Raleigh
Travel Blogs from Raleigh, United States
Raleigh - Let It Snow!
... are pretty much all the house around here. Their place backs onto a golf course with a lake right there out the window. Raleigh itself is laid out very differently to Sydney. Rather than having big Westfields, there are stores on every corner. There are ...
Did You Think We Had Forgotten About You?
Dearest Readers, Are you mad at us? Did you think that we were mad at you? Did you think that we had de-friended you in some travelpod facebook fashion because you hadn't commented on our beautiful photography and literary genius? Or ...
Back home from our Northern Exposure
Back home in Raleigh, after a wonderful trip visiting friends and ...
The Best Place you could ever be in the States..
... ... n says hi michael... hahahaha well it was nice to meet him.... we exchange gifts and talked about our flights to the states... i got really talkative as usual and asked him tonnes of questions.. bahahahaha ... well i have to spend a semester with ...
It's Fun To Stay At The...
... about 2 weeks. The reason for the lack of postings is that life here feels pretty normal. We don't feel like tourists in Raleigh anymore. We know where everything is, we have built a good community base and live a pretty normal life here, except we have ...
This is a trial run of my trip. Forgive me!
Well I'm trying to see if this travelpod blog is going to work. 10 days till we leave - ALLRIGHT! ...
You gotta learn to surf some time!
Yes that's right this was our first time Couch Surfing, and what a great first experience we had. Ryan Springer was our first host who in fact never host himself, so for the 3 of us this was a brand new experience. Ryan picked us up from the ...
Packing - Test entry
This post is mostly a test of the blogging software here. I decided to photograph my test packing. I probably will not bring everything you see in these pictures, it was just to test my bag capacity. Here is every piece of ...
hook, line and sinker
After the Monday grind working I decided to flip the day around and go fishing. My buddy Luke and I went out on Falls lake to see what we could get into. We had a slow start trying to get some bait in the typical spots. We ended up ...
Road South to Raleigh, April 18 - 20
I have uploaded photos for this entry but have not yet completed the accompanying ...
Final Thoughts on Ecuador and the Galapagos
We had asked for a 4:30 AM taxi to the airport for our 7:30 AM flight. We got everything loaded into the taxi and it wouldn't start so they called another taxi. We ended our trip the same way it started, running red lights on the road to the ...
American flight 109
... his memories and feelings locked up tight in the treasure chest of his mind. I am sitting alone on the plane in Raleigh, the only person from Nashville, traveling on to Philadelphia. The sound of the plane's ventilation system seems to be untwisting ...
My upcoming travel plans
Ligia and I will depart from New York on Dec 12th, to go to Chile, Honduras, and Malawi. We are not sure of where we'll go or what we'll do while in Chile...We'll just decide when we get there. We'll visit my sponsored child, Daniela, and her ...
Raleigh
... and drove through South Carolina. Went to South of the Border and its weird diner. Drove on to the Best Western in Raleigh. Tried to walk to a restaurant - no success. Then drove a quarter mile to the Carolina Ale House - a sports ...
Raleigh Part 2
In the past few days we have felt increasingly settled into Raleigh. The biggest news is that we have now moved houses, from a couple in Wake Forest (about 30 minutes from downtown) into a more inner city location. Connie, the lady we are staying with is ...
Day 50
7th July Today we headed off to Raleigh. It's more of a stop off town on our way to Washington DC. On our way through we dropped past Charlton, Georgia. A little up market town that was known for it’s rainbow houses. As you walked down the ...
and back again
Today was not to bad of a day. We returned today a little before lunch which pretty much left the rest of the day free. I guess that's a perk of waking up a 4:30. We took advantage of the day with a P90X workout. I didn't talk ...
Time off with Tara!
Ahh, finally! A time for a short break to be with my beautiful girlfriend Tara. She flew from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Raleigh, North Carolina, to be with me for a few days. I'm really looking forward to a relaxing break (and most importantly spending time ...
Party in the U.S.A! :)
... all so much. Also, I don’t even know how to explain it, but it feels amazing to be back in the United States. I really appreciate living here and as much as I loved Manchester, Raleigh is my home! ...
in my way to floridaaaa....FINALLY!!
... de mi , su asiento estaba quebrado por lo cual lo tenia yo pegado a mis rodillas!! definitivamente no pude dormir!! llegamos a raleigh a las 5 am....le hablamos a nuestra amiga raquel a que fuera a recogernos y dormimos de 6:30 am a 1 pm.... ya ...
Delays and Hard Landings
We left Rocky Mount around 2pm on Wednesday heading for the RDU airport. Traffic was light and the weather couldn't be better to start our trip. My anticipation of being waylaid by the security checkpoint was wrong. I had all these images of post 911 ...
Getting Ready
So I am packed and ready to go! I am a little worried that I know zero spanish...but I have heard you pick up on it quickly! Hopefully my next entry will be from DC in the ...
After the survey in Raliegh
After the survey I drove to Raleigh and spent the afternoon there before flying out the next morning. I saw all of the sites and stayed in a crappy hotel. I had rented a truck so I decided to drive around and see all of the sites. There were lots of cool ...

