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Hello everyone, if you are interested in continuing following along with our journey, please go to www.ariteo.blogspot.com thanks! Si nos quieren seguir el blog, vayan al www.ariteo.blogspot.com gracias, Allison, Gustavo, Ariel y ...
Getting ready
Here we are getting ready for the big trip. Michelle wanted to make sure that she is ready for the boys in Italy. . It didn't scare her brothers away. Michael's turn to get ready is ...
Itinerary
So, most of the details are pretty much sorted out.... We leave Monday, September 15 at 515pm and arrive into Lima just after midnight.....we have arranged a taxi driver (Renato) to pick us up at the airport and take us to our hostel: The Flying Dog ...
Art Gallery of Hamilton visit
Yesterday we went to the Art Gallery of Hamilton and saw Kim Adams' "Bruegel-Bosch Bus," an amazing installation that has been ongoing for the past 7 years (and continues to evolve). In this work, Adams explores "the patterns of a ...
Derailed....for now
... America- we will be spending our July and August here in Ontario, trying our best to escape the often polluted air of Hamilton, and killing the interminable waiting periods in between visits to the doctors. First of all, as soon as the kids got out of ...
D-Day(Departure Day)
It is 4:38 in the morning,Sleeping in fits and starts. Departure day is here! This day I have been preparing for, for over 7 ...
Preparations
The past months have seen Ian and I gathering resources for our trip - it's amazing how well prepared you think you are until you start frequenting travel and outdoor stores and realize how much cool stuff is out there!! I think I have spent a ...
Nice beach with Toronto view
... and you could see the Skyscapers of Toronto in the distance. Nach dem Mittagessen mit Savio und Heide wollten wir erstmal ausruhen und sind zum Hamilton beach gefahren. Sehr sauber, kaum Leute, leichte Briese mit Aussicht auf Toronto und alles umsonst. ...
Downtown parking in large cities with RVS
... 't that hard, although as I neared the city I realised that it was rush hour and it was indeed a city! Comparatively I guess Hamilton is larger than Adelaide maybe the same size as Melbourne (although don't quote me on that), anyways not exactly the sort ...
D-DAY (DEPARTURE DAY) MINUS 1 MONTH
One month to go!! Got my brand new 48 page Canadian passport. Booked my connecting flight from Toronto to London Heathrow to start my Round The World trip. Working on the details of backpack, day pack, what clothes, medication, and photographic ...
Departure day
... massages!!!? Crap, crap, CRAP!! So, we ran out the door and raced to the office - as I'm tearing through the streets of Hamilton and Burlington, taking corners a little sharp and seeing what my new little crv can do, Ian says "boy, it's a good ...
The Decision
Over dinner one Tuesday evening, Ian and I were talking about where we should go for a holiday in September. We tossed around some nice ideas, maybe a resort-y type holiday? But where? Greece? Cuba? Hawaii? RHEA: Well, kids can go to resorts, maybe we ...
HOME SWEET HOME
Another trip successfully completed! Had a wonderful time with my loving relatives in Sao Paulo and now I am safe in the loving arms of my sweetheart, Patricia. Tomorrow we set off for Washington, DC, to celebrate the 92nd birthday of my ...
starting the preparations
... go..... Hola a todos, supongo que si estan leyendo esto ya saben que estamos preparando para manejar en un volkswagen westfalia desde Hamilton, Canada hasta Punta del Diablo!! A veces me va a tocar a mi, escribir en espanol (y encima no encuentro los ...
D-DAY (DEPARTURE DAY) MINUS 2 MONTHS
Doing a Round The World trip is like piecing together a complicated jigsaw puzzle. This started last year when I tried doing a RTW trip on the Star alliance Mileage calculator. I reached a dead end in Africa(eg no South African connection to Asia). I ...
Countdown Begins
The countdown has begun. 11 days to go. The preparation has begun including checking validity of vaccinations, malaria pills, getting the camcorder ready, minimum amount of traveller's checks, making sure money is easily accessed by my TD ...
Canada - The Start
... . You'll have to take my word for it because we didn't get any photos. (were a bit rubbish). We then took a bus to Hamilton, and for the last week have been relaxing and catching up with family and friends. Its been good. We have used this week to ...
Blogging? Pahhh.... Introduction
... than the Americans would later (thank god i had an old business card with me "...yes,of course i have a job...") -so i've pinned this rambly introduction to the blog as 'Hamilton' - it's probably more interesting than the little i saw of the ...
Leaving on a jet plane...
... and at the end of the week I get to meet my host family and move in! I think that is all for now, since really... the adventure has yet to begin! So long Canada I'll miss you! Oh and wishing everyone a Happy Valentines Day! Until next time... ...
Until Next Time!
... hard to say good bye to my Georgian family but I was just so excited to get started on my way home to everyone back in Canada! My trip home was pretty straight forward, the same as the way over with a stop in Munich. My flight from Munich to Toronto was ...
the countdown is on
I finally got my flight information for my trip to Georgia! It really feels real now. The big departure day will be Feb 13th... just over one week away! I'm so incredibly excited, but also having boughts of "omg what I have I gotten myself into" ...
Bienvenue au Canada
Hi All!!! I know you weren't expecting another entry, but we thought we'd just end it all off by saying we're home. We're sorry our trip is over, but it's good to be back on Canadian soil again. We missed everybody, and we're looking forward to ...
A break away from my cousins!
... people who I just met so I said no/ although I kinda of regretted it afterwords cause I really needed a drink of water---* Hamilton was the last stop so I arrived at the bus/train station at around 7pm. I called my friend Kay and ...
Thunder Bay to Hamilton
... be replaced by a patchwork of cultivated fields. Turning around the town of Stratford and heading towards Woodstock, we finally had Hamilton in our sights. Another good cross-wind landing, we were directed to the Jetport apron and terminal, followed by a ...
Let's Celebrate
Hamilton, Ontario is the family home of the Hosiassohn brothers. Their parents were really welcoming and their grandma was real friendly, she was quite a character. At the time of our visit it was rosh hashanah which is the Jewish new year. It is a ...
Every Playground between Vancouver and Halifax
We set about getting a bit further South on Saturday in the hope that we would be better positioned to see the African Lion Safari and Niagara Falls in the next couple of days. We nix'd the safari since the reviews of the park were less than spectacular ...
Cliffhanger
... , dass es in Kanada absolut keinerlei Richtungsweiser gibt. Alles was man bekommt, sind Straßennamesschilder, was mir in Hamilton selbstredend überhaupt nichts bringt. Bei einer Tankstelle konnte ich dann endlich mal einen Blick auf eine Karte von ...
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