Blogs from North America - page 9367

We bought our tickets to Africa (SF to Istanbul to Cairo to East Africa and beyond) three months ago, but with just two weeks til departure the anticipation is killing us. 99% of our preparations are done--pouring over military survival guides and McGuyver reruns, perfecting our poop-'n-bury techniques, and learning how to tame a pack of wild hyenas with a spork and peanutbutter. We also got vaccinations, updated our passports, and packed the band-aids...just in case. In lieu of travel guides, we've been reading an eclectic assortment of Africa-related histories, memoirs, novels, and essays with hopes of gaining a better sense of context for our trip than what might be gathered from "The Gods Must Be Crazy." Most of all, we're amazed not at what we've learned, but at how little we knew. Like the fact ... read more

21 st August 2005... read more

Vinny, Tony, and I are taking a trip to Europe beginning 10/04/05. We fly into Amsterdam Friday morning 10/07 and plan to stay there for the weekend. After that we will be headed to Germany, Italy, Greece (hopefully), Spain, France and then back to Amsterdam to fly back. That is the rough plan. Actually that is the only plan. We will see. Wish us luck. Oh yeah, and Tony has a mustache. Wait for pictures...... read more

27th September; drove to San Diego. The drive was OK except it got a little hairy just before the LA turnoff. San Diego looks really nice. It is tidy and clean; the Westfield shopping center was nice! American people (on the whole so far) are really polite; sirs, ma’ams all over the place! It reminds me a little of Brisbane and how I imagine Perth to be. Last night we went to see Dead Can Dance. It was really awesome!! I cried with happiness! ... read more

G'day everyone! Well this is the last bit of the trip up in Alaska. Did a fair bit of travel this section so this is a little longer. It's hard to believe I've almost spent a whole month here in Alaska. I think that's plenty enough time. I would've liked to do more hiking, but the weather has been more wet than usual, so that's kind of shelved that (we've had 3 100% sunny days, even Alaskans reckon that's wet). I would've liked to hike a few more remote areas like the Wrangell Mountains. If you hire a car in Alaska, there's a lot of roads that you're not allowed to travel on because of being not well maintained gravel trails. There are really only 6 major highways you can travel, and while Alaska is big, ... read more