I just received an email from a couple, Dave and Linda, who purchased my beach guidebook. They live near the coast here in southwest Florida and are particularly interested in kayaking and snorkeling in addition to exploring the beaches. In part, they wrote:
We will be trying snorkeling at Crescent beach, Point of Rocks tomorrow, but [...]
First Trip to ValpoVina
We took our first trip to Vina del Mar and Valparaiso today. We will definitely be returning often I love the house I live in and my school but I will always be a city girl and being there made me want to move. We started to the day at our parent's home where their son lives now with his wife and Martin who is 1 yr 8 months. So cute Then we went about the processof trying to obtain our Chilean
Auckland airport to Melbourne Airport
Both of us are tired but unable to sleep. Kerry people watches and Rob plays on the arcade games.Rob snoozes for 45 minutes and when he stirs Kerry takes the opportunity to switch places flat out for about an hourI get a pleasant surprise when I wake Rob is sat talking to Claire and Rich a couple we met when sailing in the Whitsundays.At 3am we go to stretch our legs choosing to get a tru
Iquitos and the Amazon Jungle
Iquitos the Peruvian jungle capital is a strange old place. The city is an island in the middle of the jungle only reachable by boat or plane in fact itrsquos the largest city in the world not connected to a national road network. As there is but one road heading out of the city and that only goes 100km to Nauta not many people have cars so Iquitos is Mototaxi City with an alleged 20
Pickles Gochujang
Another day another excuse. I intended to get a post up when I reached my uncle Eddie's house but unfortunately Erik's my other uncle who's only a few months my junior not going to bother getting into it now laptop didn't get very good reception from the wifi here. Anyway all that matters now is that we discovered going elsewhere in the house gave us excellent reception and I'm now capable
Oklahoma is OK
Hello from Sallisaw OK. Another uneventful but long driving day 455 miles. When I was doing my flight planning last night I realized there was another convenient campground about 30 miles past Fort Smith AR. Knowing there could be severe weather in Arkansas today and Saturday I decided to shoot for the extra mileage. I got an early start after spending a few minutes talking with the Alle
Portugal Trip
Hi all.I've recreived the final entries from Pete Renita and Jo. They're really tired but should be on their way home this week end April 24th. I'm really hoping that they don't get as far as London or Frankfurt and then get stuck there. Keep your finger's crossed for them. I think all was finally forgiven at least by Renita and Jo because they finally found a shoe store and bought shoes
Angkor Wat Cambodia Siem Reap
Man every time I come through Siem Reap Angkor Wat I am amazed at the numbers of tourist that are commin here now. The first time that i came to Angor was in 1999 and we went to Angkor wat for sunrise and then cimped to the top of the tempole and we were the only ones there for over one hour which as you can imiagine if you have been here is a pretty awsome thing. We went out to Batay Sri and th
What’s new folks
Hey out there What's everyone up to these days Send me your news and some photos if you have them. Send it all to me at marymueller28cogeco.caThen I'll put your news on the blog for everyone to see.We're supposed to be keeping in touch remember
vang veing cont.
So last night it thunderstormed big time. i love the storms over here. they are incredible. There is a make shift herbal sauna here a tent hooked up to a sort of furnace thing so we all jumped into the herbal sauna with the lightning illuminating us every 20 seconds... and then earlier we had decided to have a bbq ... so we went ahead with this We had bought chicken and beef and the people at
Escape from L.A. Day Three A Hike and Drive to Remember
April 19thLet me just start this entry off stating that Big Sur is stunningly beautiful my photos really donrsquot do it justice. The hiking in the area is absolutely great I can attest to that because that is what my father and I did on the 19th. We drove about a couple miles up form our campsite to the Big Sur National Park Station also the starting point for the Big Sur Marathon that my da
Australia East Coast Rainbow Beach and Fraser Island
Hello allWe've had a busy couple of weeks............RAINBOW BEACH Thursday 15th AprilWe arrived at Hervey Bay bus station at 6.30am then had to wait an hour for our next bus to Rainbow Beach. There was only 3 of us on that bus so again the driver let us choose a film Inkheart this time was quite a nice little film. We got to Rainbow Beach and our hostel at 10ish and I was so tired I passed ou
Escape from L.A. Day Four Los Padres Forest Camping
April 20th and 21stLike I said rain and mud and camping donrsquot jive well with me. I sucked it up and after packing out me and Dad got some breakfast. We were to head south about 2025 miles and go camping in Los Padres National Forest.On the way down there we stopped at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park another gem that's on the coastline of California. Photos don't really do it justice esp
Goodbye Castlegar
Goodbye CastlegarhellipIetzt isches scho wieder so wiit d Koffere si packt u i reise wiiter Morn am morge am 9i starti z Castlegar u flge via Vancouver nach Montreal. Und einisch meh en vllige Neustart neui Lt neui Stadt neui Sprachhellip I bi gspannt druf was mi aues erwartet u frie mi riesig o wenns mer nid liecht fallt vo de Lt hie Abschied znNach de Olympiade isch dre
Bangkok and the Red Shirts
April 1st Bangkok and the Red ShirtsWe got all the stuff we bought successfully to Bangkok. This was also the first night Irsquod have in Bangkok not to mention with Tim and Jay Man whorsquove been here many times.The night we arrived I was going to be shown lsquothe night lifersquo of Bangkok. This could mean anything.So then the next day we got ready to leave after that crazy night out
The Red Shirts in Bangkok
April 2nd The Red Shirts in BangkokAfter waking up in a beautifully air conditioned room after sleeping probably way too much it was time for our next fun trip in Bangkok. Tim was going to take us to an all you can eat Sushi place. When we got there he explained it a little bit to us. The food comes on a conveyor belt in front of you each being an individual piece. Just grab what you want to eat
Road to recovery…
Our first night on Ko Phangan left us lsquoroad worn and weary eyedrsquo bonus points if you can name the artist that sings that song so we had an early night after dinner on the beach with Lynn and a few drinks. I forgot how noisy it is at Venus being up on the hill has its advantages of an amazing view and being off the main drag or the beach and itrsquos major disadvantage of all the
A Day The HuntingtonTransContinental RR
Really looking forward to tomorrow and a chance to visit The Huntington. I'd thought I'd share a little about Henry and Arabella Huntington who originally lived on the compound and started the museum ball rolling...Henry Huntington was actually the nephew of Collis P. Huntington one of the BIG 4 who orchestrated the original TransContinental Rail Road.... Connecting the East and West Coasts of
Songkran Water Festival
Well I have finally dried off. Water festival was last week and even though I wasn't in one of the major cities I got plenty wet SInce it is also a Burmese holiday it was celebrated in camp as well. basically imagine the biggest water fight you can and that is water festival. In Mae Sot people on the street had buckets and barrels of water at the wiat and anyone who goes buy will be splashed.
Langtang Trek
After a bureacracy filled day in Kathmandu getting visa extensions trekking permits paying various fees and so on we managed to drag ourselves out of bed at 5.30 for Day one of our first adventure into the Himilayas.Day One Kathmandu ShyepruWe got to the bus station in the north of Kathmandu bought our tickets less than a fiver for us both for a nine hour journey and were then told we h