http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/JP-s-World-Tour/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from JP s World Tour en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:00:52 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:00:52 +0000 Hi EveryoneI'm just going to throw out a quick blog just to get these pictures up. I am sitting I the airport 1 hour before my flight is about to leave. I was on Grand Turk for Hurricane Hanna. Hurricane Ike was coming towards us at Grand Turk as a Cat 4 which means 135 mph winds. Ike was a very dangerous storm. A cat 4 hurricane is defined as Category 4 hurricanes tend to produce more exten http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Turks-and-Caicos/Grand-Turk/blog-321671.html Hi GuysI really haven't listed a blog in a very long time sorry so many things are new. I promise i will start blogging more again. The reason I wanted to post a blog after so long is because I in some thing that is a once in a life time experiencewell i hope so . I'm currently writing from the Turks and Caicos Islands on a Island called Grand Turk. Grand Turk has been in my past blogs I worke http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Turks-and-Caicos/Grand-Turk/blog-319196.html Today I went to the Temples in Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai has many temples. I took tour with me and two others from England donrsquot remember their names. They were on the last days of a 7 month around the world trip. We went to the most famous 5 temples in Chiang Mai. The culture and spirit around the temples is unbelievable. With monks walking around and just the size and detail that went int http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-177891.html Day 2 My next spot was Pattaya 2 hours south east of Bangkok. Pattaya was a RR stop off from the Vietnam War back in the 60rsquos. Pattaya has changed a lot since then but still has famous walking street filled with many beer bars and go go bars. So I got off the bus and headed to catch a baht bus which then took me to Jomtien Beach 5 minutes out of Pattaya. Jomtien Beach is where I studied to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Pattaya/blog-176187.html Well I decided to go to chiang mai for the first time. I went to the train station to see if I could get a ticket there today. The train left at 6 pm for a 12 hour train ride. I booked at first class sleeper cabin. Only 1300 baht 40 bucks. The train ride was awesome better than any airplane ride Irsquove been on. They brought me supper and I had my own cabin to myself so I slept most of th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Ban-Kat/blog-176219.html Flight Jon Piett Well my stay at home in Regina lasted about 2 weeks. I had a great time seeing friends and hanging out with family. But I was awaiting my trip originally I was planning on going to do a around the world ticket. But other things have come up that wont allow me to stay away as long. So I started looking on the internet for flights to Thailand. I final found a flight leaving 5 days l http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-174029.html So Thursday I flew from sunny Toronto Ontario to the nations capital. Ottawa Ont. I flew into Ottawa to visit some friends of mine. They just moved to Ottawa earlier this year. Irsquove always wanted to get to Ottawa so this was a great excuse. Well right when I came in Lee was at the airport to pick me up. After she picked me up we decided to check out the city and do some tourist stuff. Wel http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Ottawa/blog-172800.html So I flew from Grand Turk to Ft. Lauderdale Florida with my friend Aly. It was a 2 hour flight we had a great time just laughing and having fun. Once arriving in Florida I had a 26 hour lay over there before my flight to Toronto. Aly was to fly out to Detroit after a 4 hour lay over. So we decide to go to the bar for a couple drinks. We went to a bar called Waxyrsquos itrsquos a Irish bar. I http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Fort-Lauderdale/blog-161725.html So Thursday I flew from sunny Ft. Lauderdale Florida into Toronto Ontario Canada. First thing is just to let you know about Toronto or the Greater T. Area. Toronto itself has about 2 million people. The GTA has about 6 million people with cityrsquos so close that its almost one huge city. As I arrived into Torontorsquos huge Person airport my cousin Courtney and her friend Sayo ldquo pron http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-161727.html Hello everyone...my name is Aly and I'm a friend of JP's. I was fortunate enough to have the pleasure of being on the island for JP's last night here on Grand Turk before his what is turning out to be a very long journey home. So I shall start from the beginning.....the evening started out quietly as Jon and I tried to get JP's lazy butt to go to the bar but he calmly refused and took a nap. An http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Turks-and-Caicos/Grand-Turk/blog-159417.html Well I've completed one of my top things I have to do in my life. This last week we had some amazing people in from all around the USA. They all belonged to organization called Van's Air Force. What all of them have are their own airplanes called RV's. RV same thing I thought they fly motor homes...ahah. No so RV stands for recreational Vehicle. And this is such a neat thing is the planes http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Turks-and-Caicos/Grand-Turk/blog-153298.html I took the train on Easter Sunday to West Palm Beach. Itrsquos about an hour train ride. I was going to met some friends from Grand Turk in West Palm and have some supper with them. So I started my way to Joe and Lorettarsquos house. Joe has this world class bar in his back yard. Itrsquos my second time being there. Well I got there around 4 Pm on Sunday. Joe had some Ice cold beers ready f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/West-Palm-Beach/Palm-Beach/blog-148731.html Well I made my way from Grand Turk to Ft. Lauderdale on Wednesday. I planed this trip for a nice vacation away. I picked Ft. Lauderdale to spend a week. I really wanted to check out the city that I have flown into many times. I also wanted to look at a new possible job I have been researching the last couple months. The job is to get onto some private yachts. Ft. Lauderdale is one of the largest http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Fort-Lauderdale/blog-147661.html Well my time is running out in the Turks and Caicos Islands. So I wanted to really everyone know some places in the Turks Islands. So here's a bit of a history you may have never learned. There are two major islands in the Turks group of the Turks Caicos. The first is Grand Turk the Capital city where Christopher Columbus was thought to have first made landfall in 1492. The Second is Salt Cay http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Turks-and-Caicos/Salt-Cay/blog-140252.html Well another Great night in Grand Turk On Saturday night we had a Birthday Party For Tayna shersquos the owner of the Sand Bar in Grand Turk. Which is a great little bar on The beach. The Party was at the Old Prison in the center of town. The Old Prison was converted Into a tourist attraction for island guest and cruise ship visitors. It was operational from the 1800 to early 1900rsquos. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Turks-and-Caicos/Grand-Turk/blog-135377.html Hey Everyone It's been a long time since my last blog. Well a lots happened since then. About a month ago my Parents Came out to visit me. Since leaving for Thailand about 2 years ago I've seen the about twice. So This was a great trip and it was nice to see Mom and Dad. They came down for 12 days following a 6 day cruise to the Cayman Islands and Jamaica. This was the First time they were ever http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Turks-and-Caicos/Grand-Turk/blog-135288.html I decided to take a vacation from Grand Turk so I booked a trip on Friday afternoon to Dominican Republic. So I flew on Monday and planning a trip for one week. I flew from Grand Turk to Provo where my plane was delayed for 3 hours because they didnrsquot have enough airplanes. So they chartered a plane in from Dominican Republic to pick us up in Turks and Caicos Islands. Once we were getting re http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Dominican-Republic/Cabarete/blog-82422.html Well was another trip to Gibbs CayldquoKeyrdquo. Gibbs Cay is about a 25 minute ride from Grand Turk. We only go to the Cay on special trips and today was one of them. Well it started off with two dives in the morning in Grand Turk on the Wall. At 9am did our first dive and we the second was done by 1230pm. After that we all got off and went for something to eat before our big trip out to th http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Turks-and-Caicos/blog-64104.html Well today was great.. hellip2 weeks of training and learning to run the boats. My day started off in the morning getting the boats in and ready for the morning dives. Today we have the grand opening of the new Carnival Cruise Lines Terminal in Grand Turk. The day started off great sunny day no wind the ship passed right in front of my house approx. 730am. Grand Turk doesnrsquot have too ma http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Turks-and-Caicos/blog-59901.html Hi everyone this is my first blog. Well my trip started 10 months ago in Thailand where I did my training to become a scuba dive instructor and travel the world. Well guess what it happened.. I did it and now Irsquom now in Turks and Caicos Island on a island called the Grand Turk. I came here because I found employment with a dive shop called Blue Water Divers. And to follow my quest of fi http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Turks-and-Caicos/blog-58714.html