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The USA is home to several of the world's most exciting cities, some truly mind-blowing landscapes, a strong sense of regionalism, a trenchant mythology, more history than the country gives itself credit for and, arguably, some of the most approachable natives in the world.
The US was fashioned from an incredibly disparate population who, with little in common apart from a desire to choose their own paths to wealth or heaven, rallied around the ennobling ideals of the Declaration of Independence to forge the richest, most inventive and most powerful country on earth.
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Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By imatravelin | Views [10]
Who ever read my post the other day about my seatbelt being stuck and said a few extra prayers for me, thanks. It´s been stuck like that for a few days now and after fiddling with it for a while without luck, I conceded and made an appointment with ... Read more >
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By monicaraye | Views [26]
It has been an eventful last week or so as the day after our last update we both came down with a pretty nasty case of food poisoning. Instead of going out to the village of Thame, we ended up having to stay in Namche Bazzar for 3 more days trying to ... Read more >
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By msoleksy | Views [33] | Comments [1]
So we are already on our last day here in Hong Kong! It was a great place to get accustomed to the time change without completely being overwhelmed by culture shock. We stayed at a person's house who we connected with through couchsurfing.org. It was ... Read more >
Tags: hong kong
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By missy_carrie_gee | Views [25]
So, apparently, it's A LOT of work to put my life on hold for 6 months.
And a lot of pressure to do it all before I go, b/c I don't want to
remember 2 months from now that I never turned off my electricity... or
didn't update the contact info my ... Read more >
Tags: vaccinations, lasik, cat
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By imatravelin | Views [13]
Howdy, y'all! The southern accent? Yeah, it surprised me, too. I think I got it from Oprah, of all places. (She just did a show from Texas) Jajaja, aaaanyway... It´s getting to that point in the semester where everything is kind of snowballing. I ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [18]
We
are taking Hwy 1 south down California's coastline and it is
incredible!The highway hugs the waterline and at some stages is only
metres from the huge cliffs which drop off to the waters edge! The
road ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [16]
We
are now the proud owners of a Dodge Charger (only for two weeks but
it is ours!).. The plan.... Simple.... Take Hwy 1 south along the
coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles.... It was great ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By taryn101 | Views [4]
Monday I started my 18 hr day at 5 am in Grand Junction. After 4 airports and 2 layovers I finally arrived in Quito Ecuador. The airport in Quito is right in the middle of the city. Flying in I thought we were going to hit all the the buildings. It was ... Read more >
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 | By lukas_patricia | Views [17]
Die Fahrt dauert knapp 14 Stunden und wir schlafen nur sehr kurz, weil der Zug dauernd hält und wieder anfährt und dazwischen kracht und poltert, dass es nicht auszuhalten ist. Dementsprechend fit sind wir, als der Zugkellner um 6:30 Uhr das Frühstück ... Read more >
Tags: thailand, chiang mai
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [20]
Today
its the 31 st of October and a special day as it is not
only Halloween in the States but my 26 th birthday (OMG I'm
getting old)... Today I was spoilt as Dan not only took me to see the
Musical Wicked which ... Read more >
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [19]
Our
last few days in Los Cabos flew by so quickly for the two of us...
After 12 days without needing money we failed a little as we didn't
have enough cash to make it to the airport for our flight back to the
states.... Read more >
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 | By lukas_patricia | Views [24]
Wir treffen uns abends um 7 Uhr und marschieren um die Ecke, wo uns eine kleine Fähre zum Ufer gegenüber bringt. Direkt an der Anlegestelle ist eine grosse Tempelanlage, Wat Arun, wo wir mit Tausenden von Einheimischen das jährliche Loi Krathong (http:... Read more >
Tags: thailand, bangkok
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 | By lukas_patricia | Views [23]
Nach einer kurzen aber erholsamen Nacht treffen wir unsere Reisegruppe zum ersten Mal beim Frühstück, das wir sehr malerisch in einem kleinen Garten neben unserem Hotel Aurum/The River Place einnehmen. Natürlich essen wir thailändisch, mit allerlei ... Read more >
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 | By megangobeille | Views [3]
Today, we took a field trip with my history of london class to Westminster Abbey. It is unbelievably beautiful. It is pretty much a gothic style church, and there is detail everywhere, the ceilings were by far the most beautiful part og the whole church, ... Read more >
Sun, 1 Nov 2009 | By imatravelin | Views [18]
So, as many of you may already know, Halloween isn´t entirely my thing. I can´t say I exactly appreciate what it stands for, and in Madison it´s an obnoxious, rioting drink fest, which again, isn´t my cup of tea. I saw a lot of drunk drivers on the ... Read more >
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