Destination: USA

Getting ready....

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 | By enpowell | Views [710] | Comments [1]

In two days I will finally be on my way to Milan! It doesn't seem real yet, I have so much left to do, like fitting my entire life for six months into two suitcases! It's pretty much impossible....but I can't wait to be in Italy :)

Tags: Packing & gadgets

Trip at Risk

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 | By chicachan | Views [869] | Comments [3]

I love to tell people where I am off to next. I pause ever so slightly for dramatic effect and then quite excitedly, I say "....AFRICA!". I await the stunned silence and shock, "Um...huh? What?". Me: "Yes, I am going ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Before the Trip

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 | By dchaskes | Views [302]

Today I set up my journal and took a look around the journal app features.

Tags: The Planning Phase

Gallery: Ice Skating

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 | By enidan | Photo Gallery

First Week of Classes

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 | By enidan | Views [894] | Comments [4]

Right now I’m sitting in my room watching tv and in the meanwhile typing a new story for my weblog (hurray for multitasking ;p). So let me give you guys an overview of my first week of studying at UNK. On Monday I had my first day of class. Sadly ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Needles and Noses

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 | By sweeneyo8 | Views [487]

so i did it. i got my nose pierced. we drove out to leesburg (which must have been moved like 20 miles out cos i don't remember it being that far...), we being me and my boyfriend. he sat in the car for an hour, drove and listened to me whine about how ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

Gallery: B&J's Photos

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 | By johnbmullen | Photo Gallery

Last Minute Details & Hassles

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 | By mlfb | Views [285]

Well my bank informed me when I called to alert them of my impending trip to Thailand that my check card was useless to me there because it was blocked due to excessive fraud in Thailand and some other places. Well, that is a pain since I planned ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Socorrooo!!!

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 | By elenamartinez | Views [449]

Siento no haber puesto m'as fotos, pero salgo de casa de noche y llego de noche!!Me parece que AHORA va a empezar el fr'io, desde hace dos d'ias cuando me levanto hay -1 grado celsius, con sensaci'on t'ermica de -4 (en Fahrenheit, 30 y 26). Lo peor es ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

My view from the Best Western

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 | By dc_chick | Views [349]

I seem to have an uncanny ability to find places that are not in the South, but don't seem to know that.  For example Southeastern Indiana.  I didn't know it was the South until I went to grad school in Richmond IN.  And here in Utah, I find myself in a ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

I Hate Needles

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By sweeneyo8 | Views [464] | Comments [1]

forget packing, spackling or painting. on my mind is whether or not to get my nose pierced. i wear j.crew, pearls, and madras boat shoes. the riskiest i've been lately with piercings or tattoos is to finally get my second holes done. i'm a whimp . but ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Jan 16 Kenya Protests Roits Start Up Again

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By cwklein | Views [823] | Video

Tags: People

on the brink of my trip

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By moojieturtle | Views [520]

after spending five years in a windowless office working on my PhD and daydreaming about all the things i would get to do once i finally graduated and it seeming like i would never really graduate, i did! since then, i've been busy wrapping up various ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Off We Go

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By theunit | Views [529] | Comments [2]

So the day has finally arrived.  While we have been travelling for about 3 months now the true test starts today.  The bags are packed and we leave for the airport in about 2 hours.  Our first stop Fiji.  we have spent the last couple days trying to get ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

back in the States! [along with random cultural observations]

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 | By anita | Views [772]

It is the evening before classes start, and I realized I had kind of left my emails up in the air regarding my return home from Ecuador. So here are the highlights: So, picking up from my last email...my last 12 days I spent in Quito, seeing ... Read more >

Tags: Culture