Blogs from North America - page 8250

From Grand Canyon we headed south to Flagstaff and there were those two digits popping up again as we spied our first 66 attraction, the Museum Club. Unfortunately at 11 A.M. we were about 12 hours too early in the day to appreciate the atmosphere and enjoy any live music in the place voted ‘Readers favourite Dance club’ in ‘Country America Magazine’ but we were able to pop in and enjoy the route 66 print material in the booths and the amateur taxidermist owner’s handiwork. Passing the famous wooden carved Twin Arrows, that had obviously seen better days, our next detour was just 6 miles south of our main route to the world’s best-preserved and first proven meteorite impact site. Amazingly our ‘tour guide’ of the hole in the ground managed to make the ‘tour’ last ... read more

So, last time I blogged I was still in Cambodia. I ended up buying a package ticket from my guesthouse straight to the Thai island of Koh Chang for $25 US. Not too bad I guess considering it was an all day drive. It was beautiful scenery through the georgeous and lush Cambodian mountainside including 4 river crossings on a handmade barge powered by automobile engines. Once we got to the Thailand border, we boarded another bus and were on our way to Trat, the mainland city nearest to the island of Koh Chang (where I will meet up w/ Nate once again). It rained a little on the way, but was still a pleasant enough ride. After a 20 minute ferry ride and a 40 minute ride in the back of a pickup truck ... read more

USA to homeAlex & Laura Enroute to the States from Fiji we have the strange experience of crossing the Date Line. Not only does this mean we have a 42 hour day (a large proportion of this spent travelling I might add) we actually land earlier than we took off. Thus we arrive at LAX at 14:30 on March 15th having left Fiji at 22:30 on March 15th. Most peculiar. We had spent a long time choosing where to stay in L.A as the city is so vast and public transport isn't great. Add to that there are some neighbourhoods where it is easier to get shot than to find a cab, and the issue takes on a whole different perspective. In the end we plumped for the Orchid Suites in Hollywood, and it was a ... read more

Its been nice and relaxing here in L.A. I hung out with Owen and Courtenay on Thursday night. We got some really great sushi and then just crashed - still recouperating from the night before. On Friday Jeff picked me up after work and we went to his apartment in Venice Beach. We hung out with one of his friends who is a manager at his house in the hills. It was ridiculously gorgeous, but felt like a museum... I wish I had thought to take pictures. The next day Jeff had to teach an acting class so I wandered around Venice Beach looking at all the cheesy tourist items and the general parade of freaks. The beach was quite beautiful. That night we went to see "Blades of Glory" - which I worked on ... read more

I haven't seen my travel page in many moons. where have i been since october 2006... went back to NY. Thanksgiving in Houston. Back to NY. A quick Christmas in Houston. Back to NY on the 26th to tech CALLBACK. NYE in NYC. February in NYC; 3 days in the hospital. Directed my first NY play! Show closed on 07Apr... arrived into Houston 08Apr, Easter morning. Tomorrow is Mom's birthday. Also going to De La Soul concert. Scheduled to fly back into NY on Saturday, but may postpone and drive to Austin for the Bob Marley Fest. Oh oh oh, and then I could get my hair cut too. Oh.... choices to make. Wo xiang shenme?!... read more