Holiday Inn Express Windsor

The date is officially set!!! At 12:05am on Thursday February 25th, I will be embarking on the adventure of a lifetime. I have 3 weeks to get my visa, finish selling all of my possessions and get my life in order so I can leave for as long as I need to. I have a 24 hour flight with 3 flight changes, 5 hours total in layovers, it will be a true t...

The two of us are departing tonight on our journey, and we are taking you with us! Everyone needs a good adventure. As Mark Twain said, “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your s...

So here I am sitting in my comfy house, which I have all to myself at the moment, writing my first ever BLOOOOOOOOG. I've set this up so that my fam bam can stay updated on my whereabouts and adventures en la america del sur ay!!ay!! I embark on my first indepemdent adventure outside the continental united states on March 2 and couldn't be more ...

April and I go for the simplest thing on the breakfast menu. Oatmeal. The chef, of course, does his with caramelized plantains and dried cherries. It was wonderful.

Even with this hearty breakfast we weren't up for more than a walk to the bath house and our second massage of the week. We luxuriated in the hot water, steam and the view ...

This morning the chef thrilled me again with a crab cake, poached egg, avocado breakfast. Would have never imagined this combination. Seriously yummy.

Then we are off to hike in Bothe-Napa State Park about a 2 miles from the Ranch. It is a beautiful redwood forest. We were in the forest around 2pm and the light was already long in the ...

We're less than 48 hours away from boarding a plane to Wellington, New Zealand, where we're going to live. Things are, thankfully, coming together: some sizeable chunk of our belongings were loaded onto the back of a truck a few days ago, with vague promises that we'll see them again in a couple of months and on the other side of an ocean. Even ...

A new home The doctors are gone, they had a good time, we have all moved back into better housing, and the leftovers are pretty darn good. Someone brought a bonanza down to the press building for break today. Good cheese, all kinds of fancy crackers, delicious nectarines and pears, cookies, and a huge jar of nuts. We managed to leave a little fo...

"Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the slavery of Home, one feels once more happy. The blood flows with the fast circulation of childhood... A journey, in fa...

Arrived here pretty late so we just checked in, Fiona went to her bed and I went for a look round the block. Staying in another cheap hotel - confort inn - not far from fishermans wharf. Looked at hostels, but again its cheaper to stay in a cheap hotel booked through priceline! Area looks pretty cool, full of small bars - still recovering from v...

David is from San Francisco and is traveling February 14- May 2005 to South East Asia --- Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Hong Kong. CLICK HERE to see David's ASIA VACATION website CLICK HERE to see David's SAILING website