Blogs from North America - page 9007

So here we are in Skagway, AK- finally at the end of our motor-powered journey, and on the cusp of beginning a longer, human-powered journey: the culmination of two years of planning and preparation. A brief recap of the past two weeks..... we left off with our arrival in Olympia, I believe. We spent six wonderful days in Olympia, WA, and in the course of that time, managed to completely overtake Meg and Cary's house and garage with expedition gear and food. Without their help and hospitality, we probably wouldn't have pulled it all together! We took some time to spend catching up with friends- dinners together, and a day of hiking, birding, and photography in the Olympic National Forest. As the week wore on, we increasingly put our noses to the grindstone, so to speak, ... read more

This has gotta be my last entry (ever?) since I'm back home now which means my adventure in China is over. To Sum Up My Experience: Only In China, I... *Spent the night in a tent at the base camp of Mount Everest. *Rode a camel through the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang. *Partook in a massive snowball fight on Heavenly Mountain. *Took in all of China from atop the massive Great Wall. *Luged down the Great Wall. *Went scuba diving at a National Coral Reserve in Hainan. *Saw the Potala Palace, and the tombs of many past Dalai Lama. *Watched monks in the middle of a heated debate in a monastery in Lhasa. *Spent hours hiking around Hangzhou only to stumble upon a real, functioning Daoist compound with mom and dad. *Avoided a dinner ceremony involving ... read more

things are going well. a little slow and sleepy today, but well. yesterday i had my first mexico hoy class. it was really interesting because the professor talked about what we were observing about mexican culture - the driving, trash, machismo (the thinking that men are superior to women), etc. after that, we went home and had la comida, and then a nap (of course..) and then we went to café social, which was at a restaurant where a bunch of students from universidad internacional went to talk a little. it was fun. after that we went to emily, lindsay and lindsay´s house to watch orgullo y prejuício (pride & predjudice).. they had bought it from the falluca, so it was pirated, with spanish subtitles. pretty funny, especially when the subtitles were completely wrong. and when ... read more

Hey everybody, This is my new Travel Blog. I got the idea from a freind of mine, David Parker, who is going to eastern Europe all summer. It is still a couple of months till I leave, but I am going to work in Bristol Bay for most of the summer so I will be out of touch.... read more

Monday, June 5th. I hate the car. I hate the car. I hate the car. And that doesn’t even begin to explain the contempt I feel. We woke up early, YES, actually early, 6:30 to be exact. The first thing I saw was the mountains and the sun, it’s my favorite way to start the day. We were on the road about an hour later. Smither BC is located in south central BC, we drove all the way through the province and we are now in Watson Lake, which is in the Yukon Territory. Upon map questing the distance we discovered that the estimated time between the two was ALLEGEDLY 17 hours, we did it in 11 hours. Needless to say, Laura was a passing bandit. I believe that the final count on the number of ... read more