We drove north to State Hwy 211 a great road with scenery to die for. At the Needles visitor center for Canyonlands National Park we got our patches and stamps and found which overlooks were mustsee and accessible while we were towing campers. The mountains canyons needles mushrooms and other rock formations were in vivid shades of red yellow white and green. Kerry and I had been to Cany
Bucharest
Before going to Bucharest we stopped in the small town of Timisoara Romania. We walked to our hotel which was actually towards the outside of the city but still a short distance from the train station. We paid 23 EUR per night for a very nice hotel room. It was a large room with two full size beds and a bathroom with a shower and a Jacuzzi. We arrived late at night and wanted nothing more
The First Week in Norway Overall
Hey everyone Well my first week in Norway I'm glad to say was pretty relaxing once I got here. I can say I'm pretty used to life at home though we haven't really been out much. I think the most eventful my week has been was on Tuesday when I went to work with Per Christian and met one of his bosses Arne and two of his coworkers Marianne and Henning. I hit it off with Henning pretty well
Good Morning Vietnam
Vietnam has an emerging economy ever since good old Bill lifted the sanctions on Nam in 1995. Since then the Kids have been tucking into KFC strutting around in Nike trainers and listening to Avril Lavigne. So when we got off the plane expecting bamboo huts little wooden bridges and paper lanterns we were sorely dissappointed. To see that stuff we had to get to the Mekong Delta where everythin
Chang Mai
We arrived in Chang Mai and headed straight to our hotel by taxi. The hotel was awesome compared to all the rest. We had people carrying our bags tea whilst checking in so much sugar but still had someone to show us the apartment huge modern room and even a pillow menu. The classy stuff all for cheaper than the hostel room in Amsterdam. After traveling for about 26hours we were both shagged
Getting to Paris
Mom drove us to Newark NJ airport at midday Monday. As soon as we entered the terminal I was so glad we decided to carry on. The line to check bags weaved all around the building We waltzed on by the queue and into a short security line. We were through within 20 minutes. It would have been shorter accept that a TSA official flagged Robarn for inconsistent density patterns in his left sh
Boracay 10.3 square km of Paradise
Ok so it has taken me some time to get round to writing about Boracay but I think I have only just recovered from the experience You can't sell me a bottle of rum for 70p and expect me to walk away in a straight line So that was pretty much all there a to do on the island apart from soak up the scenery. Boracay's White Beach was voted World's number one Tropical Beach back in 1996 when the isl
Namibia
....this will be quick as internet here is SLOWSnapshot We left the Okvandgo Delta in Botswana a week ago and now in Swakopmund Namibia. Okvandgo Delta is at least the locals claim the largest inland delta in the world. Imagine a vast area the size of Maine under water and once every year the water spreads to central Botswana turning desert into green habitats. We arrived when waters we
going backwards LAX to LAS Vegas
getting out of LA to Vegas sounds a good idea but some minor coulda been major disasters on the way made me wonder about my state of mindI planned to get the 9.30am Flyaway bus shuttle to LAX the flight was 12.15pm but they say 1 12 hrs before on the tix. Had located take off point for Flyaway the previous night and asked how long they had said at this time about 35mins that was late P
Walking Around the Right Bank
After we left the Louvre we walked through the Jardin du Tuileries which is the oldest formal garden in Paris. Parisians and tourists alike walk down the pebbled paths enjoying the temperate weather. The avenue is spectacular you can see the Louvre on one end and the Arc du Triumph on the other. We walked down the Champs Elysees to the Arc to take a picture and then stopped for an espresso
Australia Perth
PERTHThursday 13th MayI was up at 5.45am to catch my flight to Perth. I was at the bus stop at 6.20am I hate getting up early. I got to the airport and as I'd already checked in just needed to drop my bags off. But caused a bit of an incident....the guy asked me if I had any aerosols and the only thing I had was the can of bug spray i.e. killer Caryl and I had got in Cape Tribulation. I told
The home stretch
I haven't updated in a while mostly because I feel like I haven't been doing all that much. I realized in Dali that I am going to San Francisco and then basically straight to work plus I'm going to want to be really busy for the last two weeks of my trip which I am now entering so I just decided to relax a bit. Dali is a good town for relaxing lots of good food and coffee and tea. I went on
Shopping in Greenwich for Amanda’s dress
Sunday 16 MayWe started the day with breakfast and coffee at the bakery across the road from Amandarsquos house. Very convenient indeed and the coffee is okay. We then headed for Greenwich to shop for wedding dress for Amanda. About 100 dresses later and plenty of fashion shows we all found the perfect dress at Palma. The two shop assistance perhaps owners were very helpful very knowledgeab
Cusco und das Heilige Tal Cuzco and the Sacred Valley
Bereits auf der Busfahrt nach Cusco sehen wir erste Relikte aus der Inkazeit und wir freuen uns auf eine Reise ins Reich der Inkas. Cusco gefaellt uns vom ersten Augenblick an Die vielen Kolonialhaeuser mit verspielten Holzbalkonen die riesige Plaza de Armas mit den imposanten Kirchen und das gute Gemisch von Peruanern und westlichen Touristen. Mit vier Kanadierinnen zusammen erkunden wir zu Fus
Thursday
OHH soo much to catch up on I'm going to split this up a bit..Friday's blog will be long so that it t.b.c. after this. Thursday we had to switch hotels for the last two nights here in Beijing. Once we were checkedin and had another round table turntable traditional Chinese lunch we headed to the financial district to meet with one of Xu's friends. He worked for Hedgefund a stock company. Afte
2 day hop on hop off bus tour
Monday 17 Tuesday 18 MayAmanda had to go to work her second last day before holidays or vacation as the call it here. Jason went in to work with her went to the gym then came back to pick Marika and I up to go in to New York. The weather took a turn for the worse but we persevered with the cold. Tuesday was a lot colder and raining pretty much all day. We found the lsquoNew York Sightseein
First Week in DC
Welcome to Washington DCI've been in DC for about a week and I'm excited for my internship that starts on Monday I'm not quite sure what projects I'll be working on at the Smithsonian but I will let you know when I find out. This week I've been mostly exploring and getting to know the city. I'm living in my sister's apartment in the NW quadrant of the city which is close to the Metro whic
PICTURES
Oops I meant to include some pictures with my last blog...sorry to flood your inboxGo Big RedNatalie
Baseball in New York
Wednesday 19 MayAmandarsquos first day of holidays today. We had a bit of a sleep in then headed over the road for coffee then walked down to Ferry Street for some shopping. About three hours in the shops with loads of successful purchases shoes clothes lingerie and bags between the three of us. Now I am sitting in a Laundromat. I feel like washing my clothes twice. Once to get the other peo
Day 6 Tulsa Oklahoma
Hi AllThe Blogs are going to get done we are so tired it is taking longer to do. We're trying to put them together on the road and then download them at night. So here is day 6...We got up this morning in Tulsa Oklahoma and the clouds are super dark. We ate breakfast at a restaurant and by the time we came out there was a lightening storm. We stayed in front of the storm we got lots of rain t