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2009

Maroon

Visited countries/territories:
South America:
Colombia, Ecuador (+Galapagos), Peru, Bolivia, Chile (+Easter Island), Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana

Caribbean:
Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada (+Carriacou), St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, St. Martin, St. Maarten, Guadeloupe, British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Jamaica

North America:
Canada, Mexico, USA (+Alaska, Hawaii), Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua

Oceania:
French Polynesia, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia (+Tasmania)

Africa:
Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Seychelles, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia

Asia:
Japan, China (+Hong Kong, Macau), Mongolia, North Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia (Bali), Myanmar, Malaysia (+Sabah,Sarawak), India (+Andaman Islands), Brunei, East Timor, Philippines

Middle East:
Oman, UAE, Bahrain

Europe:
Iceland, Spain (+Canary Islands, Melilla), Portugal (+Madeira), Great Britain (+Wales,England,Scotland,Gibraltar), Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Germany (+Busingen), Italy (+Campione d'Italia), Vatican City, Monaco, Greece (+Crete), Cyprus (+Northern Cyprus), Lithuania, Latvia, Russia (+Kaliningrad), Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway (+Svalbard), Sweden, Denmark, Aland Islands, San Marino, Finland, Estonia, Belarus

Thailand & Cambodia 2002
December 21st 2002 -» January 6th 2003 New Zealand, UAE and Oman 2004
April 23rd 2004 -» May 16th 2004 Peru, Ecuador, Galapagos 2004
December 23rd 2004 -» January 17th 2005 Mongolia, Russia & the Caucasus 2005
July 9th 2005 -» July 31st 2005 Baltics & Iceland 2006
April 15th 2006 -» April 24th 2006 Cyprus, Greece 2006
June 30th 2006 -» July 18th 2006 India, Bahrain 2006
December 11th 2006 -» January 13th 2007 Guianas 2007
May 19th 2007 -» June 2nd 2007 China, North Korea 2007
August 25th 2007 -» September 5th 2007 Spain, Portugal, Canary Islands 2007
December 22nd 2007 -» January 6th 2008 Ethiopia 2008
March 14th 2008 -» March 18th 2008 Scandinavia 2008
May 18th 2008 -» June 2nd 2008 Borneo and Bali 2008
August 9th 2008 -» August 27th 2008 Central America 2008
December 5th 2008 -» December 12th 2008 Russia, Estonia, Belarus 2009
April 30th 2009 -» May 10th 2009 Canadian Rockies 2009
May 23rd 2009 -» June 3rd 2009 Colombia 2009
July 3rd 2009 -» July 11th 2009 Philippines/Taipei 2009
September 16th 2009 -» September 21st 2009

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By hauteboy
May 29th 2009

Dino-schlock in Drumheller North America » Canada » Alberta » Drumheller

World's largest dinosaur
Drumheller, Alberta

May 29 Hotel: Fairmont Palliser Calgary Our last full day in the Rockies. We didn't really have any plans for the day but we had to be in Calgary tonight as my wife was flying back home early tomorrow. We were looking at things to do/see along the way to Calgary, or near Calgary. I had noticed the Dinosaur Park and the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller on our maps, that sounded like a neat detour.. although it was clear on the opposite side of Calgary from the mountains. We also thought about driving around Kananaskis Country a bit. We showed [View Full Entry]

By hauteboy
May 28th 2009

Banff, the Burgess Shale and the Icefields Parkway North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park

Banff Gondola

May 26 Hotel: Fairmont Banff Springs Today the plan was to pick up our rental car and explore the area around Banff. We had arranged a one-way rental from Avis to drop off in Calgary the following Saturday. That ended up being pretty pricy; a one-way rental that was 1 day too short to be counted as a weekly; also picking up from a neighborhood Avis station. Nome of the coupons/AWD I tried really brought the price down any! There was also the issue of parking; the Fairmonts in Banff and Lake Louise charge ~$30-$35 per night for parking! Luckily I [View Full Entry]

By hauteboy
May 25th 2009

Riding the Rocky Mountain Rails North America » Canada » British Columbia » Kamloops

Gold Leaf car

May24 Train: Vancouver to Kamloops, Rocky Mountaineer Gold Leaf Hotel: Kamloops Towne Lodge We had asked if we could get on the bus shuttle to the train station as many people on the train were also staying at the Fairmont. They wanted $20 apiece though so we decided to catch a cab instead. The bright orange Prius cab only took a few minutes to get to the Rocky Mountaineer station (they have their own station separate from the CPR passenger terminal) through the deserted Sunday morning streets. We hadn't had time to grab breakfast and had hoped there was something to [View Full Entry]

By hauteboy
May 23rd 2009

Totem Poles and Tojo's rolls North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver

Totem poles in Stanley park

May22 Hotel: Courtyard San Antonio Airport, $89 San Antonio airport is only 1h15 from our house, but since our flight was at 6AM, that meant we either had to leave the house at 3AM and risk a flat tire, etc. or head down the night before and get a nights sleep so that we would be refreshed for Vancouver the next day. I found a great park and fly deal for $89 at the Courtyard San Antonio; considering parking at the airport for the 8 days would have been $50. It would also count as a hotel partner toward the Delta [View Full Entry]

By hauteboy
May 9th 2009

Victory Day in Minsk Europe » Belarus » Minsk Voblast » Minsk

Belarus dancers

May 8, 2009 Flight: Kaliningrad (KGD) to Riga (RIX), Air Baltic, F50, economy Flight: Riga (RIX) to Minsk (MSQ), Air Baltic, F50, economy Hotel: Hotel Yubileiny, Minsk, $67 I boarded the airBaltic Fokker 50 flight to Riga, the flight was about an hour and otherwise uneventful. By the time the flight arrived in Riga, I was starving and hoped I could find a restaurant. However the next flight to Minsk left from the gate right next to where we arrived.. it was a sterile area but no restaurants, just a vending machine that luckily took a 2E coin for a candybar. [View Full Entry]

By hauteboy
May 8th 2009

Kaliningrad Europe » Russia » Northwest » Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad cathedral

May 8, 2009 Bus: Eurolines, Riga, Latvia - Kaliningrad, Russia The bus to Kaliningrad left Riga last night at 10PM.. arriving at 7AM in Kaliningrad city. The bus only stopped twice, once about 00:45 at Šiauliai in Lithuania, then again at 3:15 at the Russian/Lithuanian border at Sovetsk. First we were stamped out of Lithuania (stayed on the bus), then drove across the bridge to the Russian side where everyone had to get off and go through immigration. There was a long line of cars waiting here at the border even at 3:30AM! The buses get preferential treatment however and it [View Full Entry]

By hauteboy
May 7th 2009

Restless in Riga Europe » Latvia » Riga Region » Riga

House of Blackheads

May 7, 2009 Bus: Eurolines, Tallinn, Estonia - Riga, Latvia This was my last morning in Tallinn. Today I checked the online blog I've been following, this guy (http://www.leeabbamonte.com) is trying to be the youngest person to visit all 300+ Traveler's Century Club 'countries'. I noticed that his last post was from Riga, where I was headed! I sent him a note, then headed off to the bus station. The long-distance bus station is a few miles southeast of the old town... spent awhile walking down there. The Eurolines bus shows up, very nice with leather seats, and onboard wifi-inter [View Full Entry]

By hauteboy
May 6th 2009

Tallinn Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

Midieval roasted nuts

May 5, 2009 Ferry: Viking Line, Helsinki - Tallinn Hotel: Old House Hostel, Tallinn, Estonia, $5.44 Today I was planning on heading over to Tallinn in Estonia via ferry. After breakfast I caught the metro and tram (with 2 minutes remaining on my 24-hr transit pass) to the Viking terminal. Several ferries make the short crossing over to Estonia every day; they are very popular for the locals as the ships have duty free alchohol sales. The deck class fare was 32EUR one-way but they make up for it in booze sales! Everyone was there with lots of empty carryon bags/rollaboards; [View Full Entry]

By hauteboy
May 5th 2009

Helsinki Europe » Finland » Uusimaa » Helsinki

Sveaborg Ferry

May 4, 2009 Hotel: Holiday Inn City West, Helsinki, Finland Points Stay I was finally able to get in touch with my friend today and we arranged to meet for dinner this evening. I also was able to arrange with American Express to get $500 emergency travel cash wired to me; I could pick this up at the forex bureau in the train station. This plus what was left of the $300 was all I would have to last me for the next 6 days. I had a big breakfast at the buffet; this had been my SOP for the past [View Full Entry]

By hauteboy
May 3rd 2009

Pickpocked in St. Petersburg! Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

Cathedral of the Savior on the Blood

I recently took advantage of the airfare wars to Russia; both United Airlines and American Airlines recently started service to Moscow; at one point the airfares were under $400 even from Austin. The fares were the same to St. Petersburg as well. I had been to Moscow before, but not St. Pete. I decided to make a 10-day trip of it, also visiting Helsinki, Tallinn, Kaliningrad and then flying home from Minsk in Belarus. I had to arrange my Russia and Belarus visas ahead of time. I am dual citizen US/UK; for Russia I planned to use my US passport since [View Full Entry]

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