http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Ngaio/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Ngaio en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:57:00 +0000 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:57:00 +0000 One and a half weeks later after roughly 3749 miles of travel I'm now back in Medicine Hat. My big interesting adventurous fantastic trip to Central America has come to an end.At this point I really don't know what to say about my trip. I guess my blogs say it all I had a fantastic time. Central America is incredibly beautiful diverse mysterious and just all around breathtaking. Now tha http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Medicine-Hat/blog-313711.html Moving on from Nicaragua into Costa Rica has been like going from floating peacefully down a river to plunging head first into rapids. In fact I've experienced this both physically and metaphorically in the last week...but I'll get into that in a bit Just a quick note before I begin I managed to get a few pics up in my previous blogs. Not many because the internet still is too slow but at lea http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Puntarenas/Monteverde/blog-311025.html Hola Ive gotten all the way to Nicaragua at this point and again have had a great week Unfortunately I still cant get my pictures up...Ill be in San Jose Costa Rica in a few days though I have high hopes for the internet connection there...We left Copan about a week ago caught a bus to San Pedro and made a last minute connection to Tela. Tela is a small Honduran beach town and it was http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Parque-Central/blog-308639.html Caves ruins volcanos markets hot springs horses and history....I have had one hell of a week in Central America. Im going to do my best to summarize it all but theres a lot so bear with meBy the way apologies but the internet connection in Honduras is not good enough to upload photos...so you'll have to wait for a later date to see those Ill try to get them up in Nicaragua but more l http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Copan/blog-305192.html Another note from San Ignacio yes I'm still here but am leaving soon. I have a few things to share since I last wrote although not as many as I'd hoped due to some unfortunate circumstances...Last week was the meat and potatoes of my HIVAIDS outreach project. We did several talks to kids attending the July Police Cadet Camps in Belize. Our talk basically consisted of general HIV and AIDS in http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Cayo-District/San-Ignacio/blog-302805.html I have been in San Ignacio for about a week now it's a lovely little town For the most part my time here has been spent working very hard with Cornerstone Volunteers in an HIVAIDS outreach program. Perhaps it would be best then to tell you a little bit about the Cornerstone Foundation and what they do here in Belize...Cornerstone is a grassroots humanitarian organization based out of San Ignac http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Cayo-District/San-Ignacio/blog-299730.html I've made it to San Ignacio a backpackers hotspot stopover en route to or from GuatemalaTikal and site of some great caving tours and volunteer hub in western Belize.So much has happened since I last wrote and I promise this will be a recurring theme in my blogs I last wrote in Caye Caulker beautiful place. I have completely fallen in love with the Belize Cayes wow these islands are so http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Cayo-District/San-Ignacio/blog-296624.html On the road again....this time to Central America First stop Belize. This solo trip started with the familiar slight anxiety that comes with traveling alone as well as the excitement of heading into the unknown...I can't help but wonder what's waiting in the jungles of Central America for me to discover My trip into Belize City was considerably less stressful and much shorter than my trip to http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Belize-Barrier-Reef/Caye-Caulker/blog-294944.html Southern Thailand through Malaysia to SingaporeThe Journey HomeMy Whole Trip Hello everyone Time for the last installment of my 2007 South East Asia Travel experience. I am writing this one from back home in Edmonton. I'm both sad and happy to be home which I'm sure you'll understand by the end of this blog... I last wrote as we finished our time in Bangkok. From there we traveled south to Su http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Edmonton/blog-182371.html Bangkok to...Bangkok Actually Sawatdee from Thailand I've been ever so busy as always and I'm having a great time in Asia again as always. Since I last wrote I've been through Laos Northern Thailand Chiang Mai and Bangkok and I've had by far the most exciting week and a half of my whole trip so far... I have to start by saying that Laos is one of the coolest places I've ever be http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-174569.html Saigon to Bangkok Hello all from Bangkok As always loads has happened since I last wrote a blog and I'm just barely finding the time to add another...but I still love to share my adventures so here they are Since I last wrote I have visited South Vietnam and Cambodia. Both places were amazing to visit and probably my favorite part of the trip so far or at least tied with the Philippines.. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-170279.html Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh Wow a lot has happened since I last blogged...I will try to sum everything up as best as I can though Vietnam has been a real experience so far and I'm really enjoying it. It's loud it's hectic and it's terribly interesting. Today I am in Ho Chi Minh city formerly known as Saigon and I just arrived on the overnight train from Nha Trang. Here's what I've been up to on http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/blog-167201.html To Vietnam Xin Chao from Vietnam I am now in Hanoi the capital city of Vietnam. It's a very nice city. Just as crazy as I expected but not too crazy to handle and many steps down from Manila on the craziness scale. On my way to this country I traveled via Hong Kong and Singapore geographically this doesn't make sense at all but such is life when you want the cheapest flights. I had an http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Red-River-Delta/Hanoi/blog-161983.html To Boracay Hello all Toady I am writing from Boracay Island it's a little touristy island just south of the Romblon Province and it is absolutely gorgeous A very nice change from the polluted and congested Manila especially since I've got a thing for islands and beaches. The remainder of my time in Manila was spent slowly working on building the library cabinet for the community I mentioned http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Boracay/blog-159638.html Back to Manila Magandang Umaga po So here I am already into Week 3 of my Philippines Adventure. Time has just FLOWN by I can't believe I'm nearing the end of my project already. As always I am having a great time and am experiencing new things every day. There has been a change of plans for my project and after finishing up the work at Carmen Daycare Center I have returned to Manila for th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-156579.html From Manila to Romblon Hello all As always Lots has happened since I last made an entry on my blog. And as per my last entry I continue to have an amazing time here in the Phils. It is fantastic here Especially now that I have acclimatized am no longer fearing my imminent death due to heat exhaustion and my sunburns are starting to heal My first order of business today is to tell you mo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Romblon/Tablas/blog-155251.html Hello everyone When last I wrote my adventure had just begun. And although my journey is still in it's early phases I have had many new adventures in the last week We'll start with my official welcome to the Philippines. Raymund Pom and Eden took it upon themselves to welcome Chris and I to the Philippines properly by feeding us some traditional Filipino food including but not limited to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Romblon/Tablas/blog-152775.html 34 Hour Trip to Manila Hello from the Philippines So here I am. After approximately 34 hours of traveling and a few more waking hours after that I made it all the way to the other side of the world. There was lots of confusion navigating foreign airports except Hong Kong it's the most well organized and pretty looking airport I've ever been to but nothing has been more confusing yet than http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-150088.html Medicine Hat Trip Easter 2007 Hello everyone and welcome to my first blog of my South East Asian Adventure. However this entry will actually not be from South East Asia. This is just a practice blog to make sure I know how to use the blog site know how to upload pictures and just to make sure everything works as it should So here's the story of my Easter vacation Glenn and I drove down http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Medicine-Hat/blog-148017.html