Friday May 7thWe left Ambury Farm RP and drove into the city where Talita had a meeting set up for 11am. We'd driven past the location before purely by accident so we kinda knew where it was. Today because we approached from the opposite direction we completely missed it. We eventually found the place and Talita's meeting went well.Cautiously uplifted we drove on to Browns Bay where we found
Coen to Bamaga
Before we leave Coen we go to visit Charlies goldmine which belongs to an old Maltese chap who has been running a gold mine since the 1960's. He has made his house from old bottles and scap metal and has some cool metalic sculptures in his yard. He has loads of stories to tell and we will definetly camp overnight here on the way back down and do some panning for gold. This would be a great touris
Take a Hike
Wow what a spectacular day in Moab. I hiked to Delicate Arch this morning. Oh my goodness what an experience. Irsquove seen hundreds of images of Delicate Arch and even seen it from another viewpoint at least mile away when I was here in 2008 but seeing it up close is amazing.Itrsquos a mile and half hike across slick rock and coming up a ledge on the backside of the arch. When you come
Not Much Longer…
Entry 3 10 days before the tripFinalizationsIf you didn't get the pun it's final exam week here at UMD. Granted I only have 2 exams 2 and a half if you count short papers but nature decided to bless me with my first cold in 2 years this Monday. Instead of studying I've been sleeping downing grapefruit juice and blowing my nose 247. Fantastic. Oh well first exam was pretty easy and m
A quick trip to NM but a journey through time
Roughly a 4 hour drive east of our house is the Gila National Forest Gila Wilderness and within the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. Once we were off the main highway and onto the Scenic Byway that leads to through the park we were engulfed by trees galore The byway itself was pretty exciting. There were portions of it that seemed barely wide enough for two passing cars. Luckily
"Run Liz Run"
For our last full day in America we thought we would explore some of the beaches. First stop 40 mins away was Liz's first choice Malibu beach. We parked up walked down through some marshland and onto the beach It was practically deserted We could have sunbathed and had the whole beach to ourselves Liz Nige paddled but myself Andy bottled it it looked freezingNext up was Venice beach
A Real Chinese Fire Drill
That's right I'm not talking about the kind where you jump out of the car at a stoplight and run around and hop back in before the light turns green. That's about as Chinese as fortune cookies.You remember the fire drills of your youth one minute you're scribbling answers on your worksheet writing a note to your friend or if in university you're most likely asleep and it's rush week so the a
C’est parti pour le vrai
On a le motoris On devait revenir prs de l'aroport pour en prendre possession.On est encore dans un McDo.... 0 C'tait le temps de partir pour aller manger et tout ce qu'on a trouv c'est un McDo. En prenant le taxi ce matin Marc a encore tent de s'asseoir du ct du conducteur.... On a eu un upgrade pour le motoris nous avons donc un 6 places pour le prix d'un 4. Isabelle est trs t
Day 1 LA to Saigon
LA to Saigon Ho Chi Minh City Day 1After three flights LA to San Francisco to Hong Kong to Saigon in almost 24 hours Erin and I arrived in Saigon around 11 PM last night Wed. It was 84 degress and fairly humid. There are primarily two ways for getting into Vietnam. Either you can send your passport to the Vietnamese Embassy or Consulate in the U.S. and obtain a self adhesive page that sti
KunmingLijiang
We flew at night from Bangkok to Kunming with China Eastern Airline itrsquos great to have food on the plane after been flying with Airasia everywhere. Tasty over rice Banana cake peanuts apple chips chiffon cake and horrible horrible pickles. I repeat horrible pickles. We got to Kunming almost at midnight checked in at Cloudland Youth Hostel. The room was pretty clean for a dorm. They
Gracie’s 5th Week
We drove down to Manning Park. I loved feeding the squirrels with rice bubbles. They were nibbling piece by piece it was so cuteIt took 3 hrs to get to our new house. They had two dogs one was called Gus and the other was called Charlie. They had three cats Rascal Spot and Tiger. I played with Avrey and Kit played with Will Foster.The next day we played on the trampoline and swing set I als
FebuaryMarch and the job search
Ok so after my trip to Sydney I spent most of my time applying for jobs having an interview or two riding horses seeing church friends as well as a few mealstrips out with Pili and Simon. Additionally I started some volunteer work through church Friday mornings I help out a playgroup with 2 disabled twins and Thursday evenings I also go into the city and give out free pancakes. Its a nice com
Frste og sidste gang jeg stter mine ben p McDonalds.
Som titlen jo lyder. Ja var i gr for frste gang p McDonalds siden jeg rejse hertil. Dog var jeg der ikke for at spise burger pomfritter eller andet af deres knap s godt smagende mad. N.... De har nu i godt en mned reklameret med at de er begyndt at slge Mocha Frappechino's. Prcia ligesom Starbucks. Jeg tnkte hmm.... Mon det er vrd at smage. Anyway... Jeg tog muligheden og vandrede fra
Meet the people that inspire me
So earlier this evening I had a conversation with a friend. A good friend. She lives in Oregon we met about 5ish years ago.... Anyway long story short. She has inspired me to....travel. Yes Ang this blog is about you Long story short she lost her job earlier this month. Most people would be bummed devestated would be drinking...etc etc. Not my friend. No....she got laid off from a job
Laziness between tours
We decided to have an extra day before Sapa tour just so that our shoes could hopefully get dry so today we didn't really have much to do but yay our shoes are dry Had ear plugs in at 6am this morning due to the loud music and shouting followed by building site noise. Went on net after brekkie for about 3hrs Booked our flight to Sumatra for 20th May
Cambodias city and the temples of Angkor
Hello again a bit of a delay on the latest installment due to too much fun being had in the south of Thailand.Picking up on our ventures to Vietnam we decided to take the fast boat up the Mekong to the capital of Cambodia Phnom Penh. After a dodgy waterside border crossing and a few backhanders we were on our way and travelling inland to the searing heat and arid landscape. We made it to the ca
Lake Nabugabo
After a 20 km boda boda motorbike taxi ride with me and a friend clinging on along a mud track with all our bags asking the driver to go slowly and realising just how few muscles i have in my back and tummy....we arrived at lake nabugabo a huge quiet bilharzia croc and hippo free lake not far from Masaka. monkeys pottered around and a crowd amy i spologise for the collective noun of hor
Leaving Asia…Hello Oz
Afternoon everyone Yet again this blog has taken a while coming to you as we have been busy busy To everyone who is doing exams etc....keep going it will all be over soon Maybe you won't want to read this blog though So our last blog was from the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia. It was so pretty and we ate a lot of scones and went to the tea plantations and generally relaxed. Did A LOT of laun
Cassino
Hello everyone today is Friday morning. Yesterday we had very long day on our trip to Monte Cassino however it was wonderful day as we saw where our Dads were and what a time they had We had done some reading beforehand certainly gave the tour more impact as we were able to relate the readings to the actual sights. We laid poppies on some graves. You could feel the Kiwi presence there. Th
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
Hello everyone I am so excited... 21 more sleeps. This will be our first trip back to Canada in the summer in over 6 years Hard to believe that time has flown so quickly. I am freezing at the moment here in Australia so very much looking forward to warm days of sunshine and hanging out at the lake. I must admit I am not sure if I will be packing my togs.. Swimmers for you CanadiansMorning'