Egentlig er det ganske kjedelig å skrive reisedagbok, det er derfor det blir så lenge mellom hver gang. Jeg burde skrevet hver dag for å få med alt, men det gidder jeg ikke og da ender noe opp i glemmeboka. Men noe må jeg jo ha å fortelle når jeg kommer hjem også. Siste dagen i Charlotte kjørte Cathy meg til Budget hvor jeg hadde reservert en Ford Focus for å kjøre til [url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=no&geocode=&q=Tampa,+FL&ie=UTF8&ll=27.947099,-82.44278&spn=0.585941,1.277161&z=10&iwloc=addr]Tampa, Florida. Da damen bak disken spurte meg «would a Mustang do for you, sir?», [View Full Entry]

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Sarasota, Florida - Feb. 5, 2008 Tuesday, Feb. 5 - Our flight into Fort Myers was uneventful. The Schooner was right where we left it in the long term lot at the airport. Nice not to have to take a cab to an RV storage area. We headed for Sarasota. Sun ‘n Fun is just that - bright sunshine and a fun Mardi Gras atmosphere! Wednesday / Thursday - Pool, hot tubs and lots of reading on Wednesday until we drove into Sarasota to catch a sunset at Bayfront Park and snacks at O’Leary’s Tikki Bar (we had learned about O’Leary’s [View Full Entry]

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Okay, so despite Brisbane being a really great city it was getting a little lonely. You meet some cool people but it's not like having your friends around you. The main problem was that hostels really aren't for me. They're all decent as far as hostels go but they're basically what I've been working for the last few years to get away from - no privacy, nowhere to put any belongings. You literally live out of a bag which is just hassle. To cut a long story short, rather than continuing to haemorrhage money on something that was okay I've decided [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Florida Saturday 1/5/07. We are currently staying at Bahia Vista. Our schedule for this month is: Jan 6 - 12 Lois' kids will be visiting Jan 13 - 19 open Jan 20 - 26 open Jan 27 - 31 open [View Full Entry]

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We will be moving the the Condo for two weeks. [View Full Entry]

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Well here we go again... I have been in the US since the 18th and have enjoyed my time with my sister and her family. As you know I love wee ones and we spent CHristmas with my nephew's family ...an 8 month old girl and a 24 month old boy...lots of fun. Currently we are at an RV rally and have spent the day at the beach...the temp was 82F although the water was quite cold. Life is hard... On the 3rd I will be leaving for Mexico and will spend a few days in Rincon Guybitos(phonetic spelling ) before [View Full Entry]

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Hello everybody, Our big trip to Asia started by heading East. After a long and painful last week in San Francisco, we went to Baltimore where we spent a few days with Tara's family. We did a couple of short hikes in two different parks, ate too much, and time flew by. We arrived in Bradenton, Florida on Sunday evening where we spend the week with our good friends (and great hosts) Christophe and Melanie. Christophe (yes, it's a fairly popular name in France) and I went to University together and both ended up with a history degree. And while I [View Full Entry]

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OK, I had to cut things short last time, but I realized I left out my most memorable day in Sarasota, which was unfortunately the last one...for now!! I decided to get creative and do what I like to call a beach survey. Basically, I made it my mission to go to every single beach in Sarasota. OK, my original goal was to hit every beach in Sarasota county, but I need to come back again to go to Casey Key, Nokomis Beach, Venice Beach, Casperson Beach, and Manasota Beach. I decided to start from the top. First stop was [View Full Entry]

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I decided I needed a long weekend far, far away from northeast, so I started doing some research. I knew I wanted to stay in the country and I've always been a big fan of Florida, but I've never really strayed from the East Coast. This summer, I thought I might try something new. I had been hearing rave reviews from friends and family about a cute little west coast Florida town called Sarasota. Being a dedicated Seinfeld fan, I remember Jerry's parents mentioning Sarasota fairly often, so I finally decided to check it out. This place literally blew me away. [View Full Entry]

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An early departure and an 8 hour flight later Claire, Mark (Claire's boyfriend) and I (the 3rd wheel) arrived in Sanford, Florida - to a sweltering heat of about 30C. We learnt straight away not to be nice to customs as obviously a friendly kiwi smile and hello automatically qualifies you to be declined entrance to the USA until you have had your luggage scanned. Once outside, and in the hire car I had to strip off because it was so damn hot, the air conditioning took a while to kick in. It felt funny being back in America and [View Full Entry]

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