United States
Travel Blogs from United States
Murder at JFK
It wouldn't be a Jurica's vacation without some sort of airport snafu. We had been planning this trip for a while. We booked again through Friendlyplanet.com. It is only flights, airport transfers and hotel. We are doing everything else on our ...
The Land of Dreams
This comes via the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. Truly there is not peer to this steel and glass masterpiece. These basic ingredients are crafted like the colours from an artists brush to create its exterior brilliance. Among the ...
Up the volcano, camp at Hosmer Grove
Sze and I woke up early and saw a gorgeous sunrise. Then we packed up and hit the road. The scenery changed a lot on our way to Haleakala. From tropical to desert to mountains. Wow! The temperature dropped 20 degrees or so, and we made good use of ...
Williamsburger
We wake to a phone call from Robert urging us to go up to the roof and check out the 'hot brazilian girl' who is currently sun bathing topless. He says we should go and say hi, Claire says 'tell me, why would I want to take Jo up there?' he suggests ...
Our Favorites
... Machu Picchu, Peru Wat Pra Keaw in Bangkok, Thailand Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Taj Mahal, India The Palm Jumierah, United Arab Emirates Stone Money "Banks" of Yap Island, Micronesia Backwaters of Kerala, India Most Bizarre Sites and Peoples: ...
On the Plane
I write this first entry from 20,000 feet above the ground, white clouds dotting the sky below like wisps of cotton. I'll post it from land, of course, though I was surprised to find "Free Public ...
Homeless...at last!!!
After rather uneventful 15-hour drive from New Jersey to Georgia we settled in with Katie's parents and began our job for the next year, traveler (not tourist!!!) Katie's mother was a great tour guide for our jaunts around Atlanta. Over a few days time ...
Catamaran sunset cruise
Yet another lazy day at the condo. Erin and Nadine relaxed for most of the day, either reading out on the lanai or watching the darn telly (that time waster..). I did a little bit of work and started sorting the hundreds of pictures we took during this ...
Once a day posts will be boring, here's 3 in 1
So Nic and I had a chat about how this blog thing should go. We decided that the best we can realistically do is a blog entry every few days and we don’t think that you really want to know every detail of everything that we do. It would end up ...
You wanna be where everybody knows your name!
I think we're very much ready to go home now. It's not that we're not enjoying USA. On the contrary I've been particularly surprised by how much I've enjoyed it and liked it. Each of the cities we have visisted has had it's own identities and none of ...
But First, The Dream
I don't fit in. I never did really. Some people wedge themselves into a life, into the confines of western society and cocoon themselves in percale predictability and mind-numbing comfort; I have shunned that all my life. I never quite understood ...
This is the End
I do not bring back from a journey quite the same self that I took. Somerset Maugham It was one hundred and eleven days and it was better than I imagined. Now it's over. My paradigms however have shifted irrevocably. In that time I took nine jetliners, ...
Aloha! Welcome to the Sunshine Paradise Oahu!
Honolulu is the capital in the U.S. state of Hawaii, one of the premier destinations in Hawaii's six islands. It offers a variety of activities that keep visitors occupied, from shopping to hiking to scuba diving to swimming with dolphins, etc. No matter ...
New York, New York!!
Well, this is it- the last leg of my travels. I arrived in New York after a marathon 13 and a half hour flight from Sydney to LA, then spent about 2 hours in queues just to get through customs to get onto my flight to New York. Luckily the flight was ...
Yosemite and Tioga pass
After a good night of sleep we started out today around 09:00,on our way to Yosemite. Our first stop was to be Mariposa Grove close to the south entrance. Here it is that the oldest living thing in the world rises around 210 feet (64 meters) above the ...
Cheapest day so far
A bit of a quick review of the freebies on offer. We pretty much spent the day wandering around and taking these in on the basis of seeing whats on offer while getting an idea of the hotels/casinos. they all offer the same thing, but the surroundings do ...
What We learned
... at an early age, and most likely to be the targets of abuse and exploitation. There is a widespread perception that the United States is a very violent and dangerous place. During conversations when people found out we lived in the New York area ...
Photos
I've finally uploaded (almost) all of my photos from the trip. Here's the link to a website where you can see them: http://bred.shutterfly.com ...
A Healthy Dose of Patriotism
It was an action packed day of Americana. I began early due to some racket in the bunks beside me, but luckily the exhaustion from the previous day meant that what sleep I had was of high quality. A second bonus was the plentiful breakfast. I ...
Our Packing List
We Said: Well we are home! Instead of boring you will all our tales of woe unpacking our apartment and going back to work we tried to create a few postings dedicated to packing, our lists of favorites, and our final conclusions. This entry is an ...
Up Up and Awayski
By the time you read this we will be airborne, and on our way to St Petersberg (the Venice of the north) the starting point for the first few days of our yearlong adventure. We then plan to take the overnight train to Moscow and it's from there that ...
Thank You for Playing, Boston
My time in Boston was coming to a close, but despite the lack of attractions to demand attention that did not mean nearly the end of fun. Last night had been a late one with some of the guys at the hostel. It was nothing like the bustle of ...
Christmas in Chicago - Part 1
The Christmas Roundup. I haven't been a good boy these last couple of days as I haven't been doing my blog but as I know Santa isn't visiting us (he probably hasn't been reading the blog as he's been so busy) I don't feel too bad about it. It's Christmas ...
Not all hotels are created equal!
It took us all up 9 hours to get from New Haven, Connecticut to Ocean City in Delaware. We made a quick stop to educate our ignorant Australian minds about the significance of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia and Campbell shared with us that ...
Game on...
Even though we are technically still "at home" for one last evening, for all intensive purposes the trip has begun. All the months of planning are becoming very real. I guess I shouldn't be at all surprised that for the last few weeks t I have been ...
Back to school
"When In Rome, Do As The Romans Do" or so the saying goes. So when in Boston, do as the students do and take some classes! Today I attended a Constitutional Law (1 hour) and Theology class (1.5 hours). Both were taught in very different styles and ...
Detroit Institute of Art
When telling people I was planning to visit Detroit I was met with the same responses from Canadians and Americans alike: "Why would you want to go there?" I knew that 'Motor City' was heavily industrial and probably not the prettiest of places to ...
Vegas..... Baby.
"I took out $300, but I'm only betting with $100. I can't afford any more than that, all right? Now, I figure if we buy a lot of chips, the pit boss will comp us lots of free shit. That's how it works over there." "Vegas, baby, Vegas" "Come on! ...
Haleakala Sunrise
We set the alarms on our cell phones so that we'd get up in time to drive up to the summit for the sunrise. We awoke to the cold and grumbled as we dressed and stumble out of the tent. The campground was quite. No one else was up yet. We hit the ...
Day 91: Journey's End at In-N-Out
Back on May 22nd when good ole Singapore Flight #### first began its descent into the Kathmandu Valley, I wrote that the zero-g moment and landing gears popping out shot my heart into my throat and nearly gave me a panic attack. "OMG what have I done, ...
