By the time we arrived in Venice, we were starting to feel more like wilted flowers in mid summer than the spring chickens we are. Jet lag plus a packed schedule of almost every waking hour was starting to catch up. Venice was still magical when we came out of the station though. A gondola Read More »
It wasn’t a direct train so lots of people came on and off the train during our ride to Venice. There are also two stops in Venice but we only booked it to the first stop. Luckily the train attendant didn’t feel like kicking us out when he was checking tickets. Though even the name Read More »
We spent two nights in Ljubljana (lube-lee-ahna), and it quickly became one of my favorite cities in all Eastern Europe. It is a beautiful capital city, compact (260,000 people), and soaking in the arts. There is wonderful art everywhere, from the omnipresent graffiti to little galleries and open air exhibitions. The hostel we stayed at Read More »
Wow, Jema and I are in a new town, and it is a vast improvement over the stressful city of São Paulo. At 11:30 pm on the night of the 18th we boarded a bus bound for a town called Curitiba. After a 5 hour ride we arrived at our destination, groggy but ready for Read More »
After a long 14 hour flight from LA we finally made it to Taiwan. It was a “red-eye” flight, leaving LA at around 2:00 in the morning on Thursday, October 27. Thanks to crossing the International Date Line, we landed at around 7:00 in the morning on Friday, October 28. The airport is around 30 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 »
(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 »
Flew into Rio and decided after 10 months of roughing it we could spoil ourselves for the last four days of our trip so checked into a very nice hotel on the beach in Ipanema. Spent a fair bit of time watching pay TV in our room and ordering room service partly due to the Read More »
After a very very long (whingy) plane ride, we arrived safely at Vancouver, (without Trumble killing Hannah!). Upon arrival to Canada, we were greeted by the very friendly face of long lost friend Amy Kilpatrick. We ventured into Vancouver and our adventures began from there. We spent the first day touring the city, very similair Read More »
Time for sleep… I’ll catch you up on Hyderabad and Aurangabad next time. Ok… Hyderabad. I met some really nice people on my 24 hour journey to Hyderabad. I went in 3-tier sleeper, which means there are 3 cushioned bunks on each side of the section and then there are 2 on the end… i Read More »
