Belated final entry
July 2, 2009 - La Paz, Bolivia
Hello from sunny England, I apologise for the lateness of this final update, but for reasons that will soon become apparent, my last few days were not what you would call stress free. You may recall in our last meeting we discussed the possibility of the strikes in northern Peru holding up our transit to Lake Titicaca. Unfortunately, our worst...
Placed today by Jon in The Magical Adventures of Fatboy
D17 - 02JUL - Hill of Crosses
July 2, 2009 - Vilnius, Lithuania
Part 1 Surto a les 7 del matí de Klaipeda direcció a Vilnius, amb parada al Turó de les Creus (Kriziu Kalnas), un turonet amb centenars de milers de creus plantades. Les primeres van aparèixer cap al segle XIV i només durant l'acupació soviètica va estar prohibida la tradició, fins i tot les van treure tres vegades, però sempre...
Placed today by Lluis Ribas in 2009 Road Trip
Beara Peninsula
July 1, 2009 - Kenmare, Ireland
Of the peninsulas we have driven, the Beara is the most beautiful and interesting. It is also the most remote and rugged which perhaps is part of its appeal. Though the day was cloudy and foggy at times, the vistas were quite inspiring. When we got out to the end of the peninsula, we came to some road construction which detoured us on one...
Placed today by Sondra, Paul and Mara Dee in Irish Odyssey
Not so Ger-many stops
June 28, 2009 - Schneverdingen, Germany
Here is a real quickie.... One stop in Germany on the route to Netherlands and only for one night. We felt like we had really done Germany having spent about 3 weeks there spanning the entire East, South, West and North areas. We did, however, have a little excitement at the campsite that night, the story follows.. When we were setting up,...
Placed today by Chris&Kristina in Europe Duo
Thailand - Bangkok
July 2, 2009 - Chiang Mai, Thailand
I have entered the weird and wonderful world on Bangkok. Arriving at 5.30am was far from ideal but a few hours past quickly in McDonalds using their free wifi! I found a pretty nice place to stay that was cheap too then i was ready to go and explore. I was hasseled by a number of people within 5mins of walking around mostly tuk tuk drivers...
Placed today by George in The big adventure