Blogs from Tampa, Florida, United States, North America - page 10

Every year as we welcome the month of September, I can't help but think back to that crazy day seven years ago (has it been 7 years already) when planes crashed and buildings were pummeled. It is one of those memorable events that is engraved in your mind forever. I remember it well because at the time I was staying at a friend's place in Northern Manhattan. Ironically enough I was there on vacation, and some vacation it turned out to be. Can you imagine, a city the size of New York coming to an absolute stop?! No public transportation, no cars, no planes, no business... everything just came to a complete halt. People had to walk for miles just to get home; it just put everything in crazy proportions. As significant as we thing we ... read more

The Beijing Olympics have really given me an appetite to visit there again. My last visit was in my teens, which was about a decade ago (oops, I kind of revealed my age), and it seems that Beijing has drastically changed since then. China is rapidly developing, and it goes without saying that the Beijing Olympics provided a major boost. From what I know, the provincial areas have not evolved much as in any developing country; however, the cities have really changed with newly born sky scrapers capturing the skyline on a daily basis. From what my friends tell me, it really is a site to see. ... read more

So I made it to Florida safe and sound in the great city of Miami on June 12th, 2008. I don't have any pictures because I became extremely ill on the flight over. Very ironic considering that I never once became sick in Guatemala or Honduras and yet I catch a fever and a stomach flew on the flight back. So I traveled around Miami at 9pm at night wandering the streets to see if I could find the Miami International Hostel which I could not, but I did stumble across this other Hostel which had a Mexican restaurant right below where I bought 2 huge burritos. I was too sick to eat them then and there so I saved them for the trip the next day. I was going to hitchhike but I was just ... read more

As most of you know we will be traveling through Europe from June 25th through July 18th and we would like to invite everyone to follow along via this blog. We will be adding entries and pictures as we make our way from London to Rome, so check in from time to time and we'll try to provide some entertainment. Also, feel free to add comments. Below are some pics from past trips ... ... read more

We’re Off! In true roadtrip fashion, we leave tampa today 2 hours late, and get our early morning start at the crack of 9:30. The general plan is to head up the SunCoast Highway, then get onto rt 19 to rt 98 until we hit Apalachicola. We are in absolutely no rush. The day is cloudless and gorgeous, hot and dry, and the drive is easy. The windows are down, and NPR is on the radio; Click and Clack discussing replacing a clutch. 19 is a small highway, dotted on each side by little towns, aged reminants of a bygone era before the coming of the interstate. The Florida coastal jungle is big here, pines and undergrowth so thick, both Rob and I were individually wondering what it must have been like for the explorers in ... read more