http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/LOAtravels/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from LOAtravels en-us Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:06:58 +0000 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:06:58 +0000 We said that once we were back from our year of travelling and have a home to live in and when we have finished our renovations we would have an open house. Well all those things have come and gone so were going to show our travel pictures bring a blanket and pillow. We are planning the open house for November 7 2009 300PM till whenever you all go home or we run out of booze. I know a lot of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Kamloops/blog-448777.html Hi EveryoneThank you for all your welcoming remarks. We have been in Vancouver and Duncan. What is going on with all the snow We are spending Xmas with Maegan Steve and Todd. All this weird weather has put our plans on a day to day basis. We are constantly looking at deals for Mexico maybe just for another week or month. I am so freakin cold Anyway just wanted to say Merry Xmas to ev http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-357043.html Hello everyone We are now back in Canada very strange we can't believe we've been gone for a year. We'll be updating the blog soon. We'll be back in Kamloops around the end of December.See you all soon. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-354807.html This was a quick dash through all three countries. We visited family that I hadnt seen in a long time and met others that Id never met. Very exciting. We traveled from Glasgow through the highlands in Scotland and as far north as Ulleypoole. We also went to Edinburgh castle. Scotland is so different from what I remember and I definitely have a different outlook on it. Beautiful country. Thanks t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-330901.html Hi there we are furiously trying to catch up on these blogs but there really is not enough hours in the day.Greece was absolutely fabulous we both fell in love with it the people the beauty the food. Really I think I was Greek in a past lifetime. It felt like home. The people are boisterousloud and talk fast and with their hands. It was great. The greek salad was to die for. We only sp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/blog-321779.html Hello time for another update aka a boring night about the world today. We spent an incredible month or so in Turkey. This is a must stop for everyone who is thinking about touring in the area. We also had the pleasure to hang out with our friends Rena and Anne from Kamloops. Turkey is amazing you have all the ruins and weather of Greece the variety of cultures and customs of Europe and Asia an http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/blog-314045.html Another late entry today we are 305n Turkey July 14 2008The country is extremely poor and they are st305ll try305ng to clean up the land m305nes from the Khmer Rouge. The good th305ng was there was a lot of foreign a305de and help bei305ng undertaken. So much of the country laid to waste and now just try305ng to embrace a new rebu305ld305ng stage helped by tour3 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/North/Siem-Reap/blog-299519.html Hello all we have just arrived back in Bangkok after about 4 weeks in Vietnam and Cambodia. Today is May 16 and we are in an internet kiosk booking plans for Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. I will cover our trip to Vietnam on this blog entry.Vietnam what can you say about Vietnam. We flew from Bangkok to Hanoi on April 16 I had done an online visa application before hand. We arrived at the Hanoi air http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Northwest/Sapa/blog-276834.html Hi Everyone Hope this finds everyone doing well and the weather getting warmer. Well we had some exciting times in Krabi. Got got in a massive monsoon type rainstorm. We've never seen it rain so hard. We were sitting on the deck of a restaurant and had front row seats to watch the lightning show. All was well until Marcia and I had to go to the toilet. I had flip flops on and just about fell on m http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Tao/blog-270043.html Yes we are still on this planet having a bit too much fun here and no time for the blog. Well since we last blogged we have been island hopping seen alot of the south of Thailand.Ko Samui was once the place to go but is now very overpopulated and still growing except for the sewer system we were not impressed quite disgusting. But we did meet some very nice people Deb and Lisa from London. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-266633.html Hi EveryoneWe are having a lazy day today after many full on days. We had a great time in Aussie. Last blogged we were in Sydney getting soaked. After leaving there we went to Tassie. What a great place. Everyone is so laid back and genuine. We started off in Hobart cute little town old buildings used to be a town for criminals. If you misbehaved there then you were off to Port Arthur which http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-250520.html Hi there I just wanted to post some pictures as we have them backed up to disc now. I didn't want to risk losing all of them again. These are mostly New Zealand and some Australia. Sorry about the random order. We are currently in Bangkok it is everything it is noted for I have been propositioned by at least 3 different genders here. Hope you enjoy the pics. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Dargaville/blog-250509.html So I guess if we are sharing this blog I better hold up to my part. We are currently in Sidney Australia where it is pouring buckets with the thunder and lightening to boot. So far we have only had one day of sun in Oz I heard that they were in the middle of a drought but in the last 5 days they have been having record rainfalls from the last 610 years maybe we aren't in Oz afterall. New Ze http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/blog-243670.html Hello we have decided to split the blogging efforts between the 2 of us. I got the northern portion not as exciting as the south but I will try to cheese it up a little. I have to got to say I have given up trying to get these people to drive on the right side of the road. They are stubborn and won't conform to my efforts to convert them. At times it was almost dangerous as I try to coax them http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Coromandel/blog-238627.html Hello again from New Zealand we wanted to post some pictures from Fiji while we can and give an update on NZ. We arrived into the South Island Jan 14 on a ferry that I think is called the Good Ship Nausea. Pretty windy and rough I hear I slept the whole 3.5 hours in a Gravol induced coma. I am really amazed at the beauty of this country everywhere you go there is something very beautiful to s http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/Nanuya-Island/blog-236017.html Bula from Fiji well we are in New Zealand right now. Fiji was really nice but very very hot. We got fried the very first day and my feet swelled up the size of small hams same colour as well. We were really lucky to have about 4 days of cloud and rain so we could recover from the initial shock of pasty white flesh mets nuclear heat. We stayed in the Yasawas for the whole time less the date of http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-232641.html Hi EveryoneWell it appears that the law of attraction is moving full speed ahead. We have sold the house I am now umemployed Bill is enjoying his holidays before his leave and yes it is a little surreal. We have been dreaming of this day for a long time... We are now in the process of packing packing packing and giving stuff away. I can't believe the amount of STUFF we still have. Scary I p http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Kamloops/blog-223346.html