Blogs from Dallas, Texas, United States, North America - page 15

Note: Havent been able to update the blog over the past few days.. Hotels without Internet, more hours of driving as we dropped off people along the way, and weeks of travel through changing weather, different altitudes and shifting time zones caught up with us eventually. Unfortunately, that means that I dont remember all the fun, whacky moments from the trip that made it such an enjoyable holiday :( Its those stories, those anecdotes that defined our trip, but nevertheless, heres an overview of what we did end up doing. ************************** Day 08 in Dallas: Started our drive from New Orleans after our jazz show at about 8pm.. Plan was to see how far we can get before pulling in at one of the motels along the way and calling it a night.. At around 1am, ... read more

Ron drove mum and I to the airport, Mum and I were off to Dallas to see Louise, Colin, James and Lachlan for four weeks. The trip to Dallas from Melbourne took around 25 hours via Sydney and San Fransisco. When we finally arrived we were very happy to be picked up from the airport by Colin and the boys. Louise was at conference and was due home that night. Louise and Colin have a beautiful home in Southlake, a lovely area around 40 minutes drive from the centre of Dallas. The homes in Southlake are all large, Louise explained they had choosen one of the smaller houses, at 40 squares it seems enormous to us. Mum and I have the whole upstairs to ourselves, there is a play room off our rooms, so the boys ... read more

Perfectly relaxed from the day spent hiking and bathing, I ruin the whole relaxation by getting another Greyhound to Dallas. Nevertheless I make it there in the night, but realize that the Dallas Greyhound station is not THE place to be in the early hours. In fact, one might wonder why I would go to Dallas at all as, apart from being the place where JFK was assassinated in 1963, there is not a whole lot to do. The reason is that Steffi, who was an exchange student when I was in MI, happens to be there for the summer. Also, Sally's brother Pete says that I could stay at his place for a couple of days. So, friends and a place to stay is enough for me! On the first day Pete invites me to ... read more

I leave in 15 hours and 4 minutes! Tomorrow afternoon I have a direct flight from Dallas to Tokyo and a 3 hour layover to catch my connection to Singapore. Since I bought my ticket to Singapore on airline miles I didn't get the best selection and will be arriving after midnight I'll be spending tomorrow night (well day after tomorrow technically) at the airport and taking a taxi to the hostel I have already reserved. That's about as far as I have really planned in depth. Mostly I have set a list of goals for each destination and will be planning out a plane/bus/ taxi ride and one hostel in advance as I go to keep my schedule flexible. I have a few goals in mind for Singapore but mostly I expect to spend a ... read more

Temp: 35°C Day 31 once again started with very little sleep. We had an optional trip this morning for a drive out to Fort Worth, Texas. There was prob only about 20 of us that showed up, as tired as i was i figured i wouldnt get a chance to do this again any time soon so why waste my day in bed. It was about a half hour drive out there anyway on which we got to spread out on the seats and sleep anyway. We arrived in what was kind of like an old cowboy town that you see in the movies but it had been kind of touristised. The had some old saloon style shops etc so we just walked around taking photos and going into the souvenir shops. A funny thing we ... read more