Sun God Lodge

... was pretty good - Bucky caught two Snook but even the seventeen inch one was too small to keep (keeper slot is 24-30 inches). Hot sun was really tiring. Finished "Glory Road," a great book and moved onto a bad one "Eaters of the Dead" by Crichton. Day ...

... some data on the computer for analysis. As seems to be the norm now, a place soon becomes home and leaving it to head off into god only knows what again is a bit of an odd feeling. There were quite a few people going down to the beach to watch the last ...

... -over at the Serena Logde, where we were able to get a quick face-wash and capture the sunset from the hilltop on which the lodge sat.  Tonight, we would have a few drinks at the lodge and toast our success at Serengeti (not to mention to charge our ...

... the nearby lodge helps me out and flags a motorbike taxi for me. He drives me 8 K through beautiful mountains to the Cave lodge. I meet an awesome lady named Nang who introduces me to the place and shows me around. The buldings are local style and have a ...

... features. Our destination is the Eco Amazonia Lodge, where we well spend the next 3 days going on various excursions. The Lodge is basically a big camp, with simple timber bungalows set around a luxuriant garden, and a central complex comprising a dining ...

... names though! Thursday I was fairly slow haha. started work on Friday and it was the food and beverage manager showing me around the lodge and the ins and outs of food service etc.   Another girl came on Friday, Molly, and she lives across the ...

... happened and Mt Kilimanjaro broke through the clouds and dazzled us in the fading evening sunlight.  A phenomenal sight with the sun glinting off the snowy peak - we snapped happy for a few minutes before just standing and staring.  Incredible. ...

... is 100 yards away.  We did watch Old Faithful blow – very impressive as we sat on the veranda of the old lodge (built before World War I)  overlooking the geyser watching it do it’s stuff as we ate our veggie lasagne from the cafe ...

... plane who were not on their honeymoon which was extremely hilarious! stayed in this hostel on the beach in tahiti called tahora lodge except we were the only peolple there so we had a massive room, bathroom, outside kitchen and eating space to ourselfs . ...

... enjoying it! Our guide kept complaining we never let him rest!!! Eventually we could see the place we were heading for...a small lodge and the next checkpoint....still looked a long way! The next part of the walk was really cool....we hiked through a ...

... take us back to town to catch the bus.  Ordinarily, this wouldn't have caused reason for concern; however, our little jungle lodge and the surrounding area received quite a bit of rain on Wednesday night, which caused the dirt roads in and out of ...

... a sweet and beautiful lady, even hugged me as we left. On reeccomendation from Rudy from Germany we will look up staying in the Pai Thai Gate Lodge Guesthouse in Chiang Mai...for now we will sight see throughout the day on our train ride to Chiang ...

... our footwear (but not our tenacity), we stood in mere socks and sheer devotion and wished that the queue would move, and that the sun god would climb over Sumeru to bless us with its warm rays. Never in living memory had the May sun been looked forward ...

... wall meant so it was pretyy cool! We saw the wall niches where important mummies would have been put, facing due east to the sun god. Also saw the aqueduct system which still works today! To supply each site with water they would divert a river ...

... with the sun, stars and moon. The sun was of particular importance as they believed themselves to be the descendents of the sun god, Inti. We set off again following the Inca path carved into the mountainside with sheer drops of 100m+, Inti must have ...

... in Konark I visited the Sun temple, one of the most beautiful temples I have seen so far . It is devoted to the sun-god Surya and depicted a chariot with 7 horses and 12 wheels representing the sun being driven around the earth by Surya. After walking ...

... one are many deities including Indra the rain god. The next one honours Vishnu then the next one portrays many deities including the sun god, Surya. The final ratha is dedicated to Indra and has a finely sculptured life sized elephant next to it. The ...

... an absolute f*cking ball here, and the weather has been so kind to me I am in danger of thinking that I am the Sun God.  Funnily enough, although I have had the time of my life here, I find that it has been a real struggle ...

... and then dropped us to the port...now that's what you call service! The bus incident was long forgotten by now! The Inti (sun god) was smiling down on us this fine morning and we understood the splendour of the shimmering Lake Titicaca on the 2 hour boat ...

... the sweet nectar VB(Victoria Bitter). So we go eat lunch at Pete's in Danville, http://petesbrassrail.com/ sat outside in the sun, god I love California, had a great meal and caught up on stuff, then heading back into the city. Sushi Baby Sushi and of ...