Blogs from North America - page 9440

We left Sedona and headed out for Meteor Crater which really is (as Ryan put it) a big hole in the ground... Then off to the painted desert. We had wind and the threat of rain so, perhaps, this is why the painted desert didn't seem so painted. We've enclosed a picture. Better, however, was the petrified wood which looked more like candles but was actually wood that had absorbed minerals many thousands of years ago. Bobby and Dave couldn't understand why there were no trees in a forest, good point. We spent the night in a glorious one-horse town called Holbrook. We spent the night sleeping in cement wigwams. Bob's comment on approaching our glorious accomodations "are we staying here? No friggin' way!!!"... read more

I developed my photos in Kingston. You can find a small gallery (five pictures) by clicking here. All photos are from my stay in Halifax. You might need to hit your back button to return to my journal entry. After spending a week in the city, I have stories to tell. Friday, July 22, 2005. I arrived exhausted in Halifax. My trip from Montreal would mark the 3rd night and 4th day of continuous train travel. The "Ocean Train" -- the name of the Atlantic service -- was chock-full of passengers heading for the east coast. Once everyone was aboard and settled, I could not find a single, vacant seat in my train car. I sat next to the francophone family from Winnipeg (I mentioned them in a previous entry). They encouraged me to converse with ... read more

Mexico City, 31th of July, 2005 On Tuesday I was on Japan Airlines and after two hours of waiting (almost in front of the doors of his office), the director of the company T. Hayashi, finally accepted me. He was really nice and he has one of the coolest offices that I have ever seen! “Boy, I like your mission and your enthusiasm, but unfortunately we cannot give you a free ticket. We will think about a discount,” he finished our conversation. It disappointed me a little, since I explained to him in details, how Japan Airlines could benefit from my presence in the Mexican media. So, on Tuesday the wild hunt on sponsors started. I was all around and it seems almost impossible to get any sponsors from the companies here around. The fight goes ... read more

Well, thanks for the support all of you who commented on my blog. Glad to know the last one was such a hit, not sure that this one will compete, but at least you´ll know what´s going on with me. I see that there has been a request to add photos, I will attempt to bring some up from snapfish, or maybe, if I can find an internet cafe with a usb port (sometimes supprisingly hard to find), then I will bring some up right off my camera. As it is I need to upload them before cuba, cuz I´m running out of space. So, where to begin. I said goodbye to my family, they were so nice, they gave me a present! how sweet, I only stayed with them for two weeks. Chiapas was nice, ... read more

Tinc tot el dissabte per disfrutar de Vancouver o sigui que aprofitar el dia em llevo ben dora I m’organitzo una ruta que em porta a patajar-me tot el downtown.. Primer em passo per l’Art Gallery de Vancouver , que malgrat tenir una exposicio itinerant de Rodin no li acabo de trobar res de l’altre mon. Agafo un bus I m’acosto fins a Kitsilano (they called Kits), zona de platja I relax a on els vancouverians acudeixen en massa els dissabtes I diumenges per passejar, prendre el sol, jugar a volei, patinar o simplement estar…tot mirant les boniques vistes de l’skyline del downtown de Vancouver…tot caminant m’acosto fins a Granville Island zona super turistica de shopping I mercadillos… Per la tarda , ja ben d’hora he quedat amb el Thomas , un noi alemany quevaig ... read more