http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Texas , Dallas en-us Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:46:02 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:46:02 +0000 Hi We've made it as far as DallasWe 'enjoyed' the longest checkin ever leaving Vancouver as we scrambled or as much as one scrambles when waiting over and hour in a line trying to figure out how to not have 3 small carryons and still have the food we need for a full day. Thankfully they took pity on us given that they weren't feeding us. We have a 3hour layover in Dallas and are enjoying t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-463577.html My first blogWhile many of you know I moved to Dallas this summer I will be embarking on another adventure much farther south come January. My new home for 5 months maybe more will be in South America. I will be based in Ecuador and Peru for the majority of the time but I am planning on backpacking in my free time. Here is my itinerary so farJanuary 67 Arrive in Quito EcuadorJanuary 8 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-459362.html Hi Everyone I just flew for free and couldnrsquot believe how fast I earned my free frequent flier miles just for going to my local dry cleaners Resturants and Stores . And the best thing is you can really save i have gone all over Europe it is great because I LOVE to travel check this site out it's really cool you'll thank me www.thanksagain.com Gina http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/Uptown/blog-447923.html Day two of this trip started at night in Texas. With five states behind me Texas was a big landmark in my path. I had never seen Texas before and I was very anxious to get there and experience what its landscape had to offer. As we entered the state I realized we didnrsquot plan our entrance accordingly. It was pitch black in the night and all the way to Dallas was pretty much a dark voidhell http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/Uptown/blog-446399.html 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 who http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-433104.html Dear ReadersIt has been two weeks since I returned to the US from a very moving and life changing foreign exchange trip and I have learned about the distinctive culture that is the Latin America of which I will not go into here some of it is found in the other blogs and some of it one will have to experience for himself.I returned to Miami International Airport at 430 in the morning on the 29 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-427460.html At 4 'o clock we dropped a shaking Lola off to jail otherwise known as the vet and we were off Once off without a Starbucks because of dad who made stupid excuses like traffic and was unmoved by begging. In Norman Dads road rage which had already been in full power after me telling him to calm down were not in a hurry he responded Settle down kicked into overdrive as the boys start http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-426262.html I leave in 15 hours and 4 minutesTomorrow 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 h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-425172.html Dallas to Memphis 30cAlthough it was neither a particularly late night nor an overly long day yesterday either since Irsquod had a lie in yesterday morning compared with other mornings getting up at 715am ready for the coach departure at 745am felt really hard this morning However there were certainly plenty of people who had much less sleep than I had after what was a late night for them http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-424764.html Temp 35CDay 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 anyw http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-424631.html Temp 36CDay 30 we got up early what a surprise after just a few hours sleep no surprise there either to head for Dallas Texas. On the way we stopped at a lil town called Childress Texas. When we drove into the town we noticed that there was debris and crap everywhere and some of the buildings were quite damaged. Turns out the night before less than 2 hrs from where we stayed the night http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-424630.html Woken up by Michelle who was going on an optional day trip to Fortworth. I decided to give it a miss and sleep in. I was woken up by housekeeping and figured it was about 1010.30 Checked about 10 clocks because I couldn't believe the real time 1.30pm. Think my body's trying to tell me I need more sleep PMissed everyone going to the 6th Floor Museum so I walked down there by myself. It's all http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-424502.html Dallas 35c 55 humidityAfter last nightrsquos fairly late end I still managed to wake up fairly refreshed around 9am. After checking my email and surfing the web for a while from the comfort of my big hotel bed I got up showered dressed and headed out at 10am. Scott wanted a lie in this morning so I didnrsquot bother waking him up leaving him a note instead telling him where I was hea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-424478.html We accidentally slept in this day I woke up about 5 mins before brekkie was to start... so i skipped in then got on the bus..We had two stops once in Childress or something similar. Didn't do much there but it was interesting because a tornado had been through the night before Scary it was only a coupla hours from where we were staying.Also stopped at a Walmart or something too.. I'm not entir http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-424473.html So I'm leaving on my big trip 3 weeks and 40 minutesI'm almost ready save 2 shots and buying my travel insurance and international cell phone plan. I've got my tickets for the first two desitinations to prove onward travel etc. but no more. I will be buying airline tickets along the way whenever I feel like it to where I feel like it. instead of telling you boring details I'll tell you wher http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-418685.html Guy and I check in to Melrose Warwick Hotel. The Melrose has a feel of genteel charm and comfort it seems like kimd of hotel where you'll take your mom or a rich old discreet benafactor. All the hotel staff is knowledgable and very accomodating. Well I do not waste time and hit Dallas scene first off we where hungry so we went to downtown to eat at Hoffbraus along with his best buddy which right n http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-414279.html We have finnaly arrived in Washington DC after spending a great 3 weeks with Donna Tasha's Auntie.We arrived in DFW airport after a brief stop over in Las Vagas for an hour we did get to see a bit of the skyline out of the window Coming out of the airport was a bit confusing not helped by the woman who worked there and eventually we found DonnaWe dragged our ever expanding luggage to Do http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-412012.html My last day in Texas. It started out in the Austin hostel where I went to tour the State Capitol Building. The building is enormous. I think Texas is secretly trying to move the US government here. The building is a monster and looks similar to the US Capitol.Later in the morning I headed out through the ldquohill countryrdquo to Driftwood about a half an hour away. Whatrsquos in Driftwoo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-407982.html 34 major cities 17 countries and 4 amazing months. It has been such a humbling and gratifying experience. I was able to learn about 17 different countries and experience their culture. Traveling every weekend showed me the knowledge and drive I can put forth into creating unforgetable experiences and how to adapt to every single situation. You never know what is going to be thrown at you next. Yo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-402366.html May 21 2009 Dallas TX NihaoWell we all woke up sort of in time some didn't sleep and met at the Institute to literally truck on in to the OKC airport. Many thanks to Jacob Farris who stayed up an extra half hour beyond his usual bed time to pick us up at 430 in his truck and dropped us off at the departure level in OKC. The truck bed was full of luggage since we're taking some extra bags http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-400772.html