http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kelly making travel happen is a way of life Thu, 15 May 2008 20:08:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our next big trip… join us as we drive a half-circle around the United States to find a new sunny place to live!  Ok, I admit, I need a way cooler name/description for this journey.  We are planning on driving from New York to Vancouver, BC, then from Vancouver south ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kelly/coming-up-next.html The next morning we took a cab to the Jaffa Gate again. The driver was nuts. He asked us where we were from, then proceeded to say he loved America over and over, and sang to Jim, "American boy..." He said "American people are extra extra extra ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kelly/jerusalem-day-2.html Well, they said it couldn't be done but we are here! We walked over the Rabin border crossing today from Aqaba, Jordan to Eilat, Israel. I've never walked over a border before. It was a cool experience and it was easy - the whole thing only took 40 minutes. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kelly/jerusalem.html We took a car from Petra to Aqaba this morning. Our driver asked us how Ramadan was going for us. We didn't know how to answer, so we said, Good. He asked if we were fasting and then said he didn't like Ramadan. Again, we were ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kelly/aqaba-jordan-onward.html We have been in Petra, Jordan the past two days and it's fantastic. Our feet are so sore; we walked for like 6 hours today. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kelly/petra-jordan.html So we got a taxi to Nuweiba (1/5 hours from Dahab) and bought our 1 way ticket to the fast ferry to Aqaba, Jordan. They are outrageously expensive - $70 US each. The price in LP was $55 so it had gone up a lot since then. There were ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kelly/the-1-hour-ferry-that-took-9-hours-nuweiba-to-aqaba.html Our first and only night in Dahab we went to bed in our hotel, the Ali Baba. I was lying half-asleep in my bed the next morning when I heard the camera snapping photos and saw the flash. I looked at Jim and asked, "Why are you taking pictures of ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kelly/jims-new-girlfriend.html Yesterday we spent most of the day on a boat and snorkeling in Ras Mohammed Marine Park. I dare say the snorkeling was maybe the best I've experienced. Along with tons of super colorful fish, we saw a little brown ray and my first moray eel! JIm calls this ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kelly/sharm-out-dahab-in.html VIDEOS!! Snorkeling, fish, and me telling Jim it's time to go back to the boat. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kelly/sir-sharm-a-lot.html We are in Sharm el-Sheikh in another nice resort. It makes me feel so normal and boring to be in a resort. There are 4 pools and it is on the Red Sea. We snorkeled today and it was fantastic. Jim took this with his underwater camera As always I have ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kelly/sheik-your-booty.html