Downtown Motel Tampa

Today as I was driving to and from an appt, I was thinking about how a blog would be a really neat thing to do to document life and share it with others. Mainly friends and family, but you never know... Julie (from Julie and Julia) had a whirlwind, life changing adventure with her blog. :)

Anyway, I thought that a travel blog was a grea...

Wow what a week...Where do I start? It was like living a week in the life of a bachelor. Kahealani's dad's new home is warm and comfortable and we love spending time there. He has recently made some pretty big changes in his life. Moved from his larger bachelor pad to a smaller adult community and his is loving every moment of it. They really di...

Once we arrived on Fri 15th Jan in Safety Harbor, we had best part of a week there staying with Nancy and Paul and also catching up with their eldest daughter (Megan) and her family who live nearby (husband Joe, and their kids, Brett, Kristen and Lauren). It was lovely being able to spend so much time with them all. We fitted a fair bit into our...

Well every road trip has its rough patch, lets just say we already had ours decided to get it out of the way early and now we can lay it to rest. Time in Tampa with my girlfriends family is always wonderful. They really are the family everyone wishes they had. As usual I just have to say thank you to them for always making me feel right at home....

We awoke at 8 or so and prepared to head home. I opted to leave my sad, pitiful Timberland's in the hotel room rather than packing them. I've had these shoes for 10+ years and they have served me well. I should have taken a picture of the pitiful things. At the beginning of the trip, I quickly learned that these were better for my feet than...

Attend wedding renewal mass of Nelly and Tony T.at a chapel
Lunch reception with Bernice and other Carmelites.at the Florida room at the senior center.
Help in the candle setting of tonights party.
There are Pinoys singers,skit and dancing.
There is an Elvis Pinoy.
There was dancing,slide show of old pictures.
The food wa...

Nassau, Bahamas: Jan 15 - 19 Cadiz, Spain: January 28 - Feb 01 Casablanca, Morocco: Feb 2 - 5 Walvis Bay, Namibia: Feb 14 - 16 Cape Town, South Africa: Feb 18 - 22 Port Louis, Mauritius: Feb 27 Chennai, India: March 5 - 9 Bangkok, Thailand: March 15 - 19 Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam: March 22 - 27 Hong Kong/Shanghai, China: March 29 - April 3 Kobe...

The promised rainy season, which is critical to the Everglades survival, has yet to appear as of the first week in June :(. The water level in the pond beside the Anhinga Trail (see previous "Turtle Island" picture) is down an additional twelve to eighteen inches. The local birds have now spread out to nest while the migratory ones have all left...

I spent my last week of travels in Scotland staying with some family and friends...a great way to close out the trip. I was staying in Falkirk, only 25 minutes outside of Edinburgh, so I was able to pop in and catch the last few days of the Edinburgh Festival. The Festival is a month-long annual event that attracts theatrical, comedic and musica...

After 8 hours flight from London to Chicago and then 3 hours flight to Tampa I arrived at Tampa around 11pm. After couple of minutes of dragging my bag around the arrival looking for my friend Tana who was supposed to pick me up I bumped into her mum and sister. Really cool people by the way. They gave me a ride to Tana's place few miles north f...