Destination: USA

Gallery: La Fortuna--Day 2

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 | By jd_trekker | Photo Gallery

Photos: Philadelphia

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 | By martin_rix | Photo Gallery

Pennsylvania and Maryland

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 | By martin_rix | Views [557]

And so I was back in the United States of America. This would be my third trip to this amazing country, but second to the North East States. Arriving in Philadelphia I was met at the airport by a family friend. Her apartment was ... Read more >

Big Bend

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 | By nomadcindy | Views [977]

I decided to kick off my new travel blog with an anniversary post of my Spring Break trip two years ago, trekking 83 miles down the Rio Grande in a canoe. The University of Texas' RecSports department offers an eight-day trip canoeing the ... Read more >

Tags: big bend, camping, canoe

Dia uno: San Jose, Costa Rica!

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 | By jd_trekker | Views [649]

Sunday, 8 March 2009 Left Lyd's early Sunday morning for our flight out of Miami Int'l Airport.  Jumped on a plane.  Read a Kurt Vonnegut novel.  Slept.  Arrived in San Jose.  Met our shuttle driver, Ivan (the terrible--according to the man himself).... Read more >

Tags: cafe, coffee, hostel, transportation

Back to the Mountains: McLeod Ganj

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 | By loveandjoy | Views [841]

   The next destination point for me was Dharamsala, or even more specific McLeod Ganj , home of the Dalai Llama. I took a night bus out of Pushkar to Delhi, tried to make friends with Delhi again, and then got on another night bus up to McLeod Ganj, ... Read more >

One more Pushkar Tale

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 | By loveandjoy | Views [685]

- of course, as always I have to add one more story from my last entry, Pushkar. One night when Gara and I were walking home, after a fantastic meal of fresh spinach ravioli (really!) the place next door to our lodge had the most unique sound of music ... Read more >

Besuch aus D

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 | By sfk | Views [368]

Still Catching Up....Pushkar

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 | By loveandjoy | Views [760]

I can’t Believe that I am back in the US!!!! I worry that soon my memories will start to slip away so I am going to try to spend my first few days back writing a bit...next stop Pushkar...wait...a few quick notes about Bundi, a little on the rougher ... Read more >

For what I'm worth

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 | By team-jj | Views [1367] | Comments [1]

For What I’m Worth  In day-to-day life you do what it takes, put one foot in front of the other. We understand each other with empathy and not sympathy; it is this empathy that is seldom talked about. The dark side to deafness/hard of hearing ... Read more >

Tags: deaf, hard of hearing, hearing dog, service dog

I have my laptop!

Tue, 3 Mar 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [829] | Comments [3]

Just thought I would let everyone know that I have now received my new laptop! :) However, no internet at home yet....

Getting ready for India

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 | By ari_perlman | Views [456]

I am sitting here at home, trying desperately to finish up my papers and exams before getting to enjoy spring break. Somehow Supply Chain Management and Bargaining & Negotiations are not holding my attention... I wonder if messing around with a new ... Read more >

Getting Ready For China

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 | By kimberlyanne | Views [751]

I leave for China in 13 days! I wish I could say I’m ready to go but I’m not. And that has to be OK too. My plan is to blog while I’m there. It takes a lot to get ready for a big trip. Planning, buying, packing, more planning. It’s not as simple as ... Read more >

Tags: china, getting ready, packing

A Q&A Session...

Sun, 1 Mar 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [733] | Comments [2]

Here's some great questions we got by email and figured if one of you had 'em, more of you were probably wondering, as well.  Sometimes we're not sure what's of interest to people, so keep those questions coming! Q:   Because the ocean is so ... Read more >

American Villiage

Sun, 1 Mar 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [621]

We had some time to go and explore American Village, a shopping/eating area near our neighborhood.  Very fun!  While we were there, we got to see a Okinawa dance and drum group.  Check out the photos in the gallery.  Some of those kids were r-e-a-l-l-... Read more >