camping trip 2010
We got into the campground near the twin cities Minneapolis St. Paul on the 7th of July. We spent three days there visiting with Sharyns family. We went to dinner with Ted her brother the second night. The Next day we joined her twin Shirley youngest sister Patti at brother Jims Home. Brothers Barry and Dave also were there. Barry is a twin to the oldest sister Barb who could no
WednesdayThursday Week 2 Zigen English Teacher Training Program Shilou
It's late Thursday night July 29at 2010. We're nearing the end of the 2nd week of the teacher training program. This week has been more manageable in many ways. I have a good idea of what my group of teachers can and cannot do. There are not new people coming in and out well maybe a couple and they have some sense of who I am and what I want them to do. We are trying to focus on their E
Bergen and home to Oslo
We headed back from Bergen on July 25th. Pooped from the night before but we got to sleep in a little to make up for it. We had until about 3 to be tourists. Our most important thing for Bergen was to take a trip up the side of the mountain in the Floybanen. It's a tram similar to the Niagara Falls one. So for anyone who knows that I'm afraid of heights I've now gone to the 2nd level of th
New England USA Quaint and Picturesque
ldquoIrsquom sorry to have to tell you this folksrdquo said the pilot ldquobut we have no captain for the flight and I donrsquot know where he is so Irsquom afraid yoursquoll have to deplane and collect your luggage.rdquo I looked at Angela and groaned. Wersquod been sat in the small aircraft cabin for close to two hours waiting for the captain to join the first officer but
Magnificent Norway
Sorry for the delay on Norway info everyone. Everything went so quickly. We arrived in Oslo and were shuttled to our hotel by an unclelike man who dropped us off and picked us up wherever we were booked. So glad because everything is so different there.Spent the afternoonevening with Arne's cousin Jonn Mero beginoftheskypehighlightingendoftheskypehighlighting. They've be skyp
The road is open
Well folks We just heard the road is now open to Chicken Alaska..........we're on our wayHopefully I can blog somewhere enroute. oh....I'll try those photos again from the previous blog for some unknown rerason the website wouldn't allow me to upload.Talk to you soonNevil
Today's decision day
Hi EveryoneAs the heading states We come to a decision today as to which way we're heading. I guess we find out soon so watch this space for more news.In the meantime I've posted up 2 photos. One of Bob Doug from Lethbridge and the other of Bob's bike a Yamaha XTZ750 Super Tenere. Those of you that know me well can appreciate how my heartstrings were tugged at the sight of this motorcycleBob
Sunday 28th July 1878
Another cold showery day. Went to church Christ Church Auckland St. in the morning but did not go to Mr Moore's pew as he asked me to for arriving there late I went into the nearest empty pew however Mr M spotted me and we walked to his house together. It is in St Kilda a nice large place with some good rooms in it. Introduced to Mr M's two sons a soninlaw and four young ladies 3 of t
Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands
Oh wow canrsquot believe how far behind we are. Oh well only one way to catch up.Saturday the third of July this was the day the four of us hired bikes. We left it until about 1100hrs not doing much before then. It is definitely the way to go when getting around the Netherlands. We rode around town out of town and across town to Danrsquos GreatAunt Uncle Marie Paul. As always
Viva Italia Part 2
TurinI ended up having 3 different couchsurfers for my 3 nights in Turin so it was a bit manic and I ended up spending quite a bit on baggage storage at the train station My first host was Amor a Spanish lady with two sweet little girls called Alice and Gaia. I thought I would be staying with her the whole time but when I arrived she told me it could only be for one night How annoying But she
Last trip Big Pine Key
Right before this last trip I got a call from my visa card people that there was suspicious activity. Indeed there was. Someone got a hold of some account of mine and ordered a bunch of stuff. So I canceled the card and they would send me a new one. However when I got back back from this trip the stuff that was ordered was mailed to my house ACK Someone hacked into something and just ordered a
Take two...
OK so I spoke too soon and you got lucky. It turns out that I can't subscribe other people to my own blog which I suppose is the way it should be.So if you would like you can go to httpconserveuganda.wordpress.com and subscribe yourself or you can just drop by on occasion when you are trying to avoid the work you are supposed to be doing.Take careMark
Changing Blogs
Hello AllIt has been a while since you have heard from us through this site. Part of the reason is that I started a new blog back in January called Wild Thoughts from Uganda www.conserveuganda.wordpress.com that is focused on social and environmental issues in Uganda rather than just our family travels and travails. I haven't been writing for the last few weeks since we were in the U.S. bu
Day 65 Nonsurfing Bali. They have that now
So apparently they have other things in Bali besides surfing. Who knew We spent a 5 days in Kuta after the Bingin surf binge. Kuta is renowned for other types of binging. Clubs are open 24 hours. The stumbling mumbling pack of Australians that greet you for breakfast everyday are more than happy to state the fact if you didn't already know. We went out a couple nights from the scummiest skee
Split 2
So 2 airplane crashes in 2 days spooky or what . Still in Croatia and heading to Italy on Tuesday. Split is really nice and spotlessly clean but have seen all there is to see. Spent last night with 3 US Maries on a stop off on the way back from the middle east after a 6 months tour of duty goes to prove they are not all mad as they proved to be well educated and interesting. Apart from 2 fema
Surrounding Siena
After a good sleep in Siena we were ready to tackle a new day and sort out the previous day The house we rented was actually a few km's outside Siena in a place called Viglaglia. We walked into town caught a bus into the old Siena a beautiful walled city and set out looking for an Internet cafe. On the way we found some awesome shopping Found aspace with Internet sent out a couple choice
Milano
We left Cinque Terre for Milano to pick up our car rental so we could start clocking miles and seeing the countryside. Somewhere along the line unbeknownst to us it had been decided we needed a challenge. Upon arrival to the Milano central station also the address of the car rental company we found that they didn't actually MEAN the train station...it was just a guestimate. A couple guards fr
Is it a bird is it a plane No it's just an insult
So a bit of an insulting dayFirst lift of the morning went down the singles line as in solo lift rider not a new form of snow speed dating and was added to a group of three with the line 'you three and this girl... it is girl isn't it'. Yes it's girl jeezeThen this eveningon walking into the pub I wa greeted by the line 'what's wrong with your face'. So much for the self esteem...Actua
Cinque Terre
From Chamonix we drove back to Paris to drop the car back at the rental spot. The trek back through Paris was significantly more difficult and stressful than the drive out of the city...to say the least.We took the train from Paris to Milan a trip originally planned in an overnight car but ended up being an evening trip leaving us with no overnight plans in Milano. We had to try a few different
DARWIN
DARWINMon 19th July I took Pam into the Darwin Hospital casualty section to find what is the problem with her knee. After spending 5 hours there in total we were none the wiser as even the xrays didnrsquot show anyvisible damage. The doctor thinks it may be a piece of bone or cartilage floating around. They suggested that it would be better to have it looked at in Melbourne as it would ta
The Forbidden City
This morning Jie and I got an early start and went to Tian'anmen Square but didn't look at the zombie of Mao Zedong yet. We're doing that later this week. Every Communist country preserves the body of their first leader in the capital and put it on display Lenin Mao Kim Jung Song. Today we went straight for the Forbidden City. It was still a little foggy but we had a great time. Firs
26 de Julio. Ultimo da en Luang Prabang y salida hacia la regin de Champasak. By Asun
Tenamos mucho inters en asistir a la ofrenda de comida a los monjes que tiene lugar todos los das del mes de julio a las 5.30 de la maana en Luang Prabange. La chica belga que conocimos dos das antes nos coment que era una de las mejores experiencias que haba tenido y que lo interesante no era mirar sino participar junto con la gente local en la ofrenda. As dedidimos hacerlo. El da antes
Bhuj to Mount Abu
Hey allBrad herethought i'd give luscious Lindsey a break from the PCOkafter a serious detox in Bhujwhich is in a dry stateand my body being in shock for 3 days as i havent been clean since i was about 10 or 11hahawe leave Bhuj on a day train which takes us from Gujarat into the province of Rajasthan...Our trip takes about 7 hours and we arrive at a station called Abu Roadwhich is at th
Our adventure continues up North
After a few days in Mumbai we decide to head up North to Bhuj. Brecht the Belgium guy we met at the Bollywood studios comes with us. He's so laid back will stop and talk to anyone and get's a lot of attention being 6ft 9 and looking like Peter Croutch The three of us catch a taxi to Bandra train station. The roads are packed and we still can't get over how people drive here. The taxi weav
I'm taking a sick day
I woke up feeling like crap. I made it to breakfast to say goodbye to Joe and Barton I ate then went straight back to bed. I woke and headed to the tattoo shop that was just down the street because last night I lost one of my lip ring balls or I swallowed it which is very likely. The lady did not speak any English but she sized up my lip ring size and sold me the ball I went back to the hostel
Halong Bay
So since i last posted we embarked on a mamoth 14 hour night train journey from Hue up to hanoi and then a coach to Halong bay which we reached at about 10AM on wednesday morning. Our room was nice and overlooked Halong bay which was incredible After breakfast and a shower we left for a boat trip around Halong Bay. We had our own bot which was called a junk boat but looked like a gallion ship
Guernsey Cherbourg ... Freakin' SCARY
we left Guernsey early and headed for cherbourg. Mike had been warned that the Alderney Races narrow channel between Alderney and Cap De la Hague notorious for rip tides and dodgy sea could be difficult and should be negotiated a good way from the headland. He set our course for 8 miles off the coast of France and headed out. Initially the fast flowing tides helped us and sent us flying along a
Back to India The journey
Touchdown. South India. Summer heat and monsoon rain. We were excited to back back. If we'd known what was in store we might been more apprehensive. Getting out of the airport was easy. It was raining when we got outside though and rickshaw negotiations we were offered a series of random prices ranging from 150 to 400 we settled on 100 were a rather damp affair as was the ride through town t
Hoi an Nha Trang
Hoi anAfter settling into our bunk beds on our comfortable sleeper bus in Hanoi we poured ourselves some drinks and set off for Hoi an catching a connecting bus at Hue. It wasn't long before disaster struck.... after about an hour into the journey an almighty bang ground the bus to a halt on a busy motorway bustling with massive lorries and buses all speeding past us We were all ordered t
A Year in Retrospect
As I sit in the office on my last day of work I ponder the question How many times can one person rewrite their resume Seriously though I can't even count the hours that I have spent moving things around adding a word here or there bolding unbolding and then rebolding successively. What a nightmare.As some of you may know today is my birthday Wooo. One year older and most likely none
Luang Prabang Laos
The author and his friends had spent long time in Luang Prabang Laos. He would really liked it and he had thought it was a great city.Luang Prabang was another of the places Xan had visited before and hersquod really liked it so we were keen to spend as long there as we could. Loved it itrsquos a great city. We stayed in a fab guesthouse just back from the Mekong River and close to the nigh
I'll miss you Malta
My last couple of days in Malta I can't believe it. It has been so busy these past few days. So a very quick update... Last weekend my friend Andrew and I took the ferry over to Sicily. It was amazing. The food was phenomenal and we ate a disgusting amount of gelato pastries cheeses etc. We spent our time mostly in Catania exploring around visiting the churches wandering the markets and sip
Paihia Bay of Islands New Zealand 29710
HelloWe're finally at a campsite with a decent and more importantly FREE web connection Hopefully I'll be able to put some pictures on here although I have said that before...I've just had to check with Sarah what we've been up to I'd completely forgotten some of the last few days clearly I've been having too much funWe went to the Te Papa museum in Wellington and had a great few hours.
Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls are absolutely stunning. They are so huge with a massive volume of water cascading over such a long canyon edge.We hired full length raincoats as recommended by some people we'd met at Popa Falls and were very glad we did. We visited from the Zimbabwe side and you walk for around 1200m along the opposite side of the canyon with these amazing falls oppposite you. As t
The beginning
Prior to leaving for my travels the dominant feeling was one of apprehension and nerves. These feelings can be attributed to the prospect of me venturing well and truly outwith my comfort zone but they were mostly from the prospect of flying So after several paranoid and crazy thoughts going through my head such as 'there only seems to be middleaged businessmen on this flght. If god is gonna
Vietnam why didn't the chicken cross the road
VietnamAs we drove into Moscow at about 6am we saw a huge boat littered with people in dress clothes swigging Champaign and dancing to the dawn. In St Petersburg there were the drunken ladies on the train and in Beijing there was the soup. First impressions have so far been a good indication of the place. In the case of Vietnam the tone was set by spectacular tropical scenery and an adult elephan
Off to Gujarat
Hope this entry finds you and yours all doing well. Today we ended the first main part of our trip wersquore leaving Mumbai for a little while and hence Irsquom not sure at least for the next few days how often I will be able to get online. Wersquore headed off to Jayeshrsquos native place Gujarat in order to attend to some spiritual activities. I have to admit that Irsquom slightly
Koh Tao
Howdy So we arrived in Koh Tao two days ago and it is even more beautiful than Koh Samui It is a really small island local population is 5000... It is just what we have been looking for and has a lot to keep Bren entertained while we lay on the beach all day... Bren came over the day before us and was so proud of himself for booking this great room which he was referring to as heaven. I
Grijs en winderig
Het is grijs maar droog. De wind heeft ervoor gezorgd dat de tent droog is. De sanitaire voorzieningen van deze wildcamping zijn een beetje onbeschut dat moet ik even melden bij de receptie voor ik vertrek. Dat de wind alles gedroogd heeft is een goede zaak maar dat hij de ganse dag het tempo zou drukken is minder. Na 10km kom ik in Nordmela waar ik men inkopen doe. Water vind ik niet direct maa
Last blog from Thailand for 2010 for sanantone.
Well its finally here we leave Thailand in 2 days time for a week in Bali 6 days in Kuala Lumpur then back to Oz. we're sad to leave have had a ball will be back asap.These last few days have been spent in Pattaya which is a 2 hour drive south of Bangkok on the Gulf of Thailand. It has a bad name as there are a lot of old white men with young Thai girls here a very liberal sex scene but
Travelling Pete Update
When I last reported I had just left Longreach last Sunday to move onto Winton a slightly longer trip of about 187 kms. This sector was remarkable for there not being a single sign of any human or animal habitation over the entire journey. The road basically ran parallel to the rail line but I was not lucky enough to sight one of the 3 trains or so a week that use the line.Again the country wa
When Sydney flies by...
Hey guys Hope everything is good with all of you and you're having better weather then we are thunder storms long term rain and even fog out here down under Both Ed and I are good but need to start packing as tomorrow we head off to even chillier New Zealand so I'll try to keep this relatively short but let me talk you through our last few days.On Sunday we followed a walking tour in our gu
ber Litchfield nach Darwin
Von Katherine fuhren wir erstmal ein wenig in Richtung Norden bevor wir wieder in den Nitmiluk National Park abbogen. Diesmal wollten wir fr eine kleine morgendliche Erfrischung in die Edith Falls springen. Gesagt getan. Danach ging es weiter in der schwlen Hitze zum Litchfield National Park. Als wir am frhen Nachmittag dort ankamen hie es wieder baden gehen diesmal in den Florence Falls.
rent no car
Frustriertes autoIn den fruehen morgenstunden wird die gruppe von ihrem espressofrettchen sarah geweckt. Sie hat ein enormes fruehaufsteherpotential. Beim morgentlichen gratismuffin und maennerfruehstueck fuer ben werden wir von zwei anderen deutschen backpackern angesprochen. Sie haben ein jahresticket fuer nationalparks damit man sich mit auto dort aufhalten kann das sie loswerden moechten.
Iceland part 1 To the West to the West
Iceland part 1Ratings explained 'Bad times' self explanatory'Don't bother' self explanatory1 worth a look2 Good Times3 Unmissable emphasis on the ratingI've spent a lot of time catching up travel diary writing after falling five days behind at one stage in Iceland this possibly because we drove on average 400km a day over 9 days and saw sights until after midnight on more than on
The rest of the photos as promised
These photos would have been better with the text but hopefully with the notes underneath each one you can make sense of them.I tried to up load a video of the two drivers but it didn't work. I couldn't believe it when on the way to the village the drivers friend squeezed into the seat with him and one steered while the other did the gears. I was not convinced that it was the best time for a dri
The Trip prior to Yellowstone.
At Seattle on the way out of Canada we made an abrupt left and headed for Spokane and on through Montana and Yellowstone National Park. You can see the glory of the Lord when he created this earth for mankind and believe me the veiws in this part of the US leave you breathless and in awe.
Welcome to Bangkok
Now that I've had a couple days to unpack and learn to get around and feed myself here I can put up pictures from the first couple days of my travels Nothing too exhilarating for now our days have been really really busy I can't believe school starts in just over a week I still wake up in the North American mindset every day thinking that I'll have all of August off....and then the horri
Ben's New House
Here a few photos of the work done on Ben's house last weekend. Ben Joseph Claire Leigh and Robyn all worked VERY hard But it was fun
Trip of Giants Pier 39
Liam's request first today The Aquarium On The Bay. We caught the line 47 bus from two blocks up from the Phoenix and found our way to Pier 39. At 10am there weren't many people around. We went straight in to see the nice collection of fish jellyfish sharks etc in tanks and two walking tunnels. They specialised in local fish so not much of corals and tropicals but lots of sea anemones with oth
The Five Passes Route Expedition Summary
January 2 2010Screwed again by the motorists along this stretch of highway we sat in our same spot along the road for two and a half more hours this morning. We decided that hitchhiking during Christmas and New Years is just tough because people are out with cars full of family or maybe most people driving are just sick of holiday tourists and we appear to just be part of that problem. Whateve
Socks are the only thing good in this packet
23rd July 2010 Socks are the only things that are any good in this packetAnd then 8 hours later the got off the plane. This was the total comments of the man who sat next to Catherine on the planeEverything went to plan. Taxi at homewas 15 minutes early ... which was OK better late than never. Arrived at the airport sailed through checkin and security... though they did take my bag apart but
I'm new at this.
We are safely in Miami and already having problems communicating with the natives. Tomorrow off I go to Honduras an Ryan to Antigua.
Gillespie Pass
December 25 2009It was our intent today to hitchhike from Mount Cook Village to Wanaka three hours away and I thought with it being Christmas that people would have some goodwill in their hearts and hitchhiking would be easy. WRONG We waited outside the village for three hours as many people just drove past us.A surreal thing happened about an hour in to our waiting. A car drove by going int
Ball Pass
December 21 2009When Freddy showed up to meet us at the gas station this morning I was somewhat surprised to see him. It would have been easy to blow us off but it looked like he was actually going to follow through with his promise from yesterday to take us to Mount Cook Village. So we began the threehour drive which took nearly four since Fred drives slower than anyone in New Zealand. We
Around Bodhgaya
Well know I've been to all the touristy areas around town. Two days ago my new friend Sunil took me to all the spots the cave where the Buddha meditated or six years his uncle's house and some old banyan trees.We also went to an intelligenceinsulting school. You want to know a surefire way to spot a scam in India They take you to the small school show you around to some kids sit you dow
Madri Espanha Meu mundo comeou aqui...
19 de Janeiro de 2008Depois de 5 meses de espera o grande dia chegou. O sonho se realizou. Eu chegava a Madri no somente como um simples viajante mas sim como um imigrante. Finalmente depois de tanta espera o sonho se realizava e Madri que parecia to distante estava aqui a somente 2030 minutos de carro at chegar ao Hotel El Madroo. A verdade que ao chegar a este hotel eu no tinha a mni
The Cascade Saddle Route
December 16 2009This morning after doing the things we had planned to do yesterday but had blown off in favor of hottubbing instead we set to work about figuring out how to get up the road into the Matukituki Valley to start the next track. Hitchhiking was our preference but seemed unlikely since this was another 50km deadend dirt road leading deep into the mountains. We settled on paying
CambodiaThe GoodThe Bad and the Darn Right Ugly
We have seen and done so much since our last blog it's hard to know where to start. Cambodia was a nice surprise for us. Unfortunately the people there are still some of the poorest in the world but they still manage the biggest smiles. The country seems to be a place of many contrasts from the magnificent Temples of Angkor to the poor victims of the many land mines set throughout the countries
Mount Brewster
December 12 2009With the rain continuing to fall we were informed that the shuttle transport to the track we wanted to do would not be going today due to the busrsquos inability to cross the flooded streams over the road. So we changed plans yet again and hitchhiked our way to Wanaka a town about three hours drive away to see if the tracks in that area would be more accessible and the weath
the Caples track
December 9 2009Our plans to do the Dusky Sound Track starting tomorrow were changed when we went to the DoC office today to leave our intentions with them. We were informed that currently at the third hut on the track a few people were stuck there because of heavy flooding blocking either exit from the valley and that they would most likely be stuck there for several more days still. A few Do
We're alive and kicking
Ok all. Mark and I took a break yes a long break from blogging. We're still not sure when we will stop but we don't intend for it to be now or a few months ago. In the middle of April we arrived back in Missouri. We intended on blogging but left an important camera cord at a friends house along the way. The intention was to blog and post pictures when we had them uploaded with the impor
Milford Sound
December 3 2009Today was purely a day of hitchhiking and after a rough start we got even further towards Milford than we had hoped for. The first ride out of Christchurch took about and hour and a half to get. This was followed by much more waiting several very short lifts and us being still a long way from our goal with it being well into the late afternoon. At around 330pm we found our
Yanchep national Park
Yanchep est un quartier situ 56 km au nord de Perth en Australie occidentale. Il a t construit par l'entrepreneur Alan Bond. Il s'agit d'une banlieue de la Ville de Wanneroo. Yanchep est une destination touristique populaire. Il y a la plage des hbergements et des sites pour les caravanes ainsi que le Yanchep Inn dans le Parc national de Yanchep.Le Parc national de Yanchep propose des
Jeju Island
I took the overnight ferry from Busan to Jeju Island I had made the reservation earlier in the week and paid when I arrived for my ferry. When I finished paying I moved to the side so this pushy little old lady behind me could get on with her business. I put my change in my wallet and stood there for a minute feeling like I forgot something. When the lady at the counter began dealing with the old
Arthurs Pass National Park
November 25 2009We said goodbye to Geoff and Jilleane before we set out for Arthurrsquos Pass with Lynne. Wersquore fortunate she decided to come tramping with us over the next week for several reasons. First her driving means that wersquoll get exactly where we want to get today without the uncertainty of hitchhiking. And secondly because she is very pleasant company.We drove all morn
South Central Coast Vietnam
Well after a longer than planned stay in Hanoi it was time to take a sleeper bus to a town called Hoi An this place is famous in Vietnam for being an ancient town full of gift shops and tailors you can get a fully tailored suit with 2 shirts and 2 ties all specified down to the smallest detail for about US250. These suits were the business and if I was coming to the end of my trip i would have
ROS ROBERT
We were going to Cooktown today but the weather is still not too good and they say there has been rain up north so the Bloomfield Track may not be open. We decided to stay another day and will go tomorrow rain hail or sunshine.
A Sunny New Start
This adventure Irsquove embarked on has changed my life. Coming back to San Francisco I am giddy. Full circle from the start of my South East Asia journey I can feel myself growing stronger. Somewhere in me there is still a girl who worries about everyonersquos opinions of me. I remember being a little girl who was too worried or indecisive to know what clothing to pick or ice cream flavor
Home Sweet Home
Cool rain falls softly from the grey Chico sky. I had almost forgotten what it felt like to shiver. The last two months of South East Asia were the hottest of the year. The sun blistered wrapped in a sarong of moisture which saturated the air. Despite having moments where I thought I might pass out almost daily these were some of the best months of my life. I tried in vain to keep the journal cu
Kuala Lumpur
Leaving Cameron Highlands were warned that there was a very old bus for 22 ringotts 6.50 and a super vip for 35 10.30 .. we debated and finally decided to splurge only to discover it was sold out. When we got to the station we asked to use the luggage compartment. The driver agreed and we watched as he struggled with the compartment for a couple minutes. With a loud bang the door opened and
Cameron Highlands
ldquo8 Hours to Cameron Highlands from Taman Negarardquo said the kind women behind the information counter. ldquo8 Hours And how much is it I asked tentativelyrdquo It was 90 Ringott with a discount it came to 80 about 25. I blanched visably. I had paid the same for day tours in Thailand and Malaysia had so far been cheaper. But as it seems there was no other way to go we flipped
LAOS a.k.a. The Most Beautiful Country on Earth
Sabaidee everyoneAlright so I know it's been a really long time since I've updated this thing. I apologize. It's especially unfortunate because Laos was literally the most amazing country I think I've ever been to... and now I'm going to attempt to fit it all into one blog post. Take a deep breath. This might take a while.VIENTIANE We Christina Becky Jade and I first got into Vientiane on
Culion Palawan
Once a remote island used primarily as a leper colony Culion is a place with a historical background. We were lucky to have met someone in Coron who knew a local who offered to guide us around town for a day. So we decided to take a day trip to visit present Culion and learn a little about it's facsinating past. Visit our main blog here for details and photos of our trip to Culion
Coron Busuanga Island
After a few days of exploring the caves and white sand beaches of El Nido it was time to head north and seek out our next adventure. We bought a ferry ticket on The Princess Welia for 2200 pesos Approx. 48 USD and took the 7 hour ride to the town of Coron on Busuanga Island. Coron is a quaint costal town with remnants of SpanishEuropean influence in the layout and architecture. To divers it
Day6
Think of the ocean. Greenish in color never still. The waves. Rising crashing down. Foaming. Think of the beach. Sandy. Swirling dust sinking into your feet. Surrouding your ankles. Very very sandy.Think of the IRRITATIONS. Man does that salt water taste horrible Yuck That sand It goes EVERYWHERE. I found sand in places that I didn't know I had Up. Down. Up. Down...Mouthful of yuck. Up.
Nelson Lakes
November 18 2009Today was our first day of real hitchhiking where we intended to cover a decent amount of distance. After organizing our backpacks we made our way to the main road to go south from Nelson. The first ride took ten minutes to get but the second third and fourth were longer. It took us three and a half hours altogether to hitch about 100 miles which wasnrsquot terrible sinc
The Heaphy track
November 13 2009Today was another day that ended a long way from where it began. We began the day by being dropped off at the Wellington airport by Mark and Karen. After two flight delays and a very strange band concertdance performance in the airport terminal we boarded the flight to Westport. The plane was very small and we were two of only five passengers on the flight.Once in Westport w
Southern Crossing in the Tararuas
bNovember 8 2009Things worked out well for us today as we had no trouble getting to the trailhead 15 miles from where we stayed last night. The owner of the motorcamp offered to drive us right to the start for a mere 20. Any transport company would have easily charged 30 per person.With enough food to last three days we set off into the Tararua mountain range to do the Southern Crossing.
3rd day in Dawson
Hello EveryoneWell as you can see we're still in Dawson awaiting road opening to Alaska. We spent our time cleaning and maintaining the bikes today as well as visiting dredge number 4 a national historic site about 12kms out of town. It's HUGE ....see photos.At present i'm sat in the Dawson public library using their router for internet access. The internet cafe here shuts down at 5pm so i can't
The Tongariro Crossing and Mt Ruapehu
November 3 2009I spent the first two weeks of my time here in New Zealand being a tour guide for my Mom and Aunt Betty as we put 4500 km about 2500 miles on a rental car trying to see as much of the country as possible. It was a great time but by the end of it I was looking forward to getting off the roads and into the wilderness.After dropping off my Mom and Aunt at the airport in Auckland
Gorging our way round Santiago
We arrived in Santiago after an hour and a half bus ride and took our first South American metro to the stop nearest to the hostel. It was then a bit of a walk along pleasant treelined streets through the Barrio Brazil with our bags weighing us down. Our hostel Casa Roja is set in an amazing building an old mansion with high high ceilings and beautiful intricate details on the interior
First 3 weeks in Paraguay
Back in Paraguay after 8 Long YearsWell its been 3 weeks already and Im only now writing my first blog entry. Im going to say that is because I am so wellaccustomed to Paraguayan life There is a lot of downtime yet I dont feel like I am bored or have nothing to do. Ever. Caseinpoint I have been here 3 weeks with no job and have not had time to read more than about 2 pages of the book I
Day 30 Poopy Pants Pevzner Poops Out
HI AGAIN EVERYBODYWell things are looking up people They have to be otherwise I wouldn't be writing for the first time in almost a week I've missed you. I've found myself thinking in blog speak i.e. titling my experiences as in I'm finding myself automatically generating titles for various experiences days etc. For example here are some of the unused titles Cranky pants Au Doi Vietn
The jungle at fucking last
Woke up at the crack of dawn to go to the Amazon jungle today. Naturally I went mad on the DEET and after a breakfast of Oreos and crackers yep they sell Oreos in Bolivia pretty much everywhere..we set off via boat. I joined a group of married couples similar age to me....see life doesnt end after marriage... I still think its too young to get married though..28. The tour guide Antonio is 2
Hotelwissel 'La Paz'en en oproerpolitie.
OlaDaar zijn we weer We beginnen netjes met onze waardeloze hotelnacht en werken toe naar de oproerpolitie... Dus.VanochtendFligt per definitie in coma te slapen 'Heb je lekker geslapen'Dper definitie niet 'Nee jij'F 'Nee echt niet.'D 'Dat kon ik merken want je lag de hele tijd te draaien... En ik was wakker.'Het kwam door de buren die midden in de nacht thuiskwamen en het scheve kei
Redwood City CA Apr 2010 Waterfront Restaurant
Waterfront RestaurantRedwood City CAApr 3 2010
BFN Tours
Hello AgainTime for an update as plenty has happened over the last few days. For a start we have covered over 1000kms and left the red dirtmud behind us and am now happily nestled at Mission Beach with ocean you can actually swim inthis time of year at least.We left Cape York a little unsatisfied as a lot of the things we wanted to do were all booked out for days in advance including the fe
Buying a car in Auckland
After a long flight i touched down in Auckland at 9am. Which gave me all day to find a hostel and find my bearings I rally couldn't be bothered to way up the pros and cons so just went with the first half decent one the Lonely planet suggested. X Base backpackers hostel. Right in the middle of the City which suits me fine. It's actually really nice It's quite large and clean and my dome see
Cajas National Park
Saturday was a free day. We decided some RR was the right thing to do So Jennilynn introduced us to the idea of going to the Baos thermal pools. It was a good ideahellip We had planned on only spending the morning there and coming home for lunch with our host families but alas we had to call and say we werenrsquot coming home Kwesi and I got home just before darkhellip It was wo
We are only human Jason Mraz HamburgBerlin
Hey folksWe just spent the last week in Northern Germany. Again it has been a fantastic week and I am leaving the country with a lot of reason why to come back. Hopefully we will have time to spend a least two weeks here after the Oktoberfest.Our first destination was Hamburg. The train rides from Copenhagen to Hambourg was amazing. After an hour or so of train the train goes in a small ferry
Easter Cycle Tour 2009 Day 3 Crinan Ferry to Arrochar via Kilmartin Loch Awe and Inverary
Route maphttpwww.bikemap.netroute586134Day 3 started with an amazing dawn looking over towards the low hills on the south of the Crinan Canal steeped in some eery low clouds. 3rd day fatigue was setting in especially as clean clothes were wearing thin but onwards we rode. Our first destination was out north along the flat flood plain to Kilmartin. There we breakfasted proper did we have
Photos
Here a few photos from our build so far. This is all we were able to upload at the internet cafe because the computers are slow. However we will add more as soon as possible.
