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Crazy first day of volunteering!

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 | By taryn101 | Views [18]

Thursday morning I got up early and got ready for my first day at school. The house maid met me (because the owner is out of town) and showed me to the school. After a long conversation (in spanish) with an administrator we were headed to another school.... Read more >

Thanks.

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By imatravelin | Views [26]

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 >

back in Kathmandu

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By monicaraye | Views [45]

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 >

Hong Kong, China

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By msoleksy | Views [67] | Comments [2]

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

Pre-Trip MADness!

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By missy_carrie_gee | Views [64]

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

LA here we are!!!

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [16]

Today was our last driving leg with LA in our sights... Still heading south along the coastal highway we managed to see a little bit of Venice, had a great coffee stop at Malibu, a quick drive through Santa Monica and then hit the crazy LA freeways.... Read more >

Santa Barbara

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [14]

Our last stop before we hit LA is beautiful Santa Barbara.... What can we say, great beach, great town, stunning views, and another great wharf... Running along the edge of the beach either side of the wharf was a boardwalk which the locals ... Read more >

One giant snowball and it hasn´t even snowed yet.

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By imatravelin | Views [25]

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 >

Continuing South

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [35]

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 >

Heading Sth down the Californian Coast

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [28]

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 >

First week in Ecuador!!!

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By taryn101 | Views [24] | Comments [3]

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 >

Reise nach Chiang Mai

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 | By lukas_patricia | Views [32]

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

Its Halloween

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [32]

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 >

San Francisco

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [29]

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 >

Loi Krathong

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 | By lukas_patricia | Views [46]

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

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