Luxor

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Luxor is a must see when you are in Egypt. It was more impressive than the Pyramids of Giza.Our top three favorites spots were the Valley of the Kings the Temple of Karnak and the Habu Temple. Pick up a guide and car for the day while you are here. Just bargain at the airport when you land. We got a guide with car for 600 Egyptian Pounds for 4 people 85. He drove us around and even recom

A Late Recap

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Hey folks I never went into detail in the last post. Anyways I was accepted to Finland for a semester program. I won 1000 Global Leader's scholarship as well as 7800 in various scholarships from the NM Area Team. Basically I am very blessed to live where I do and have these opportunities The only thing is that the NM scholarships call for volunteering when I get back. Even before the scho

Day 7 Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire

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I like to travel without a plan. You never know when you will want to extend your stay or change countries. Plans have a nasty habit of going wrong whether illness or traffic or civil unrest. I cannot imagine being forced out of paradise by a plane ticket bought too far in advance. I thought I was wise in the school noplan travel until I joined Pearl. She puts my no plan style to shame. Pearl is

Makassar South Sulawesi

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This is my trip report to Makassar South Sulawesi actually this is my 5th trip to Makassar but I still like it I love to go to Makassar especially I like their BBQ sea food.I take Garuda flight from Denpasar Bali to Makassar it depart on time. On the air for first couple minutes was rough then the flight just smoothhellip as well as the landing at Hasanuddin Airport in Makassar.When I s

the gateway to Yosemite

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Monday 1 Junethis is from Mariposa about 40 miles from Yosemite. I drove here in rental car picked up in Sacramento early this afternoon. This will likely cost me c.280 for 4 days gas extra of course. Prices seem cheap 31 a day or so but add realsitic insurance full CDW and public liability costs an extra 20 a day and you would be mad not to do it here cos it would otherwise be ve

Arrival in the UK

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Battled Hardened Driver of the UKThe first day of travel to Europe is always the worst. Sleeping on the airplane is almost impossible and this flight was no exception. Bad weather made most of the flight bumpy and no pillow or blanket could make one comfortable enough to get real sleep. It still didnrsquot feel like vacation yet. Places like Stonehenge were still just a page in my travel book.

HOW SPONATANIETY SAVED MY LIFE

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Hurrah for spontaneity Why do you say this Simon Well if you are sitting comfortably not that comfortably pop it back in then I shall begin.On the Tuesday of my last week in Xela my lovely friend Renee makes an off the cuff remark about going to the Bay Islands to learn to dive and whether I wanted to join her. Now I was planning to see Lago Atilan and Antigua in Guatemala and this was firmly

Nelson Lake National Park

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Our crazy but fabulous 6 Day walk in the Nelson Lakes National Park and yes the broken window in the hut which takes 2 days to walk to was caused by usNotre folle mais exellente marche de 6 jours dans le parc national des lacs de Nelson...et oui la vitre cassee dans le refuge a 2 jours de marche c'est nous

Back yet again to Disney

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My 4th Disney day of the trip During last October when I was onboard the Disney Magic I went to a talk about the different theme parks that I lady from Disney Imagineering gave. She asked everybody in the audience who had been to which parks and had anybody been to all of them nobody put their hands up for that she went onto say that she had a friend that for her 25th birthday had visited ev

Kiwi Fruit EVERYWHERE

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I am happy to be employed and Irsquom even more happy about the fact that Irsquom doing something that can be called Kiwiana think Canadiana. However picking kiwi fruit is fairly hard work. You throw a harness over you shoulder with a large wire reinforced bag that rests in front of your stomach and start picking your way through the orchard. The vines are supported by wires strung along p

Day two The others flying high

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Af LiseDa jeg vgner I min dejlige Queen size seng er det nsten ikke til at forst at Miami venter lige udenfor. Vi er friske og der er ingen jet lag fornemmelse s vi smutter hurtigt ned i lobbyen for at spise morgenmad. Der var vafler med sirup lyst toaaastbrd og til mit og Christians store held ogs yoghurt med nogle grove cornflakes med rosiner. Selvflgelig var der ogs de obligatorisk

Goodbye to Island Life Thankfully

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We finally left Moyo Island I really thought that they day would never arrive Time for a change of scene and culture. I am ready for some good old western cuisine and to be in a place where they speak English say like Australia. We had one stop before we got there namely Singapore. I love Singapore. It is such a clean and friendly place. I also like it as it reminds me of my family. If

reason for blog overload in email

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Hi. just wanted to let you know that the reason for the blog overload in our email inbox the other day was because I needed to move all my saved entries into the published folder. That is why millions of old posts came through. sorry for clogging up your inboxes everyone. Here is what my plans are for the next 1.5 monthsJune 213th Loas mahout training course gibbon experience homestayJune 1

First day of work

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Today was my first day of work. It was good but long. The office where I am working in the graduate student office of the bioelectromagnetics lab is very much like an American student office. It is very nice with cubicals but with lowglass walls so you can see everyone. I got a lab coat XL of course lol and a computer but I will probably use my own computer since that one's settings are a