Day 15 Today started of good we relaxed for a bit and then off to meet the Swiss girls to get our truck. We walked into surfers and met up with them when we got there they told us that there was a bit of a problem the first thing that crossed my mind was oh crap what now. Lol. They took the car into the shop to make sure that we would be able to get it safetyied with no issues but it t
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Zion national park
This time when every one had woken up we had breakfast here in the motel. John went to go get some milk from the store so we could have cereal that Sue had took with us for the trip. After having breakfast we all mad sure we were ready and went of to go to Zion park. Sue has a pass that lets her and whoever else is in the car with her will get in free. It was really pretty in Zion park and I saw h
Don’t move… you scare the lizard away..
Day 16.5 continues... The adventures of Matt and Sean .....Lots of beautiful scenery and they got some good pictures of some wildlife. Birds and they even got lucky and seen a huge lizard. They both agreed that they had an excellent day and Matt canrsquot wait to be able to take me there to show me around the placehellip he even told me they kept off one of the routes so that when we all go
getting caught in a monsoon
Flying into Yogyakarta we had no expectations for the first time we were going somewhere Paul hasn't been before Yoggy is a hugh city and compared to Singapore is very dusty but our spirits soon perked up when we found a hotel to stay in.....Air con ensuite tv with swimming pool and breakfast included all for about 12pounds total What more could we ask forAfter a day of wondering around t
So much gone by
wow so i know i completely suck at this whole blog writing thing but here goes. There has been so much that has happened in the last 9 weeks and i dont even know where to begin We went to Noosa National Park and saw a koala in a tree along with some crazy surfers near huge rocks. Mom and dad came in town for our midsemester break and we travelled down to Byron Bay Port Macquarie Hunter Va
Onsen’s and Himeji Castle
The Castle
Not sure where to start…….
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Adelaide Hills
Thursday 15410 Well on the road again it was sad to part with our friends but will catch up soon. A nice sunny day to travel the wind is not too bad. It was cold last night this morning. We travelled the long way to Paul Kennyrsquos through Adelaide then onto the Pacific Highway up this huge mountain back to first gear on one hill. We eventually got into the Adelaide Hills which
Visit from the Parents
Hello FolksWell here I am two days after my parents left me to head back to the U.S. The time the spent here seemed to just fly by. I was so grateful to see their smiling faces again give both of team a big hug. They really spoiled me while they were down here as if I wasn't spoiled enough alreadywith the opportunity to come down here taking me out to dinner every night buying me things s
Aberdeen mini rugby tournament
Aberdeen mini rugby tournament April o10. Lasted vent for the season all the kids did well and some great little games.
Fenghuang
Day 19 24 AprilWe sit here in the most extraordinary location so far. We are in Fenghuang a mere 2 hour bus ride from Huaihua. Forced to stay an extra day in Guilin through lack of train tickets we secured 3 sleeper berths on Wednesday for a night train to Huaihua. This saw Frances and Lauren in one cabin and Molly and I next door. We arrived there at 0115 hrs with no accommodation booked
You can pet the stingrays seriously
Day 11 Today was an excellent spent day this morning we just relaxed did some grocery shopping made lunch and then off to sea world we went Lots to see and do there we walked through the shark tank and Matt fell behind us due to the fact that he stopped to read everything that was on the walls. Then we went to look at the polar bears which there was only 1 and it was hard to see due to
Diving on Calypso Port Douglas
Today is Anzac day so instead of working I managed to get a free trip to the reef on a boat called Calypso. Now that I'm working at the hostel I get to go on all the tours for free because I need to know what the tour is like to be able to sell it to our guests. So it was such a great day Got picked up at 8.30am by Andy and we went to the boat. Things are really quiet here still so there we
Where in the Hell is the MOON
Greetings from TokyoWinston and I are a little fuzzy right now as I really have no sense of time since the last time I saw darkness was at 530AM Sunday morning on my way to LGA. I think in the last 16 hours I have crosses all kinds of time zones and somehow the sun did not set in nare a one. Winston is my travel monkey you'll be seeing a lot of him cheesie I know but he reminds me of 12 my
Lake Tekapo
Be in awe of the turquoise blue of lake tekapo...Laisser vous prendre par le bleu turquoise du lac Tekapo...
Top notch pickers
Big fat hello to everyoneI'm officially freezing my melons off on this crazy island of the devil Wow had no idea it got so stupidly cold Trevor does his best to keep us both warm he is a Starwagon Express but a coold metal van none the less Right what stories can i frantically scribble in 10 minutes Been a while since my last blog i know but we've been picking like ninjas lately just f
Sydney to Shanghai
Sydney Shanghai April 25 Our alarm went off at 5.30am at the Best Western hotel in Wollongong. We had been there celebrating Jeffrsquos niece Amandarsquos Wedding the night before. It was a lovely night well planned and everyone had a great time.We stepped onto the balcony overlooking the mountains and the grey skies and drizzle made everything appear calm. We left the hotel and drove d
madikeri mangalore
hisorry still no photos damn internet so slow i cannot upload.so just a quick update as i do get very annoyed with clunky internet....we spent one night in madikeri and the next day went to a town called Kushalangar which has two main features nearbythe first is an elephant camp for retired forestry commission elephants. i am not sure what they do for the forestry commission but i beleve they
Art and music rock
I really can't believe that I've been in Thailand for 3 weeks now The time flew by. Well in the middle of last week during our student teaching it wasn't flying by. It was intense We would find out what our teaching topic would be and what school we'd be at midafternoon the day before. Then we'd all be up until the wee hours preparing all our materials and lesson plans get up and be on the roa
Mount Cook and lake pukaki
We will leave you to freeze looking at the glacier of Mount cook...Nous vous laissons vous geler regardant le glacier du mont cook...