http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Dennis-Rubi/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Dennis Rubi en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:54:03 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:54:03 +0000 I woke up the next day ready to rock the show. I called my buddy Elyzza to see what they're all up to and she tells me they're staying at a hotel on some street with a bunch of vowels in it. I walked out of my hostel and read the first street which was Paoakalani Ave sounded about right so I walked down it and there was their hotel. Nice I was only a block away. While walking and this happened o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Hawaii/Oahu/Waikiki/blog-388582.html Let me start off with American Airlines sucks especially at 6 ft. it's such a drag. On a lighter note the individual who happened to sit next to me on the plane turned out to be a 3 year old young lad from Sweden named Simon who was reading a book in Swedish and communicating with me in Swedish. According to his mum he allegedly said I admire you Dennis for your display of vigor and tenacity http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Hawaii/Oahu/Waikiki/blog-386443.html Perhaps due to the turmoil which has been brought to my life as of late the time has come. In 18 hours I shall be departing on a journey of epic proportions. My flight takes off at approximately 610 PM on Monday March 30 2009. The duration is 7 days with a 1 day layover in Maui before my primary destination at Waikiki in O'ahu the surfing mecca of the world. I hung out in San Diego over the w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Long-Beach/blog-386031.html The beaches in Thailand are cool the water is so warm compared to home. I chilled at the beach by my hotel a few more times and the water was so warm even at night. Me and some other guys made sand barriers to protect our fort well after the sun was down and when I went back into the water to wash my hands I couldn't believe how warm it was. I went back to Phuket a few days later. Said goodbye to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-34687.html I spent my Christmas on the Phi Phi Islands. The owner of the hotelguesthouse hooked it up and called a van to pick me up the next morning. The driver was cool I sat up front with him and he was bascially my hero fo awhile. He told me stories about the tsunami last year like how the streets were flooded and how the water was coming out of the sewers and the canals overflowing. He said at that ti http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Phi-Phi/blog-34683.html Title is lame I know but besdies the point I've had enough of Bangkok for the time being and thought the time has come for the big hitters of my trip. Given I didn't know what the heck I was doing or where to go and what to do I sought for help from friends I met online. Originally I was planning on taking a 1 hour plane ride there but I was convinced by how much money I can save taking a bus. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Phuket/blog-33689.html My brain is a jar of pickles right now i don't know if that is a proper analogy but I don't care. I was on China airlines where the majority spoke chinese wasn't sure what the pilot or what anyone else was saying at the time then I happen upon Taiwan where everyone speaks taiwanese which is why I got lost in the first place. Now here I is in Bangkok Thailand where everyone speaks Thai. I wake http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-33351.html Hey everyone it is I and I am doing well. My flight was ok and super long. I thought it would be a long and lonely flight but I sat next to a guy from Taiwan who was super cool his name was Steven. We chopped it up for like the whole flight he's a foreign exchange student in Tennessee. When we first got offered beverages I wanted to test the waters of international waters and asked for a beer the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-33238.html I'll be honest with you I'm really nervous right now today at 915PM I will be embarking on an adventure of courage guts and glory. I think. I just got everything packed mainly the essentials. Everything had to be last minute because I just got done with finals a couple days ago but I got my travel shots like 4 weeks ago to let the jooz settle in my capillaries. It sucked because I had to get http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Diego/blog-31695.html the trip of a life time a escape perfect for the occasion...a momentus adventure http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Anguilla/Anguilla/blog-30006.html