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Saturday, 8 Nov 2008 | Views [172] | Comments [3]
Two years ago when I applied for Intrepid I was hoping that they would send me to France… pretty obvious how that worked out for me! hahaha. Two years later I am so glad they didn’t. I would’ve loved to explore Europe, and I still plan to, but ... Read more >
Tags: new horizons, possibilities, great memories
Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 | Views [187]
21 days to say goodbye to the places I love (and hate) in China.... Can't say I would've really chosen this group of pax to do it with, but we had a good time overall. Bill and Sally and Charlotte, all British, were sweet people~ we made a perfect picture ... Read more >
Tags: farewell
Thursday, 16 Oct 2008 | Views [276] | Comments [4]
If there were such a thing as a Uigher cookbook it would have exactly 5 recipes in it -- and 4 of them involve LAMB! Lamb is good, the kebabs are great (kawap, in Uigher), but a girl can only eat so many sheep! The nan bread on the other ... Read more >
Tags: camels, yurts, desert, fights, silk road
Friday, 22 Aug 2008 | Views [301] | Comments [2]
It only took me until Day 9 of the Olympics to recognize one glaringly obvious fact - namely that, while the Olympics have been amazing and it is incredibly cool to be part of them, they are also a LOT of Sports; SPORTS , all day, every day... Brilliant ... Read more >
Tags: olympics
Friday, 4 Jul 2008 | Views [344] | Comments [5]
How many adventures can three girls have in two days?? Quite a few it seems! Just off the top of my head, we rode camels across the Tenger Desert, went sledding on the sand dunes, had one of our tents blow away in the wind (!), and celebrated 4 ... Read more >
Tags: camels, girl talk, laughter
Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | Views [254] | Comments [1]
This has got to be the least eventful trip I’ve ever run! No crazy stories, no near death experiences, how very sad… doesn’t mean I wont still write though! ;-) I had 3 days off in Shanghai before the start of the trip, oh joy. Shanghai is quickly ... Read more >
Tags: work
Saturday, 24 May 2008 | Views [328] | Comments [2]
This entire trip turned out to be one big birthday party! What a classic trip, to have a bunch of oldies for passengers and yet we had fun everywhere we went :-) Between the 8 oldies (and 4 youngers) we had 3 birthdays on a 12 day trip! Good times.... Read more >
Tags: oldies but goodies!
Tuesday, 13 May 2008 | Views [331] | Comments [3]
I promised adventures, and I deliver! :-D It's not often when things go wrong and you ask 'Why? why has this happened?' that you actually get an answer. I was lucky, I got my answer the very next day, in the form of my new travel buddy, Estelle! I ... Read more >
Tags: luck, no reservations, wedding crashers, basketball
Friday, 25 Apr 2008 | Views [1361] | Comments [3]
There’s a phrase heard often here in Leader Land that explains when things go wrong inexplicably, it’s called “T.I.C. – This Is China”. It explains why your hair dryer works one day but not the next, why you can view your email inbox but not actually ... Read more >
Tags: good times, good people
Sunday, 18 Nov 2007 | Views [530] | Comments [7]
A Kiwi, two Irish, a Canadian and an American get on a train.... and no one in their carriage sleeps for the next 14 hours! hehehe, okay maybe we weren't that bad... but nearly! Most passengers enjoy the train or are indifferent about it, but these ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
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