December 24th 2009Asia » Malaysia Our run up the peninsula began in super clean ultra flash and rule ridden Singapore.Its an odd place and having come from Jakarta you can really see how far the dollar can go in making a place run exa ... [full story]
November 22nd 2009Asia » India » Goa
The Corcoran’s outdo themselves this week in their transportation of large and bulky items on the scooter. In preparation for the arrival of one father, one mother and one sister, we transp ... 8 photos[full story]
December 24th 2009Asia Wow.. the train ride to pune was amazing.. we hung out the doors and had the wind in our faces which was amazing (until somthing wet spattered onto my face.. i dread to think what it was but i then de ... [full story]
November 15th 2009Asia With the start of the tourist season proper, we find ourselves on the traditional booze cruise known as “Betty’s Boats”. For a fixed price a crowd of ex-pats have a brief trip out to ... 8 photos[full story]
December 24th 2009Asia dear ano(nymous?). am aware of my dumb,negative, side i
xpress. i do cos: 1st witetrashism,2nd think it
funny,selfcritic,self,auto,ironic.3rd is part of
whole,true,self. i dont wanna stand in
shin ... [full story]
December 24th 2009Europe » Spain » Principality of Asturias » Oviedo Ron has been reading Ghost Train to the Eastern Star aloud to me in bed, and I blame Paul Theroux for that all-night train ride from Barcelona to Oviedo, I really do. I lay lonely and claustrophobic i ... 4 photos[full story]
December 24th 2009South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana
Nu uw deuren gebarricadeerd zijn door de hevige sneeuwval, de ANWB gefoeterd heeft de vierwieler met rust te laten en de NS eindelijk heeft geadviseerd wat ze al jaren geleden hadden moeten doen ( ... [full story]
December 12th 2009Oceania » New Zealand » South Island We want to start out our blog by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a safe and blessed time. Take care and God Bless! Thanks fo ... 233 photos[full story]
December 24th 2009South America » Peru » Arequipa » Arequipa Hola amigos,
This is Kara here. Megan and I have decided to alternate writing the blog entries to even out the workload, because, no one wants to be overworked on vacation! Just a disclaimer, this ... 6 photos[full story]
December 24th 2009Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Katikati Hello everyone from sunny Katikati!!
Well most of you will already know that I'm back from my travels and have been for a while now....I seem to have lost interest in updating this blog when the trip ... [full story]
December 24th 2009Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Surfers Paradise Due to me having nothing exciting to say I haven't written on here for a while!
In the last 3-4 weeks of being in Surfers Paradise I've not done a lot... just job-searched and found! I'm working ... [full story]
December 23rd 2009Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney After waiting for what seemed to be about 3 hrs for our laundry to be done we went to Paddy's Market (an indoor market on the doorstep of our hostel that runs Wed-Sun). Picked up some really cheap fru ... [full story]
December 23rd 2009North America » United States » California » Los Angeles This year we decided to fly standby to LA for Christmas. Big mistake!!!
Our son Dave is a pilot for Continental and we get free coach travel anywhere in the world that Continental flies. Standby ... 3 photos[full story]
December 22nd 2009Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Nangus DAY 410
I Skyped Mum and Dad first thing this morning, I was still getting over my cold so Mum was about to tell me to go to bed with a hot water bottle, but then remembered that it was morning ... 11 photos[full story]
December 24th 2009North America » United States » Vermont Tonight I am preoccupied by thoughts about my upcoming trip. I leave in 11 days and there is still so much to do.
As I often do when I should be doing a million other things, I pulled out the memo ... [full story]
December 18th 2009South America » Peru » Cusco Well, our last week in the sacred valley of Peru was action packed.
We loved Aguas Calientes hot springs. The water was a good temperature, no sulfer smell and we were very grateful for the soak a ... 15 photos[full story]