http://blogs.bootsnall.com Articles tagged Travel on BootsnAll Travel Network - page 1 en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://blogs.bootsnall.com/wtravlr1/information-on-safari-africa.htmlANDY'S TRAVELS & RANTS2008-06-28 22:56:03reat!! --- you got the good flight down. There will be someone to meet you after you clear custom/immig. and take you to a hotel on airport property, nice shower, and a free lunch buffet.  Its a very nice hotel, and getting  a shower and a meal was a dr http://blogs.bootsnall.com/peggydaly/technology-packing-list.htmlA Broad Abroad2008-06-27 19:32:56i gave a lot of thought to what would be part of my "technology entourage".  photography was important to my travels and i'd previously traveled to india and senegal with my Canon Digital Rebel XTi, but the whole question of lenses, bags, protection, and http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lytieuquy/ha-noi-travel-guides.htmlLife of adventure travel2008-06-26 22:17:33Hanoi is the elegant capital city of Vietnam sprawling its way along the Red River banks. There are many lakes, parks and leafy quarters which make the city just freshly green all year round. Ha Noi was first built in 1010 by King Ly Thai To who checked a http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky/i-got-crabs-on-my-birthday.htmlVagabonding begins!2008-06-24 17:14:35I knew something was wrong from the moment my bare feet touched the ground this morning. I climbed out of bed with a slight groan here, a subtle pop there. A shifting of something inside my spine that probably shouldn't be shifting. I looked around wa http://blogs.bootsnall.com/pamelamac/its-official-ive-resigned.htmlthe world through my eyes...2008-06-24 16:46:40After weeks of knowing that I was going to quit, I've finally taken the plunge and done it!  This morning I gave my resignation for July 24th.  However I told them if they needed some help, I'd stay until the end of September.  I can't believe it's http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bach0189/we-are-here.htmlPeru!2008-06-20 14:28:19Hello Everyone! We have arrived safely in Cuzco. Our flights were pretty boring and long. Although, our flight into Lima had a ton of good movies to watch. Yay! We slept in the Lima airport, which is pretty darn modern. It has a Papa John´s Pizza and http://blogs.bootsnall.com/pamelamac/what-makes-a-person-a-seasoned-traveller.htmlthe world through my eyes...2008-06-16 20:54:04What is it that makes a person a seasoned traveller?  Is it the variety of stamps in a passport?  The number of filled passports in ones drawer, or is the existance of a RTW trip of 6 months or longer? I haven't had the opportunity to take a long tri http://blogs.bootsnall.com/paradissatravel/ha-long-bay-of-vietnam.htmlParadissa Travel - Vietnam Travel Agents Tour Operators2008-06-14 05:28:10 Ha Long Bay of Vietnam Ha Long Bay (Vinh Ha Long) in Vietnamese means "the Bay of Descending dragons". According the Vietnamese legend, the area was inhabited early by the Vietnamese who lived mainly on agriculture. There were a herd of dragons which http://blogs.bootsnall.com/dippindots/win-a-trip-to-iceland.htmlTrip to Iceland2008-06-13 16:14:45 Check out this awesome sweepstakes Dippin’ Dots is doing with the new Brendan Fraser movie Journey to the Center of the Earth. Enter for a chance to win a trip to Iceland (where the movie takes place) and lots of other Dippin’ Dots and Journey pr http://blogs.bootsnall.com/pamelamac/goodbye-responsibility-hello-world.htmlthe world through my eyes...2008-06-09 03:43:27Many people who know me, know I've been talking of a long trip for a few years now.  However my career seemed to hold me back, ok, so maybe I held myself back.  But, things are about to change!  The career is no longer rewarding and my body is starting http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lindajbrown/what-do-you-do-with-downtime.htmlHEY BOOMERS!2008-06-06 09:07:41Downtime!  Whether you're on the road or at home, you have your favorite ways of filling time.  Mine are often reading or writing, and some fair amount of that is done on computer, nowadays.  Don't watch much TV and don't own a cell phone, so that free http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky/an-update.htmlVagabonding begins!2008-06-04 13:00:14Its almost like looking under your car as your are filling it with gas, only to see that same gas pouring out and going down a drain. And so, after more than 2 years of maintaining this blog, sometimes in very difficult situations while traveling, I ha http://blogs.bootsnall.com/peggydaly/the-dust-of-several-continents-aka-ode-to-my-pack.htmlA Broad Abroad2008-06-03 12:20:30The Dust of Several Continents......that is what i saw floating around you in my tub. yes, i bathed you lovingly in preparation for our TX-family-visit. i'm terribly attached you, my decade-old pal. how old are you in pack-years? we both cut our trave http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky/june.htmlVagabonding begins!2008-06-01 13:11:32 Moss growing on a log My favorite month. Maybe I'm a little biased because I was born in June....making me a Gemini (twins), and according to some, gives me an excuse for acting schizophrenic. (I agree) wait...no I don't. (yes I do). Never mind. http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/lima.htmlMom Says I'm Running Away2008-05-24 10:20:09Day: 423 More Lima. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/sftiger/the-aquatic-center-in-vancouver.htmlMusic of the Tigers2008-05-22 19:49:24When I'm traveling, I seek out certain home pleasures.  And one of those is swimming.  I'm here in Vancouver, visiting with Jeremy.  With a little research on the web, I was able to find a great place to swim--the Aquatic Center.  It's not every place http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/yep-its-here.htmlMom Says I'm Running Away2008-05-22 15:44:01Day: 422 We are just two days away from being off back to California for the summer, and our travel exhaustion has fully set in. After months on the road, you get worn out and just want to see your bed again and return to something familiar, alth http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/hornimans-anis.htmlMom Says I'm Running Away2008-05-21 17:24:01Day: 421 Today we saw the Hornimans Anis... Just say it out loud... Hornimans Anis... Umm... Yeah. Peruvian Supermarkets are the best. We also managed to hit up the Catacombs below some church (lots of "No photo" signs were up, but I di http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/funk.htmlMom Says I'm Running Away2008-05-21 17:02:32Day: 420 I am currently in the midst of an end-of-trip funk that is normally associated with me being back in the big city I will be flying out from. We have 3 more days before heading back to California for the summer. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/sublimepub/renowned-penguin-expert-joins-2009-voyage-to-the-great-white-continent.htmlSublimepub2008-05-21 13:59:16 Renowned Penguin Expert Joins 2009 Voyage to the Great White Continent   (Santiago, Chile) --- Dyan deNapoli, a penguin expert formerly with the New England Aquarium in Boston known as “The Penguin Lady,” will present a series of lectures aboard T http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/an-easy-4.htmlMom Says I'm Running Away2008-05-19 15:43:37Day: 419 A simple 4 hour bus ride into Lima? Sounds simple huh? For a second we forgot we were in South America and actually thought it would be that easy. We were told that buses leave every 10 minutes to Lima, so after a long breakfast we all http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/happy-birthday-felicia.htmlMom Says I'm Running Away2008-05-19 15:28:38Day: 418 Today was Felicia's birthday, so we jammed packed it with stuff to do. We started at 6am and headed out to the"poor mans Galapagos" (aka Isla Balletas) and checked out the sea lions and birds for a few hours. We followed that up w http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/vino-y-pisco.htmlMom Says I'm Running Away2008-05-17 12:29:06Day: 417 Wine and Pisco tasting today. You may have never heard of Peru's illustrious wine making history, but that could be because it's not quite as memorable as France, California, New Zealand, Argentina or Chile, instead it looked like a home http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/middle-of-the-desert.htmlMom Says I'm Running Away2008-05-17 12:10:59Day: 416 We arrived today in the middle of the desert at an oasis named Huacachina. After visiting 4 places we found somewhere to stay and spent the remainder of the day enjoying the laziness that is required by a town of 200 people (with possibly http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/busing-away.htmlMom Says I'm Running Away2008-05-16 09:29:52Day: 415 Today was a pretty standard day when we are planning a huge bus trip in the afternoon, essentially eating a few meals and some pointless wandering (aka Oreo Buying), before loading on our ultra high class VIP seats on a Cruz del Sur bus, http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/train-down.htmlMom Says I'm Running Away2008-05-16 09:18:49Day: 414   Since our (primarly mine) forward planning skills are slightly lacking, today for our train ride back down the mountain to Cusco we had to take the pricier ¨Vistadome Class¨ train, complete with clear ceiling and a snack which included http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/macchu-pikachu.htmlMom Says I'm Running Away2008-05-16 09:02:39Day: 413   With the goal of making our Macchu Pichu day slightly different from everyone elses we have seen, Felicia got the great idea of bringing along a friend with a similar name to make it fully enjoyable. We were up on the ruins by a http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/up-and-up.htmlMom Says I'm Running Away2008-05-14 10:47:35Day: 412 4:45 We were all awake to catch the "Backpacker Class" train to Macchu Pichu, still an obscene $48 one way for a 4 hour train ride (aka Europe Prices). When we arrived at the station we were stoked that there were only 6 people in front of http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/cusco-lethargy.htmlMom Says I'm Running Away2008-05-14 09:54:40Day: 411 We all sat around eating, drinking and wandering around Cusco today, stalking up on snacks for the next few days in Macchu Pichu. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky/chengdu.htmlVagabonding begins!2008-05-12 23:20:49Geez....this blog went from being the "life is good" blog to the disaster blog! 10K people dead in Chengdu, China. I spent 2 weeks there back in November, and still have a couple of nice friends there that I have not been able to get in contact with si