Travel

May 20 2013 Chengdu We39re watching channel 4 live from OKC and seeing the rough weather everyone is under right now. Stay safe folks

Firstly thank you for all the contributions to my Free Belinda fund If someone could just let work know it39ll be 2014 before I head back that would be super Please don39t stop the donations though happy to never return to work or maybe remote login Ok ok no more boring work talk This last week has been busy as usual When I last wrote I39d just arrived in La Paz world39s

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Today we arrived at a lovely camp in McMinnville OR. We chose this location because Joe really wanted to tour the aviation musuem in town. It is special since it is the final resting place for the Spruce Goose the huge plane of Howard Hughes. Joyce and I are still undecided about if we are going or just let the guys go and we have a relaxing day at home. I am sure there will be plenty of pic

May 20 2013 Chengdu China Yesterday was largely taken up as a travel day getting to Chengdu and settling in to the Hotel Tian Chen Lou on Qing Hua Road. Our hosts graciously met and picked us up at the airport in two large hospital vans for a 30 minute drive to the hotel. The flight was uneventful and our first impression of Chengdu is always from the air as we39re landing the air was mu

As our time restraints with a flight booked out of Brazil we had to also skim this section quite fast also. Mendoza is a wine town with a large party scene and restaurant vibe. You dont often sleep when it is dark and you dont eat before 10pm unless you cook yourself. The best thing about Argentina is the BBQ Culture you can go to the local butcher and pick up huge amazing quality

The snow has definitely stopped us in our tracks. We spent the day and will be here tonight in Corner Brook and knew this morning that we be goin39 nowhere b39y as they say here. If only we had a nicer B B to relax in. We are a little miffed at this place the Bell39s Inn. Sadly it has delivered on NOTHING promised in its website. When we called to book in we weren39t advised that

Today has been a slow day for me in part to recover from my cold. Our ferry didnt leave until 1145 so I slept late ate leisurely finished packing read a little and left with the bus. Others walked into town for more wandering.The ferry is the onward journey of the ferry we took to get to Paros. I took a Dramamine and didnt feel too bad more lethargic than anything. Once again we

Chile has been a highlight so far it was a shame our time frame only permitted us to spend a small amount of time there Santiago itself has a definite Melbourne feel. The food culture and cafs are great The pubs have cheap meals that you order for 2 and are full of the most amazing cooked meats and mushrooms etc. Santiago was the first place we have found a large supermarket with food jus

After the Salt Flats we crossed the Chile border into San Pedro. After 1 month in Bolivia I was exited as I had heard that Chile was very similar to European countries and I was definitely ready for some tar roads and supermarkets and Fridges so the drinks are cold nonexistent in Bolivia There was 2 Australian guys on the bus who had been told the same and was looking forward to it al