http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Carina/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Carina en-us Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:16:44 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:16:44 +0000 have just been exploring the country of Wales. Did a 3 day tour checking out some of the sites with 21 others. saw some pretty cool stuff old ruined abbeys and a few national parks. Wales has some pretty cool history all about kings and queens etc.visited this really cool place called Port Meirion which is a village that some rich fella decided to build because he wanted his own village ima http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/blog-25914.html flew into holland on the 5th to go visit the family...however no one had any idea I was coming had good fun turning up on the doorstep of aunties and uncles and the grandparentsTurned out to be a good timing while I was there as it was my cousins birthday my aunty and uncles 25th wedding anniversary and I discovered I had a new born cousinhung out with the family for a week and then headed u http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/blog-24759.html excusezmoi madamemonsiuer parlezvous anglaishows that for a bit of French excellent I learnt this phrase on the train over to Paris and had to put it into use a few timesAnna and I jumped across the channel into France for a week. Spent 4 nights in Paris checking out the sites during the day. Some wicked things to see.The first day there we checked out the Louvre...got a sneaky picture o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-24745.html arrived in England on the 22nd sept from New York...so jet laggedGot picked up from Heathrow by Nikki thanks Went and checked out Windsor castle hoping that we might run into the queen and get invited up for tea and scones...unfortunately for us it didnt happen apparently she was at buckingham palace but we did get a few tips on how to pick up Prince WilliamChecked out Buckingham Palace http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-24738.html ...and homesick 4 miamiGuys if you ever feel the urge to go to Washington DC you can do it in a day. we are here for 4 days and thats way to long...we saw everything there is 2 see in a day and now we have nothing much to dowe actually almost booked a flight back to Miami but then decided to stick it out checked out the white house the washington monument and the reflecting pool and lincol http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-19960.html arrived back in Miami from the cruise on the 9th sept. am staying for a week. have checked into the Clay Hotel which is a cute little spanish style place quite pretty actually Have meet some choice people here especially a bunch of spanish speaking dudes 2 from south america nicholas and german and 1 from spain victor. had some fun nights with them. German and Victor took charlie and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-19532.html Can you believe that im in the Bahamas im honestly still pinching myself and the best part is that im on a frickin Cruise ship far out A 4 night cruise of the Bahamas after 10 weeks at camp what more could u ask forHave had the best time here. the ship is amazing its so huge and is just luxury the foods great the people are cool the weather is mint and the islands are tropical t http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Bahamas/Nassau/blog-19531.html Guys I love New York have spent a week here since camp finished and its so cool been doing all the touristy stuff statue of liberty ground zero and the empire state building the view was amazingthe people here are really cool as well friendly and helpful. its definitely good to have an accent in americahave mastered the subway its not really that hard and its funny to watch the lo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-19530.html Far out its been 10 weeks already hasnt time gone fast ive been looking forwards to the end of camp but now that its almost here 2 days to go I dont wanna leaveHonestly you have a lovehate relationship with this place every single person that I know here does its your home and the people are your family but being tired all the time can drag you down but u still love it the good time http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/blog-17673.html far out hve just been to Niagra falls and walked into Canada on my day off so cool had an amazing day checking out the falls and being a good old touristIf you ever get the chance to go to Niagra then do it cos its honestly worth it. People here at camp have said that its really boring and a waste of time but it soooo isnt the sheer height and power of the falls and water is.....i dont kn http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/Niagara-Falls/blog-14963.html 4th juy was Independence day i was interested to see what this day was all about. At camp each country had to do a performance of some sort which represented their country. Us kiwis theres about 20 of us got the groove on to Scribe and that 'Stop Drop and Roll' song did the Haka and 2 maori songs. Everyone loved it...of course as for the aussies...well the owner of camp said 'that for two http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/blog-13587.html New York New York yayhad a day off so went on a day trip to New York if your lucky you'll be getting a postcard sometime arent i nice i sent them away today If you missed out it was because you were 'the weakest link goodbye' haha nah just kidding you'll get one one day if i have your addressNew York was so cool I loved it but man how nuts would it be to grow up in this city http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-13588.html far out Im in america. This is prob gonna be a long diary so grab a drink yo Flight to LA was good. Thanks for coming to the airport guys thanks for driving me there in a camper david ended up sitting next to the guys that we saw at the airport who were wearing the CCUSA tshirts also going to a camp was good cos I buddied up with them and the others who ended up being n the flight so h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Hollywood/blog-11609.html Heres a few photos from the potluck dinner I had at davids and a few lovely photos from whangamata and pauanui This journal is just a chance for me to have a play around and check out how this site works.Choice http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-11202.html