Blogs from Castro Valley, California, United States, North America

Geo: 37.6945, -122.086It's 6:17am and the alarm is telling me to "get up". Our driver and her assistant will be here at 9am to ferry us and our luggage to OAK. I instruct Karen to begin our last minute preparations while I snooze for 10 more minutes. Our bags are packed, cameras, iPad and phones charged and ready to go. Boarding passes, passports, wallet, credit cards, medications? Check. Cats have food? Who cares. Heat off? Light timers on? I think we're ready. We are going to the Caribbean for two weeks, however, we will not be alone.Last August I booked a Holland America cruise for a week. Those additional 7 days will put us into the 4 star category with some nice perks offered on our future cruises. To make the long flight to Florida worthwhile, ... read more

I am finally moved out of my place. Yay! I am so excited and nervous about my move to Thailand. I know I have made the right decision. Two more months until I flight out to Phnom Penh, Cambodia for my month long program to learn TESOL. Then early December my group and I will drive to Pattaya, Thailand.... read more

Geo: 37.709, -122.089I had to go to Costco to get more luggage just what Al wants to here!!!!! Post office to mail out all the bills for when were gone and of course Miner Mart for Al's milk....Getting Ready to go to Dinos restaurant for my Birthday dinner at 6:30 Getting more and more antsy about leaving home but excited also..Just a few more days and gone thurs morning....Had a very nice phone call from my brother Joe for my birthday nice talking to him...Just Karen... read more

Geo: 37.709, -122.089Just doing things around the house. Mom's packing. Put in some irrigation. Went to dumps. Manuel came by yesterday to give the yards a once over. Mom's getting freaked about Al-Keida. I work for 3 more days and then gone.This is a test.Al... read more

I am currently in San Diego after a month away travelling. America has flown by and we are leaving for South America on Thursday. I apologise for not updating this earlier but to be honest I have been enjoying myself too much and have had too much to do like go out, go to the beach etc. I also apologise for some dodgy spelling, there is no spell check. Our first day was quite eventful. There was a tearful goodbye from my mum at the airport, obviously. As we were going through security Doug started setting off the alarms, he was called over and they asked if he knew what he had tried to bring through, bemused he said nothing. The security then pulled out 4 kitchen knives from his bag. He had left them in ... read more