Seattle, United States Travel Blogs

Ahhhh... ...a computer that works. I'm back safely in the states now. Oddly enough, NOW I'm facing culture shock! After a week, I can finally keep down American food without getting nauseous. Time is a funny thing to me. A few of my friends may ...

A travel blog entry by eric
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... boat WE will be taking across the Pacific is the R/V Mt. Mitchell, a decommissioned NOAA vessel bought and restored by a local Seattle company. At 230 feet long and with birthing for 50 people she's plenty large enough for the crossing, even in the North ...

A travel blog entry by tbassplayer
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Hello again. I'm back home now. The first five days I woke up, I thought I was still in Asia. It's surreal for me making the transition between two very different continents. Thank you for coming along on this trip. I hope you enjoyed my attempt ...

A travel blog entry by eric
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Hello again, Ever read "The Diary of Anne Frank?" I was never interested in a little girl's book before. But I read it after coming home. Incredible and captivating. After visiting Amsterdam and Auschwitz, I could picture the whole story vividly. ...

A travel blog entry by eric
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... with the first floor) were covered over with a roof to create new footpaths at the first floor level and HEY PRESTO! Seattle was recreated above sea level and now had drainage and water pressure capabilities. This meant that there was kind of a basement ...

A travel blog entry by benleah
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... the same, a group of engineers and workers in an electronic manufacturing plant. This plant is Dongguan, China. The flight leaves Seattle tomorrow, first to Narita airport outside Tokyo, then on to Shanghai for a day before the flight to Guanzhou. ...

A travel blog entry by bagman
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... down there in October too. But no "Top of the World Highway", that's for sure. Maybe I'll just sell my car here in Seattle and find a flight to Cancun. Head down towards Belize for some scuba diving. Blue Hole! Havana sounds fun too. Maybe I can get there ...

A travel blog entry by stevefn
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... train, which he was looking forward to. Boo Hiss!!! So still no special choo-choo ride for Dan! On arrival into Seattle (via a border crossing), we took a 1.5 mile walk, WITH the packs on back to our (uphill) hostel. On first impressions, ...

A travel blog entry by loudan1979
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... to register an address you'll be staying at while in the U.S. Where will you be staying?" "With my family in Seattle." I sounded like Robocop. I helpfully produced an address from my bag and spelled out any words I'd written unclearly. I was faultlessly ...

A travel blog entry by elsewhere
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... bucks. And the pirates do their best to stay current. The Bruce Willis thriller "16 Blocks" went into wide release in the United States on March 3, 2006. I could have purchased the DVD from a sidewalk vendor in Dongguan, China on March 3, 2006, but I'm ...

A travel blog entry by bagman
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... . Not exactly backpacker budget though, but the Mojito was tasty. The rest of the time we just spent in and around Seattle, shopping, sightseeing, socializing with local friends etc. I still haven't bought my flight ticket, but it looks like I'll just ...

A travel blog entry by stevefn
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From Hawaii we flew to Seattle to visit our friend Jamie and start planning our trip back across the United States. Allison, though, had to leave almost immediately to go visit some law schools on the other side of the country, so Jamie and Jeff had the ...

A travel blog entry by allisonandjeff
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... Was nice to see part of the city we normally wouldn't have been able to if we had been normal paying tourists (!)Then bus into Seattle Centre to see the Space Needle (but not go up it) and then to more shops before back to the library (as visitors get ...

A travel blog entry by emanddave
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Paul and Dustin from Umpqua's Last resort invited us to Seattle their hometown. We arrived on Thursday evening and were treated to a lovely dinner of home made sushi and mizo soup. The gated community they live in has a RV Park on the property so we set up ...

A travel blog entry by brent-n-toby
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Hello again, Well, I made it back home safely to Seattle. Now for the adjustment. The first morning I woke up it took me several minutes to figure out where I was. Five mornings in a row now. I hope you've enjoyed the travelogues. I'm glad that ...

A travel blog entry by eric
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Tourist tack, If your short of time in a big city but you want to see a lot then take a duck, not a real one but a boat that goes both on water and land, what fun. It helped that we had a crazy captain for a driver who really didn't care what the ...

A travel blog entry by suzukistorey
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... nbsp; We also made our way to the Experience Music Project, a weird looking building that's basically a music museum focusing on the Seattle music scene, which was the cool place to be long before grunge.  You also get to "perform" in front of a " ...

A travel blog entry by itsem
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... lodging with them at the moment. Big thanks!! I'll categorize the party as another classic blurry night. At the party all my local Seattle friends gave me an MP3 player for the trip, just what I needed in fact. Thanks again! It's now fully loaded with "On ...

A travel blog entry by stevefn
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... the pier and photograph the Olympic Mountains, but nothing beats flying over them on a clear VFR day.   My time in Seattle was short and sweet. I flew in from Vancouver and spend the night eating crab, drinking Alaskan beer and enjoying the ...

A travel blog entry by myjob
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... BBQ Saturday afternoon and continued to enjoy the sunshine while it lasted. BBQ in sunshine meant some very hungover girls wandering Seattle streets and fighting the crowds in Pike Place markets Sunday afternoon before heading back on the bus to Vancouver.

A travel blog entry by itsem
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Coffee has got to be one of the most value-added products. The raw beans - in most cases, grown in plantations and harvested by peasants who are paid a pittance - are transformed into a high-value product through a long supply chain. The growers, the ...

A travel blog entry by happysheep
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... out of the hostel I met Vincent from France and Chris and Dan from Germany who invited me along for a coffee, a sort of Seattle institution with just about everyone here walking about with a steaming cup of Java glued to their hands. The three of them ...

A travel blog entry by alasdairm
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Low-riders, CB radios and soon disco. Coming home to America was a bigger adjustment than traveling to the Middle East. Now it's fashion instead of survival. Commercialism instead of religion. I hope you enjoyed my postcard tour of Israel. Living ...

A travel blog entry by eric
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Currently listening to a Spanish language CD I just bought, clueless as ever. Necesito una intérprete! I think I can translate that sentence, but does una mean it's feminine form and more importantly does the interpreter have long legs? I'm just back ...

A travel blog entry by stevefn
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Taking a gap year, career break (or whatever you like to call it) to go travel, may feel like a daunting task. To somewhat ease this, you can find several books out there to help you prepare. Then there's the great big Internet with lots of excellent ...

A travel blog entry by stevefn
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... fun stuff but we had to take care of it, it couldn't wait any longer.   One nice thing about getting back to Seattle earlier is that I caught the last weekend of snowboarding at Mount Baker.  It was great as my friend Volker from Germany was in ...

A travel blog entry by sfrtw
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... while over here. I had wanted to attend at least one sporting event while in America and with an NBA game tonight between the Seattle Supersonics and the Memphis Grizzlies we decided to check it out also due to the fact both teams have been a bit pants ...

A travel blog entry by alasdairm
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Hey all, Liam here. We're currently staying in windswept and frosty Seattle after travelling from windswept and frosty Minneapolis. We're pretty surprised by how cold it is here - I may have to pause occasionally to wipe ...

A travel blog entry by elsewhere
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A travel blog entry by tysonv
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It took us 20 hours to get to Seattle from San Francisco on Greyhound. Our legs and our bums were like lead after the journey. We checked into our Hostel and took advantage of the nice day and took a walk. Stores were closing as we ...

A travel blog entry by dacraic
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