http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Simply B/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Simply B en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:57:45 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:57:45 UTC So.... apparently i am a much better blogger when I overseasWhat can I say I am just having way too much fun And who can blame a guy for enjoying the Californian sunshine over being inside on the internet.This is for all of you NON facebook folks... as I posted them there a little while ago and have since slacked on getting the links out to the rest of my loyal fans...... to whom I apologize http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Glendale/blog-181424.html What can I say other than it has been A LOT of fun over the past week or so...The pics speak for themselves SO ENJOYTomorrow morning Wednesday we are off to Oregon... bye bye Canada... I will returnB Some more hiking and fun in Nelson One Crazy hike into the center of somewhere The last night in Nelson... going out with a BANG and a hell of a headache the next morning Vanc http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-171367.html WOW So much has happened since the last update it will be hard to do any of it justice.With mixed emotions Edmonton was behind us and the rockies in front of us . The plan being to camp a day in Jasper National Park and one in Banff National Park. After a few hours of driving and just as my eyes were starting to feel a little heavy I was quickly jolted back to reality with the first http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Nelson/blog-166825.html I was super excited to get to Edmonton and hang out with my buddy Carolyn My expectations were high and HOLY CRAP were they not onlymeat met they were BLOWN away. We arrived early afternoon meaton Sunday 27th and were greated by an equally excited Carolyn We then met her hubby Aaron and had a tour of their BEAUTIFUL 1930s house meatThe plan for the afternoon was to head to the http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Alberta/Edmonton/blog-163681.html May 25Blogging on the go I LOVE IT All of the following was written while driving to our yet to be determined next stop near Winnipeg. We are currently somewhere between Dryden and Kenora.With only one day down it was an early morning on the 23rd so we could get some more kilometers between us and the Bay. With Cochrane behind us and emma at the wheel we were on our way. We stopped in Mo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Saskatoon/blog-162516.html Leg 1 is now complete. emma and I have arrived in Cochrane OntarioIt is a quaint little town that smells of fresh woodchipsIt was a weird feeling to pass by Storyland Road and not turn left on it. With Norway Bay behind me we drove all the way to Cochrane making one lunch stop along the way. We were reminded many times of Adam but other than that it is was pretty uneventful. In Cochrane http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Cochrane/blog-161203.html May 24 at the BayhellipIf you have seen the movie Happy Gilmore then you know of his Happy Place. Well lsquoThe Bayrsquo is mine and I am sure this is true for many other people as well.Every long weekend many of us gather at our respective cottages to make some fuzzy memories. This year was the first Get Your Eat On GYEO 1 theme 3 meals at 3 different cottages 26 lsquowilli http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Quebec/Norway-Bay/blog-160855.html I had a map with all the points on it for this trip but the only thing it did was crash Internet Explorer. When I have time I will post a new one hmmmm so tempting to procrastinate a little more and do it now though..... This is a trip in progress. Exact dates still need to be set but I wanted to get this out there now in order to open the betting polls officially for 1 how insane we ar http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/blog-152349.html SAY IT AIN'T SO BRYCEok.... alright.. if you insist... IT AIN'T SO WHATEVER DO YOU MEANwell... i mean... I have been bitten by the travel bug... and i have been diagnosed as incurable I am destined to live a life of travel.... I have received TONs of compliments on my travel blogs... THANK YOU TO ALL There is only one thing better than reading my blogs... and that is BEING T http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Cuba/blog-111207.html Wow... what a perfect way to finish up this trip Bali is absolutely incredibleOk.. there is A LOT to update here... and I have a feeling most of you will skip over all this bla bla bla and just look at the pics anyway so I will try to keep it as short as possible.I last left off on the 20th of October the day after my sister arrived. That night we ended up at a restaurant called Bella Ros http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Bali/blog-98678.html wow... beautiful weather bikinis beaches and beer... some great 'B's and all found in Bali It is true... I AM a millionaire... does this mean i am not coming home Welll... lets put this into perspective... my hotel is costing me 270000 a night and I had supper last night for 50000.... so the answer is yes still coming home I just feel like I am living like a freaking rockstar http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Bali/blog-96424.html I left you last on my last day in Tioman. It was eventful with many more beers. It also included my first experience with what Hannah and I dubbed it... Cat burger. With Ramadan taking place until the 23rd of October a lot of places have been closed. The fact that it is slow season does not help either. For our last supper and if we finished the damn cat burger it very well may have been http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Selangor/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-95997.html Less talk and more pictures.... YOU GOT ITFinally found THE highspeed internet connection on the island. I will update the text later but wanted all of you to see the pics so far.CHEERSBFREAKY FRIDAY THE 13thSo today is my last day in Tioman and I have some time on my hands and thought.. why not give you guys the rest of the story.....Thanksgiv http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Tioman-Island/blog-94726.html I arrived in Malaysia on the 7th... EARLY on the 7th after not sleeping a wink on an 11 hour flight. Malaysia airlines is AWESOME though and I had movies TV and everything at my finger tips along with video games and other fun stuff to help pass the time.Once I landed I took a train into Kuala Lumpur the airport is actually 75KM south of Kuala Lumpur then a bus to Mersing and a boat to Tiom http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Tioman-Island/blog-93748.html So.. the random unplanned festival trend DID continue in Frankfurt. This time it was the world's biggest literally.. not an exageration. This did provide me with the opportunity to attend a Google party where I masqueraded as a budding writer with my new friends who brought me Kevin and Jyoti. The event was open bar so needless to say we closed the place up with our new English friendsI http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Hessen/Frankfurt/blog-93742.html YES... I actually left Amsterdam ha haSeriously though it seemed as if a lot of people spend a lot of time in Amsterdam... sitting in the hostel basement.. stoned... If I really wanted to do that I could have done it at home a hell of a lot cheaper. Not judging though... everybody has their own agenda.This should give you an idea of how quick plans change out here. I had planned on being in http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Hessen/Frankfurt/blog-92730.html I'm baaaaaaaaaaaackOK.. so I did the bad tourist thing and just walked the city snapping pictures of every site I could find I did not go into anything... just experienced all the sites from the outside and moved on.Much like all the cities I have been to Munich has TONs to offer other than beer. One of the things I have really enjoyed is how central everything is. Most cities hae had gr http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-92561.html ok... you have seen all the pictures so you probably won't even read this... but here is the Salzburg updateoh.. i noticed they may have changed the format of the pictures in the blog... I do write comments for most pictures so to be sure to click each one and read my comedic rantsAfter the nightmare arrival.. things settled into place in Salzburg. Mandy and I bought the Salzburg card wh http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-92516.html Amsterdam has the most unique feel and look out of all the cities I have been to so far. I met up with a Canadian there are tons of us here... I guess that says something and an Ozzie right out of the train station. Seems like the first thing anybody does after the train is go to the information desk and get a local map. So the race was onWe headed back and we all ended up at the same Hostel http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-92308.html No... I did not win the lottery unfortunately... but if anybody finds an envelope full of cash... I dropped one somewhere and could afford to update all of you folks... As murphy law dictates the second I sawed off my left leg and gave it to the last internet place I found some cheaper ones in town..So... I am writing this part now to get you up to speed and if I have time I will go back and http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/blog-91351.html