After a great dinner last night of either steak, salmon or a vegi dish, we had one additional nightcap and called it a night. We had left for the airport at 430a, so we were both ready for a good nights sleep.
We had entered Glacier Bay National Park, which is the least visited National Park in the country. When we saw how big and vast it was, it is quite understandable as there is no way to get Read on...
We have an early start this morning – not a big deal for daughter no 1 and me, as our body clocks havent adjusted to the 8 hour time difference and we are up and raring to go by 5.30 am. When the kids were little and recently arrived in the US, I used to take them to Walmart in the middle of the night as it was the only place open where they could run around and let off steam until the rest of A Read on...
I always try to keep my every day wine and sparkling budget under $20. Since I enjoy my sparkling wines, this always limits my choices to a sparkling wine other than champagne. But it does not mean that I must sacrifice taste and enjoyment when I drink other sparklings. Plus, why open a bottle of $60 to $100 bottle of champagne when I can only drink about half of it each evening? Most of you know Read on...
Byblos archaeological site, Lebanon. Byblos has been continuously inhabited for 7,000 years. Excavations of the ancient cities began in 1925. Byblos is Papyrus in Greek as it was an ancient centre of papyrus trade. The modern era Lebanese house shows the difference in ground level over the centuries. World041
Beiruit was the eighth stop on the 1963 trip. The Pan American flight from New Delhi ar Read on...
Nathan here, after surviving the great Sa Pa shidd of Saturday. Essentially Ive been working with this random dude on Whatsapp whenever we look into getting a private car who initially arranged our airport transfer on arrival that I purchased on bookaway.com . The price quotes are unbeatable; the only downside is a language barrier, so keep your phone charged and google translate at the ready. The Read on...
We woke up this morning and had breakfast, then packed to head out. We left our luggage at the hotel. Our first stop was the USS Arizona Memorial. We were glad we went; it was a very moving experience.
Our next was stop Manoa Falls. The description called for an easy hike. We figured we didnt need to bring anything special. The hike started on a paved area, that then turned to gravel. We were hap Read on...
This morning the camp host came to visit us, he brought Nate a few Yooperlite rocks, Nate vowed not to take credit for them. The host was so funny and kind, he was like you can go ahead and take credit. Truly this was so thoughtful and nice of this host and I know Nate really appreciated being able to take a few Yooperlite rocks home. We drove to Marquette today and are staying at Marquette Touris Read on...
Quand on a quitt Buenos Aires on netait pas sr de vouloir descendre jusqu la Tierre du feu. Pour y arriver, il fallait traverser deux fois la frontire pour y aller, et deux fois pour le retour. Avec le Kangoo et les saucissons quon a achet, on avait peur que a soit un Cependant on a rencontr des israeliens qui nous a dit que la travers en bus sest bien pass. Donc on a demand les papiers dassurance Read on...
After a few unsuccessful attempts at trying to persuade the sat nav that there was such a place as Criccieth the only thing left to do was input it manually. Hopefully once in it would remember Criccieth for the future and recognise our attempts at saying the name . The sat nav took us back the way we . This surprised me as I could see the coast road up to Maentwrog which seemed a faster option an Read on...
I was exploring NE Cherokee County and I found on the county map two historic Markers to visit. North of New Summerfield on State Hwy 110 I turned East on county road 4713. I did not know that the intersection is the center of the of Blackjack. (The current Blackjack Baptist Church is by that intersection.) The name Blackjack came from the many Blackjack Oak trees there; and the early settlers cut Read on...