Palm Plaza

... come every winter to volunteer.  What a nice idea~~~ It's past noon when we left the center.  We drove to the Palm Beach area.  I paralleled park in an empty spot but that was West Palm Beach.  We walked around and headed to the big ...

... to my next destination.  I loaded my stuff in my cute little car and headed away from the Crowne Plaza. I had arranged to spend the weekend in Palm Beach, the northern most of Sydney’s beaches.  Some of you may know this beach better as ...

... and we loved looking at all the prettyful fishies. The highlight of the day however was later on when we walked down to the plaza nearby to get an ice-cream. Well there we were just sitting in the sunshine when we hear some 'beep boop beeps' behind us. ...

... here and a little cafe run by a group of people we had lunch here which was nice but very basic then on to more of palm valley - a great day - and duncan was russell crow's double!  friday  we had tickets for the tour bus round alice and we ...

... hostels. The streets are cobblestone of course. As you walk down one of them you might find at a corner a small café or a small plaza and soon you will find a church. We walked from the ship to Plaza de la Cathedral. The plaza was packed with passengers ...

... that I can't share the images with you. But I will never forget the amazing sight of hundreds of these extravagant palm creations in the plaza, in the procession, and in the church. The service was standing room only, with folks lining the walls and ...

... .  Not knowing what to expect we were curious about all the preparations going on around the Catholic Church and Plaza.  Tables, Chairs, Booths, Food... ... ..  The afternoon was spent by many parishioners strewing Alfalfa down the street ...

... eyes to a sad but real part of Colombian history.        We rode Medellin´s fantastic metro into the Plaza Botero to see the sculputres donated by Fernando Botero.  Botero was born in Medellin in 1932 and he has since become ...

... metal balls at small explosives, so of course I had to try it out.  It didn't open until 9:30pm, so we walked around the plaza for a while, had some coffee, and went back.  Cost of admission is free, just pay for the beers you drink and the game ...

... is a bit late to be exploring a new city. So the next day I explored downtown first of all, mainly Horton Plaza, a huge shopping mall with beautiful Spanish architecture. I located my favourite American shop, Hot topic, and shopped a bit before heading ...

... in places.... Subway ride (40 cents each) to city center....hot and crowded, but interesting to watch the people. Arrived at Plaza de Mayo.....historic center of BA - with the pink presidential palace where  Evita Perron gave her speech, gov't ...

... carry a thing: if you are not carrying your purchase out the door, it can be delivered to your hotel, or shipped to your home in Palm Springs. If you really shop a lot, all you have to do is take your invoices to a shipper, whose office is on the street. ...

... and fly to Boracay. We took an Air Philippines flight back to Manila and spent another night in the Malate district staying at the Palm Plaza Hotel before flying down to Caticlan (most flights to the small islands go via Manila). From Caticlan we took a ...

... heavy objects adorned with metal and jewels. Then after all the statues had arrived there was an open air service in the Plaza, it was great to experience Latino Catholicism in full flow, very different in some ways from CoE and then with the open air ...

... my room but I put my bag in the luggage storage area, had a shower and used the internet, then went over to the nearby BB Plaza and another one (Lin Yat??) to look around the shops. The BB Plaza is huge and is quite a cheap place with loads and loads of ...

... which made finding the hotel a little tricky.  We managed it after a couple of wrong turns and were greeted at the Crowne Plaza hotel like royalty.  Even the duty manager (Cedric, French) came rushing out to inform us we had been upgraded to the ...

... , after our 15 hours of travel).  We are now bunking in a 10 person dorm in a hostel overlooking the Plaza de Armas, a lovely palm tree filled courtyard complete with artesans, pidgeons, a spiderman impersonator (evil darkside spidey), and a ton of ...

... to one peice.  I had a nice chat over lunch with an older couple from Adelaide.  They are also staying at the Crowne Plaza and are taking the Ghan Train back to Adelaide, just as I am planning on doing, so we will be on the train together. ...

... , is topped by a 4.5 metre diameter 5 ton globe.  A line down the centre of the east-facing staircase, and across the plaza, was meant to mark the equator.  The problem has arisen that the modern datum, used in GPS has placed the equator about ...