http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/TheEversonFamily/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from TheEversonFamily en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:52:39 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:52:39 +0000 Hello everyone interested in my sponsored climb up Mont Blanc. I'm sat here writing this at exactly the same time I should have reached the top. I have been here for a week training and aclimatising and getting ready for the ascent. I've climbed peaks near to Mont Blanc crossed huge glaciers in the dark and slept in remote refuge huts in the process....however the weather has turned against me http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-319726.html The intrepid Birdman aka James EversonCrane has set his sights on Mont Blanc at 4810m the highest mountain in the Alps and all of Western Europe. On August 30th 2008 James will begin his ascent of Mont Blanc raising money for LifeStart Foundation who are changing lives in Vietnam. 100 of sponsorship money will be spent helping children the poor and disabled in Hoi An.If you can sponsor Ja http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Hoi-An/blog-300217.html Thank you for my Birthday Messages. They were a big surprise to me. We went to Movie World. It was fantastic. There were not many people so we could go on the rides again and again i liked the Scooby Doo ride but Mum was scared. We all got wet on the water ride. Jake won me a big Scooby Doo by scoring basketball hoops. It was one of my best birthdays ever. From Sam PS Congratulations Twycross on http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Main-Beach/blog-282528.html At the end of May Samuel will be celebrating his 8th Birthday in Australia If you have a minute please leave him a private birthday message or public comment below Its very easy to do We'll show him this Surprise Birthday Blog on his Birthday morning and we know he'd love to get a message from you Many thanksLove from Rachel James Jake and Helenaxxxx http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-279074.html Apologies currently unable to restore. If you have a backup please edit this entry and savepublish.There is a small possibility that this entry will be restored only small.I cannot find the original text f this blog but know it was a Happy Birthday to Sam and lots of people replied with Birthday comment. I will republish because it has lots of lovely photosRachel http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-157771.html For our two week Easter holiday we decided to revisit New Zealand. Five years ago we spent 8 weeks touring the North and South Island in a campervan. Our favourite place was Queenstown in the South Island and thatrsquos where we headed First though we spent a few days in a small coastal town called Akaroa.The drive from Christchurch was fantastic green quiet and only just over an hour Rath http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Queenstown/blog-272486.html So did James aka Birdman manage to fly across the River Yarra Well not quite But he did manage a magnificent leap of 7.5 metres which earned him huge cheers from thousands in the crowd He also managed to make a big splash for charity appearing in newspapers here and in Vietnam.Rather angelic in his flowing white gown expanding lacy wings and Vietnamese hat James added an aerodynamic ra http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-256063.html On March 9th James is going to enter the famous Birdman Competition in Melbourne Australia. This involves leaping off a ridiculously high platform and flying gracefully across the Yarra RiverLast year we watched this event as part of the Moomba festival and James was a little critical of many of the aircraft flying machines. Convinced he could do better James rashly promised that if ever we w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-249021.html Merry Christmas All our Best Wishes for a Happy 2008 love from Rachel James Jake Helena and Samuel XXXXX http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-226805.html This is a big THANK YOU BLOG On behalf of the Vietnamese in Hoi An we wanted to thank you all for your generous support. Through the LifeStart Foundation we will make sure that 100 of your donations are put to good use. Thanks to your kindness and generosity we've raised enough funds here to change lives in Vietnam. Wersquoll use this Travel Blog to show you what a difference yoursquove m http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-143687.html Soon it will be Jake's 12th Birthday I've bought a couple of cards with me but I thought it would be nice to do a secret blog asking family and friends to send him a secret messageI can then show him these as a surprise on his Birthday morningAll you need to do is click on Add Comment or Contact the Everson Family at the bottom of this short blog under all the photosIf you Add a comm http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-148270.html The worst time in Hoarsquos life was not when she caught polio at the age of two or when she recently thought her husband might die because they could not afford a scan at the hospital. The worst experience she can remember was receiving a letter many years ago a letter that shattered her dreams. All her life Hoa longed to become a teacher. For twelve years she worked hard at school striv http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Hoi-An/blog-166136.html No photo can prepare you for the wonder of Machu PicchuMachu Picchu is the mysterious lost city of the Incashelliphellip Perched high amongst cloud forests in the Andean mountains it was completely lost to the world for hundreds of yearshellip... Nobody really knows why the Incas built Machu Picchu or why they left We do know that it was one of the few Inca citadels never to be discover http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Machu-Picchu/blog-149328.html An ENORMOUS THANK YOU to Twycross House School friends and family who made very generous donations in order that we could help more people when we returned to Vietnam. This was on top of Hanhrsquos scarf money I hope all kind scarf purchasers out there have read our previous thank you blog Hanh Made Scarves from Hoi An by Rachel Helena click on here if not This blog is a BIG THANK http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Hoi-An/blog-167232.html It's been more then 6 months now since the EversonCrane family of five started our world trip. In just a couple of weeks we will be back in the UK and we've been reflecting on what we've done Been around the world twice once going East once going West Travelled on 35 flights Spent over 180 hours or more than a week in the air. Yawn Slept in 42 very different hotels houses http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-166213.html I can't believe we've been in Hoi An for a over a week now. It's been fantastic but frantic and the weather is a sweltering 40 degrees I'm sorry we've not yet had time to send you any emails or blog updates but we've been trying to visit a group of 16 disabled people whom LifeStart is aiming to help with training etc. in order to make them self sufficient. Visiting them in their homes has http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Hoi-An/blog-165814.html Thanks again to everyone who kindly ordered a scarf or more from Hanh who was paralysed when a lorry drove into her as she was pushing her father's brick cart 18 years ago. Hanh has been knitting away ever since we left and has completed all but 4 of the scarves We will bring them all back with us on our return. I say knitting because that's what the Vietnamese call it in fact we would http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Hoi-An/blog-165846.html We left Melbourne at 8pm on the overnight boat to Davenport in North Tasmania arriving at 7.00am the next morning. We hardly knew we were afloat it was a smooth sailing on a modern ship with comfy bunk beds. We all slept really well. Sam recommends it ldquoIt was really good the bunk beds were great fun especially all the boys together in our own cabin.rdquo Tasmania is just like a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/blog-161592.html Hi my name is Michelle and together with my partner Kevin Irsquom spending a few days with our friends the EversonCrane family. The family stayed with us while they were in Sydney and now we have the pleasure of exploring some of Marvelous Melbourne with them. This afternoonrsquos visit to the MV Robert Hunter which is moored at Docklands in Melbourne has excited all of us so much so http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-159208.html This blog is about Melbournersquos Moomba Festival. In this festival there is a fair with exciting wonderful and scary rides and also a marvelous parade with so many colourful costumes and lots of bright objects being carried In this wonderful and bright parade there were dancing girls in sparkly dresses men dressed up in suits on stilts a bright red dragon over 300 foot long and more am http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-158630.html