HH -> A-Town -> Bingo, Alabama -> Memphis Today we drove about 650 miles or so. Ten hours in the car. We stopped once for gas when we crossed into the central time zone! The most impressive part about that is the cell phones switched automatically upon the Central Time Zone sign. This is officially the farthest west Pete has ever been. We started the day in SC and had to back track a little bit back into Georgia to take I-16 to Atlanta before getting on I-75 and then 78 and then 240 and then 40. Luckily for pretty much [View Full Entry]

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Saturday Night - April 18th Woke up this morning to Elvis music which constantly plays throughout the hotel and had some hotel breakfast (English muffin and what they like to call juice). We showered up and headed into the city. We didn’t really have any plans for many things so we were pretty much winging it. Parked the car by the Mississippi River, really weird but it was free and in a well lit area, good enough for us. We walked up Beale Street which was awesome. They had a Corvette car show which closed down the whole street. We were [View Full Entry]

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For all you Elvis fans, here's to Taking Care of Business in Graceland! Enjoy the pics! [View Full Entry]

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046 - USA - Memphis 03/23/09 - 03/25/09 “I'm going to Graceland... Graceland... Memphis, Tennessee...” -Paul Simon Ever wonder how we chose the destinations for our round-the-world trip? It wasn't a scientific process but we did have some selection criteria. First, we wanted to go to places that we've never visited before (except for Greece which was our halfway 'recharge' point). So, as cool as Aussies are, I've been there, so Oz was out and Indonesia in. Next, we chose places that we'd rather not go with a family in tow... so New Zealand out, India in. We didn't wan [View Full Entry]

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Chapter 10. Walking in Memphis, TENNESSEE Before we left today was what I was looking forward to most (besides surprising Robert of course), going to GRACELAND!!!!! We woke up early thanks to our walking alarm clock…Noah, had breakfast and walked out the door for the 3 hour drive to Memphis. Arriving at Graceland around 11.30, we bought our tickets and loaded onto the shuttle to go across the road to Elvis’ house!!!! We received the lecture at the door, “ No smoking, no food or drinks, no flash photography, no video or recording equipment. You can only go through [View Full Entry]

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Hello friends, trying to upload photos...getting ready to leave tomorrow for SouthEast Asia [View Full Entry]

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Dear Friends, My teacher is having me try to do this task myself. so here goes.... [View Full Entry]

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Really, this is the last( I hope) housekeeping detail that I have to take care on this site before leaving.... 1. If you no longer want to receive the 'blog' then write me an e-mail at: gunga5@juno.com I will delete your address. 2. Some people have said they have not been able to access the blog. You must have the address: webmaster@travelblog.org in your address book or else your server may delete it as SPAM. Hope that takes care of that little problem. Val and I are off to Vietnam ( Hanoi, HaLong Bay, Hue, and HoiAn- notice a pattern there?), [View Full Entry]

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“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgement. Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” Martin Luther King Jr. It was tough to leave the sunny south but it was time to continue on my journey. I would be heading north for only a short time. My first stop is Atlanta Georgia to continue my journey in Martin Luther King Jr. footsteps. The first step was to see the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC where he gave his “I [View Full Entry]

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The first morning in Memphis was amazing having woken up and being amongst friends. Daters and I had a rough plan of what we were going to do but nothing concrete so we swung by a lovely little deli on Mud Island called Cordelia’s where we bought coffee and headed into the centre. We were aiming for the Amtrak station and went to the correct area but it took us ages to find it and when we did the woman there was completely unhelpful and told me that I couldn’t pick up my ticket anywhere but New Orleans. So, we walked [View Full Entry]

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