Residence Inn By Marriott Anaheim Placentia Fullerton

All packed and ready, it seriously hasn't hit me yet. My flight leaves LAX at 11:20pm and i highly doubt I'll be able to sleep... nerves man. i hope there aren't too many suburban soccer moms out in Queensland. because I'm pretty much fed up with that **** ha ha. Hervey Bay, i am ready for my bicycle and part time job with lousy benefits but great scenery! WOOHOO!!!!!! let the adventures begin..... is Oz ready?

trapped, no more, i am.

... Micheal Jackson (he DID rent from Sean Connery for $150,000 a month). We were left for ½ hour in Rodeo Drive to do some window shopping and then of course the Hollywood sign. Hollywood was very, very busy and not as glamorous as you would think! We then drove to Venice Beach for a couple of hours and the Harbor before heading back to the Hotel. Venice beach was very trendy with homes literally on the beach walkway. Monday we ...

... Hotel. The following day we went to Disney’s California Park. It’s a lovely park and seemed to have a more relaxed atmosphere than Florida! We did all the rides including Soarin’ which takes you up on a glider over the most impressive scenery in California. It was excellent! We saw Mickey and his pals again and even managed to get another art class in for Ellen. This time we all sketched Goofy!!!

We're off to Newport Beach tomorrow.

... an international flight bound for Beijing, the bustling capital of modern day China. Spend the night onboard the wide body jetliner as it traverses the international date line. Day 02 Arrive Beijing Beijing is the host city for the upcoming Summer Olympic Games and is the final stages of preparation for the throngs of international visitors set to arrive. With no sightseeing planned, the remainder of the day is spent free at leisure ...

... coming back to this **** hole. Ever. Shane says: Update - 04/04/08 Ok we're at LAX waiting for our flight home. The hotel was great, United were really good to us, and the food vouchers came in handy. We spent the day lying in our king size bed watching pay per view movies, speaking of which - watch 30 days of night. Scary as hell. OK so this is the end of it I guess. The next blog will be Thailand in September 08, followed by Vodka train and our relocation to the ...

... for him. Spent most of the day fighting traffic on the freeways form one store to the next. By the end Dan had bought skates and some hockey pants. Lucky we have room in the van to store this stuff because I don't think he will need it in Mexico. Found a state park east of LA for the night. Dan is off to make his offering to the racoons in the garage bin and I should call it a night. Tomorrow we will be into Arizona.

Hi everyone, This is Shirley, and I am setting up this travel blog (with my son Chris' help, of course) for my big one-month adventure in South America. I will be leaving on November 14 and returning on December 10. I have entered your e-mail addresses in the blog, so you will get an announcement from this web site any time I make an entry so you will know to log on and read my entry (and hopefully see my pictures) as I travel.

... f May. That was a plan, but the m*re I w*rked it *v** in my mind the hard** it was t* see h*w I c*uld pay f*r it. Finally I p*pped the questi*n t* Adam Parfrey and suggested a p*ssible flight schedule that w*uld take me fr*m Amst**dam t* L*s Angeles t* Detr*it t* New Y*rk City and back t* Amst ...

... any time soon. The previous entries have been updated with a ton of photos, in somewhat chronological order. I recommend that you don't view them with the slideshow option, as the comments that I've attached to some of the photos won't show up. Unfortunately, there were a number of places that we weren't allowed to photograph inside of (damn Frenchies and their flashes ruining it for the rest of us ...

For a middle weekend of my work in US, I decided to escape the Milwaukee fall and see the famous landmarks of California. I took a plane from O'Hare and arrived in LA on Saturday morning. Once the plane passes the mountains and starts flying above the valley, an astonishing view of ...