the night before we pick up the camper van on Saturday morning. Not quite sure whether we're really looking forward to becoming trailer trash for a while. I'm not convinced that I can get away with wearing a stained

So I stayed up way too late talking to that girl and was way too tired from climbing the mountain that 930am pretty much the latest you can get the free breakfast for came way too fast. I had a strange nightmare for the first time in my memory I actually woke up saying 'no no no' and I was clawing at the air. It was a dream about something trying to force something down my throat. When I t

Today was a day of rest please enjoy the photos

So got on the bus on tuesday and went from christchurch to kaikoura north of christchurch met quite a few people on the bus so that was good. Kaikoura is right on the coast sea was a perfect blue colour. Was supposed to go for a spot of whale watching but the trip was cancelled due to rough seas i do pass through here again so maybe next time. Instead I went for a walk with some people fro

Tomorrow is the big day when we head to Arizona for the Route 66 Fun Run. Jeff and Toni are enroute as I type.Things seemed to have settled down except for the wind the winds have been gusting to 40 mph since I got here and Irsquove about gotten everything back lsquoshipshapersquo with the RV.This morning they replaced my curbside mirror. While I was there I mentioned to them how my

April 30 or so 2010The last few days have been great. We have gotten to travel to distinct area of the Henan Province and see very different ecosystems and ways of living. It is really good to get out of this huge city 8 million and see the country side. Lots and lots of planted trees lots of wheat no rice and lots of terracing. Every square inch seems to be used. We drove two hours

Sorry for lack of blog yesterday Interenet connection has been bad.On Wednesday we took another stroll along the Strip taking in a few of the hotels and had lunch in a restaurant over looking the Strip which was nice. It was my turn to buy some jewellery from Tiffany today On the way back along we went into New York New York hotel which is linked to ours via an over pass. We found a nice res

It seems I'm well on my way now I've spent the last few days tearing down the coast of New South Wales. I'm doing about 90km a day on average which depending on the hills and road surface equates to about 5 hours on the saddle each day. I'm very pleased with my progress. I even took a day off in Port Macquarie and sat on the beach reading The coast is really nice to ride along with the ocea

Estoy escribiendo desde San Jose de Costarica hecho para nada trivial teniendo en cuenta que ms de una vez en las litmas 48h pensaba que no podra sucederEmpezamos el viaje con un puado de percances que hemos ido superando a modo de pruebas de un videojuego. El primer de los dos vuelos era Reus Frankfurt y all a las 7 de la maana me dicen que con el yeso no puedo volar porque con la pres

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Left Dallas after trike repairs for Canyon Texas. Had a nice ride. Arrived at Palo Duro campgrounds. Will go down into the canyon tomorrow.

Angel Fire New Mexico Day 4 and 5Day 4Got up this morning the winds were very strong 30 to 40 gusting to 50 weather clear and nice. There is a fire in the canyon. The road that I came in on is closed due to the fire. Took a ride to Taos while I was gone the wind bent the poles in my trailer. Got it down and will fold up tomorrow. The guy that runs the RV park is really nice he is letting me sta

Travels with a Nine Year Old is the work of Theodora Sutcliffe. Together with her son, Z, they are on a year-long sojourn of discovery, learning life’s lessons and simply sharing time together – something Theodora felt was long overdue.

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No surprise to my family but am going on a little trip Leaving on 30th April returning 21st May.I was sitting quietly one cold winter afternoon when my feet started to itch and my Mother Teresa syndrome started to kick in and before I knew it I was booked to go to Cambodia to volunteer in an orphanage for 2 weeks. Obviously the easy life isn't for me. The move to Norfolk turned out not the way

19th April We still have along shopping list. Still looking for a back door new tyres spring shackle bushes etc.224 Went to Bunderburg today. Not for Rum. We got a tow bar at the wreckers but still no door. Willhave to buy a near new one instead. Russel and Vikki took us for Chinese dinner at Hervey Bay. Very delicious.234 Murray is putting the tow bar on and doing several other jobs

We've reached the end of our journey in Auckland NZWe arrived in Auckland at 825pm local time 625pm Aus time so we still had tons of energy and caught a shuttle bus from the airport to our hostel. The airport is quite a way out of Auckland city about 20km so it was a bit pricey unfortunately. Our accomodations were lovely however and for the second time this trip we found ourselves upgr

Right then im writing this a few days late but at last we have a decent internet connection. We arrived in Singapore last Monday or so and our booked 4bed dorm had somehow changed into a 17 person hellhole. Considering it was about 300 degrees outside we wernt too happy but Singapore was just too expensive to go anywhere else.So we slept in and in the morning Sarah had a bite or two on her arm

So I know it's been AGES since my last post and I apologise for that... Nothing really happened you see and I don't want to waste your time on filling an entry with variations of nothing. I guess in the grand scheme of the universe stuff did happen. Let's see... I was in 1770 when I last posted. Three girls who I befriended back in Noosa on the canoe trip turned up a few days in which was ni

Oi mate .. be right back .........to be continued ..........