Blogs from Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, North America - page 5

I love the smell of napalm in the morning -LTC Kilgore, Apocalypse Now Welcome to the travelog. Blogs blow. I'll be gone for 2 months (leaving May 31 returning July 31). As most of you know, the majority of the trip will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam. After 3 or so weeks here, I'll be traveling to Thailand for two weeks. Bangkok will be the arrival point and travel south towards the islands/beaches is expected. The following two weeks will be spent traveling through Laos and southern Vietnam. The final week will be the trip back to Hanoi by bus/train from Ho Chi Minh City with stops at small cities/villages along the way. If anyone has any knowledge of the area or any hotspots to note, feel free to let me know via comment, email or ... read more

Camper is loaded, things are packed, we're almost ready to go. We watched National Lampoon's Vacation last night. Shawn can't wait to look for Christy Brinkly in the red Ferrari and the girls are hoping find the House of Mud. Me, I'm just hoping no one dies along the way!... read more

With less than two days remaining before we head out to Beijing, I am scrambling to get everything together and all my projects finished. I think I'm going to try and find a nice NBA jersey to increase my popularity as a professional basketball player. Folks seem to enjoy them over there. We have been talking with the three UC grads who we'll be meeting and doing some tours with in Beijing. Their names are Matt Mezinskis, Adam Hildebrand, and Brent Cengia. As far as I can tell, they're going to be a lot of fun even though one's a sigma chi and the other two are betas. I believe we'll be doing the great wall tour, UC recruitment banquet, and certainly some after hours festivities. Until next time, -Gage... read more

Sooo, it's been a little while since we blogged. Just consider it a testament to how busy we were and how much fun we were having! We are back home safe and sound, and can't believe how quickly 3 weeks flew by. Our flight got back into JFK on Thursday, where Susan's mom was great enough to pick us up and feed us all the foods we were craving (mmmm, water with ice....). Carolyn and I drove to Hershey that night to spend the night at my house, and although the jet lag made us feel like it was about 4am, we of course were able to stay up late enough to watch the finale of The Office (seriously Pam and Jim??!!). The next morning we made the 8 hour drive back to Oxford. My travels ... read more

After driving to Cincinnati, getting about 17 immunizations (ok, 4, but it felt like 17), surviving a power outage and some major storms, and getting about 900 errands done, I am finally ready to go on the journey! I leave from Cincy at 10:30, then my big flight is Chicago-Beijing at 1:30 CST. So scary! One of my errands in the last few days was to get a new camera, and here are my first published photos... one of my feelings about being up at 5:30 a.m. (booo), and one about my feelings about setting up my new camera (ahh... I am techno-unsavvy!). Wish me luck and think of me crammed in my coach seat for 14 hours!... read more