http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ETEJC/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from ETEJC en-us Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:50:46 +0000 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:50:46 +0000 We are in Copenhagen now. Ethan and I walked to his ship and counted about 20 711s on the way. Otherwise a pretty typical European city I guess. The flavored soft ice cream here is great. Bicycle travel is very popular and there are lots of paths for them here even turning lanes. BTW click on the pictures and they should come up bigger ok even if they are black below. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-318915.html We arrived back in Germany and go to try the camera before taking it to a shop and it works fine go figure http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Mainz/blog-318472.html Ethan and I have been in Luxor for the last couple days seeing the ancient Egyptian sights early to beat the sun and spending the 42 degree afternoons by the hotel pool. Luxor has changed alot from when I was last here 24 years ago. Our camera died and we are using a disposable film camera for the rest of Egypt so probably no pics here until I get home and scan some photos. I did add some pictures http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Luxor/blog-315632.html OK so we are now in Duhab Egypt on the Red Sea coast of the Sinai desert. We got a nice hotel and this place is really a nice place to kick back but we only have two days. Yesterday on the ferry our brand new camera quit so hopefully we can figure that out. More later. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Sinai/Dahab/blog-314149.html I had read that the ferry trip to Egypt is a gong show and it was all true. We set out at 8am from the dessert and got to the ferry terminal at 930 for what we though was 11or12 ferry. Interesting process to get stamped out of Jordan and ticketed for the ferry but not too bad helped some other tourists with the process while we waited but mostly egyptian migrant workers and some families as pass http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/South/Aqaba/blog-314148.html Had a nice time in the Wadi Rum dessert. We drove around in the blasting heat and did a little climbing around then after getting settled into our Bedouin Camp we went for a long camel ride. The company and food was good on the trip load some pictures later. http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/South/Wadi-Rum/blog-314143.html We made it to Petra yesterday. Didnt do much after the flight and trip except eat and sleep. Today we got up early and checked out the ruins. http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/South/Petra/blog-313232.html Today we returned to the ruins at Petra and tonight we are invited to a BBQ by on of the guys at the hotel. http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/South/Petra/blog-313227.html Our next stop was the Crusader castle at Karak which was included in the movie Kingdom Of Heaven. http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/West/Al-Karak/blog-312866.html Ethan and I arrived at the Amman airport at 2am pretty brutal flight times felt like dead beats. We had a ride arranged for 6am so I slept a bit on the bench while Ethan read his book. Our first stop was the dead sea for a float in the high bouancy salt water. http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/West/Dead-Sea/blog-312857.html Ethan and I are on our way to the Middle East and had a 14 hour stop over in Frankfurt. When my friend in Mainz heard about it he kindly offered for us to come to his place for some rest and a visit. He was also kind enough to take Ethans Class Afloat stuff from us and store it until our return in two weeks. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Mainz/blog-312850.html Did an overnight to Valparaiso to see what all the fuss is about UNESCO world heritage site etc. httpen.wikipedia.orgwikiValparaisoSpent some hours wandering the streets. Getting there was easy enough with a record time set for how long to find and board a bus 1 minute. Record broken again on the way back since a bus for Santiago was directly through the entrance our taxi dropped us at and http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/Valparaiso/blog-210640.html Easter Island wa amazing here are some pics... http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/blog-209942.html Trudy and I arrived in Chile this morning. A mixup at our hotel meant we didnt get our room until 5pm pretty tired. Lots going on in the streets tonight. Temperatures are cool. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-208640.html We had a great time in Toronto with our friends Ken and Katie and nephewcousin Jeremy. After over three weeks of Mexican quisine we were definetly ready to dig into the Thai curry and lemon pie Katie had ready for us when we arrived. The next day Ken set us up with bikes and we went to the island hung out on the clothing optional beach for a bit sorry no pics then cycled around. Later we met J http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-197510.html Last day in Mexico. We have been taking in some sights here in Mexico City for a few days riding the subway and doing lots of walking. Mexico City has it all. Every day around 5pm the black clouds roll in and it rains yesterday it came down very hard with hail. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-196548.html Spent a couple relaxing days in Oaxaca City doing some shopping and wandering around. Looked at some old churches ate some cactus and grasshoppers. Hurricane Dean brought us some rain today. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-195194.html From Palenque we took a short bus ride to Villahermosa the capital city of Tabasco state. Its a modern rich oil town we saw several Costco outlets and they got all the fast food resturants etc. We stored our bags at the bus station and walked to the La Venta museumpark to see the massive heads and other stone work of the Olmec civilization. Hiedi and Erin two other Canadians joined us they had http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Tabasco/Villahermosa/blog-194816.html We arrived in Oaxaca City yesterday on a night bus from Villahermosa. We are out of the way of hurricane Dean up in the mountains here where the weather is cooler and dryer. After we got settled into out hotel and cleaned up we went to see the Zapotec ruins of Monte Alban which are located on top of a mountain big hill overlooking the city. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/Monte-Albon/blog-194813.html Just got back from a tour of some waterways here in Chiapas. First stop was MisolHa where some of Predetor was filmed very pretty. Then we stopped at a river with a dodgy suspension bridge and last stop was AquaAzul with lots of small falls and pools similiar to what we found in Lanquin Guatemala but with a Mexican Disney feel due to the overwelming amount of souvineer stands and resturants. Ni http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Misol-Ha/blog-193851.html