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Europe » Italy » Campania » Sorrento May 19th 2011

We made it to Sorrento, Italy after a day and night of traveling. We begin our journey at noon from San Diego where we took a flight from San Diego to Los Angeles and then Los Angeles to Rome, then took a train from Rome airport to Rome Termini train station where we then took another train to Napolis Centrale and then another train from Napolis to Sorrento and finally a taxi to the hotel. What a day of traveling! We arrived at Sorrento around 6:00 pm. My first impression of Sorrento was WOW! What a beautiful town. After we checked in to our hotel, we walked around and had dinner at the main square. What a relaxing way to end the day. We met a nice lady on the plain from LAX to Rome who ... read more
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South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires December 31st 2010

Day 11 - Dec 31 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Final Day and End of Our South America Vacation: First of all, Happy New Year Everyone! Would like to thank you everyone who commented on our blog. Before go over what we had done for our final day, just would like to recap what we did last night. As I mentioned on the last blog, we had made arrangements to meet with our friend from San Diego who is here in BA as well. We had a nice dinner with him and his friend. Vince, if you reading this, thanks again for great company, great conversation in a nice setting! Safe trip back home and we will see you in San Diego. Today, we decided to do another bike tour but this time through the south ... read more
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South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires December 30th 2010

Day 10 - Dec 30 - Buenos Aires - San Martin, San Telmo, Puerto Madero and Plaza de Mayo: Another busy day at BA today. After our usual breakfast at our hotel, we set out to see more of the city. We used their subway system yesterday and found it to be an easy way for us to get around. So, we took a subway to the Retro/Downtown area and walked from their to the San Telmo area which is mostly known for its antigues. While exploring the area, we ran into a friend from San Diego. We knew he was going to be in town but did not expect to just run into him on the street in such a big cty with millions of people. We arranged to meet up with him and his ... read more
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South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires December 29th 2010

Day 9 - Dec 29 - Buenos Aires - Palermo, Recoleta & San Martin Areas. First of all, I had always read that Buenos Aires (BA) was the Paris of South America. I must agree with their assessement after a busy day of explore the city today. Statues and parks seem everywhere and the architecture of many of the buildings looks as it does in Paris. I woke up around 7:00 am this morning while Ken was still sleeping. I went down to explore the hotel to see what they had to offer and also had breakfast. I also spent time looking at their brochures the hotel had on what to do in BA. They are many thing to do and see here in BA. After Ken had breakfast, we sat out to explore Palermo where ... read more
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South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana December 28th 2010

Day 8 - Dec 28 - Rio De Janerio - Copacabana - Final Day: Today is our final day in Rio. Our day started with our usual breakfast then we walked along the beach to visit nearby Fort Copacabana. This Fort is between Copacabana and Impanema beach. We have tried to go there a few times but each time it was closed. After the Fort, we walked to Impanema beach for the last time and headed back to the hotel to clean up and pack our bags. We then picked up something to eat by the hotel and headed to the airport around 2 pm. Our flight left Rio at 6:48 pm and arrived in Buenos Aires around 10:00 or so. We got a cab to the Duque Boutique Hotel and Spa and got our room. ... read more
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South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Santa Teresa December 27th 2010

Day 7 - Dec 27 - Rio De Janerio - Selaron - Santa Teresa: Before talking about today, I would like to recap what we did last night. We went to Impanema to have dinner where we had lunch early because they had good chicken meals that I had mentioned a lot on this trips blog. Across the street from the chicken place was a happening bar which created a big impromptu party in the street as people were just standing around drinking and listening to the music coming from the bar. Once we finished our meal we joined the party for a little while before heading back to Copacabana. It was fun and relaxing night. Today is another relaxing day. In the morning we walked along the beach toward Impanema to do more shopping and ... read more
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South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Ipanema December 26th 2010

Day 5 - Dec 25 - Rio De Janerio - Impanema: Christmas day was a a nice sunny day and most things were closed so we decided to make it our beach day. After our usual breakfast in our hotel, we went out to get our beach supplies such as water, money, etc. We decide to go to Impanema beach to layout on the beach. We rented our beach chairs and umbellas, ordered some drinks and watched the world go by. Impanema is a beautiful beach with lots of eye candy! During lunch, we went to have their famous grilled chicken. It sort of like bake/barbecue chickens and tasted very good. This has turned out to be our main meal here. We have tried various fancy resturants near our hotel but did not like much of ... read more
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South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana December 24th 2010

Day 4 - Dec 24 - Rio De Janerio: We woke up to a sunny day at the beach today. Had our usual breakfast at our hotel and decided our day's agenda. We can see the Christ the Redeemer statue from our room. It looked like it was very cloudy on the top of the mountain so we decided that we should go to Sugar Loaf today. After confirming it was open, we hopped in a taxi and got over there around 10 minutes to 11:00. Since it was Christmas Eve, they closed early - at 11:00! We were bummed out about it so we made a quick decision to try the Christ the Redeemer (One of the new Seven Wonder of the world) - despite the clounds. When we got there, you couldn't even see ... read more
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South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana December 23rd 2010

Day 1 & Day 2 - Dec 21 to Dec 22: It has been a long journey to our first destination - Rio De Janerio, Brazil. It probably took us a Day and half to get to Rio. We flew from LAX to San Jose, Costa Rica (had 6 hours layover so we took a taxi to Downtown Central Market of San Jose). Not much to see there. Went back to the airport to catch a flight from San Jose to Lima, Peru, then Buenos Aires and final destination Rio. Got to Rio around 4 pm local time. Checked in to our hotel at Copacabana and then went to explore the beach area around our hotel. Rio is very nice place. It's remind me of Hawaii. It's very tropical here. It rained last night but that ... read more
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North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver September 6th 2010

Short weekend trip to Vancouver, BC from Sept 3 to Sept 6, 2010. Day 1 - Arrived in Vancouver around 10:30 pm Labor Day weekend. Skipping the taxi cabs, we headed straight for the Canada Line train which was an easy ride to within a few blocks of our hotel. We like to try to use public transportation when possible to better learn how the city works. After getting checked in, we walked around the city for about an hour before heading back to the hotel. Day 2 - Despite the rainy reputation Vancouver has, today was sunny and cool. We walked from the hotel to the Waterfront area. We then continued our walk up the seawall to Stanley Park. Vancouver is a really beutiful city. It seems one part Canadian, one part Asian (mostly Twainees), ... read more
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