Destination: USA

"and now for the rest of the story"

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 | By nicholas_harrel | Views [548]

I chose the title based on the fact that I finished my last entry on sunday. This way I could keep to my new and improved routine. So last sunday was the temple burn at kiwi burn and it was awe inspiring and made me very happy. I went to bed around midnight ... Read more >

Tags: bungy, coromandel, kiwi burn

Cooking kick.

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 | By imatravelin | Views [594]

One of my resolutions for this year has been to cook more meals at home. It has been hit or miss this year due to traveling and long hours at work but I have really been digging deep to work hard to keep my resolution. I made a few dishes this week that ... Read more >

A month in the Big Apple. Part 1

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 | By tk_inks | Views [1674]

New York City. NYC. The Big Apple. The Greatest City on Earth. These are just some of the many names given to this wonderful place on the Eastern Coast of the United States of America. We had been to NYC once before, a couple ... Read more >

Photos: New York City Part 1

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 | By tk_inks | Photo Gallery

Another adventure.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 | By nicholas_harrel | Views [379]

I believe I left off with an update that I might go canoeing. Well, I did not go, the weather was going to be bad and I did not fancy being in the rain on a flooded river for 8 days with people I barely knew. Nothing against them I just get to choose ... Read more >

Tags: kiwi burn

Happy Australia Day 2012!

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 | By zoe_timmers | Views [299]

G'dayyyy my Aussie guys and girls, HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!!! How has everyone pulled up after the most awesome day of the year?! Anything less than death is not very Australian of you. Tut tut. I hope your day was full of none other than 100% Aussie ... Read more >

outset

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 | By flans84 | Views [456]

Well this seems like a good time to start the journal. I am at my kitchen table in medfield ma right now and have just said all of my goodbyes short of one or two. I had some drinks at my two jobs today and played music with a good friend before leaving-... Read more >

India in 3 days!!!

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 | By predatorybunny | Views [595]

Kellie, Michael and I are venturing to India for Divya and Vinay's wedding! The cast I met Vinay during a booze cruise... er, a "work orientation and training" event at our first employer out of college in 2007. I met Kellie, Michael ... Read more >

Photos: xanadu in miami

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 | By scubalibre | Photo Gallery

ROAD TO VEGAS

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 | By ecrivain | Views [1144]

We stopped in Barstow,midway between LA and Las Vegas...a bus stop consisting of an untidy jumble of fastfood joints - McDonald's, Panda Express, Popeye’s Chicken and Biscuits – all leading to dozens of restrooms   and souvenir ... Read more >

Tags: greyhound to las vegas. usa

CHICAGO TO NEW ORLEANS

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 | By ecrivain | Views [960] | Comments [1]

The Spirit of New Orleans backed out of Union Station and sat on a flyover for twenty minutes in deference to another, favoured, train using the shared tracks before jolting forward to begin the long journey south. ... Read more >

Tags: amtrak, chicago, city of new orleans, mississippi, usa. train travel, yazoo

A SAN FRANCISCO STORY

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 | By ecrivain | Views [601]

A San Francisco night - walking from the Chinatown Gate up the steep hill that is Bush Street, just before the corner of Powell and the downhill jaunt following the cable car tracks to Union Square, I spy a face looking up at me ... Read more >

Tags: san francisco

MONOCHROMATIC FOOD: EATING ON THE ROAD IN THE USA

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 | By ecrivain | Views [1695] | Comments [3]

Having now been exposed to the diet of the vast majority of the population for several weeks, I am dying for fresh salad, fruit, vegetables and low-fat milk for my (espresso) coffee! It is of course possible to eat well - very well ... Read more >

Tags: american food

CHICAGO IN SIXTY MINUTES

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 | By ecrivain | Views [910]

We pulled into Chicago’s impressive Union Station in the dark, all columns and soaring ceilings. Inside however, is another story. The building is bustling with attendants in their neat navy uniforms with the badges, ... Read more >

Photos: USA 2011-12

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 | By ecrivain | Photo Gallery