http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Webbs/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Webbs en-us Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:34:17 +0000 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:34:17 +0000 The flight from New York to Amsterdam took 6.5 hours.Then from Amsterdam to Heathrow was only an hour. I collected my baggage after travelling all night and was greeted at the Arrivals by my family 2pm GMT. Then a 3 hour drive to my hometown Teignmouth Devon.I have had an amzing tour met some brilliant people and seen many amzing things beautiful places an incredible journey. Thanks ver http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Devon/Torquay/blog-58475.html Sunday 7th May. I said goodbye to some friends I had been travelling with in the morning. Its never nice to say goodbye to friends and it really felt like my last day travelling now.I decided to hit the City again and made my way back to the Empire State building. I bought a ticket and went to the very top the observary point on the 86th floor. The view across the City is absolutely amazin http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/blog-58473.html We left the campsite in Washington the last night of camping on this trip and drove to Philadelphia. We stopped in Philly for lunch and again for a whirlwind look around the City and it looks a huge place with many people.Back in the car and on the road to the last destination of my tour New York. I had never been to the States before so I was particularly looking forward to coming here. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/blog-58471.html From Memphis we passed through Nashville where I did a whirlwind look around the town and visit the Country Music Hall of Fame yeeehhaaaa.We then spent a couple of days in West Virginia mainly because we were travelling to our next destination Washington. We arrived in Washington on Wednesday 3rd May. The campsite we were staying in was the best I had seen on the trip very modern with all http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-58470.html From New Orleans was the long drive to Tennessee and to Memphis.We arrived at Elvis Presley boulevard and camped next to The Heartbreak Hotel. The Boulevard houses graceland and many souvenir shops dedicated to the legend.We camped the night and next morning was up early to tour Graceland. It was a musuem of the kings life some rooms preserved as he had left them others housing suits and a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-58420.html After leaving Monument Valley there were some long travel days and stops to different towns for short periods of time.We stopped in Santa Fe which was a beautiful little town and then on to San Antonio which was a mamoth drive. There we walked along the water canal at night and eat at the Hard Rock cafe and then we visited the famous Alamo.We set off from San Antonio the next morning and ma http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Louisiana/New-Orleans/blog-58417.html The next drive was on to Monument valley.Anoter spectacular place out in the dessert and scene of many famous westerns mostly directed by John Ford who has a section named after him.We did a tour around the valley which was hosted by local Navajo Indians that lived on the reservation. It again was an amazing place. We camped in the valley that night and the Indians cooked a fantastic meal fo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Monument-Valley/blog-58410.html From the bright lights of Vegas and on in to the desert to see one of the wonders of the world. We arrived at the campsite after driving allday. And it was freezing cold hard to get used to after being in the sun for so long. We cooked dinner and tried to keep warm that night in the tents.The next morning I was up at 9am and caught a free shuttle to the Canyon. I got to Yavapai point and w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Grand-Canyon-National-Park/blog-58408.html I flew from Oakland near San Francisco on Tuesday.The flight to Vegas was 1.5 hours. I checked in to the hotel and looked around and its an incredible place unreal. I went to Caesars Palace that night and got plenty of photos of all the attractions.Same today just looking around and visiting a casino Tonight Im going to see the Fab Four a Beatles tribute band in Aladdins really looking f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Las-Vegas/blog-53814.html It was my 29th birthday Sunday 16th April.My flight from Mexico City to San Francisco took around 5 hours and I arrived at 7pm.I checked in to the hotel and got unpacked. I decided to go out to get some water from a grocery store and as I was crossing the road I was knocked over by a speeding taxi. Was taken to hospital by ambulance and was in the emergency ward for 5 hours. Luckily I esca http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-53812.html Ok going to be really brief with these now.We got to Mexico City on good friday. For 20 million people the City was really quiet as most people go away for there Easter Holidays. We went out did a tour of the City and had a great night out Friday and Saturday night and had birthday drinks and a meal for meSaturday night I was supposed to fly to San Francisco but my flight was cancelled http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-53810.html We left the hotel at 8.15am got a cab to the bus station and then caught the Bus for a 5.5 hour journey to our next City Pueblo.Puebla has 365 churches and a 1.5 million population a big City again. The bus journey was pretty smooth and the scenery had changed a little more cactuses and desert land with some mini twisters spinning across the desert floor. We watched a good film on the bus http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/blog-52660.html The Ado overnight bus was a long 12 hour journey but it went really fast.The bus is fairly luxurious plenty of room complimentory drinks and films we watched Terminator 3 and Pirates of The Caribbean I couldn't get to slepp however. We pulled in to Oaxaca as the sun began to rise and got a taxi from the bus station to our hotel arriving around 8.30am and its now Tuesday 11th April. Mos http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-52457.html We left Palenque on Saturday morning the 16th and caught the bus to take us on to San Cristobal.It again was a beautiful hot day and the journey took around 5 hours. We checked in to the hotel San Martin which was close to the main square. The town is a pleasant place there are many small streets all cobbled which many local run shops. The first thing to notice here is that almost every http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/San-Cristobal-de-las-Casas/blog-52201.html The bus journey from Merida to Palenque was long.We set off at 8.30am and arrived in Palenque at 6pm. We then got a taxi from the bus station to our lodgings the Don Mucho cabins. The site is made up of cabins which is pretty much in the jungle. Its a really cool place and the cabins are extremely comfortable. We checked in and then had a meal in the restaurant where there was a live band http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-51816.html We departed Playa del Carmen and caught the 7.30am bus and made our way to Merida.On route to Merida we stopped to have a look at the ruins in Chichen Itza. The ruins are very impressive on on a big site. In the main part is a huge temple and if you stand around the temple and clap your hands the peak of the temple makes the noise of a bird. Im not sure if this was a design or coincidence http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Yucat%E1n/Merida/blog-50977.html Thursday 30th March. We caught the 7.30am Water Taxi from Caye Caulker and made our way back to Belize City marina.From the City it was a 34 hour bus journey to the BelizeMexican border. We crossed and were meeted with a huge sign across the road 'Welcome to Mexico North America'. My Central American journey had now come to an end. We jumped back on the bus which took us on to the town of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cancun/blog-50761.html We left the Trek Stop San Ignacio at 7am and caught a public bus which took us through the Belize capital Belmopan and on to Belize City.From the Marina in Belize City it was a speed boat trip to the Island of Caye Caulker. We arrived at around 2pm to the Indigo waters and palms trees. Paradise Belize has the 2nd largest barrier reef in the world so here is a snorkerlers paradise too.A http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Belize-Barrier-Reef/Caye-Caulker/blog-50010.html After crossing the border and getting the usual stamps in the Passport we made our way by taxi to our next base.The Trek Stop is 15 minutes from the border and close to the town of San Ignacio 10 mins on bus . This is apparently a very popular place for travellers. The Trek Stop consists of wooden chalets for its guests in the forest where the Owners who run and work on the site John and http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Cayo-District/San-Ignacio/blog-50009.html We arrived in Flores after an uncomfortable journey in the afternoon. The main point in coming to Flores was to visit the huge Mayan ruins in Tikal. For me after discovering the Incan empire and visiting Copan I decided not to go to Tikal ruined out by now Flores is a small Island and is just for the tourists who do go to Tikal so its littered with all the touristy gift shops and not muc http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Flores-Tikal/blog-50005.html