December 23rd – Driving Day Well we are here. Snow boarding for Christmas. Last year a warm Christmas in Guatemala – this year a cold Christmas in the snow. 2 feet of fresh powder! Took about 5 hours to get up here from SF. Relatively straight forward drive with good road conditions all the way Read More »
DAY 48 – 20 JANUARY 2008 Well yet another Groundhog Day. We headed out from the hotel for desayno and almost unbelievably found a place that actually served cafe con leche that wasn’t Nescafe. That must be a first here in South America. The falls are spectacular and you need to see them from Argentina Read More »
Wow a lot to say as a lot has been done. Firstly, let me mention that photos will be coming as soon as we find a place that actually has DSL or Cable, as it´s basically impossible to upload our (fantastic) photos on a 56K modem, which is all that is available where we are. Read More »
After three days in Rome, we hopped on the train and headed to Venice. We arrived at our campground, Fusina, at about 3 pm. Our little “cabin” was so cute with two twin beds and a wee little bathroom. I was so upset at myself that I forgot to take pictures! We didn’t want to Read More »
(5.31.06) This morning I left Renato in Curitiba and flew to Rio de Janeiro. When I arrived in Rio, I found that fewer people spoke English than I thought. I followed what my guidebook said and took the Real Auto Bus which was operated by no one who spoke English. I made it to Botogofo Read More »
Sorry guys, I am slowly catching up on my updating. Right now Im currently uploading the rest of the Berlin photos in my We enter Germany… entry, and right after I am going to upload the most that I can to my The 2nd Day entry from Amsterdam! Slowly but surely my friends. Today we Read More »
Our last adventure on this trip to Australia takes us to the smallest Australian state, Tasmania. Across the Bass Strait we made our way to this southernmost part of Australia aboard the “Spirit of Tasmania” cruise ferry. This overnight ride was proceeded by a seven hour car trek from Canberra to Melboure where Denise swa Read More »
Free Tibet: you see the stickers everywhere (especially living in Santa Cruz), I get a newsletter from the Dalai Lama asking for money and support almost every month (someone sold my name) but until now Free Tibet was just one more cause that I didn’t have the time or money for. Now that I am Read More »
We decided to spend our first week touring Fiji’s main island, Viti Levu, with the Feejee Experience (sister company to the good old Kiwi Experience). Aboard the familiar green bus we set about getting to know our fellow travellers and the crew – comprising of our guide Té, the driver Arvin, 5 trainee guides, and Read More »
* Because all of the permits to hike the Inca Trail had been used when I booked the trip in August, I had to sign up for an alternate trek, called the Lares Trek. It was a three day, three night, less-traveled trek through beautiful landscape, though it does not lead directly to Machu Picchu. Read More »
