Dale and I are Olympic fans. We attended a couple of events of the 1986 summer Olympics in LA and several events at the 1988 winter Olympics in Calgary. We went to Paso Robles and saw the torch being carried, and one of the torch bearers let us hold the torch briefly. So, it was only fitting that we wanted to go to Olympia, the place of the original Olympics.
Before leaving for Greece, I tried to Read on...
Red represents bravery, white purity and blue loyalty. The star represents the State of Texas - the lone star state.
The Tower of the Americas is the second highest free standing tower in the USA, with the first being the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas and the third is the Space Needle in Seattle, both of which we have visited (see Fun and Games but Hating it Out of Principle and A From The Top Read on...
For those of you counting, the city of Los Angeles covers 503 square miles and Los Angeles County is 4,752 square miles big. See? HUGE. Its the second most populous city in the US – a little less than half that of New York City.
In addition, LA has 75 miles of coastline. Almost 4 million people. About 36% of residents were born outside of our country.
When I was working, Los Angeles was a nigh Read on...
Franschoek Afrikaans for French Corner, is a small town in the Western Cape Province and one of the oldest towns of the Republic of South Africa. It is about 75 kilometers from Cape Town and has a population of app 18000 people, easily doubling on weekends when the Cape to party. Cape Town is only a 45 minutes drive away. It is a posh upmarket place where expensive cars and Harley motorbikes are a Read on...
The Echidna Chasm was created when an ancient river cut through the northern end of the Bungle Bungles. As the water rushes down during the summer wet season, it transports rocks and boulders along the river bed. At the lower end are the smaller rocks and as you gradually climb, the rocks and boulders get larger.
The dramatic thing about the chasm is that the further in you go, the more the 600 f Read on...
Issy passed on yesterdays tour of the Acropolis, which was understandable given it involved a lot of walking in the heat. I know shes not into temples but Im still determined that we not leave Athens without her seeing its biggest attraction. I thought we got here early but theres still a long queue for tickets. We make our way up the lower slopes past the Theatre of Dionysus and the Odeon of Hero Read on...
Seldom do I get so excited about a place that I dont want back home, but Laramie, Wyoming, certainly that. While I was walking down Grand Avenue on Monday, I stumbled across some houses for rent and seriously considered calling the numbers listed, just to see what kind of prices I could expect. Simply put, Laramie has everything I could ask for in a place to live, including a lack of crowds. This Read on...
After over 4 years hiatus from international travel concentrating on personal stuff including supporting ill family and buying my own flat by the end of 2014 it was time to think about a new adventure. I kind of had the feeling that climbing Kilimanjaro was just a bit much and something other people did so initially dismissed it as an option. But if you think like that then youre right so decided Read on...
again. Next, I called her cell phone #. She had just returned to the airport... with my telephone! My day
other Go International team members. We introduced ourselves and chatted as we waited for the flight.
Customs, a video kept playing. It showed before and after photos of the San Pedro Sula airport. It had
For supper, we agreed upon the local Pizza Hut. There are 3 varieties of pizza... Good Read on...
The border between Pakistan and Afghanistan proved our biggest hassle to date. The Afghani customs men were most unenthusiastic about the whole task and in no hurry. Clocks were switched back another 30 minutes, giving us a bit of extra time, but we didnt finally emerge from Customs until 4.30pm local time, meaning a 3 hour delay. Plenty of money changers were on hand, and lots of guns were also f Read on...