June 08, 2006
On the Road Again
vJune 8, 2006 Quito, Ecuador Itīs hard to believe itīs only been two months away from the world of travel....Read this update
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March 20, 2006
Encourage...
In a year, I've seen the cruelty of pollution and encourage all to be respectful to nature, I've seen the...Read this update
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The End...
It's March 21, 2006 at exactly 12:12 PM, I sit in the Wildlife Hostel located in Wellington, New Zealand. I...Read this update
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Happy Birthday to Me!
Frank Joseph, New Zealand March 15, 2006 (Birthday message sent to friends and family) A year ago on this very...Read this update
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God's Country
New Zealand March 6-21, 2006 They say that this land is God's country...it's not hard to understand why with it's...Read this update
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March 18, 2006
T-Shirt....
Northern Thailand, Febuary 19, 2006 As I left the two old woman with a smile, I walked slowly to my...Read this update
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The Spirit...
A book fortold the event and prepared me for "The Spirit". It amazes me now that at the time of reading the book, I felt that the message was how easily we as humans can misunderstand each other" and that "we should learn and listen to those from other cultures". I told others to read this book so that they too could learn how easily, we are wrong. Looking back on that book, now...I realize that the message the book was giving me was that "The Spirit" lives and have no fear. It sounds funny, unrealistic but trust me, there is truth in understanding. In the past year there have been so many instances where I have read a book, story or article where that story became my reality. After reading the " The Spirit Catches You and You Fall" by Anne Fadimen I left for Laos and on this particular day, I knew there was no coincidence, it was destiny. I recommend that everyone reads this book. It's a bit specific at first but after a few chapters it starts to flow and speak to you. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall by Anne Fadiman " A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures" May it give you a special message, as well.Read this update
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Superman
Thailand January 2006 Am I Superman? For a moment, for this moment...I believe I am. We're both still searching, still...Read this update
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March 07, 2006
It takes a Village...
Laos & Thailand 2006 In the remotest of places, people welcome me. They welcome me with a smile. I could...Read this update
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We Speak the Same Language
World Traveler.... As I wonder through this world for eleven months there is one thing that has changed. It happened...Read this update
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March 06, 2006
The Mother Land...
Laos, January 5 - 16, 2006 I have traveled through the jungle for 15 hours with the only sign of...Read this update
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The Hats...
Laos, January 5 - 16, 2006 It's been so long since we've seen silly hats or sophisticated hats. In years...Read this update
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March 05, 2006
DESTINY..
Luang Prabang - Laos, January 9, 2006 It's a sunny afternoon in Luang Prabang, a city of temples. Temples where...Read this update
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The Giving...
Luang Prabang- Laos, January 8, 2006 The chickens and roosters are crowing outside..waking me up in the early hours of...Read this update
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"MINORITIES"
Laos, February 7, 2006 "Minority"..to this American the word itself produces a cringe. A word offensive in nature for it...Read this update
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January 20, 2006
A Horse!!!
January 2nd - 17th, 2006 Did I see a bottle of Champagne? Two Bottles of Wine? Did I stay at...Read this update
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Near Drowing Experience
Koh Tao, Thailand January 8, 2006 Sometimes you just have to laugh.... Yes, it's a typical Paulina Charvet Episode, Drowning...Read this update
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I'm in Thailand
January 2, 2006 It's a New Year in Bangkok and I sit transformed in another place, a place where the...Read this update
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January 08, 2006
It was overwhelming..
India...November - January 1, 2006 India was overwhelming in so many ways....it was not easy, it was not a vacation....Read this update
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In her soft voice...
Jaipur, India December 30th - January 1, 2006 As her soft voice entered the dining room with a greeting...her hair...Read this update
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My Christmas Present
December 25, 2005 I recognize the distance from home and I am a world away...wiser from my journey....in some ways...Read this update
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What would happen....
Orissa India, December 12-21, 2005 What would happen if we removed all technology from our lives? There would be no...Read this update
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"Please Pray For Us"
Orissa India....December 21, 2005 "Please pray for Us".... These words came out of nowhere with a surprise. Where just moments...Read this update
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The List....
India November - January 1, 2006 It's not hard to begin the list, but what item should go first? What...Read this update
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From Village to Village
India- November through January 1, 2006 As you walk the streets of towns and villages in India...there are small faces...Read this update
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November 30, 2005
The Train.. The Masses
India...November 30, 2005 The train system filled with the masses. A train compartment like no other I have seen. A...Read this update
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The Boy with Marbles
Agra to Varanasi Train Station, Travel Logs...November 20, 2005 It was late, not unusual for the trains in India...not unusual...Read this update
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I Bow Down in Respect
Varansi, India November 18-22 Written Journal The river on the banks of Varanasi flows seems to stand still for the...Read this update
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Floating with the Dead
November 23-25, Varanasi, India Travel Journal Varanasi, a place filled with spirituality, superstition, the Ganges River and the largest site...Read this update
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Taj Mahal..
Travel Logs, Agra November 21, 2005 Oh..the Taj Mahal, an Architectual wonder built for a love lost. It is such...Read this update
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I am Thankful For..Part II
Thanksgiving, November 24th, 2005 India Things I am thankful for that escaped me previously.. I am Thankful I have learned...Read this update
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November 29, 2005
I am Thankful for..Part I
Thanksgiving Day....November 24th, Varanasi India As most of America sits down to feast over my favorite meal of the year,...Read this update
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November 25, 2005
The Rickshaw Man
Travel Log November 19, 2005 Agra - India What is a rickshaw you ask....there are two forms from what I...Read this update
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Brave, Me?
November 25, 2005 "Brave", I have heard this one word hundreds of times. It has been bestowed by strangers, it...Read this update
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I Am Just One
Travel Log: November 25, 2005 Ohhh India, what a place. As I stand on the sidelines, or sit at a...Read this update
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November 13, 2005
The Cold Cape
November 2-5, 2005 CapeTown, South Africa Did I leave Africa?!?!??!? 5 Layers and the tip of a continent! May we...Read this update
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Wine Angels in Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch, South Africa - Travel Journal November 6-8, 2005 Cape Town, South Africa...where the lights and noises penetrate the walls....Read this update
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November 02, 2005
Best of Both Worlds..
Travel Log, November 2nd, Cape Town South Africa It was dark and late when I arrived in Cape Town the...Read this update
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October 31, 2005
A 7th Wonder of the World
Zambia- Victoria Falls, October 31st Victoria Falls brings out the ooooohhhs and ahhhs of even a novice. A million gallons...Read this update
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The Real Africa - Part 2
Tanzania, October 29-30th Saying goodbye to Zanzibar was a sad day for me even if I was leaving the 4...Read this update
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Romantic Meal for ONE!
Zanzibar - Travel Log October 22nd Over the last 3 nights, I have enjoyed a setting that the romantic girl...Read this update
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Crystal Specs of Sunshine
Zanzibar - Travel Log from October 21st Within minutes of landing in the exotic land and beach of Zanzibar (Nungwi),...Read this update
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October 27, 2005
The girl in me!!!!
A city girl, a backpacker, a tent, an outdoor shower, bugs, monkeys flying around, a turkish toilet on the other...Read this update
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October 26, 2005
I, ALONE...
Bwindi Impenetratable Forest, Uganda - October 16th 24 hours on two bus, a road that has not been fixed in...Read this update
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"Mzugu, Mzugu, Mzugu"
Upon sight of a map, Africa is such a large continent. It is impossible to think there is a...Read this update
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October 25, 2005
Good Morning...America
Written Journal - October 12th - Amboseli...Kenya Our driver warned us about the elephant but I never thought I would...Read this update
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Stary, Stary Night...
Written Joural October 8th - Massai Mara - Kenya It is a beautiful night in Massai Mara, with a million...Read this update
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Massai Mara, the People!
Written Journal - October 8th Massai Mara- Kenya Massaii Mara Warrior At the first sight of the village and people...Read this update
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October 24, 2005
Lions, Tigers and Bears....OH MY!
Written Journal: October 7th Masaii Mara National Park - Kenya...Read this update
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October 20, 2005
One of Us....
Travel Blog from September 30th, Accra-Ghana One of us is "NOT" like the others! I have truly hit the real...Read this update
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The Real Africa
Flight Journal on September 22, 2005 -- Frankfurt, Germany to Accra, Ghana I smile as I fly over the land...Read this update
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September 30, 2005
May We Meet Again
Travel written log September 16, 2005 - Meknes, Morroco It had been two days of laughter with a loving family,...Read this update
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September 26, 2005
Homeless in Meknes
Written log from September 14, 2005 When I dropped Price off at the train station and headed towards the bus...Read this update
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September 21, 2005
Morroco....I am in love!
Written Journal from Tetouan, Morroco - September 17, 2005 I am not sure if it was the maze streets of...Read this update
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September 20, 2005
Dear Pricey....
Spain, September 5 - September 14, 2005 As I was so teasingly reminded.... Which one of your friends.....has come to...Read this update
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Gypsy Songs of Life
Budapest - Written Journal from September 4, 2005 Backdrop: While on my travels I picked up a book at one...Read this update
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August 31, 2005
Buda.....Pest!
Well I returned to Europe from what now appears to be another world. What happened to all the kindness of...Read this update
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August 22, 2005
3 Month Anniversary..
3 Month Anniversary..... August 20th Journal written on Egypt Air - Egypt to Cairo It is my three month anniversary...and...Read this update
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The Mermaid Experience
Written Journal, August 18, 2005 Dahab, Egypt I have gone snorkling in the Red Sea a few times and it...Read this update
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Relaxing in Dahab, Egypt
Journal entry from August 16, 2005 The sun is setting in Dahab, a little town along the coast of the...Read this update
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August 20, 2005
The Women Behind the Black Veil
A fellow American with my same perspective stated, "how nice it would be for a man to get know a person for who they are, rather than to be judged and attracted on looks". It might be a third world nation, but some things make more worldly sense her than in our own neighborhood.Read this update
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August 13, 2005
TRAVEL ADJUSTMENTS
I am almost at my three month marker of travel and the following changes have occured. May all travelers take...Read this update
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August 07, 2005
Welcome to Egypt
In just a few days, I have learned the following about Egypt: 1) Every man between the ages of 16...Read this update
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Egypt in August.....
Egypt in August, WHAT was I thinking????? Written Journal, Ajgust 4, 2005 Cairo, Egypt With guidance from other fellow travelers....I...Read this update
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Gule Gule to Sevigilim
August 1, 2005 Journal Entry Today is my last day in Turkey and it is with some sadness that I...Read this update
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July 18, 2005
Cappadocia Cave People
July 18, 2005 I flew into the hot region of Cappadocia and arrived in the small quiant town of Urgup...Read this update
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July 11, 2005
2 Months Down, 9 Months to Go!!
I had my two month travel anniversary yesterday and to some surprise it brings me to my starting point of...Read this update
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July 08, 2005
Passport Control
July 6th Journal I stayed in Sarajevo for only one night and based on my Lonely Planet decided to work...Read this update
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Sarajevo, Bosnia
The scenic route along the coast of Croatia was amazing. There are miles of untouched coastline where the only sign...Read this update
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Croatian Recovery
July 3rd Written Journal... Is is day/night 11 in Dubrovnik, Croatia and my last evening in this beautiful place. It...Read this update
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Lazy in Croatia
June 24th For the first time in weeks, I dress up like a girl and it makes me feel warm...all...Read this update
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Croatia
June 24 - 5:30 PM Journal I landed in Dubrovnik, Croatia last night after spending a view nights in the...Read this update
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June 18, 2005
No Ice Cream...
I am a bit tired of the get up and go every three days, the lack of sleep, the doners...Read this update
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The Hills are Alive...
6/17-6/18/2005 The hills are alive, with the sound of tourists! I landed in Salyburg, Austria yesterday and again I am...Read this update
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June 17, 2005
Hostel Living 2...
Written Journal Entry from June 14th through 17th relating to Hostel Living: Thanks to Sabina and her colleague, I arrive...Read this update
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Cycle of Life...
Copy from Written Journal on 6/1272005 I sit a little meloncholy and wonder about our cycle of life ever since...Read this update
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June 09, 2005
Sad but True Story, Berlin
Berlin, what a beautiful city and what a sad story. I've been educated in Berlin and as I walk around...Read this update
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Story Book Tallinn Estonia
I took the advise of a few of my hostel companions in Latvia which recommended I visit Tallinn, Estonia. It...Read this update
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Hostel..Home Sweet Home
At a ripe older age and with no previous hostel experience, the following are my observations in comparison to other...Read this update
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June 02, 2005
Lost Passport in Latvia
As my 411 - 911, A Team is aware...my passport went missing yesterday, a day of excursion to Sigulda about...Read this update
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Ruins of Riga
I landed in Riga to a cold evening and the break of rain in the forcast. Downtown Riga is very...Read this update
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Bonn-War Capital & Beethoven
Bonn was the capital of Germany during the War. I came to visit Bonn to see if I could locate...Read this update
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Germany Part II - On my way to Bonn
My written journal quote from 5/30/2005: I currently find myself on a ferry riding down the Rhein from Cologne to...Read this update
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Germany Part I - Cologne and the Market
Upon arrival to the Frankfurt Hahn airport, which sits outside of Frankfurt by an hour or more, I felt a...Read this update
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May 28, 2005
First Thing Lost...
The walking padometer (sp)....darn it!! I think it fell off when I was putting on the backpack two countries and...Read this update
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Day 1 in Germany
Lost, confused and hot! I landed at the Frankfurt Hahn airport terminal at 11:45 AM, but my host thought my...Read this update
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Sweden Wow List
1. #1, Vikings ofcourse. 2. Ice cream for everyone. 3. First Moose sighting, ever! 4. Old European charm!!...Read this update
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Sweet Land in Sweden
I found Sweden to be a beautiful country that offers both countryside landscape and the postcard city of Stockholm. My...Read this update
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Norway Wow List
1. To some American surprise, there was no internet in Oslo...that we could find. 2. Beautiful towns filled with quietness...Read this update
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May 26, 2005
May 23, 2005
Visit to Norway
As timing would have it, I arrived in Norway just in time for May 17th, their independence celebration. As the...Read this update
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England Top List
1. St. James Park with all the flowers in spring bloom 2. Westminster Abbey Chimes at Noon 3. Endless fields...Read this update
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May 13, 2005
STUFFY OLD ENGLAND...
Day 3 and all is well.... I've been living alone these last three days in a lovely "flat" in walking...Read this update
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