Best Inn Alexandria

... very crowded bars in Adams Morgan too overwhelming for my taste.

Sunday afternoon I met up with another friend in Chevy Chase, Maryland for lunch. I wish I had known about the million marine marathon - it closed off many of the main roads that allowed a quick drive from Alexandria to Chevy Chase making my ...

... But my, are there ever shoes!    Shoes exemplify the problem with packing for so long a trip.  I rarely take more than three pair of shoes on any given trip-a pair of exercise shoes, a pair of pumps and a pair of casual shoes should fit any need.  Right?  Well, not for 71 days-particularly when you're not going to have to pack and unpack to go from place to place.  Because of ...

... most countries in South America), and tetanus. The typhoid fever vaccination was a series of 4 pills. We filled prescriptions for malaria pills, altitude sickness pills, and traveler's diarrhea. Rabies is often recommended--but apparently there's a vaccine shortage this year so we'll just have to avoid suspicious animals. We went with a company called Passport Health and would highly recommend them to others. How are you going to keep a travel journal--is there ...

... a jacket at this nite game. I think I sweat more sitting still than I did walking around today. The Giants win and on Friday nites they have fireworks after the game, gosh I love free stuff and surprises!!! Quite a diverse city DC is, last nite as we were walking to the Giant Mart we went through our nifty Mass NW movers and shakers neighborhood, then a ...

BA flight from Heathrow over to Washington DC, and a short stay with CELTA friend Ron, in Alexandria VA. Two checks (1 hour) to eventually get through immigration - was it our Scottish passport covers or shady appearance that warranted this keen inspection!!?! Ron had earlier picked up Bree (another CELTA Chiang Mai veteran, who'd flown in from Vegas), and after picking us up (luckily they'd got lost on the way to Dulles airport, and our eternity getting through immigration hadn't meant ...

Just minutes before the alarm clock buzzed at 5:00 am I rolled over to look at the clock. Needless to say it was a restless night sleep with the anticipation of the start of our long awaited trip to China! So many months of planning and research have gone into this day and now it is finally here! Suzanne took Troy and I to Tampa International Airport at 6:00 am and after a tearful goodbye we met up with our travel ...

... African Am**ican woman for not using two hands to cov** my mouth (I used one, hung on to my bag with the oth**). People with h** skin colour she said could get aggressive if one didn't use two hands! Wi**d. I just said thanks for the tip, and she came back with "you're welcome have a nice night". Then coming out of the Indian restuarant (heaps of Indian restaurants h**e) w**e I nibbled on some tandoori and naan, we saw this bald headed, eamciated old man walk up ...

... Grameen Bank has helped lift millions of people out of poverty and help them help themselves to make a better life. I learned about microcredit this past spring in one of my classes, and it was so great to see that this economic miracle that so often goes under the radar is actually being recognized as a pathway to peace. If you are interested, the CNN interview is being replayed several times on their network, so in addition to learning about microcredit, you might catch a glimpse of ...

... Creek), Demi and Ashton, Sharon Stone (very beautiful), Christian Slater (terrible hair) and William H Macy. So, back to the New York tales... We arrived here last Monday night. We've been staying with Davids sisters future husband (I've been putting in good words for you Louise) Mike. He lives in Brooklyn, just by the Brooklyn bridge. Walking down the street in Brooklyn, we are usually the only white people. We saw the best t-shirt ever one night - "I love black men ...

About six and a half months ago, I started writing my travelogue for Haiti. After finishing three months training in Haiti, bonding with some extraordinary people both American and Haitian, living on my own in a country for a few months and being quickly evacuated back to the US, I can say that I am a different person writing to you now. Today, my situation closely reflects ...