Driftwood Motel
Travel Blogs from Point Pleasant Beach
So long California, Hello New York City
... to say, I never want to sit in cattle class again. Wow, it was so comfortable. The seats reclined a fair way back, we were given duvets and pillows, our own hand held personal video player, and the food was amazing. I felt like royalty. This is the first time in my life that I never wanted the flight to end, and it did end too quickly!! The other great thing about it was that I had made a new friend and we should be meeting up ...
On the Hook
... Bridge was quite welcomed by all of us. It was a beautiful day, but with the level of exhaustion (and the level of hangover), we decided to stop short at Sandy Hook instead of heading out into the Atlantic to tackle the first 20 miles of the Jersey coast. We have a beautiful little anchorage near the local Coast Guard Station, and we enjoyed a great sunset. We'll be up early to get a move on farther south.
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Friends and Family
... same job we're doing. We traded horror stories, laughed at sections of our video, shared travel tips--time flew away from us.
We cut our evening shorter than we would have liked--after all, it was nearly 11:00, and we had another early morning.
Unfortunately, between some incredibly confusing street addresses and some misleading TomTom directions, we didn't get to our [correct] hotel until nearly midnight. We stumbled into our room and fell asleep after a long ...
Introduction - Why West Africa?
... in region have had recent wars and civil strife which has made the evening news in western countries, but others (including many of those I passed through) are fledgling democracies and among the better governed of African countries. Civil wars, military coups, genocide, ruthless despots, election turmoil, and famines are the images of Africa that make the news in western countries but generally take place only in small parts of massive continent at ...
New York - a fantastic city to end the trip in
... Island ferry, going to MoMA, Grand Central Station, Bryant Park, National Library and much more. One thing to also mention was the Knicks game in Madison Square Garden. Even for a non-basketball guy like me, this was fun! Just sad Knicks sucks this year. Sorry New Yorkers. Friday we went down to Greenwich again, to meet a friend from the time I spent in Swaziland and Mocambique. Met Nick in Washington Square ...