Travel Journals

Ola Amigos heres the update on our amazing trip to the Galapagos Islands. We flew from Guayaquil and landed in gorgeous weather good job as we were the whitest people by far there most people choose to end their trip with the Islands so we had some serious catching up to do on the tan front..We had a lovely boat but we ended up with the smallest room on earth made the one in Quito look gig

This trip has been in the planning for about a year. It is a celebration of friendships that have lasted and lasted. We are a group of grade school high school college buddies in our sixties that still enjoy getting together as often as possible and partying hearty for as long as we can.It started with 16 of us but 2 couples had to cancel. We will fly to Rome transfer to Civitavecchia Italy t

I have almost come to the end of my last week here in Concepcion. After all my bitching and moaning and whining and winging turns out I’m actually rather fond of the place and even more so of the people. Having said that the thought of only having a month left untill I will be home envokes a feeling not unlike a five year old waiting for christmas morning.All the kids clubs this week were goodb

So Henry and I went to Lanquin just an hour or so away from Semuc Champey which is a MUST for anyone traveling in Guate There is this awesome place in Lanquin called El Retiro although the staff can be asses at times the benifits outway that aspect. In lanquin you can see the local caves or take an innertube down this FREEZING river. We did neither but there are no regrets because we enjoyed

Back by popular request here we are ICSC 2008 ICSC Dealmaking let’s make some deals Work hard play hard. We got in early this morning and have already blown through 600 but not in the casino Shopping Shopping That’s what ICSC is all about so that’s what we do

Well since we spoke to you last we travelled west from Sydney to the Blue Mountains approx 2 hours by car where we spent a few days relaxing amongst the wonderful scenery staying at an even more wonderful bed breakfast the best by that point.We then drove back to Sydney airport for a 3 hour flight to Cairns where after a brief overnight stop in a youth hostel we took a 12 hour train journ

Living in Abita Springs Louisiana The time has come to get back on the road but I really wanted to add a look at the area to my travel blog. I arrived back in Texas just after 1 p.m. today it felt a bit empty I have done the drive so many timesmdashbut with a big difference I was always coming home to Wally. I have stayed at the Abita Springs RV Resort for the past six months while I worked

Reaching the boarder a little after six in the evening we passed through with surprising ease. We were unsure why no one wanted to stamp our passports or search the truck so we pulled over at an auto insurance booth to ask about the Belizian boarder crossing formalities. They told us to cross back over the boarder and on the other side there was a blue booth that would collect our Mexican touri

What better way to break away from the crazy city of La Paz than to visit the beggining of the Amazon rainforest. Also known as The Pampas these wetlands go on for miles and miles in rainy season which we were lucky enough to be in and has to be one of the most remote places that we have ever been No runways you could tell that wed landed somewhere remoteAfter taking a flight from La Paz

Hallo zusammen Gestern bin ich um 12.30 h in Bogota angekommen. Mit etwas Verspaetung ist auch Heida um 15.15 h in der Hauptstadt Kolumbiens gelandet und wir konnten uns endlich in die Arme nehmenDer Taxidienst des Hotels klappte wie am Schnuerchen und so konnten wir bald unser kleines Zimmer mit dem ultrakurzen Bett im Herzen der Altstadt von Bogota in Bezug nehmen. Am Abend schlenderten wir du