Archive for May, 2008
« Previous EntriesDiving in Costa Rican Caribbean Coast
Saturday, May 31st, 2008Costa Rica’s Atlantic waters and exuberant jungle charm visitors from all over the world year round. Although not as popular as Costa Rica’s Pacific Beaches, the Caribbean coast has a lot to offer than more than meets the eye.
It’s calm, crystal clear blue waters and warm temperatures throughout the year make the Caribbean an ideal [...]
Mauritius, so much history.
Saturday, May 31st, 2008Hi Everyone!
Marhaba, and greetings from Turkey! We realized the other day that it has been ages since our last posting, and we’ve seen so much it’s hard to know where to start. So… on to Mauritius!
While the interior of the island is almost entirely sugarcane fields, the perimeter is ringed with gorgeous white sand beaches, [...]
Just try to eat it, I’ll give you money.
Saturday, May 31st, 2008It’s been nearly a week since we arrived in Taiwan to kick off the first leg of our travels and so far it has been great. There are so many people and scooters everywhere! So far only a couple of us have been knicked by them and Jeff managed to half get hit by a [...]
Bored at Trinidad and Tobago.
Saturday, May 31st, 2008Hi, my name is Ashley and I am bored as usual. This is my first entry so it might be really short as I am in the process of trying to figure out how to use this thing. lol.
Anyway, today was good, I guess. My aunt had a baby two days ago so life in [...]
S’ad-Abad Palace.
Friday, May 30th, 2008The S’ad-Abad palace complex in the north of Tehran is a huge area of peaceful gardens with no less than 18 palaces scattered through them. Some of the buildings served a ceremonial function whilst others are surprisingly domestic in their scale. Now they are all museums of one sort or another. It’s just as well [...]
Almost over in Mongolia.
Friday, May 30th, 2008Back on the train. This is better. Now we have drunk Mongolian smugglers pissed drunk (8:00 am) and belligerent with each other. Should prove to be interesting for the next 24 hours.
Overall Mongolia was great. I am glad that I got off the train for a few days and did some great hiking and the [...]