Another day Yet another story.At about 630pm two nights ago I was preparing to set out to travel to Cusco. This being the last leg of my South American journey I was to stop here then travel onwards to Lima where Im flying out of on Sunday. At this time I thought that I would search online to find out what time the buses were departing from Cusco to Lima..... As we all know the roads and the I
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Dublin with my mom
Well having my mom here could only get better by us traveling to Dublin for three days. My mom not going to lie got tired of Belfast and wanted to see someother places and I thought Dublin couldnt be a better place to go. Just a quick note also which has made the trip great is while she has been here we have won two super league games in a row and one college game she is the Ulster Elk's good lu
Carnival Magic
Well today was the day that me and Fi had been eagerley anticipating since deciding that we would go travelling. Today we had tickets for the Sambadrome and we were due to watch the carnival and on Valentines day. It is a really good day for the both of us.With the carnival not being until later on we decided we had to kill some time and there was only one thing that Fi wanted to do during the day
Thursday Massada and Ein Gedi
Up early for the trip to King David's hotel in the city centre where we are to be picked up for our tour to Massada. Taxi picks us up at 7am as we know what the traffic can be like we have gone early to make sure we get there in time for 9am Taxi metered and we are off King David hotel is the most famous hotel in Israel boasting guests like Churchill Sadat Haile Selassie Gorbachev That
Hitting the beaches in Brazil
We arrived in Rio at 6am and hailed a taxi to take us to our hostel in Santa Teresa. I had been warned about their driving skills but oh my god its scary. We arrived at our hostels road but the driver couldnt find the hostel and was going mental he was even explaining that it did not even excist. Coincidently this is the only hostel we have prebooked and we did it in England through STA. so it
Grand Canyon…… Sweet
During the planning stage for the trip Noah postulated the idea of taking a gander at the Grand Canyon. The 16th of February found Noah steering us North out of Phoenix on I17. The day was warm enough to run the Camryrsquos AC. We entered a long area of hilly desert populated with thousands of Seguaro cactus. Just south of Sedona we hit a section of road that would either tax your d
Tedius travelling Prob not even worth a read
Today is a pretty boring blog as from 5am until 6am the following day we were either flying or stuck in an airport trying to get our way to Rio de Janeiro. The dullest part was definately the 12 hour wait at Lima airport which included a bit of sleeping chosing a restaurant for lunch chosing a restaurant for dinner there was only 2 restaurants so this didnt take long general procrastinatin
Day 3 Getting up and Getting wet
Today was an early start. After checking out of the rooms we loaded the bus with our bags and settled in for journey through dappled sunlight towards the former capital of Costa Rica Cartago.The traffic was busy and chaotic 4x4s jostled with commuter buses to occupy the same space on the road as light goods vehicles whilst mopeds darted in and out like hummingbirds visiting flower after flowe
The first couple days it’s hot here down under
This summer weather had been absolutely wonderful Yes it is very hot and humid but we love it When we got through baggage reclaim we found or airport shuttle with a few Germans We brought SO MUCH stuff compared to them. They each had 1 suitcase and carryon. We had 2 suitcases a giant backpack and carryon. Oh well we stuck out as Americanshellip taking unnecessary things. It was an
Centar Bella
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Around the World in 42 days Day 3 London
Day Three15 February 2010Location LondonHotel Premier Inn SouthwarkDay three of our global domination tour started early as I had high hopes for visiting Notting Hill. I always thought the area looked really nice when viewed on TV and in movies and figured that it was worth a visit given is proximity to us. We were out of the Hotel by 8am and arrived at Notting Hill Gate tube station less than 2
Downhill Skiing and country flag answers
Irsquom a skier itrsquos one of the reasons I live in the mountains. One of the most popular sports in the Olympics are the skiing events it doesnrsquot matter men women or which event they are very popular. Earlier in the week I had a chance to grab my skis and head up the mountain to watch the menrsquos downhill event from along side the course at Whistler Creeksidersquos Dave Mu
Irene’s Tree in Richmond Park
Today would have been Irenersquos birthday. In Richmond Park in south west London at midday Nellie and Monk joined together with 30 or so others to celebrate their love for Irene by planting a tree in her memory.Irene was the freest of free spirits and Monk felt that the final resting place for her ashes should reflect this and he chose the hawthorn as the tree that best symbolised Irene's bea
Travel London
Ahh off to london again I cant wait I am leaving on the 23rd and will be in heathrow airport 24th 7.30 am. Well planning the trip this time was easy i used one website for my hotel and all the rest of my bookings i brought all the tickets for the tourist attractions in advance this time all via the website londonpics4u.com i was looking in the gallery page of londonpics4u and there is truly so
waiting…planning
waiting for the time to pass is so hard. still have a few months to go but weve got mostly all the stuff we need probably buy our tickets this weekend and wait to find a great deal on a lightweight and small but durable tent...and we will be ready to go. decided we will fly in to prague and explore from there. this will be only the beginning i simply can not let everyone else see the world an
Baby Violet
It was 640am in Thailand when I got a message from my mom 240pm Feb 8th Seattle time. She is about 7 pounds. 51 cm. Born in the year of the ox. Her name is Violet.OH.MY.BUDDHA I'm an Uncle I was overwhelemed with joy. I was also shocked because the baby was expected to be born on Feb.14th but I guess she was too excited for life to begin Maggie and I finished up our adventurous vacation in
Stanley’s Off Again
Today students addressed and stuffed their envelopes with an eager to travel Stanley. He was mailed to Germany California Tennesse and California. The students were very excited to mail their envelopes in the school office Now the waiting game begins I will begin posting entries as soon as Stanley makes his return to Austin.
Beirut Lebanon Not Quite the Paris of the Middle East
Perceptions of Beirut are so deeply ingrained that to many people in the UK the city is synonymous with bombings kidnappings carjackings and bloody massacres. It's also a generic term used when arriving at a place less than perfect. It's like Beirut here is a common phrase and one I'd used myself over and over. But surely times had changed After all the terrible civil war had been over for alm
Day 4 Loose ends and a Stunning Memorial
After a hard day walking in the heat yesterday today i woke up feeling a tired b a little unwell and c itchy mosquito's 4 mark 0. A lazy morning was neccessary and after the Boducherala family picked up on my lack of appetite. I was given some soothing medicine for anyone in india it's called Digene and it is a miracle cure. The family even sent the housekeeper out to buy me a bottle
Short Piece
Kathmandu is fantastic and my job here couldn't be any better but these past 10 days have been beset by sickness and frustration. Fieldwork isn't always fun and games so it seems. The sickness was due to parasitesI must have made some malignant little internal friends during my village stay the subject of the next postI promise and they kept me in bed with a bucket nearby for some days