http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Kango-Suz The goal: 160 countries by the time I'm 30. Read my stories here... Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:32:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the companies I work for, Kango.com, is about to go beta! Ok, so this might not be particularly exciting for you, but it is for me and for all of the team in the Palo Alto offices. Lucky buggers, out there in the beautiful Northern California ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Kango-Suz/go-kango-go-great-travel-search-engine.html Once the wintertime escape destination for Hollywood’s most famous movie stars, Palm Springs has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. Both in population and in tourism, this desert community is one of the hippest and exciting places to be inland in Southern California. Always a destination ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Kango-Suz/artistic-night-in-palm-springs.html In which Suz learns a key truth about the traveling community… “Pub Crawl Tonight to celebrate Bob’s leaving– 6:30” The sign was tempting to my soaking wet self as I stood at the check in desk of the Bath Backpacker’s Hostel. More than I could say I wanted to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Kango-Suz/pub-crawl-in-bath.html http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Kango+Suz/ Technorati Profile http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Kango-Suz/claiming-my-blog-2.html I’m looking for a good tour company to take a group of about 40 people on tour to Japan with. I tried several websites, but have not yet found anything satisfying. Viator has all the excellent land trips that I want, but it only does in-country tour bookings. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Kango-Suz/seeking-a-good-tour-company.html Amidst the bustle of the modern English town of Bath, the Roman Baths sit, surrounded by buildings, a testament to the city’s history. Their murky green waters no longer drain perfectly or play host to the rich and famous of Society come to refresh and renew themselves. The ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Kango-Suz/bath%e2%80%99s-roman-baths.html After the moving and amazing experiences of my morning at Salisbury Cathedral, I was primed for a wonderful afternoon at Stonehenge. I have studied and admired the prehistoric standing stones for almost as long as I’ve dreamed of Loch Ness. My plan was to use the hop-on hop-off ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Kango-Suz/stone-un-hinged.html The train to Stonehenge doesn’t drop you right next to the famous upright stones, of course. Instead, you need to get off in the nearby village of Salisbury and get some sort of transportation to the site itself. I arrived in Salisbury on one of those dreary English ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Kango-Suz/salisbury-cathedral.html When I was seven or so, I sent a letter to my aunt in England that said “Dear Aunt Cookie, is the Loch Ness Monster Real?” Recently, she mailed the letter back to me as she thought I would get a kick out of it. I did. Even though ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Kango-Suz/loch-ness.html Like the child whose name gets written on the board, Alcatraz sits in the foggy bay of San Francisco, an ever present warning of what happens to you if you truly break the rules. Once home to Indian tribes and later inmates of the high-security prision, the rocky crags ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Kango-Suz/wild-alcatraz.html