Destination: USA

Oregon

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 | By jeffryhoffman | Views [262]

 I went to visit my good friends in Portland recently and they were a blessing. Feeling pretty crummy from a recent break-up, just completely lost. and my wonderful friends there took me in, took time out of their lives to spend with me, and helped ... Read more >

Tags: oregon

Houston

Sat, 9 Mar 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [586]

Baseball, that most American of games, is one of our homecoming rituals; a way to touch base (pun intended) and reassure ourselves that we are home.  Not that Texas is home.  Nor is the US, now that I think about it.  And we are told that ... Read more >

Photos: Anchorage from the iPod

Fri, 8 Mar 2013 | By sharonleigh | Photo Gallery

Finally Wednesday is over!

Thu, 7 Mar 2013 | By sharonleigh | Views [399]

After so many hours of Wednesday I was happy to arrive in anchorage at about 1am on Thursday morning. I fell on to the bed face first and slept right through until lunch time.... Had to yell at housekeeping to go away twice.... I forgot to put up the ... Read more >

Tags: anchorage

Photos: U S of A

Thu, 7 Mar 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Photo Gallery

I am a time traveller

Wed, 6 Mar 2013 | By sharonleigh | Views [515] | Comments [1]

I left Sydney at 3pm on the 6th March and arrive in LA at 7am on the same day....pretty cool hey?  So I thought I was getting obstacles thrown in my way..... You may wonder what happened to my travel buddy? And why I am still here alone! She ... Read more >

Tags: los angeles

Making Connections

Wed, 6 Mar 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [617]

The airline gods must have been smiling down on us.  We had a mere two hours between the JetBlue flight from Bogota to Orlando and our United connection to Houston, scarcely enough time for immigration, collect our luggage, clear customs, get to ... Read more >

I love Alaska!

Tue, 5 Mar 2013 | By joannawong | Views [608]

I'll say it loud and proud, I love Alaska! Only 3% of tourists coming to Alaska make it into the Artic Circle and of that, an unknown but suspiciously small percentage bother to come during winter. I am in that very minority group and am happy where ... Read more >

Tags: animals, bucket list, friendly strangers, nature, northern lights, sick, snow, usa, winter

East Coast - 1

Mon, 4 Mar 2013 | By joliver4567 | Views [294]

Sarah and I have been busy travellers since last post. In the last 5 days we have been to Vancouver, Toronto and are now spending the night in Syracuse NY.   We travelled to Vancouver by bus from Whistler which ended us up at The Central Bus ... Read more >

Below freezing in Fairbanks

Mon, 4 Mar 2013 | By joannawong | Views [486]

You realize that Anchorage isn't cold when you come to Fairbanks. This is a completely different level of cold. I think my thermals, fleece and down are required every second I am out. If I could take a quilt with me, I'd be better. And yet, there ... Read more >

Tags: friendly strangers, nature, northern lights, snow, trains, usa, winter

All highways lead to white picket fences

Sat, 2 Mar 2013 | By zita_whalley | Views [523]

When I finally arrive at San Diego – 22 hours later – I discover Oceanview is not a suburb of San Diego, it’s the suburbs, and more than an hour past the San Diego city limits, in and up a valley and off a couple of freeways, with no ... Read more >

I think I am in love with Alaska

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 | By joannawong | Views [621]

I had a super early start today, leaving at 4am to make my 7am flight to Seattle. I must've been so sleepy that I hadn't even realized the plane had landed until I woke up to see that half the flight was already gone! Thank goodness ... Read more >

Tags: animals, bucket list, flights, friendly strangers, nature, snow, usa, winter

Last day in SF!

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 | By joannawong | Views [532]

I spent my last day chilling out in the Mission District. It was refreshing to get out to somewhere without the tourists. I'm not entirely sure if you could call the Mission "da hood". But it reminded me of my favourite suburb in Brisbane - West ... Read more >

Tags: cities, landmarks, museums, public transport, sightseeing, usa

Catch up.

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 | By imatravelin | Views [502]

Hi Everyone –   My apologies for not having written in quite some time. I think this is because while I have been busy with all sorts of activities, none of them feel very noteworthy and I would really feel bad for being responsible ... Read more >

T-minus one to Southeast Asia!

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 | By gsewake | Views [652]

Hello Friends and Family: Over the next three months we will use this travel journal to post quick updates on our progress in SE Asia.  We'll be exploring Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand, although probably not in that exact order.  ... Read more >