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| 26th November 2009 Jen | Yayyy!! - From: One Unicycle, Two Moose, and almost Three Bingos! Thanks Stephanie, not only did I get an honorable mention... BUT, nostalgia, I was raised on Bingo. Glad you had such a great time. |
| 16th November 2009 higgins | - From: Snorkeling the Biggest Seas for the Biggest Fish your life is too great!! I am happy you continue to seek and find adventure. |
| 28th October 2009 mommy | reliving your dives - From: We are Glovers Lovers! well my dear, now that you are on restricted dives you'll have to replay these wonderful stories and pictures until you can once again go down into the depths. those tropical pictures are calling me and i can't wait to be there in 2 months!! love you, XXOO |
| 25th September 2009 mommy | GAK!! - From: On, In, and Under the Water! I hope you aren't planning on your skiddish family diving down to those depths when we are visiting in a few months. I'd rather look at the lovely pics you have taken and not smile and swallow sea water! Am thrilled that you are able to explore your passion! XXOO |
| 21st September 2009 Higgins | Not fair! - From: On, In, and Under the Water! Wandke, I am officially jealous that while I am ferociously trying to close 3Q strong and dealing with cancelled cases and doe doe surgeons who take all day to do a case YOU are flitting about exploring different phylum and flowers of the Belizean coast. When will you come back so we can all say, "Well that was fun, now what Wandke?" For I fear you may never rejoin the rat race and this fun may just continue. Fondly, Jealous Guy |
| 14th September 2009 Dave | - From: Still goin' up North with Dave wow, we had a good time didnt we, will be cool to head back up that way some time, need to replenish orchid stocks! |
| 14th September 2009 Charsey | WOW! WOW! WOW! Volcanos!!!!! - From: The Road to Neon Rivers How FUN! You are brave!!! I would never in a million years be brave enough to get that close to an active volcano. So awesome that you are having so much fun exploreing the world and especially tasting the food every where you go. That is one of my favorite thing to do........so jealous......yet so happy for you. |
| 11th May 2009 Donna Pilch | Cool book! - From: THANK YOU!! xoxox Thanks for letting me have a look. This was a very neat present your Mom thought put together. |
| 7th May 2009 zb | - From: THANK YOU!! xoxox you silly girl. Don't tell me how terribly much you miss us all so far away after signing your note from BELIZE. I don't cry for you. I know you are doing what you do best... blending those drinks ea. eve and hiking those trails and swimming those laps ea. day. hmf. well, from the land of the midnite sun(when you can SEE the sun), thinking of you..... zb |
| 4th May 2009 Charsey | Happy 30th Birthday!!!! - From: THANK YOU!! xoxox You are so welcome and we enjoyed every moment of putting together our fun times together and got to relive all our memories of F. U. N!!!!!! We miss you and glad you are enjoying your new found HOME. Shane and I are crazy busy with baby Jaydee, he is walking, running, talking and love to show his affection by kissing and hugging everything! It's especially rewarding to received huges and kisses from him when he misses you. We are enjoying parenthood and looking forward to taking him on vacation with us in August. Glad you had a great birthday and we wish you all the best! lots of XOXOXOXOXO, Charsey |
| 23rd February 2009 Higgins | - From: A Very Cockscomb Christmas to you Wandke- Please keep the stories coming. It is a welcome escape from everyday life. Glad the adventure continues. Higgins |
| 7th February 2009 Jen Hnatuk | welcome back!!! - From: Still goin' up North with Dave Yahoooo!!! Stephanie is back to blogging! Thanks again for sharing and know it brings a smile to my face when i get the notice of a new blog! :) |
| 10th November 2008 Unk Robb | unretired? I don't think so - From: I'm coming out of Retirement to go into Ponderment As one who knows, being retired isn't jetting around the world, as you seem to think. You are living in a paradise with no job - you are still retired, ponderment or not! Make up the couch for me! |
| 10th November 2008 Marcella (Dutch BFF :-) | - From: I'm coming out of Retirement to go into Ponderment Whaa!! I'm so proud of you!! Wow I love the pictures :-). Soo beautifull there!! I'm going to send the Munich pictures soon. It was amazing to see you again (our little danceparty in my flat :-)) and I hope you'll have an awesome time there. And some day I will come to visit you!! I'm back home in Amsterdam (so good to be back home :-)) All my love! xoxox |
| 10th November 2008 mommy | YAY you, blogs are back! - From: I'm coming out of Retirement to go into Ponderment finally my friends can keep track of your life's adventures again, they have been waiting! |
| 28th May 2008 mommy | to all the readers......... - From: The Most Foreign Place of All well, my stephanie has been in peshtigo a week and practically pacing and thumping her foot the whole time. without her travels and amazing different cultures, she is BORED!! she's off for a couple days to visit madison and milwaukee friends and coming back to help me gear up for a huge rummage sale, yippee!! not quite the adventures she's used to! she worked hard to finish her blogging, but i think she may keep it up since the traveling fun will continue!! now it's our turn to go get our passports since i'm sure our next trip will be belize!! |
| 27th May 2008 Jen Hnatuk | thanks... - From: The Most Foreign Place of All Thanks for the fun year Steph!!! And the closure. Had fun at breakfast the other day. Enjoy Belize. |
| 27th May 2008 Charsey | so glad for you - From: The Most Foreign Place of All I'm glad you had such a great experience on your travel. It was fun for me to follow you everywhere you set your feet and enjoy reading about it. Lots of luck with your move to belize. I'm sure you will have a blast and great experience learning and living in paradise. as for me, i've got new challenges and learning to be a mom, but i do love every minute of it! Good luck and keep in touch. love you, charsey |
| 17th April 2008 Aunt Sassy | Inhabited? - From: Mantas and Sea Lions and Penguins, OH MY! And here I thought that the Galapago islands were uninhabited! At least the Discover Channel led me to believe that. Your cousins will be jealous cuz they love watching the Galapago series on TV and you get it LIVE! So cool! |
| 2nd April 2008 hege fjeldavlie | hi from norway - From: I grew up in the Dairy State, but now I´m REALLY the DAIRY QUEEN thanks for days in Galapagos. Great fun. Kjell and I are no back in Norway. We were looking for Samson at he flight from Quito but didn't find him. hehe..Have some wonderful days in Peru? and maybe we see you some day in Belize. we like beer as you do!!!! greetings from Norway |
| 2nd April 2008 Lin | YOU ROCK - From: I grew up in the Dairy State, but now I´m REALLY the DAIRY QUEEN You are so unbelievable. Your adventures are amazing. Thanks for making the world a better place. I can't wait for you to come home but you seem to have found something you really love so maybe you are already home. Miss you much. Lin |
| 30th March 2008 Aunt Sassy | - From: I grew up in the Dairy State, but now I´m REALLY the DAIRY QUEEN hey girl! A month to go? I'm amazed that you are still enjoying living out of a 'suitcase'!. So, ecuadorian living has taught you that you like being muddy and smelly better than las vegas? wow, it must be incredibly satisfying for you. and I don't think you ever did get to count frogs, did you? I can't wait to read the book you'll write after all this : ) |
| 30th March 2008 Higgins | - From: I grew up in the Dairy State, but now I´m REALLY the DAIRY QUEEN Wandke, So great to read about your experiences and sad that the trip is coming to an end...but not your adventures. You are only just beginning and can't wait to keep reading about it. Higgins |
| 29th March 2008 Tammy Leischer | Miss you Steph! - From: Glacier Tramping!! I love your pictures and your stories. Can't wait to see you in Hawaii! |
| 28th March 2008 Charsey | The American Dream where it all starts! - From: Reflections are clearer without mirrors WOW!!! Your second to last paragraph scares me. You see I grew up and spent a decade in a smelly and dirty village and I am now so very fortunate (with a lot of hard work) to have a beautiful home and family here. This is my AMERICAN dream. This is why my family came! We tend to force our best effort on attempting to change others (in other lands) to our American likeness, while so much voluntary help is still desparately needed here. Don't forget about your PEEPS!!! Anyhow, if your giving it all up.....I'd love your beautiful home in Vegas. hehehehehe |
| 25th March 2008 Megan | I'm SUPER EXCITED! - From: Reflections are clearer without mirrors OK - it's about 4 day 'til I get on a plane headed for Lima to meet up with Wandke the Traveler, and I've also caught up on all the incredibly amazing adventures so far so of course I'm nearly out-of-my-mind excited to do FUN things (and get a break from work)! Wooo-hoooo!!! |
| 22nd March 2008 Jennifer | oh yeah! - From: Reflections are clearer without mirrors oh yeah! HAPPY EASTER! |
| 22nd March 2008 Jennifer | WOOOOWWWW! - From: Reflections are clearer without mirrors Stephanie, your blog made me cry! : ) (in a good way!) thanks for sharing. Jen Hnatuk |
| 22nd March 2008 mommy | my t-shirt says: am i getting older or is the supermarket playing great music? - From: Reflections are clearer without mirrors hello my adventurous one...........i love that you are spending your time with humble, grateful, poverty stricken people and have learned at an early age that the only thing that matters is what's in your heart. unfortunately, some people never learn that lesson. i am with you in those jungles, overcoming all the obstacles........... and you are with me, deep in my heart. i love you so much and are very proud of the woman you have become. keep up the good work, the world is a much better place with you in it. |
| 7th March 2008 mommy | comment slackers - From: Mamuschka, Babuschka. Chocolushka! so mr. davis is sending private comments?? i wanna read what he says too!! c'mon people, the comments are slacking and not only stephanie, but others are looking for more comments!! yeah,yeah, she's behind a couple countries, but right now she's in the jungles of ecaudor for a month with no way to post her last several weeks of adventures. she works so hard at giving you her very best in documenting the culture and what she's done and editing pics, so c'mon people..... give it the ole college try and leave some comments!!! that's all i have to say for now...........XXOO |
| 23rd February 2008 Charsey | Whew! I'm finally up to date with your travel....I think?!?! - From: Mamuschka, Babuschka. Chocolushka! Mmmmmmm!! Chocolate! wow, how great is that to end your trip there with chocolate. And to meet Emi, she definitely is adventurous. (or pretty crazy!) Glad you are safe and coming home soon. miss you! |
| 23rd February 2008 Charsey | I love your sickness! - From: I think its called Perpetual Motion Sickness Glad your sickness has brought you so much joy! We at home enjoy all your sickness stories. Chile is beautiful, especially the pictures of the valcanos you provided. Thank you James for the informative Indian informations. |
| 23rd February 2008 Charsey | Buenos Aires - From: Giant(s) Hooters! My neighbor Hector and Rosa was just there last year, now you, I feel like I've been there too! Their stories was amazing and yours is just as fun. Glad you where able to catch the game. |
| 20th February 2008 Charsey | awesome waterfall! - From: Itś WET! the waterfalls was crazy! nothing compare to the ones i saw in hawaii. i hated the ending to the Gone with the Wind story too! I'm still waiting for someone to change it or add to it. Seems like you are having a great soaking time! Glad your safe and haveing fun! |
| 20th February 2008 Charsey | Cool glaciers! - From: Glacier Tramping!! Wow! you guys hike the crazy looking fox glacier? It look dangerous, but adventurouse at the same time. Really cool pictures of the site and not to mention the glacier crevassess. |
| 20th February 2008 Charsey | yuk! bugs...bugs...and more bugs!!! - From: Nailed it! Sounds like the hike was fun, but I can do without the bugs! Can't believe you both stay as long as you did! I would have ran back to the tran and left whoever was behind!!!! Sorry to hear about the bug bites, but the experience was most memorable. |
| 17th February 2008 james st. james | not chilean indians - From: I think its called Perpetual Motion Sickness hi. great blog (i liked the hooter's entry ;) ). the indian dancers you saw were not chilean indians, at least they were not dressed like chilean indians nor were they playing any chilean indian instruments. the main indian group in chile are the mapuches (who make up 85% of chile's indigenous population, and about 5-7% of the total population of chile). obviously i can't hear what they were playing in your pictures, but none of the imagery, dress, or instruments are chilean, and physically they also don't look like chilean indian, and you're right, they do look like north american indian dress (at least someone's attempt at it--looks too costumey and cheesey to be authentic. you're from the US so maybe you've been to a pow wow, so you'd know their dress is not authentic). anyway, just wanted to clear that up. hopefully they put on a good show regarless. cheers! |
| 9th February 2008 Jessica | Just wondering... - From: Itś WET! Did you get your hair cut Steph? |
| 8th February 2008 Jennifer Hnatuk | I LOVE IT! - From: Itś WET! Stephanie, Just the mental picture of all those people laughing their heads off while going THROUGH! the water falls had me laughing my head off. Thanks for that. Keep those great stories coming. :) Jen Hnatuk. ( your mama's friend) |
| 25th January 2008 Aunt Sassy | still fun - From: Where in the world is 23 degrees COLD?! hey girl, glad to see you're still having a blast! I don't know how you do it - I'd be wiped out after what you've done already and you're still going for a couple more months! you nut! but keep the blogs coming please! |
| 22nd January 2008 Molesha | ENVIOUS!! - From: Those Dutchies!?!?! WOW, Steph...you look like you're having a blast. I'm living vicarioulsy through you :) Ryan had a blast; it was cool to hear the stories. Your pics were breathtaking!! Have fun, be safe, and drink a lil' for me!! |
| 22nd January 2008 Jen Hnatuk | vicariously - From: Where (Happy) are all (New) the people (Year)!?! Stephanie, just wanted to let you know I LOVE the blog. I get so happy when there is a new one. I have been sharing it with my kids and sister! Thanks for including us all in your great adventure. Stay safe! Jen Hnatuk |
| 21st January 2008 mommy | we are saddened for your loss - From: Where (Happy) are all (New) the people (Year)!?! after talking to you over the wknd as we were so excited for the packer win, i'm sure you are feeling the horrible letdown of the game. we still love our favre over here and congratulate them on a GREAT season!! at least you have new packer t-shirts for the rest of the trip :) p.s. more tron pictures please! |
| 6th January 2008 Charsey | why not live in two different places? - From: Let the Aussie Job Hunt begin! Sounds like you found another place where you can party in Wandke style! Why not live in both places? Belize give you the tropical home and Melbourne give the city life you can't leave behind. It will be Wandkerific!! |
| 25th December 2007 Lin | MERRY CHRISTMAS - From: the Totally Awesome Barrier Reef and HAPPY NEW YEAR. Haven't heard anything from you in a while. I'm sure you're too busy building an underwater village to live in forever. Thats what I would be doing. Miss you. Happy Holidays. Laters Lin |
| 13th December 2007 aunt sassy | the most awesomest - From: the Totally Awesome Barrier Reef gotta love your excitement in all of your blogs - love to read them!! .... was that santa hat superimposed? toooo funneeeee. merry christmas! |
| 12th December 2007 Leisch | You are amazing! - From: the Totally Awesome Barrier Reef I love getting all of your blogs and postcards. What an incredible time in your life! I'm so glad we all get to experience your journeys through these blogs. Be safe. Ho Ho Ho |
| 12th December 2007 Shannon Piazza | Awesome pic's - From: the Totally Awesome Barrier Reef Hey Steph, thanks for the awesome underwater photos! You are certainly living your dream - live some for me, as well! I think I would pass out if I came that close to an eel - you're such a tomboy!! |
| 1st December 2007 Mommy | it's about time! - From: Petronas! Petronas! cheesy pizza daughter of mine. haven't heard a peep outta you since our phone chat on the 18th, not even a little ole e-mail. you know your mommy can't take that, not knowing about your safety! miss your stories and pics, you spoiled us with more frequent blogs in countries before! i'll try to keep busy with the holiday madness upon us and try not to worry as much (altho it's part of my job doncha know!). hugs and kisses. |
| 25th November 2007 Unk Robb | not QUITE so jealous now - From: I had to share this Paradise (#3) with every Speedo on the planet It's been exciting, but torture, reading your blogs, cuz you know we were adventurers too, BK (b4 kids), spending months in Europe, Russia, Japan, 4 cruises, etc. BUT today I booked a cruise for the end of January that will take us to some of the best snorkeling in the Caribbean - Roatan (Honduras), Belize (heard of it?) and Cozumel! So thanks for the inspiration, and btw, you owe me $2K - cuz you made me do it! |