Blogs from New Jersey, United States, North America - page 11

Hola y bienvenidos a mi TravelBlog! Less than 2 days until my week in Honduras! I am so excited to share my journey with everyone again, so please subscribe to get email updates! The Villa Soleada Children's Home for Girls is almost ready to be opened, but they are still accepting donations! I am almost halfway to my goal of $300. If you haven't already, please consider making a small donation via my Project Page at: http://www.ceciskids.org/fundraising/profile.php?id=1244 My trip this year will be extra special, as I will be joined by 2 of my former students from Lawrence Middle School. I can't wait for them to experience such an amazing adventure, and know that the work they will be doing will help make a huge contribution to the lives of some wonderful Honduran families. In addition ... read more

The bike is ready and I am all packed and ready to go. The weather looks good for the first few days. I will be traveling alone this time, I am curious to see how it is different and whether or not I like it. I have to be in Key West by Wednesday the 8th of May, so I will have to average 350 miles a day - shouldn't be too hard except that I have only been on the bike 3 rimes since I got back from the cross country trip last September so I expect that the first few days I will be very, very sore.... read more

We both got a decent night's sleep on the plane thanks to the assistance of a couple of sleeping pills. We awoke, had a quick bite of Saudi Arabian airline food and before we knew it we were landing at JFK. We arrived at the passport control area and after standing in line for ages, finally got to the front and were greeted by a power-hungry high horse of an immigration official. First of all, he did not consider Rach and I travelling together a 'family' and required us to fill out separate customs forms, even though we were told on the aeroplane and also by an assistant whilst waiting in line that we'd only need to fill out one. So Rach had to run back and fill out the form exactly the same as me ... read more

Thomas, Andy and I set out for the gambling adventure, destination Atlantic City, relatively early in the day. The drive to AC isn’t anything special and rain added to the mediocrity. We had a solid night’s rest and a good breakfast so we were definitely ready for some afternoon boozing. Grab bag of shooters arranged and distributed, we checked into the Topicana a little after 3:00 PM. The hotel room was nicer than we expected for the $60 special on Priceline, or whatever. We had a view of the ocean and downtown from the 56th floor. The room itself was a little dated, but it’s distinct 80s casino feel was authentic and apropos. A few pulls off the bottle of Dewars we brought with us and we were ready to hit the pit. I have never ... read more

Lambertville is a quaint town with lots of little shops at the most western edge of northern New Jersey. We're staying at the Inn at Lambertville Station, which is located right on the Delaware River. We can easily cross the river into New Hope, Pennsylvania, which is another cute town. Everything is easiliy accessible to us. We went to a wedding last night at Lambertville House and walked there with ease. This morning, we wanted to take a stroll along Bridge Street to get some coffee. After hours of waiting for everyone else, I finally took off on my own to take in some of the sites. There's a beautiful, stone Catholic church, and an old Baptist church which my mom said is being turned into a music hall. Before too long, I spotted the rest ... read more