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North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan May 11th 2007

My travels will start in Turkey, and I will visit Georgia, Moscow, take the Trans-siberian across Russia, go horseback riding in Mongolia, cliumb the great wall in Beijing, eat sushi in Shanghai, go boating in Hong Kong, visit friends in Singapore, ride a moped through the temples of Angorwat, and scuba dive in Thailand. Please see my photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/sewaldman. This blog will be more my thoughts, but I will upload all my photos to the picasa website. ... read more

TULUM

North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Tulum May 11th 2007

Tulum and the turquoise sea

Bothan Taistil

STAYING Cabanas Tulum PLACES TO VISIT/SEE Coba Coba Coba The Tulum Maya Ruins is perched on a cliff above the turquoise Caribbean waster. It creates the perfect backdrop for the thousands of tourists that visit it each day. The Tulum ruins are made up of mostly small ornate structures with stuccoed gargoyle faces carved into the corners. By far the site’s most impressive structure is El Castillo. Tulum emerged relative late in Mayan history around A.D. 1200. The name Tulum (wall in Mayan) probably refers to the thick stonewall that encloses the site’s 60 ... read more

I know, I know ...

North America » Canada » Ontario » Kingston May 10th 2007

tobogganning in winter

emmy

url='/Videos/3131.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3131.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'getting some air I've been a total slacker with the blog for ages. At the moment I'm working 10 hour days, six days a week and trying to fit in some kayaking and so forth, so there are few hours in the day left that I'd like to be inside on the computer. The weather has finally warmed up a bit, most days now around 15-20C, but the water is still ice cold (as I found out tonight kayaking), so swimming is still out for another month or so. More wildlife has been spotted of late - I saw my first racoon the other night in front of the house on the other side of the road, and at the bus stop near work there's a groundhog that sits on the roadside nibbling grass. ... read more

Cancun, San Diego, Santa Barbara and San Francisco

North America » United States » California » San Francisco » North Beach May 10th 2007

Catseye

Mon 30th April - Wed 2nd May - Cancun - Spring Break Three beautiful days on the beach in Cancun. ThThe water here is a beautiful turquoise colouir and its as warm as a bath to swim in! Our hostel feels like a treehouse. Its all made of wood with hammocks outside. It's still crazy hot but there's a breeze by the sea and at about 5pm its perfect for swimming. We went out with a gaggle of australians to Senor Frogs - I can't repeat what it was like coz of the old 'what happens in ....stays in....'. We spent a beautiful day on the isla mujeres - all the activities are too expensive for backpackers but we lay in hammocks and watched a big group of tourists successfully find this guy on his honeymoons ... read more

First entry for testing only :)

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver May 10th 2007

Test image

sheelz

If this works, will use this for the upcoming trip overseas!!! ... read more

The New States, Day 44, mile 2093

North America May 10th 2007

leaving Virginia into Maryland

The Jared

The New Staes PierceFriends and family, thank you so much for all your support and encouragement. It really is amazing to see how far word travels. Sorry for the delay on the latest entry, I have had a little more difficulty finding a computer to use long enough to complete a full entry. I wrote my last entry way down on the Eastern Shore of VA and had a fantastic weekend with my good friends Shannon and Serena. The good times continued that Sunday when Shannon and I packed up my bike and bags into her little car and drove up to Ocean City, MD. Yes, that is right, I cheated that day's 60 mile ride in the comfort and camaraderie of a short road trip. We spent the afternoon walking the boardwalk from the north ... read more

Famous saltwater taffy at Rehoboth Beach

Pics for April 28th

North America » United States » Virginia » Skyland May 10th 2007

An early morning start

OD and CCs Long Walk

Pics for April 28th North America » United States » Virginia » Skyland By OD and CCs Long WalkMay 10th 2007Rolling hills, tending to our toes, a stream crossing, and other more rock laden trails.... read more

Un'BELIZE'able

North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Isla Mujeres May 10th 2007

McMallin

Hello Well the first leg of our journey is nearly over. We leave for Los Angeles this afternoon, where we have 3 days then we fly to Tahiti where we have another 3 days. Then finally onto Queenstown, New Zealand and job hunting straight away. If we cant find jobs then you all may be seeing us alot sooner than you had hoped. We are currently in Isla Mujeres, a beautful island off Mexicos coast, by Cancun. We have been chilling here for 5 days, working on our tans. We popped over to Cancun yesterday, so glad we never stayed there. Very overpriced and the beaches werent very good at all. Before here we spent a week in Playa del Carmen, a really nice resort just south of cancun. The beaches where stunning, so many nice ... read more

A visit to Eckville

North America » Canada » Alberta » Edmonton May 10th 2007

Teeing off

Matt_999

Well, I've now left my former home that was Fort Mac, and have been living in Edmonton for the past month. I've moved in with Jesse in her apartment and things are going well. I was scheduled to be in the office for 2 months, but got transferred to a more pressing construction job after only 2 weeks. So I'm back into old tshirts and jeans, from the shirt and dress pants I briefly wore. Luckily I'm working in a yard just out the back of the office block, so I haven't had to move again. So far it's been good, and im learning things I wouldn’t have on my last job. We are now definitely in spring. It hasn’t snowed in 2 weeks, and temperatures are now in the mid teens. I've cracked out my ... read more

Snow flakes

North America » United States » Alaska » Anchorage May 10th 2007

Honolulu

Des and Maree

Thursday may 10 Some people have asked us why we landed in Fairbanks as our first Alaskan stop off. To Territorians it’s a bit like going first to Katherine before Darwin. Our answer is that we wanted to get over any jet lag especially before Maree worked at the school. Really the jet lag has not been any problem. And secondly we wanted to sample/experience “Real Alaska” and it’s people before coming to the big smoke. Today we broaden our horizons. After picking up a hire car our first adventure is the change in road rules. Then it’s off to Chena Hot Springs. With ice capped mountains all around we strip off to bathers and descend into steaming hot water. It is really uncomfortably hot at first and there is a strong sulphur aroma, very ... read more

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