Blogs from Houston, Texas, United States, North America - page 23

Well as most of you already know I wasn't able to stay in the Netherlands because of visa/money problems. Bram and I are still together and we're missing eachother terribly. I came back to the US on July 10 and was in Atlanta well actually Marietta for a couple weeks and then moved with my family out to Houston, TX--technically north of Houston to The Woodlands. It's a nice area but way too hot here! I'm in the process of trying to get a job and make it possible for Bram to come here soon. I'm praying that everything goes well. Here's some highlights of our move. Enjoy! ... read more

Well it's june 15th and I'm very excited about the trip we will be doing, we are going to be traveling to Hong Kong, Signapur, Thailand and Cambodia!!! Mauricio my roomate from Monterrey invited 2 of his friends and I invited Cesar a friend from Houston so we managed to put a good group for the trip can't wait we are set to leave on July 10. This coming weeks I'll be going out of my mind trying to figure out what to take or not to take, trying to find out a much as I can about the places we are gonna be visiting so if anyone has any good tips they will be most useful, feel free to leave comments. Well for now thats all will write more in a few weeks once the ... read more

Houston is the 4th largest city in America and it showed, unlike LA however it did have a convenient tram and bus network. We were staying in Houston’s one and only hostel and it was the first genuine hostel we had been to. It was basically a converted house with your basic amenities. Guests were expected to assist with daily chores and the price was extremely cheap, we were later told this was to avoid having to pay hotel tax. After spending some time on the internet we went to bed. The following morning we headed into downtown. When we got there we found it to be extremely quiet with very few people around. We later learnt that there was a large complex system of underground tunnels beneath us; all Houstonians use these tunnels to get ... read more

The long journey from Memphis to Houston took its toll on my back, but some of the scenery was really worth the trip and the coach was not full at all. We followed the delta and crossed over the Mississippi river several times on the way, so there was quite a bit to look at! When we reached the Greyhound station in downtown Houston we were both surprised to see so many police officers. However, as soon as we walked outside we realised why, there was an abundance of riff raff just hanging around outside the station, offering cheap ‘taxis’ amongst other things, or just asking for money!! We managed to locate a proper taxi and started our trip north of Houston to Spring. Spring is actually a separate place to Houston, however due to massive ... read more

The thing about NASA is that it seems more for children nowadays. I don't know what I had in mind when I decided to go visit but children probably weren't on my list. Still, it was a nice educational visit to ease the boredom on a trip to Houston. While looking around I found a place that let's you touch moon rocks. I stayed there for a couple of minutes just feeling them and taking the moment in. These were moon rocks....from the moon....the same moon you've seen all your life floating up there in the sky! Its like you are touching a piece of another world, touching something that doesn't belong on earth, touching an extra-terrestrial object! But then I remembered touching the meteorites at the Texas Memorial Museum and I realized I had touched ... read more