http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Eskimo-Jo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Eskimo Jo en-us Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:58:10 +0000 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:58:10 +0000 I called my dad to wish him a happy birthday yesterday and realised that it was exactly three years to the day that I left New Zealand for Canada. I'm quite shocked it snuck up on me. To celebrate my third year anniversary I went a played Platonk with a group of Thia's that I had meet the night before. They play every night in the grounds of a temple in Sukhathai. It was really entertaining as th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-210536.html So my middle eastern adventure is coming to an end. I've just spent my last Egyptian pounds in the big market Karnel Kelily can't spell but that is kind of how it soundsSince leaving my job in Dahab I went up to Israel for ten days. Then came back to Dahab to meet my Parents they have just done a trip of Turkey and Egypt. I was so taken by Israel and a Palestinian family that I took mum and dad http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Lower-Egypt/Cairo/blog-206035.html So diving is what I came to Dahab to do. Finally here are some picture of the underwater world I've been hanging out in. I can't take any credit for taking these photo's my Dive master Friend Bartick has taken all of them. Thanks Bart.LoveJo http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Sinai/Dahab/blog-198566.html heres a few pictures from life in Dahab. Only a few sorry I've been really bad at taking photos here. It has been a very interesting three months in Dahab. For those of you who didn't know I got a job working on the counter of a dive center. Very Random I was passing through on my tour and I loved the atmosphere and enjoyed diving so when the owner offered me the job it only took me half an hour http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Sinai/Dahab/blog-197090.html Hello Hello I set of from London on April 23rd to Turkey and joined in on a 35day overland tour from Istambul to Cairo. Fun eh I'm having a blast and Loved Turkey. My Favourite place was Goreme which was so interesting with all the Farry Chimney's. All the Local shop owners kept offering us apple tea so we would come in for a chat...and maybe buy something. Fi one of he girls on tour stoped i http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Syria/East/Palmyra/blog-155663.html Hi I've just spent the last month at my Parents house out in Muriwai west auckland and thought it was about time to put some pics of home and my family on the web page.I came back for my cousin's wedding so it has been a family affair with everyone home from various parts of the world. It was fantastic to have all the Henley's back in Auckland after so long. We were only missing my aunty Margie http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/Albany/blog-113856.html I'm not sure where to start for this Blog it's been to long since my last one. I think I left you in Florence which now feels like forever ago. From Florence we travelled down to Rome and spent three days there soaking up the sights of the Vatican city and the Colosium. From there we visited Naples and Pompie then caught a ferry to Greece. Spent about 10 days island hoping and enjoying the island http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-94813.html Today I am in Florence. This time last week I was in Barcelona... We have picked up the pace on our van tour and we are seeing some fantastic things. Barcelona was interesting. We arrived on a Sunday so not to much was open but we mad a point of going to see the foot ball stadium there and it was massive third biggest in the world...it think. from Barcelona we drove over into France and stopped i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-80339.html Sorry I havent had a chance to do a blog in ages. We left london on july first and have been making our way around the coast of Spain and Portrugal. Ive been having a ball and am geting a fab tan.Fist stop was Paris to see the sights then we traveled through Bordeaux for a bit of culture and wine tasting before the mayhem of Pamplona and the running of the bulls. Then it was off to St Sebastian http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Valencian-Community/Valencia/blog-77523.html I have never been to anything like the Isle of White Festival That is a true statement. From the moment we arrived on Thursday morning the action never stoped. We had the perfect weekend of Blue sky's music and fun. I went down with two of my flat mates and some of their friends from Slough. The head line acts on friday night where Placibo and Prodigy Saturday night was Foo fighters and Sund http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Isle-of-Wight/Cowes/blog-69796.html The first weekend in May 6th and 7th I went up to Buxton to visit some family I have up there. They have a farm and live in the old farm house that was built in 1675. It's an amazing house. I had a fantastic time. It was so lovely to be in a family environment again. We had a big dinner on Saturday night then spent the night playing cards telling stories and having arguments about religion and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-66716.html The weekend before my birthday Hannah and I did a trip to Venice. We both found it completly breathtaking and spent our first day there just wondering the streets and Alley's. It was amazing. We went to coffee shops and delis and had lunch on the banks of the Grand Canall. On Saturday night we went down quite a dodgy looking alley and came across a great band playing out the front of a wine bar an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-66494.html Defiantly one year older but I'm not sure about the wiser. We decided to celebrate my 26th birthday with a Monopoly pub crawl in a 70's theme. It was such a fun day probably one of the funniest I've had in ages. We started at 10am and a bar in White chapel then made our way around the pubs of London on Monopoly board streets.Pictures tell a thousand words for this day so I'll let them...Oh I've g http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-64877.html In January we had our work conference in Malaga Spain. Itrsquos the first work conference Irsquove ever been to so I was pretty excited and impressed that we where all heading over to Spain.The conference itrsquos self wasnrsquot that excitinghellipjust the usual speeches and patting ourselves on the back. But the awards evening and extra day spent mostly in Port Abanuse canrsquot sp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/M-laga/blog-54827.html I've just had a fantastic weekend in London went to Xariver Rudd concert on Saturday night then a rugby final at Twickernham on Sunday. Sorry I've been so slack with the blogs. I'm going to try and do one a week untill I get you all caught up. Here's some pictures from Christmas in Wales.Thanks to Hannah's boyfriend Jono I wasn't home sick for my first Christmas in the UK. He organised 22 Kiwi's http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-52126.html HeyI am in London and loving it. I have been super busy at work and enjoying the build up to the festive season. I have been in London nearly two months now and so far so good. I am working at as a PA in a recruitment company AndersElite. It is quite a bit different to anything I have done before so it has been a challenge but I love it. We just had our office Christmas party at a place called Bu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-32360.html I just spent half an hour writing about what I've been up to for the last three weeks but lost it all when I tried to do a spell check. So sorry here are the Pictures that will tell the story better than I could anyway.LoveJo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-22390.html So when I was putting photos on my last blog page I was dead tired from a big weekend of paintball partying and sightseeing so here are the pics of my trip to Muskoka with the lovely Nat and Lace. Hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed the weekend. Love you girls hope you like the page and don't worry I didn't put anything tooooo bad on.....he heLove always Jo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-19997.html I know I know itrsquos been ages since my last web page. Sorry to those of you who canrsquot live with out it A.K.A Mum and Dad. Hope you enjoy this one.Itrsquos been a hectic couple of weeks with heaps of family and friends in town hence the title The Crothall mumrsquos side of the family clan all started arriving about two weeks ago in preparation for my cousin Sarahrsquos weddin http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-19405.html So I need to tell you all about the last two weekends here in Canada. I have got myself a nice cushy 8.304.30 reception job so for the first time ever I have the weekends off. And man have we been making the most of themLast night we got back to Toronto at 1am after a great weekend rock climbing at a beautiful place called Bon Echo. But more about that in a moment. Fist I need to tell you about http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-16036.html