I got into Fiji 3 days ago and I'm leaving for Vanuatu tomorrow morning. So Nadi...it's what I envision Cuba looking like 20 years ago it's pretty rundown. When the car picked me up from the airport all I could think was I hope the hostel isn't in downtown Nadi. I new it was on a beach but Nadi is on the water too. Anyways the hostel Smugglers Cove is on the edge of Nadi and has it's own
Glacier Walk
One of the exciting things about Alaska is the glaciers. Janetrsquos number one hope was to walk on a glacier during her Alaskan vacation. The Matanuska Glacier that we saw on our way into Anchorage has a walking trail access to the glacier. We piled everybody into the pickup again and stopped to see Uncle Dick on the way out of town. Rowan was too shy to talk but after we got back in the truc
Waffles and wall art
KyleBeef beans rice plantain salad with a soup. Chicken beans rice plantain salad with a soup. Beef beans rice plantain salad with a soup... The monotony of a menu corriente was only one of the reasons why we were looking forward to getting away from the village life and back to the big smoke. Normally I don't like the hustle and bustle of cities but after three weeks of tiny fishing v
Trip of Giants Grant Grove
The day dawned chilly and foggy. Yep. Still in San Francisco. But not for long. I picked up our next hire car at the Ellis St Hertz just a dogleg's block away. This time a bright red PT Cruiser. The kind that scratches really easily. With no GPS option we knew how to get to the 101 and freeway from our trip to San Jose so found our way onto the 80 east. That took us across the five lane double
Kyoto’s Pictures
Here are all the pictures of Kyoto and the bullet train. I'm actually in Tokyo at the moment but they are pictures of Kyoto so I'm saying i'm in Kyoto. Harry.
Peruvian Delights
To get to Lima we took an overnight bus from Cusco. This time our entertainment comprised of a preacher standing behind our seats trying to convert us to Christianity at least I think thats what he was talking about and a woman compulsively vomiting into a shopping bag in front of us. After an eventful and somewhat stinky journey we arrived in the early hours of the morning in the sprawling
Vietnam Life’s a beach
Itrsquos been nearly two months since we left the UK and during that time wersquove hardly stopped anywhere for more than a couple of days. It has been amazing visiting all the places wersquove been but the constant travelling was getting pretty tiring. We decided after the chaos albeit a sort of organized chaos of Hanoi and Hue that it was finally time to head south and spend a week relax
Malaysia
Hallo zusammendie letzten zwei Wochen haben Elaine und ich in Malaysia verbracht. Von Thailand aus sind wir mit dem Bus nach Georgetown gefahren eine alte Kolonialstadt im Nordwesten von Malaysia. Die Innenstadt von Georgetown ist ein UNESCO Weltkulturerbe und man kann dort viele historische Gebaeude finden die den Einfluss von verschiedenen Kulturen widerspiegelen. Auf dem ersten Foto ist die
Have a look
I don't know what UNC Wilmington's maintenance staff would do if a 5 ft python which had gorged itself on an Opossum showed up in the woods next to the Chancellor's walk ... but I doubt they would rope it off and put up signs instructing visitors to have a look but leave it be.
Viking Festival of Catoira
The Viking Festival went off today without a hitch. I was once again grateful for the tiny Ibiza as maneuvering around the tiny streets of Catoira in back to back traffic trying to find a parking spot was no easy task especially when you try to park in someone's overgrown yard and they ask you to move with a boulder in front of you a ditch to the one side and a sharp incline to the other... aga
South America Part 5 Peru On the trail of the Incas
San Pedro de AtacamaBefore we come onto Peru we did as Tracy said last time arrive back into civilization somewhat in the form of San Pedro de AtacamaChile. Bolivia was great and I really did enjoy the three daytwo night more like two daytwo night Salar de Uyuni trip but I was glad on the afternoon of July 11th to finally see what we as westerners would call roads. We arrived into San Ped
Copacabana Dag 18
Buenas TardesWe zijn heel trots op jullie en jullie reacties We worden er hier echt blij van leuk Ga zo doorTerug naar onze mooie verhalen ugh. We zijn in Copacabana Gisteren na een hele hobbelig rit van 4 uur of zoiets in de middag aangekomen. Die rit was er een om nooit te vergeten. Krakende geluiden bij elk hobbeltje ach hij rijdt vaker dus het zal wel goed gaan... hmm misschien te
Battle of the Little Big Horn Mt.
Decided to retreat west and see the Little Bighorn Battlefield Nat'l Monument. Took a few pictures listened to two lectures and watched a film. The battlefield is out in the country and there is not much excitement around the area but we got to see it and get a feel for what happened. The visitors center is rather small with a few artifacts. They had a fire in the area a couple of years ago
Granada Nicaragua
Het stond op ons lijstje met plaatsen waar we heen willen Granada Nicaragua.We namen de auto tot aan de grens hebben hem daar geparkeerd en aan de ldquoandere kantrdquo een taxi genomen. Shasta werd door onze buren verzorgd en we hoefden ons over hem geen zorgen te maken.Het was errug rustig aan de grens deze keer omdat het laag seizoen is. Wij vonden het geweldig Binnen een half uur ware
Impressive Indonesia
BaliAfter some thoughts and lazy discussions at the beach bar back in Koh Samui a few of us decided that travelling by bus from Thailand through Malaysia and Indonesia was looking increasingly tiresome and so we decided that the best thing to do would be to fly onto different destinations and meet later in Bali. Apart from that one of the guys was hoping to dive whilst out here so his decision
Last Eruptive Event Newberry Crater
Newberry Crater... it's last eruption of activity created the Big Obsidian Flow. It happened about 1300 years ago and caused masses of Obsidian to be scattered everywhere with big lava flows. Big Obsidian Flow is about 1.8 kilometers 6000 feet long and locally thicker than 20 meters 65 feet. The Obsidian pieces run enormous here. The boulders are really amazing to see in person. Obsidian is
Hope Academy
The Hope Academy consists of about 25 players ages 1822 who all live in the same cell and have to follow the same rules and regulations. There are about 6 of us AIS staff who go into the prison every week. The AIS coach of the team is a local South African that can speak the same language of the prisoners. Most of the prisoners speak English but some have trouble understanding us. The coac
Butterflies and Hummingbirds
Well well well.Here I am back in Beautiful bustling packedin Quito. It is a valleycity. before I looked up impressed with the heights of the surrounding mountains at the views of volcanoes. I had no idea that I would be venturing to such beautiful placed outside of here so soonBefore I came to Ecuador even in the initial plnning of my journey I felt compelled to incorperate vipassana m
Nieuw terrein
Deze ochtend schijnt de zon maar waar men tent staat natuurlijk niet. Alles nat inpakken en de baan op. Ik moet ergens water zien te vinden en het is zondag. Een kerkhof of benzinestation is ideaal. Ik ga al direct omhoog. In de zon is het warm dus ik rijd al snel in men Tshirt. In etappes klim ik tot 200m. Niet zo hoog en toch word ik getrakteerd om adembenemende zichten. Ook zij er enkele ferm
Book Excerpt: When Children Ask About God
Harold Kushner on how to handle children's religious questions on the meaning of life.