Blogs from Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North America - page 15

Good morning from Charleston. Yesterday we went out to Fort Sumter. It is a great tour and although I did it once before, it was worth it again. It is very interesting to see where the first shot of the Civil War was fired. After that we went over to market street. It is old and charming and we had lunch and then walked through the open air market. This structure dates back as well and was used as a market place pretty much as it is today. The difference being that you can get a new holster for your cell phone now and back then it was corn or rice or hand made baskets. It is at least partially sponsored now by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Next we walked over to the Slave Market. ... read more

So were on our way home, we did our crossing from the bahamas. 30 hour trip from great sail cay to the st. lucie inlet. we got boarded by the coast guard in the middle of the stream. they thought we could fit more people on our boat then just us 2. they thought we were smuggleing people into the states. then they came on the boat and realized that would be a joke! during the crossing we had a fish jump into our boat. is was so calm we were watching movies in the cockpit. a fish came and hit me, i was like what the hell was that then we saw the little fish flappin around our feet! after we got boarded we put out a fishin line, to try and catch another mahi ... read more

Boys and girls. See the attached photos as evidence of the following activities: Michael Jackson cover band with associated random dancing!Band wasnt so good......people boogying......EPIC! Shaun's girlfriend Christie is a part of the local roller derby team. Girls on skates going round in circles trying to knock eachother over......obviously the game is a little more tactical than that but every team needs some die hard fans. Insert us! Snoop Dog bringing the house down in Charleston no less! Awesome show. The enormous Georgia Dome, home of the Atlanta Falcons NFL team found in down town Atlanta - all for you Sarah! Victory for LC (Low Country - which is what the part of the state of South Carolina that i live in is refered to) United bringing home the Sunday arvo leauge title! Finally Liam meets ... read more

My old friend, Barak, from Boston was getting married in Charleston. None of the rest of our boston posse could make it, so i went to represent the thing we had. Rented a car - how responsible - Camped outside at a hostel in Charleston and went to the wedding. The day following the wedding we went to the beach and explored Charleston a little bit. It was Memorial Day weekend and everywhere in the town was crowded. So we did what we could and decided to drive to Asheville instead of spending the last night in Charleston. On the way there we stopped in the Congaree NP in South carolina. It was beautiful. I could have spent time there. Some of the oldest growth on the eastern side of the Mississippi. Tupelos and Bald Cypress ... read more

Loads happening. Lots of photos taken so heres a little glimpse of what ive been up to as summer approaches! I ducked over to London for the weekend a couple of weeks ago to see Gramps before he passed away last weekend. It was excellent to see him and a whole bunch of the UK based family as well. My mate Liam just came to visit so i will load those photos soon as well. Im sure all are well alive and kicking and will be in touch soon........untill then i present to you all photos from South Carolina and a couple from London!! Simon... read more