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Rockin' and Rollin' on the Infamous Drake Passage
This is a top pick! DOMINIQUE HERE: Day : 269 Temperature : 5 degrees Weather : Foggy, windy, sunny Antarctica Day One Having been to duty free, we were now fully stocked up with 3 bottles of Amarula, one bottle of whiskey, one bottle of gin, one bottle of Champagne, one ...
Hammock Hell on the River Boat
This is a top pick! DOMINIQUE HERE: Day : 387 Temperature : 30 degrees Weather : Hot and Sunny As we left Leticia for the Port of Tabatinga I very nearly had a little stow-away....the cute little puppy at the hostel in Leticia that decided my bag was a very comfortable ...
The Drake Passage One More Time
This is a top pick! DOMINIQUE HERE: Day : 276 Temperature : 10 degrees Weather : Mixed Antarctica Day Nine – The Drake Passage Once More On our first full day in the Drake Passage I woke up feeling much better than I had done the previous day. However, when I went ...
"In Transit" to Seychelles: Smells of Nairobi!
This is a top pick! He Said: We are hanging out in the Nairobi Airport on our way to Seychelles (pronounced: say-shells). This nation is reputed to contain one of, if not THE most beautiful spot on planet earth, the beach of Anse Source d'Argent on the island of La ...
Everything is gone
This is a top pick! They've stolen everything. Now all that I own is the clothes that I am wearing, a first aid kit, a role of masking tape and a permanent marker. No clothes, no equipment, no camera, no id documents, no toiletries, no towels, no sleeping and camping stuff, ...
The Solstice is OK
This is a top pick! It's nine in the evening. Ellen and I are in a hot tub, fourteen floors above sea level on the rooftop deck of the Solstice. Even though there are 2,800 passengers and likely as many crew members aboard the vessel, we're alone. We've been sailing for the ...
Drysdale - Diesel and School Dinners
This is a top pick! Having now not had a shower for 3 days I found myself imagining the accommodation we were booked in at Drysdale…..large room with lovely ensuite shower (or better, a bath) and proper working toilet (no more going in the bush, or watching out for ...
1.28pm - Just Cruisin'
This is a top pick! ... , we were driven by the charming Jamie. Throw in some nonsensical conversation between myself and Daphne about the International Penguin Conference (borne out of seeing chinstrap penguins porpoising with gentoos) and the elephant seal kayaking instructor ...
Crossing the Drake
This is a top pick! After leaving Ushuaia, you pass through the Beagle Channel to reach the open seas. This part takes about 5 hours, and tends to be relatively calm. The stretch of open water between South America and Antarctica is part of the Southern Ocean ...
The airport concourse...from a boeing 737!!!
This is a top pick! Costa rica was to be an unusual ezperience! We landed, it was raining and looked very miserable. There was no gate for us so we sat on the concourse watching the rain for ages. When we finally got a gate there was a big whoha as there werent enough ...
Happy Thanksgiving!
After breakfast we sailed for a few hours. The first stop of the day was a small town off the river called Al-Kab. There were a few well preserved tombs and we saw the walls of an ancient city. We sailed again for several hours, had ...
Osaka-ka
Osaka Onze eerste nacht in Japan verliep minder goed dan gehoopt. We hadden alle twee last van een hoestje en voelde ons helemaal niet zo lekker. Ikzelf moest ook regelmatig naar het toilet hollen. 's Morgens waren we dan ook verre van uitgerust en nog ...
Diving in The Similan & Surin Islands
Hello again! Our journey from Bangkok to Khao Lak was interesting to say the least. The train journey could only be described as "David Lynch's Lost Train". It was that strange! A trip to the food cart helped us meet a group of railway police getting ...
What happened to Father's Day?
Day two should have been a special day for Dad. Father's Day! But what happened, the international date line, so no Father's Day this year. Sorry Dad we will have to celebrate twice as hard next year. ...
POW POW POW
Day 12 6/12/10 Today was amazing i'll start with that ! today optimises what I came here to do. The love for this sport was introduced to me by a great friend and for that I am forever grateful. Yesterday was my first shift on my own, It went ...
Von Reichen und Schönen und hohen Schuhen im Gras
Samstag war Renn-Tag und wir sind mit einer großen Truppe aufgebrochen, an einem strahlend blauen Samstagmittag zum Pferderennen im Royal Randwick Racecourse zu gehen und zu schauen, ob die Frauen wirklich alle die verrücktesten Sachen auf dem Kopf ...
Working at Nkoaranga
... was necessary to call me. But you can call me, because I have a cell phone here, and it is free for me to receive international calls: +255 688 088 425. And if I have your phone number memorized, I will probably text you at some point, because it is very ...
aaaaaaaaaaoooooooohhhhhhwwwwwwwwwww
Day..im so lost days turn into nights and nights become days! Unfortunately the mountain has been shut for the 3rd day due to real bad cross winds up top that make the chair lifts unsafe and sway too much for correct operation! i was stuck on one ...
Cruising Right Along
May 4th and two more days until we make the Azores on the sixth at 9 AM. I awoke without an alarm at 5:30 this morning, grabbed a quick coffee an headed for the gym. I was 40 minutes into the cycling and treadmill routine when right before my eyes this ...
Crew Bar
I've been on a fair number of cruises in my life. The first one, I celebrated my third birthday on. My parents were thinking of reconciling, so they decided a one week family vacation aboard a Sitmar cruise to Mexico was the way to do it. Though the ...
Ins kalte Wasser geworfen werden Teil 1
Jetzt war ich schon zwei Tage in der Firma, die ich komplett modellieren soll, Preformed Line Products. Weil ich ein riieesenlanges Schreiben unterzeichnen musste, in dem es um Verschwiegenheit und hastenichtgesehen ging, versuche ich mich, was meine ...
Today was switch day
today we went out riding with the sole intention of riding switch which is...There are two types of riding Regular (left foot forward/ leading foot) or Goofy (right foot Forward or leading) I am Regular so to ride switch I have to adjust my technique and ...
Letture impegnate...
Mentre il suo compagno si aggirava con foto e video camera, facendo la figura del pirla, lei si dilettava con trattati di filosofia e retorica del pallone....milanista infame ti puniremo con le ...
West Africa Revealed
West Africa, where you may say? West Africa, what is there to see? West Africa, why would you go there, isn't it dangerous. West Africa, West Africa, oh I don't know anything about West Africa, one may say. Well after spending about through months in ...
Dubai, Do buy, Don't fly
... were in the lobby, the cafeteria had a buffet on the go and I got my own double room and three minutes of free international call. So naturally I woke my dad up without much hesitation and asked him to get in touch with the powers that be, namely David ...
Today didn't make my tail wiggle!
Day whatever it is! 07/12/10 Well today was a total washout! woke up, lots of snow from the day before, sun was out so I thought right todays the day to get my lift pass sorted ! there is some discount for working at the Hotel for this you need to ...
Big catch up!
Hey to everybody reading, thank you for your kind messages and for keeping track of my adventures! To catch up i'm gonna have to just ramble and cram everything in! I think i'm pretty much settled in now and sharing the room aint too bad Andreas is ...
The End
I woke up and saw the King. There was a crowd in front of me; I could see my mother and Jon. My wound had healed, there wasn't even and a scar! Everyone seemed bright and cheery since Groll had been defeated. The room was large with elegant white walls ...