Blogs from Seattle, Washington, United States, North America - page 87

As promised, my artists impression (using the medium of 'Paint') of Vashon Island. Just like being there eh? Hello again. Writing this one from the nice t'internet cafe in downtown seattle. Have spent the night over on the Vashon Island Youth Hostel, which was about as far away from Pender Lodge in terms of hostels as it is possible to get. The Vashon Island is an old ranch with wagons and teepees you can sleep in. We were in the barn, which was huge with multi layer beds, winner. Travelling down from Vancouver yesterday was fine on the super vibrating greyhound bus (it was hard to read it was shaking so much) and as it was raining hard the whole way we were quite relieved to be travelling. Although we did get a bit of hastle ... read more

Hello! I'm getting ready for a trip to Tanzania later this month. Going to try really hard to climb Kilimanjaro, and then setting out to go on safari and explore the cities and towns along the countryside. Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar are definite destinations, but I'm open to advice from fellow travelers! Not sure what to expect, but looking forward to the sights, sounds, and adventures just waiting to be discovered!... read more

It was surely the trip each way that livened and set this trip up to be the way it was. Curious, unexpected, misguided but most importantly fun! Up shit creek without any decent radio stations, Leace’s CD collection came into play and with house music blaring like it would back home, on hopped the unlikely family and off we were, um, which way??!!! Don’t really know, didn’t really care! After bullshitting our way through US immigration, nearly running over an immigration officer and deciding not to employ any road diesels along the way, our next task was trying to make sense out of the plain, simple folk at the Green Tortoise hostel (I thought this place was alright, but in hindsight I agree with my friends, absolute shit - cept for the boardroom, good things happen ... read more

Saturday was a day dedicated to exploring the Capitol Hill neighborhood. I had intended to start at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, but was sidetracked by St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral. The exterior, in part, looked like an old, concrete warehouse. The interior was simply immense. When the cathedral was originally drafted, it was to be much more elegant and ornate than it is today, but the depression that started in 1929 tempered those plans. Volunteer Park is home to the Asian Art Museum, as well as the site of the old water tower which serves as a unique 360° panoramic viewpoint of the area. If you’re out of shape like I am, your knees will tremble and your face will flush, but the climb to the top is utterly worth the exertion. Your gaze will travel ... read more

I leave tomorrow and I'm not packed, don't even have every thing I need to pack and have come down with a head cold. But I'm excited and ready to go! I've included a map of where I will be traveling to on this journey. I leave from Seattle tomorrow and will arrive in Amsterdam abut 24 hours later as I have layovers in both LA and London. Then I will join my best friend and her family for a bit in Amsterdam and Paris. I will continue off on the overnight train to Berlin for about 2 weeks and will hopefully not have too many drunken encounters with World Cup-ers. Although this will be the one time that the Americans are not the rowdy tourists! After that I will head down to Stuttgart and ... read more