Black Sheep

... most important event of the year, a festival of ancestor worship in Wozi and Gaoyang villages of Puding County. Oxen, pigs and sheep are slaughtered for ritual sacrifices to ancestors. On the first day of the tenth lunar month, Gelos give their oxen a ...

... and homegrown ingredients. The water is caught in rain tanks and best of all - the toilets require no flushing. The toilets at The Black Sheep Inn were life-changing! After spending a few days there I never want to flush a toilet again. I have been ...

... Inn. The boys and 3 girls were selected to sleep in the bunk house, which was actually a tri-level chalet-like building. As I settled in for the night, I decided that The Black Sheep Inn was probably the coolest hostel-type place I had ever stayed ...

... went down.  With no urban centers for a long way and at that altitude, the night sky was striking and memorable.  The Black Sheep Inn made a name for itself for a number of reasons.  It was the really the first lodging catering to Western ...

... The Metro is understandably a major source of pride for the city's residents. It is extremely modern, clean, and efficient. The Black Sheep was conveniently located a few minutes walk from Estacion el Poblado. The metro stops seem to be a huge catalyst ...

... I guess, and I wouldn´t swap it for anything at the moment! Just realised that I haven´t explained why we went to Black Sheep Inn (despite being near the gorgoues Laguna Quilotoa). It´s apparently on of the best eco-lodges in the world-everything´s ...

... . Plus, my bag was on the roof...But luckily the plastic tarp they had placed over the roof luggage kept my stuff dry. The Black Sheep Inn is really a special place. It is a working farm, and the lodge is run in a very environmentally friendly way. ...

Ness - We arrived late afternoon in Medellin and had booked into the Black Sheep Hostel run by a Kiwi guy (hence the name) and his Colombian wife (can see a pattern here?). It was a very large, very busy hostel. As it was Sunday it was BBQ night and there ...

... " looks me in the eye, nods, and shakes my hand.  I think I am now acccepted into the family.  I think I'll be the black sheep of this family, but that's good with me.  She talks about wanting to go after one of the girls and I offer the ...

... . It was quite an experience. *** On Tuesday I finally worked up the courage (and energy) to try the Intercambio at the Black Sheep. Tai and I took the metro into town and got some food before heading into the bar. It was Tuesday so there wasn't ...

... of half-timbered houses with artwork and fretwork that just typifies an alpine village… we even treated ourselves to coffee and black forest cake… thought that was most appropriate. Saw some jaw-dropping ski jumps on the edge of Furtwangen ...

... and then headed west for Otorohanga. Rachel then gave us a tour of her hilly land and I saw some great views and many sheep. Rachel's mom cooked us a traditional kiwi farm meal of Roast Beef and vegetables, including kumara - a potato similar to a sweet ...

... farm then explained about sheep and the industry in NZ, we were introduced to and fed some various sheep, including a large ram and a rare black sheep. The farmer then gave us a demonstration of how a sheep is sheared, her took a few minutes but the best ...

... be like taking pictures of cornstalks in Ohio.  Some have been shorn, some are very round and woolly.  Sean saw three black sheep in the thousands across the country; I saw two dark brown sheep.  We say "Sheep" in high-pitched voices each ...

... deal." Fairbanks has grown up since the last time I was there.  There is now even two Walmarts.  They are the black sheep of the storefront in this still "Western Frontier," but even they were busy on this day. Shopping in negative degrees ...

So we left Quito and headed off into the hills. Have had an amazing couple of days staying in an Eco Lodge up in the mountains. Stayed at a place called the blacksheepinn.com which was fabulous and in an ideal position to go and explore. The view ...

So, it was time for a new country, time to get back to my old non-sick self, time to get enthusiastic for travel once again, and hopefully time to have an amazing final three weeks before i headed home. What can i say, expectations were high for ...

... story, lets get to Baden-Baden? For those of you who don’t know Baden-Baden is on the upper west side of the Black Forrest. It’s pretty much a spa and resort town in what feels like a mix between the French countryside and a typical German ...

... an American accent. 'What's on the other side of the hill?' 'Oh just a scene similar to here, you know, more hills, and black sand' '....' So I could have just walked around the hill to see the other side if I wished, and probably it would be a lot ...

... hallmark of BHG. After eating bison burgers and hotdogs we headed to Bear Country USA to drive through and observe elk, wolves, sheep & goats, buffalo, mountain lions, wolves, bobcat, reindeer and lots of bears. The pics we took were fantastic. The day ...