Still here in Peru Bolivia got put on hold for now even though i am across the lake from it. Got stuck in the pleasant lake side town of Puno. City of many hills markets street protest a nice pedestrian walk filled with restaurantslocal shops and a decent reggae bar. Been working the bar and gringo patrol at The POINT hostal. A nice fresh clean place that opened 2 months ago the roof

So life has been going great internet has been slow and expensive so I have a bit of catch up to do. After another crazy journey back down through the mountians with a driver who seemed to think it was okay to drive in the middle of the road even around blind corners we left the mysterious plain of jars and headed down to the backpacker haven that is Vang Vieng. It has gotten to the point I do

La Paz BoliviaWednesday 25th November Day 80We ended up arriving in La Paz 3 hours later than schedule however that's nothing out of the ordinary for South American time keeping...we ended up getting in at about 7pm The first views of La Paz are from high up in the mountains and you look down on the whole city in the valley below. The city is one of the highest cities in the world...standin

Dec 22 Peru Lima Looking Around So we took the Bus from Puira in Northern Peru for 14 hours horas to Lima what a trip really fun not. The bus was pretty awesome though we took a buscoma which is bus bed which are much nicer as you can recline etc and they give you some food. Best way to do the big trips though is overnight trips sleeping kills the time. We made it to Lima arou

After considering all the options reaslizing the need to document our travels we have decided to join the blogging community. To get something started maybe I should just get the Spring Summer 2009 documented here and move forward from hereIn May we took the MV Sea Echo from Cayuga Lake down to Annapolis for the Commencement Exercises my nephew who also played on the Annapolis Tennis Team w

Landed in Manila earlier this afternoon. Everything positive I had to say about taxis in Singapore I now take back. Saying they drive poorly here is an understatement. Traffic rules don't seem to apply neither do they have traffic lights or seat belts. Terrifying. The situation in this city is harder to grasp than Singapore the poverty here shows everywhere even just outside the hotel. After c

Well it's almost time to leave weather permitting. A few more days and I'll be off. Christmas comes first though and I can't wait to see everyone. It's strange because I feel that I cannot really get excited about my trip as I still have so much to do for the festive season. Blog out

What am I supposed to do being so far from my family and friends on this wonderful holiday I am in a country that doesn't really acknowledge the day yet alone celebrate it. Well there's only one option...give them an experience of a Western Christmas PArty. DONEInvitations went out last week stating it's Western Christmas Party bring ur local favorite dish to share and to RSVP. It's

Dec 21 Peru Puira Beach Life Well its official we have now been to possible one of the most remote beaches I have ever been to. The girls were itching to see the sun so we embarked on an adventure to make it from Puira on a local bus to Puerta which is kinda a shanty town dodgesad and then in a combino taxi to the beach 20min drive. Not speaking very much spanish we made it. The

This is really cool. After a few mishaps which made me really mad Im starting to enjoy the city. today just visited reina sofia museum and had a tapas tour with a few people last night. all ive been doing here is pretty much eat and drink shitload of food and beer. oh yeah sangria too. plaza mayor is really a nice site to see. the people here however just dont have a sense of space. they dont

Dec 19 Vilcabamba Travelling to Peru Well its kinda stopped raining now which is great. We are pretty keen now to continue on from our relaxing stop around the Vilcabamba area. Our bus leaves around 6pm that night which is ok as its an overnight bus into Puira... 11 hours We basically just bummed around. I just spend most of the day trying not to itch my beard which was a blessing as the

Back in Benares thank shiva. just has a bhang lassi and fun about to beginho ho ho Sam

31.08.09 31.08.09 00 departure in Frankfurt to Melbourne 31.08.09 14.09.09 14 Melbourne14.09.09 14.09.09 00 departure in Melburne to Alice Springs14.09.09 24.09.09 10 Alice Springs24.09.09 24.09.09 00 departure in Alice Springs to Cairns24.09.09 25.09.09 01 Cairns25.09.09 25.09.09 00 departure in Cairns to Townsville25.09.09 11.10.09 16 Townsville11.10.09 11.10.09 00 departure in Townsville to C

http://www.ArcoProperties.comAny given day you walk around 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Plaza Francia Casco Viejo Panamas old quarter and youll see a number of young kids practicing skateboarding like crazy. In the same space I dont know how they manage they also play football or street beisball. The kids really go at it slamming themselves agains stairs walls floor. Standing up like nothing has happ

... our first day in Australia is full of memories about the flight. Did you know that you get served 2 times supper and breakfast while only flying for 20 hours Not to mention the tons of extra sweets appetizers and hot chocolate they served. We really felt like chicken in a cage to being fattened up in order to be slaughtered. We became quite scared that the Australians might be cannibals an

Ganguly is dead. Died in his sleep on the stoop of the shop that gave him the ok for that. So happy for him and happy for me that I was able to have a laugh and help him out before he kicked it. Died in new clothes and with money in his pocket. If I'd been here we would have celebrated at Manikarnika ghat but instead the electric place got the body. He'd be pleased anyway lived right till the e

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Well Its almost time to go. A couple of hours work tomorrow then open road time. Only a few weeks ago I thought I wouldn't have any time to travel for a while I have lots of work going on and I have to study. But hang on laptops can be brought along books aren't that heavy and most places I am going will have power though maybe not enough reception to get online everywhere but that's cool. So

Kaum zu glauben aber es ist Weihnachten. Nun es ist nicht so dass man in China berhaupt kein Weihnachten feiert aber es ist schon nennen wir es anders. Im Grunde gehts hier nur darum ein bisschen buntes Lametta und ein paar kitschige Santa Claus Fratzen aufzuhngen. Und nein nicht mal hier ist man sicher vor bdquoLast christmasldquo von Wham. Aber ansonsten geht Weihnachten ziemlich an

DAY 408My cold is well and truly coming out now I stayed in bed until 9.00 but soon got bored and got up. I had some breakfast put a load of towels in the washing machine and did some reading.Helen received a phone call from Jason but it was for us Kristy Jasonrsquos partner was asking if we wanted to go into Wagga with them for some lunch we thought it would be a great idea to head out fo