Blogs from Oregon, United States, North America - page 105

Just a short blog so these photo's have a space. After leaving San Francisco we had 3 days to get to Seattle where we were staying with Denise our friend from India. We drove out of San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge (of course) And continued up the US 101 coastal highway all the way to Portland before taking the I5 from Portland through Vancouver (Washington) to Gigs Harbour Seattle. The drive was beautiful and the coastline very reminiscent of New Zealand. The Oregon coast had conifers, gorse (in flower) and black rocky coast with brown/black sand. It could have been anywhere on the west coast of NZ. We had 2 beautiful days cruising up the Californian and Oregon coast and stayed overnight in Oregon in a place called Golden Beach, where most of the ... read more

The Human Face of Islam at Eugene Zendo on March 20 The Human Face of Islam—a one hour slide program with live narration by photographer Donald Lyon will be presented at 7PM on Friday, March 20, 2009. The Zendo is located at 2190 Garfield in Eugene. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, yet most Americans are ignorant of the origins, precepts and common threads that Islam shares with Christianity and Judaism. Brownsville travel photographer, Don Lyon, shares images from over a dozen Islamic, or formerly Islamic, countries from Spain to Indonesia and Poland to Greece. It is a colorful, intensely historic, often humorous and quite beautiful journey of understanding. There is no admission charge but contributions for the Zendo’s programs are gratefully accepted. Telephone 541 302 4576 or visit www.eugenezendo.org for information about ... read more

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I'm back at home and back to work--that is, grading and lesson planning. Here are a few photos from Ha Noi. Nothing was damaged in transit and my iPod failure seems to be related to a software incompatibility issue and I think it's fixed. Initial follow-up tasks after travel should include *Changing passwords for anything you opened on line, and arguably for your ATM card. *Checking your bank account and credit card report periodically to be sure they weren't compromised. *Putting your passport and other important cards and documents back where you normally keep them. *Not wearing your shoes into the house or garden until you've cleaned them thoroughly. *Replying to e-mails and phone messages. *Changing "vacation" messages on your e-mail and phone. *Completing any courses of medication (anti-malarial, antibiotic, vaccination series begun before travel) *Transferring ... read more

Not long after the jet lag wore off returning from our hiatus in Asia (more about that later...how I am by trying to publish my debaucherious tails that I've dubbed 'Into the Orient, I Did Not Do Any Illegal Drugs in Asia', book...with full color pictures and zero spell check to-date) I myself was off...down the Oregon Coast for a bit of "work" for the week. You know for that 'jobby thingy' that keeps the Organic veggies in stock and the fresh potable water leaking from the kitchen faucet? I will say, that for the better part of what other people would call their 'young adulthood', I swear I'm still an 'immature homeless kid', I have been fortunate enough to be on the road, travelling for my dinero for several years now. Fueled by an adolescents ... read more