Destination: USA

Trekking in the Khumbu

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 | By monicaraye | Views [314] | Comments [3]

Sorry for the lack of updates, as you might imagine internet is pretty sporadic out here. We're in this small town of Namche Bazaar which is the main connecting point of the whole Everest Region. We've been out here for almost 2 weeks now. We flew into ... Read more >

Getting ready ...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 | By lukas_patricia | Views [397]

Morgen geht es nun endlich los und wir sind noch schwer mit Packen beschäftigt. Wir freuen uns schon sehr und hoffen, dass wir die Reise in vollem Umfang genießen und wieder gut nach Hause zurückkommen werden. Allen, die uns liebe Grüße geschickt haben ... Read more >

Stonehenge and Salisbury

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 | By megangobeille | Views [285]

Today, I went to see the famous Stonehenge and the town of Salisbury, England. It was a long and not too interesting day. We saw Stonehenge, and it was really interesting, but we really couldn't go near it, so that wasn't too fun. Salisbury was all ... Read more >

Thames River Boat Cruise

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 | By megangobeille | Views [297]

Yesterday, Thursday, we went on a Halloween River Cruise through london! It was so much fun! We got to dance and socialize with everyone from my school. Everyone was dressed up..there was lady gaga, beetlejuice, billy idol, lots of cats and other tiny ... Read more >

Gallery: various

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 | By packlightwalkslow | Photo Gallery

a picture says a thousand words....

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 | By hadassah | Views [557]

so here's 10 ;) Today was very busy, tagging and weighing cattle, trying to sort out the escapee steers, putting out bales (as always) sorting cattle, many many things that i can't think of them all. It was so long ago it feels like it happened yesterday.... Read more >

Gallery: Jarabacoa

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By christyindominicanrepublic | Photo Gallery

Gallery: My old barrio

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By christyindominicanrepublic | Photo Gallery

Tipping In America

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By tinastravels | Views [2562] | Comments [1]

I loved New York last time I went, but it took me a little while to get used to the whole tipping thing. I hope this post will help some people out: Tipping in America is simply the done thing.The American way of offering tips to those who help you ... Read more >

Tags: advice, america, money, tipping, tips, usa

A slow day.... well it was meant to be.

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By hadassah | Views [763]

Sunday morning and we woke to what was meant to be a relatively easy day, load up the 4 heifers, then drive them the couple of hrs down Houston way. Well I'm guessing you know how your plans can end up.... so we ended up with a little more fun on our ... Read more >

Bruge, Belgium (Sunday)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 | By megangobeille | Views [298]

We woke up around 8am to eat breakfast before our long day on a trip to Bruge and home. We left the B&B and headed to Bruge, which took only about 2 hours, I believe. Once we got there, we explored the town. It has been virtually untouched since the ... Read more >

SOLD!

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By hadassah | Views [583]

Close friends, Don and Karen of Dreamcatchers Ranch have one sale a year, and we went down to help with the pre-sale dinner.  So Friday morning we packed up and headed off on the 2(ish)hr drive down to San Marcos. Arriving in time for lunch we had Karen's ... Read more >

Gallery: Dreamcatchers Cattle Sale

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By hadassah | Photo Gallery

Bundi Bundi Bundi

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By blancharddb | Views [559] | Comments [3]

It's pronounced "Boon-dee," which is fun to say three times in a row. It's a town a little off the beaten path in Rajasthan (where the beaten path is flogged near to death).  I'm here, and my internet cafe is about to close, so I don't have ... Read more >

Amsterdam (Saturday)

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By megangobeille | Views [385]

The next day of our trip was so much fun.. We woke up late because no one wanted to get up. When we finally did, we made our way to the cheese and clog factory that was so close to our B&B. It was really cool to see how the people of holland made clogs, ... Read more >