Monday July13thDaily Information High temp 77 degreesLow temp 53 degreesWIND GoneCampground Elevation 2252 above sea levelHighest Elevation NA above sea levelLowest Elevation NA above sea levelTraveled 5 miles Departed NA PDT Weather cool sunny HighlightsThe Shops Coeur d' AleneThe ShopsThe ShopsSwam in cold Spokane River at campground 110 minsRelaxing todayOff to Glacier N
Laos Drifting amid lost dreams
With 17 years' experience navigating the Mekong River Mr Puoy is reckoned to be the best riverboat captain in southern Laos. The watery labyrinth he works in contains a reputed 4000 islands so he needs to be pretty good.But right now at the end of a harsher than usual dry season the region's Laos moniker Si Phan Don Four Thousand Islands seems just a tad inaccurate.In a fading tropical dusk
Travel deal I found to Santiago Chile
Off Clark Howard's website Delta offers a 680 roundtrip rate to Santiago Chile on August 7December 9 departures. A 10day advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Stay 790 days. Complete travel by December 29. Purchase by July 28.EnjoyMoose
Pops Been to Glacier
Monday July14thDaily Information High temp 77 degreesLow temp 53 degreesCampground Elevation3553 above sea levelHighest Elevation 4653 above sea levelLowest Elevation 2250 above sea levelTraveled 237 miles Departed 845PDT Weather cool sunny HighlightsView of Coeur d' Alene Lake from high on Interstate beautiful Entered Montana Big Sky at 957 PDT 66miles across IdahoTrees and m
Rice a Roni and Full House
San Fransisco was amazing. Let's recap here's hoping I can remember it allThursday Night a date with Jen night. Being in Marin county is great Being in Marin county with a resident amazing I saw the cute spots on the water to hang got the low down on the neighborhoods and even saw where my friend grew up stilts redwoods and all Friday Boat TourThe highlight of this day could have
Semuc Champey to Copan
DisclaimerDue to the terrible way this website works we are unable to rotate photos so apologies for those that are sideways or upside downWe went from Antigua to El Zonte in El Salvador a beautiful little fishing village on the coast. There our surfing lessons began we both managed to stand up a few times but Marshall had more success than Heloise. Our hotel was lovely with a pool and parrots
Picture Site and Downloads Available
All of the pictures used on the blog are now available HERE. There are currently 140 pictures available to view and download from the Germany leg of the exchange I'll add more in the coming days and I will also post the pictures from the Washington leg here as well.If you would like to add pictures to this site for others to view and download please email me BDavidsonbe.wdnet.edu and I will
Hotels
Hotels I was encouraged to name and rate the hotels I stayed in so that the good ones could be possibly be rewarded with business and readers of this blog could be warned about the bad ones. I sincerely appreciate the comments some of you have made and you can not imagine how it pleases me that some one I do know would get pleasure from reading my stuff. The first hotel I stayed in In Guayaquil wa
Two Weeks in Kolkata and Rasta Bangla
It was great to be back but it seems it is time to move on.....A group of French people have invited me to go with them to Varanasi. I feel it is my duty to help out the new ferangi in India. Also it is a good excuse to get out of this city for some time.I love Kolkata. I absolutely love it. However it has been a bit intense. Yes it is great to know people but maybe I should go spend some t
Stories of Makunduchi
Hello friends family and internet worldIt has been over two months since Irsquove been living in Makunduchi which means less than one month left. This both excites me and saddens me because after Zanzibar I will go on to living in Paris France and travelling throughout Europe but it also means this wonderful adventure will end and I will have to leave what have grown to be some really goo
Massage and Mao
62110 We began learning Chinese massage with Dr. Yang Yuncai whom we quickly noticed during the lecture had a habit of saying ldquohow to sayrdquo when we would normally say ldquoum.rdquo During the lecture he gave us an introduction to Chinese massage can treat and then taught us a few massage manipulations. Chinese massage has been around since ancient times and became an advanced cli
Day 9 Los Angeles
Today we were up and off for a drive to some of the beaches. Firstly we drove to Huntington Beach it seemed like a lovely area. We didn't stop there and decided to keep driving North along the coastline for a while passing Seal Beach and then on to Long Beach. We didn't stop there though. We kept driving to where the shipping areas are. We drove over 2 large and different bridges. There wer
The colours of Kyrgyzstan
The colour of Kyrgyzstan is not red as the flag suggests or as might be associated with the recent spillage of blood in the south of the country. In fact there is not one colour you can put to it instead it consists of a kaleidoscope of colours and if you have ever hiked in the Kyrgyz Mountains you will know what I mean. Here you wade through a multi coloured world of flowers of all sizes and s
Travelling troubles…
Thursday 15 JulyI am now sitting in the departure lounge at Phuket airport determined to finish my travel blog before arriving back home in Sydney Not so the boys with their journals they are both still in London. Ryan is sitting next to me writing in his but as he puts so much detail into each entry I donrsquot expect him to finish before he is once again swamped by school work. I le
VIETNAM 1205Halong Bay Adventure
Hi everybody I'm emailing this On December 22nd. I quess Hanoi is 17 hours or so ahead of the West coast. I just returned from a two day boat trip to Halong Bay. For 28 U.S. dollars we got a 3 hour shuttle round trip 5 meals and a nite stay aboard a sail ship that coasted around Halong bay and stopped at this amazing cave. I mention the price all the time because I think it is amazing how muc
VIETNAM 1205Merry ChristmasChristmas Eve from ‘Nam
HEEELLLLLOOOOO It is Christmas here in Vietnam as we are 15 hours ahead of California time. the last two days in Vietnam have been some of the most amazing in my life. We took a night train to central Vietnam to a place called Hue pronounced Hway. In Hue we rented motorbikes and cruised around the countryside to visit the tombs of the emporers and some pagodas buddhist temples. I must adm
My first time guiding a paying customer
Yesterdays dive was to a site I had been to before and it's a pretty good place for beginners. The maximum depth is about 9 metres and itrsquos called blue lagoon for a reason. Another divermaster trainee was assisting with an open water course the first course you do whilst I guided a certified diver while the others were doing their skills underwater. I have to say I thought it was pretty fu
HindiSpeaking YogaDoing Vidyarthi
Well I just typed out a really super lengthy blog but it disappeared when I tried to post it. Let me have a moment grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.Letrsquos try this again.It is a rainy misty cloudy day here in Mussoorie and before there were monkeys outside the window. But not now momentrsquos gone. There are a lot of monkeys here and they just look at you while you pant up the hill to cl
Cemetaries are a kid friendly play area.
Have kids travelling and seeking a safe place to stretch your legs Couldn't quite find a secure gated spot to let them run and roam as much as their blessed little hearts desire before you have to stuff them back in car seats and hope to arrive at said daily destination before a meltdown Search no more Turns out cemetaries are great Morbid you'd think but since I'm thinking as a parent here
Fly from Cusco to Lima then Lima to Quito
Thursday 8.7.2010 day 267Fly from Cusco to Lima then Lima to QuitoWe had to get up at 8am to be at the airport for our 11am flight to Lima. The we had about a 5 hour wait in Lima as quantarsquos club member I should have got VIP club access so I showed the girl my card when I checked in and she asked did I need a Voucher I said usually the card is all I need. So we went through immigration an