http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/singlespeed/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from singlespeed en-us Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:31:45 BST Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:31:45 BST So now that I am back home time to write a bit about the south island. When I left off we were on the ferry from the North Island to the South Island. Once driving off of the ferry it was time to point the trusty Britz on to the Marburg wine areas. Stopped in at Nautilus winery and got some killer Pecorino sheep cheese and a bottle of Chardonnay that miraculously made it back home with me. NZ i http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/blog-77289.html Arriving in Auckland at 530 am after losing a day over the International Dateline yes Ladytronrsquos International Dateline was the theme song for the flight means waiting until 800am to go pick up the campervan. This is my third time to NZ and a couple times in England means I have been exposed to driving on the left hand side of the road. Everything is reversed except for the clutch br http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/blog-73356.html I found myself in Telluride for the weekend doing some 'research'. Telluride is one of my favorite places of all times. Since most of my time has been spent during the winter late spring was a new experience. After 9hours of driving there was no more room at the town camping ground so up Alta Lakes to over 10000 feet for some national forest camping up past some old mining ghost town. Rando http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Telluride/blog-64526.html From Seattle to Phoenix to Madison this week. Training this coming week in Chicago area meant time to fly into Madison visit Zoe and friends plus be a bit of a tourist in where I once called home. I arrived in to MSN late and after upgrading to a Subaru Outback rental car another driver decided to test the side air bags and see if Subaru's safety claims were true at my disposal. The other http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Wisconsin/Madison/blog-60963.html Rental car exlpore time. Viva International District Also known as chinatown but there are so many other asian cultures represented cant be ChinatownWikipedia has a great descriptionhistory of the International District. httpwikitravel.orgenSeattleInternationalDistrict Lots of history in seattle with a clash of all cultures here. Based on current events seemed like a good place to vi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-56757.html Belltown. Plans were for Emmets Oyester but as with everything in Pike market area they closed at 7. So went by Zoe Cafe in tribute of the greatest dog and I would of taken Zoe but it was too highclass for just me. Ahh yes I might as well get lost and wander..I spot The WHiskey Bar. Collection of messengers punk music spinning by Thrasher Hat DJ tattoo women and men soccer on the tv art o http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/Bell-Town/blog-56542.html I have been impressed at how seattle has so many neighborhoods. My temporary home is the udistrict. This week I have been through belltown queen anne fremont ballard and capital hill. If it was not for the geography you would not know one neighborhood from another. They each have their own central area so its like many 'downtowns' in one area. So far fremont and capital hill are my 2 fav neigh http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-55471.html This week is concert week for me. I was suppose to go to Coachella but alas with my current work travel schedule and lack of time with the doglets in AZ i will see most of the bands I want to see in Seattle. Tonight i met Bruce at Matt's in the Pike St market area. This little place has had rave reviews small menu and reservations are a must. After the black cod special we were off. Well ok a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-55233.html Its a late dinner tonight. Wandering past the Neptune where i have taken in a couple of good movies i noticed that Celestine Prophecy movie was on this week I thought to myself oh man i need to eat and go cath the 940 showing since I will be at 2 concerts this week. Its only playing for 1 week.Well I go to Ruby a bareatery with ecclectic unmatched furniture to match the the food. I just had a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-54969.html It has been a while and a number of corners of Seattle have been explored. I sit here sipping a Vallerosa white at the Hotel's Wine tasting. Free wine tastings when I hit the streets traveling for pleasure wont be in abundance. In the past month since my updated I have been to Safeco Field scored free baseball tickets with Jay. Second game of the season cool field. Garlic Fries were awesome t http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-54961.html This trip was conceaved over an AIM conversation which prooves that it does not take much to instigate Charlene into another adventure. It was also a good reason to visit REI on both of our accounts for a bit of preshopping. Havasupai Falls is extremely popular place located on the Halupai Reservation requiring advanced reservations. Based on travel schedules one night down at the falls was a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Arizona/Supai/blog-52041.html Today was a day to sample 2 thai places on University Ave. First up for lunch was Thai 65 they had a good lunch special. I had spicy eggplant with tofu and it was combo'd with pad thai and rice for lunch. Walking around this evening and after browsing the sale books at the university book store.. i had to determine what was next. I did get a book on large roadside attractions in the USA for 90 http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-49287.html Well I have yet to get very far in my Pho questreviews. Last week I did find myself at Than VI here in the UDistrict with the sign of 'Best' Sandwich on University. I ordered the sandwich which was on the appetizer menu for 2 and also a bowl of seafood soup pho. The sandwich was BIG for 2. The seafood soup was typical with side of bean sprouts basil hoisen and chili sauce to add. I wil http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-49283.html Well I am in Seattle for work and will be here everyweek through July. Commuting from Phoenix. I am trying to make an adventure out of this. My home away from home is the Watertown Hotel here in the University District of seattle. It is an awesome Urban private hotel with wine tasting everynight They also have bikes to use and other amenities that make up for not getting any points. Afterall whe http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-46729.html