Destination: USA

Day 11 Driving to the Grand Canyon

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 | By grahams_on_tour | Views [210]

What a day! The Grand Canyon is awesome! Everyone should see it at least once. Don't have to raft down it like we did, but just see it..it's mind blowing. Yeah I know, pretty big talk for a hole in the ground, but it is impressive. We even managed ... Read more >

Day 10 Our Last Day in Vegas

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 | By grahams_on_tour | Views [217]

Today started off like any other day, complimentary breakfast at the hotel and then off down to the strip for knick knacks and final photo oppurtunities. We planned to go to the Stratosphere to ride the thrill rides, but the weather was crap and was ... Read more >

Day 9 In Vegas, Nothing Day

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 | By grahams_on_tour | Views [261]

That's right, it's Saturday, it's bloody hot and today we have decided to do nothing, just sit by the pool and take it easy. So that's pretty much all we did..we didn't even go down to the strip, actually we we didn't even leave the hotel..it was a great ... Read more >

Acadia National Park

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 | By fieldnotes | Views [514]

Acadia National Park surrounds the town of Bar Harbor.  The mansions are mostly gone, destroyed by fire in the late 40s.  Bikers peddle the famous carriage roads, once ridden by the oh-so-rich - the land was donated by the Rockefellers - while hikers ... Read more >

Geese and Groban

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 | By elainevbarrett | Views [333]

I was driving through Mentor a few hours ago on the way to the grocery store and dry cleaner. I had already sent off my passport and Visa app to the Korean Consulate in Chicago. Now all I have to do is wait for them to get ahold of me for the interview ... Read more >

Verjaardagen!

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 | By eshuisfamily | Views [717] | Comments [1]

Hallo allemaal! Hoog tijd om weer eens wat van ons te laten horen. Vorige week en die week daarvoor hebben we de verjaardagen van Joel en Rebecca gehad. Groot feest; vooral voor Rebecca, want Joel weet er nog niets van uiteraard. Becs heeft echt zo ... Read more >

Tags: verjaardag

Gallery: Verjaardagen kids

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 | By eshuisfamily | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Testing

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 | By racharach | Photo Gallery

Testing

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 | By racharach | Views [430]

testing

Tags: testing

rain and the river

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 | By christyindominicanrepublic | Views [422] | Comments [4]

I heard the thunder before I left my house, but knowing I had to do a few things in town, I packed up my umbrella and took off. The clouds were already starting to roll in and the sky to darken. I rushed through town, did my errands, ... Read more >

Ya haven't gotten rid of me yet.....

Tue, 1 Sep 2009 | By kena | Views [1711] | Comments [10]

so bad news, apparently the US government deems it illegal to enter africa without proof of a return trip plan. since i only had purchased a one way ticket i would be committing a crim by  entering kenya. thus i was turned away at my gate minutes ... Read more >

Tags: america, grrrr, illegal

Burning Man 2009 - All is Revealed....

Tue, 1 Sep 2009 | By kimberlyanne | Views [1463]

The Beginning: I didn’t think that this year my burning man experience could have been more difficult than it was last year. I was wrong. Difficult doesn’t necessarily mean bad but it doesn’t usually mean good either. My word for this year is deconstruction.... Read more >

Tags: burning man 2009, dancing, desert, music, playa, recovery

Life as a Camp Counselor

Tue, 1 Sep 2009 | By susiekenzie | Views [1217] | Comments [1]

It was with great aspirations that I began this blog way back in May, sitting down at the computer in Australia. I imagined filling blank web pages with my witty reportage on my Summer Camp experience in Decatur, Michigan, The United States of America ... Read more >

Deja Vue - Back in Philly

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 | By clarrieno1 | Views [369]

So that was the most hilarious day of Greyhound transport yet.  First of all Boston wouldn't give me a through ticket to Philly, they would only give me a ticket to NY so I have to queue again when I get there.  Somthing to do with each greyhound station ... Read more >

Bands in Boston

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 | By clarrieno1 | Views [373]

Hoorah - it has stopped raining and in fact the weather is pretty bloody brilliant! So I am heading of to do some of the historic walking tour in the town centre. So having mastered the metro and purchased a freedom trail map off I set.  Saw lots of ... Read more >