Travel Adventures

Update...We39re heading North along the Pacific Coast Highway California Highway 1 we39ve had some great coastal sights across the vast Pacific spotting several whales. Recently we got into a beautiful area in Humboldt County CA where the road took us inland and meandered through the thick Western Forests where smooth rivers snaked the landscape with aqua winter runoff from the high hill

We completed the 4 day jungle trek to Machu Picchu around April 22 including over 50km of hiking22 on the Inka trail downhill mountain biking zip lining and amazon jungle ending at beautiful Machu Picchu at sun rise. At MP we walked through the Inka ruins trekked the Inka bridge Sun Gate and Machu Picchu Mountain.It was all a bit surreal Enjoy.....GandR

From Angra we took a bus to Paraty. After one hour the tire exploded so in the middle of nowhere we waited for another bus. After four hours we arrived in Paraty normally 3hours a pittoresque charming colonial location at the seaside having around 50 little islands. It is one of the most cinematic destinations in Brazil. Cobblestones are so oneven that it makes it painful to walk on the stre

I was nearing the end of my masters in engineering when I decided I din39t want to start working straight away. This meant taking a gap year. But what would I do during all this time off My cousin Eric had by then already worked as a ski and snowboard instructor for three winters. The choice was easy. I would become ski instructor for the winter. This would allow me to make some money while tr

17513 Nassau BahamasAvast there me hearties Up fed and out Nassau awaits the proper pirate stronghold home of Blackbeard and other fearsome and fascinating buccaneers of the high seas. Arrrr Jim lad this be the place I wants to see.First though we had to get off walk the plank I mean along the pier go through the welcome centre run the gauntlets of taxi touts hair braiding ladies to

Adelaide and Himeji are sister cities and for more than 20 years there has been a teacher exchange program between them. In 2010 I taught EFL in Kotogaoka Senior High School. Here are some insights from this experience.Bu nen kai is the end of year staff dinner at wedding chapel small room for 80 on 4th floor complete with 10 courses table service and as much alcohol as could be drunk in 2

15513 Grand TurkWe were up early as we were excited to get off the ship and explore. Grand Turk is a tiny island a British Colony and former pirate hangout. From the balcony we could just see the tip of the island and it is very flat with white beaches green palm trees and sea every shade of blue and green imaginable.After disembarking we walked along the pier to the welcome building

It was another early morning bus for us on February 6th. When we got to our connecting city we rushed to the other bus station where we caught a bus heading to the border just in time. We were not able to sit together but I was just glad we didn39t have to wait hours for a bus. We did however not have time for a meal and just got a drink and bag of chips. Once the bus started to clear out I mo

13513 Florida City to Miami to join the Carnival Victory for our 5 night cruiseWell it only took 1 hours to drive the 30 miles back to Miami and then about 30 minutes to try and find the car rental place. This included going right through the airport car rental parking garage right through the airport back to the airport car rental shuttle bus centre spotting the ACO our car rental comp

May 18 2013 Victoria39s Peak Hong Kong Island As Dr. Farris likes to say its tradition. Around 5 PM local time we all met up at the Star Ferry landing on the Kowloon side to take the ferry over to Hong Kong island. Dominated by the world39s 6th tallest building the 118 story International Commerce Center the Hong Kong skyline is an impressive endless line of high rise buildings. A