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North America » Mexico » Chiapas » Palenque May 11th 2007

Puerto Escondido. Yeeeeeeeeeha!! Da beach!! B-) Finally, after a torturous 6hr 2nd class trip from Oaxaca City to PE I got here, the bus took us through 2000m mountains and sort of jungle at lightening speed on those switchback roads that made even *me* feel motion sick at times, and that never happens! As Yoporai would say "Necessito vomitaria"! (sp?) But once I got here, woah! It's beautiful. My two Dulwich friends had left me a little note at reception so I met them at an idylic beach cove surrounded my palm trees and little tiki huts. Muay bueno! The hostel/hotel was PACKED with merrrrrry Oz surfer dudes whom rather monopolised events to the max, a fun bunch but.....very....er.....you know. ;) Ok, so put it this way, at 3am just after I left the bar, ... read more

May 11th: Cove Mountain Shelter

North America » United States » Virginia May 11th 2007

OD and CCs Long Walk

Hit the trail at 7:30AM today trying to beat the heat that is giving CC such a hard time. As seems normal now it was up hill right out of the shelter. Over Floyd Mtn (3,560') then a long down hill to the Bryant Ridge Shelter (1,320') a brisk four mile walk, three of which were down hill. This shelter warrants a brief description. It is a sort of backwoods condo. The entire frame is done in post and beam, mortised joints held with wood dowels not nails. The joinery was pure craftsmanship! There are three levels with an L shaped veranda. I took a bunch of pictures and Matt can post them when they get to him. It sits on a small promontory with a small stream doing a U around the structure some ... read more

All in a days work...

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver Island » Ucluelet May 11th 2007

Buenas Olas

Sazzle Dazzle

All in a days work... North America » Canada » British Columbia » Ucluelet By Sazzle DazzleMay 11th 2007Baxter's and I's mission to see the sunset! Its a pretty dumb idea to walk 3km in the rainforest to see the sunset as you then have to walk 3km back through the rainforest but in the dark!!!! Tourists hey?! The sunset was worth it though!!! We had a good time that night too - everyday is a great day at Ucluelet!... read more

Traveling the World

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

Miss Sarah

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

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