Blogs from Santa Ana, California, United States, North America - page 2

I’m new to TravelBlog, so let me introduce myself. My name is Robert Felton, and I got my first taste of adventure travel while hiking through Volcano National Park in Rwanda on a gorilla trek. Scouts were sent ahead of us to locate the gorillas, and it wasn’t long before the guides had us follow them along a path they cleared through a dense patch of lush green nettles. And there they were… a small community of gorillas, and we were right in the middle of them. It was breathtaking. After that trip to Rwanda I started researching future adventure travel trips, and soon I had a lot of great information that I thought would help others. So, I built a Web site to share all that I had learned with others interested in finding great ... read more

Hi everyone! Just a quick note to let you all know that I am back in the states safe and sound. I'm currently working on typing out all of the blogs from Africa, so blogs and pics should be posted shortly... oh yeah... I made the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro!!!!! Just for those who were curious... Anyway, blogs coming soon... K ... read more

Auckland Airport Day 76 December 16, 2008 I am sitting here bored in the Auckland airport waiting for our flight to Tokyo. The TV is on and I’m seeing that there is a rainy weather forecast for the next week for most of NZ. That helps ease the sorrowful pangs of leaving. We saw a lot in our 33 days in NZ, so no regrets other than wishing it could have been 63 days. We are leaving with good feelings about NZ. It is a country with beautiful scenery, friendly people, great wine and food, and LOTS of sheep. Fourteen Hours Later Now we are on the last leg to LA. Can’t help but compare the U.S. airlines to others. At the beginning of the trip we flew to Sydney on United. We were very cramped ... read more