Destination: USA

3 Days!!

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 | By dsaltsman | Views [403]

So I am moving to New Zealand and I thought a blog would be the easiest way to keep everyone updated!  I have not even left yet and this whole experience is already feeling very surreal.  In three days I will be sitting in LA waiting for my flight to ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Gallery: Still in the states

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 | By audi_jo | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Home Base

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 | By uacat101 | Photo Gallery

A little background

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 | By uacat101 | Views [626]

I was accepted to Goldsmiths College, University of London where I will be working toward an MA in international relations through September 2008. I'm still in Tucson working at the U of A, but my last day here is Sept 14. I hope to be flying out the ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Orientation

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 | By michelle_grigg | Views [521]

Orientation We recently had our orientation here at the I-house and played some interesting activities. The one that sticks out in my mind is the one where we had to sort ourselves into east and west hemispheres . At first I stood in the middle, ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

We have crossed the finish line!

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 | By emma-o-scott | Views [1166] | Comments [7]

hey again! Just as summer is coming to an end, so has our adventure :-( … But what a great ending :-) Since August 12, we have cycled 90 % (350 km) of the length of Vancouver Island and hiked the other 10 % (75 km) on the West Coast Trail. Then we crossed ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Universal Studios

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [680]

Up early, and off to sea the artifical worlds and dancing monkeys that you can only find at Universal Studios in Hollywood. The highlight was definitely the Waterworld show - a 15 minute re-enaction of the closing scenes of the massive flop of the ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Road Tripin' USA with my Old Man!

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 | By bennygelatti | Views [1537]

Heya Friends & Fam, After a hectic month in Europe, I had two days to relax before my old man arrived on his first ever trip out of Australia. We planned to have a week in Van and then travel the west coast of the states. Dad's first week was full ... Read more >

Tags: Family

Gallery: American West Coast

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 | By bennygelatti | Photo Gallery

Two days away!

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 | By millmanapalm | Views [352]

We're two days away and our bags are packed. We're uncertain what will be instore for the months ahead but are very much looking forward to it. Hope to have something more interesting to say in the next couple of weeks! 

Tags: The Planning Phase

the kids are gone....

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 | By bekky | Views [530] | Comments [1]

WOW....ok, so first of all a very big SORRY to all of you! i know i'm a very bad person for not writing anything on this for 2 (!) months...i can't believe that it really has been two months since my last entry...time is just flying by...i don't know ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Hollywood

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [766] | Comments [1]

We've seen the way the other side lives! We travelled through Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Bel Air today peeking through gates and over fences to see how you'd cut your grass and paint your walls if you'd made billions of dollars out of the entertainment ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

practice makes perfect

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 | By arollingstone | Views [508]

"Oh! I shall not spare you. It is the right of a traveller to vent their frustration at every minor inconvenience by writing of it to their friends. Expect long descriptions of everything."                             --Jonathan Strange ... Read more >

Tags: Packing & gadgets

New York, New York

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 | By wick | Views [944]

By the time we’d sat on the train all day we were wrecked by the time we made New York late that night. Then the subway was all messed up and it took a while to get to our accommodation. Boy did we need some sleep! We spent the next few ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: New York

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 | By wick | Photo Gallery