http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/Uptown/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Minnesota , Minneapolis , Uptown en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:12:33 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:12:33 UTC I arrived at my final destination around ninethirty in the evening tired thirsty and hot. Over the previous twentyfour hours I had made my way from Minneapolis to Chicago through Beijing and finally into the sweltering third furnace of China Chongqing. During those three flights and two layovers I sat next to a frightened Somalian on his first flight back to medical school a boorish you http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/Uptown/blog-328814.html ok. my plane leaves at like 1 pm tomorrow. i'm waiting to get a haircut and then danielle is forcing me to go out or something like that. i'm all packed just need to cancel my cell phone tomorrow withdraw some cash and pick up a perscription. i didn't manage to finish reading all the books i was supposed to but i got a lot done. hopefully i can read on the plane and not throw up. i hav http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/Uptown/blog-282625.html ok. so i started this blog thing... we'll see how much i really use it. i'm leaving monday june 2nd for my trip. i found out today i will be getting to kampala uganda before the rest of the group so i have an extra day to do whatever before all the school stuff starts. i guess that's cool but it kind of pissed me off at first i don't really understand why i'm getting there early and i hav http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/Uptown/blog-279363.html We are at the Airport with Jer and Renee Mom and Dad are expected to arrive soon. Renee looks so sweet carrying her big white garmet bag with the dress. Time to board.... http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/Uptown/blog-260006.html It has nearly been 10 months since I made the decision to leave the corporate world behind in pursuit of an adventure. And now I find myself 1 day away from departure sitting in my parentrsquos house with all of my personal belongs trying to figure out how one packs for an entire year. Over these last several months I have slowly been preparing myself for what is coming next life as an Englis http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/Uptown/blog-209945.html Kevin Slowey my good friend and one of the newest subscribers to this blog sent me a package to France with a new baseball glove and some underarmour baseball clothing. I wrote him an email to thank him for his gracious gift and he said that he did not need any thanks but that if I ever felt obliged I could feature him in one of my blog entries. Well that time has come. This morning I was http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/Uptown/blog-164231.html Updates at bottomBrian and Olaf spent another looong day yesterday working on the bus. They started at around noon and worked straight through to 430 am. Brian and I woke up at 930 today to run to a hydraulics shop just north of Minneapolis. It's about 600 pm now and it seems as they are getting close. I still am amazed that they are able to do this whole dieselvegetable oil conversion a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/Uptown/blog-93269.html This coming weekend we will be going to the Eccentrick Festival in Raleigh North Carolina. Brian and his good friend Olaf have been working nonstop on a vegetable oil conversion for our bus the Nebuchadnezzar. They hope to have it ready by Thursday morning its Tuesday night right now. In the event it isn't ready for this trip it will be ready for our tour in NovemberDecember. I also purchase http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/Uptown/blog-92837.html