air yang merambat, pertama denger membikin penasaran

setelah liat langsung lumayan bagus.

Fasilitas di tempat wisata ini juga cukup lengkap

Ada kolam renang, kebun bunga, warung2 yang tertata rapi di bangunan yg permanen, juga terdapat pengembang biakan rusa jawa.

Sayangnya seperti tempat2 wisata laen, toiletnya tidak terjaga kebersihannya padahal bangunannya masih kelihatan baru

tempat parkirnya pun lumayan jauh dan panas, karena sama sekali gak ada pepohonan.

Dengan banyaknya muda-mudi yang memadu kasih, cukup mengganggu dan membuat tidak nyaman.[bikin iri bagi yg jomblo hehehe]

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p/s: sorry for the delay. Too many pics to go through lol. And if it loads quite slow, please be patient ;) Happy weekend! Going back home!!! Woahahaha.

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Arranged chronologically

Vietnam

More Vietnam

And More Vietnam

Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

Tuong Sleng (Cambodia)

Wat Phnom (Cambodia)

Cambodian Royal Palace

Pursat (Cambodia)

More Pursat (Cambodia)

Tonle Sap Lake (Camboida)

Evening at Angkor Wat (Cambodia)

Bayon Temple (Cambodia)

Ruins around Angkor Wat (Cambodia)

Thommanon and Ta Keo (Cambodia)

Jungle Temple (Cambodia)

Angkor Wat (Cambodia)

Various Ruins (Cambodia)

Thailand

Myanmar

Singapore

Sentosa Island (Singapore)

Langs de Carl Johangate wandelen > check

Gerookte zalm eten > check

Chocoladetaart én worteltaart eten > check en ze waren alletwee nog lekker ook!

De Schreeuw van Edvard Munch bekijken > check

De boten van Tor Heyderdahl bekijken > check

Genieten van het zonnetje aan de waterkant > check

In het Vigelandparken wandelen > check, al was het in de regen en tussen een bende Chinese toeristen

Onder de indruk geraken van de Vikingschepen > check

Het stadhuis bezoeken waar de Nobelprijs uitgereikt wordt > check

Lijstje afgewerkt, denk ik. Tijd om naar huis te gaan. Morgen om 10.50 u. stap ik terug op het vliegtuig om over het kerstboombos en de mooie fjorden terug naar België te vliegen. De batterijen zijn terug opgeladen. Maandag vliegen we er weer in!

I'm not actually sure this two incidents are related as it seems to be leaking oil from the opposite side to the side it landed on (and the opposite side to the one that was leaking before).

If I'm honest I'm about ready to break this bike for parts and buy some cheap ukrainian POS that at least will be cheap to fix.

I of course had arrived in Odessa before I discovered my leak, which is leaving me to chase after a non-english speaking local who's been trying to help me get to a phone/internet etc, though for cash of course, not out of the kindness of his own heart.

We shall see what tomorrow brings...

Taxi!

But no matter if you prefer saltwater or freshwater angling you need to plan the fishing trip to be prepared for everything. The Internet offers several guides that can be used to get first information about the fishing trip and things like popular fishing species, fishing locations, lodges, charters and the fishing season.

As you can probably guess, the hotel was highly themed with an island theme complete with an indoor water park! The water park had a few nice perks including a raft water slide. This slide was actually not gravity driven! Water jets sent you up hills at a pretty good speed. The slide was a little short, but it took you from one side of the park to the other! It also had a HUGE indoor/outdoor jacuzzi!

The whole hotel was actually on a bay that meets out to Lake Erie. This led to some very nice photos my mom took:

The T.G.I. Friday's attached to the building was nice except that every night we were there seemed to be bad karaoke night. It was pretty cool that it had a deck right out on the water, though I'm thinking soon it will be way too cold for that!

The main lobby of the hotel had a large pirate ship in it (with a gift shop inside!) that welcomed guests.

So the hotel resort was beautiful and the indoor water park was pretty cool. However, I had some issues. First off, there was no high speed internet available in the hotel. No Wi-Fi, no LAN plug. Not even for a charge, they just didn't have it! Fine, I can deal without internet for a few days I have my cell phone! Wait, what do you mean nearly the whole resort has NO coverage? Yup, AT&T's "more bars in more places" does NOT include Castaway Bay! I spent a little while each night out in the parking lot sending and receiving some texts! Would have been nicer to be sitting in my room doing that, but oh well!

Tomorrow I will be writing about the actual theme park! Yay roller coasters!!!

A trip to the Akiyoshi cave and the plateau at Yamaguchi. It was a 45 mins bus ride through one town and up a hill to reach Akiyoshi Cave bustop. From there i walked pass a lane on shops selling precious stones, ceramics, food and gifts. Entrance fee for the cave`s 1200 yen and after that...wooooo is a 30 mins walk filled with nature`s beauty. A limestone cave, many textures, many beautiful stones and the sound of the river flowing is incredible. And if you are visiting this cave..do bring a jacket along because it is quite cold in the cave, and the strong wind at the plateau..woooo

I exited the cave and walked uphill for about 20mins to reach the entrannce for the Akiyoshi Plateau. This is where the Japannese find bones of giant deers and rhinoceros..and some extinct historical animals remains. It`s free of charge but u`ll need to re-enter the cave to go back to the bus-stop..so it`s an extra 100yen just to re-enter the cave..(i don`t mind man..) At the plateau i met the guy who was making grasshoppers origami with grass ( along the mini shopping street). Forgot to ask for his name.. and he speaks some chinese and quite a joker...HAHAHHA..asshole..  fr the entrance of the plateau.. it`s another 4 or more Km walk to their museum and other places of interest... i cannot tahan after walking for almost the whole day..so i left an early for dinner (got to start looking for affordable dinner...ahahaha another adventure). I`ll definitely visit this place again...

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Woke up damn early and went for the hotel`s free breakfast..at Hotel Amuze near Shin-Yamaguchi station. it`s the best breakfast i ever had here in Japan.. so many variety of food and drinks.. and free flow.. After that, off to Okayama.. a bloody 3hrs train ride on the Shinkansen (bullet-train) 8000plus yen..free for rail pass holders..WOOOoo..

Nothing much to do here... Okayama`s another city.. shopping malls, offices..etc.. They have museums, castle, parks.. i`m tired of it man..they are everythere. Still i went to visit their Museum, their famous garden and also a visit to the so-called Bizen-style ceramics atelier ( small shop.. few ceramics.. busy shop owners). Headed back to the hotel.Rest and plan for tomorrow vintage locomotive ride...and then the day after to the desert at Tottori, Japan

You will find an unexpected treat in your dryer.  No, not a bottle of delicious juice.  It's our bathing suits.  After the exciting swim in the pool, being bitten by ants, and saving the little frog from the dogs (or maybe it's saving the dogs from the poisoness frog), someone decided it would be a good idea to dry the bathing suits in the dryer.  I don't want to name any names, but it was Andy.  Anyway, now we're in Gainesville and our bathing suits are in Delray Beach, and to make matters worse, we have big water plans.  But not to fear, we are creative and have fashioned working bathing suits out of palm frawns and coconuts.  It's quite a sight to behold.  Anyway, somehow we'll have to get them back from you.  If you could just send them to middle America, that would be great.  Also, thanks for the fantastic hospitality!

Love, 

Caitlin and Andy

P.S.  To Everyone else ~ no more updates until we are properly clad in water attire.  Well, at least not until tomorrow.  

P.P.S.  Florida has been awesome.

I'm an overcome by this sense of zen.  Eradicated all that is toxic from my life.  Leading a life of more positives.  I feel as if I'm on the upside of karma.  I want to do some charity work again.  Anyone else with me?  It feels like it's been ages since I did it.

Oh yes, in case you didn't know, I used to help out and do photography for a local non profit when I lived in Bakersfield.  It wasn't all great, but there were a few alright shots in there if I do say so myself.  You can view a sampling of that work here.

I feel like a bit of a hippie.  There is so much that I still need to do.. but I want to thank all of you that have believed in me.. that continue to believe in me... that are there for me in ways of the heart.

It feels good to be alive.

Dear SF,

It's been too long.. we are overdue.

See you soon magic city of 07.* (*blog to come about that later)

~j

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A co do spotkań w dziwnych miejscach i porach to marzy mi się żeby się spotkać na kawie kiedyś o tu:

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strasznie mi się podoba to: "located in the heart of southwestern Siberia, the Altai Mountains region of Russia near the borders with China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia"

We officially have our plans made to visit Maine in the spring! May 10 - 23! We bought the plane tickets last week. The 3 of us and Donna (Miah's mom) are all making the trip. I'm really excited. We'll be traveling the 10th and the 23rd, so we'll be around and availible on the 11th through the 22nd. We're hoping for a-typical Maine weather while we're there. We're hoping it'll be dry. Funtown is in the mix for adventures, also Miah and I will be making our necessary "Pizza Hut and a movie" venture. It's tradition. I'm really hoping Summer takes well to flying, since the last time she was on a plane she was -4 months old... so she didn't see much, ha ha ha.

Also in the mix for this next year is BRACES!!! We've made a family decision that we're going to pay for me to get braces once the plane tickets are all paid off. Oh, and after Miah's new Mossburg Cruiser is paid off, too. Yeah, he's getting another shotgun. That's kinda how this all came about, tho. He said he wanted to get that one before the laws start to change and I said that I'd be fine with that if I could get braces... I'm a little devious that way. So, we're off tomorrow to Junction to get his new toy. I'm going to schedule a regular dentist visit soon and then get a consultation at both of the orthodontists in town. Both of whom, luckily, are very nice and don't weird me out... good thing to look for.

Anyway, Sunday afternoon, we headed over to Riverfront Park for Pig out in the Park. Surprisingly enough (sarcasm), I didn't find much food that is that great for toddlers, but they did end up having what we had - some Indian and Thai food. Benjamin seemed to enjoy it. Ella only a little. Benjamin even got to enjoy some funnel cake. Ella was off somewhere with Jon - she wanted to get down and walk around.

After the feast, we headed over to the arts and crafts area for a bit. While waiting for my sister's kids and my brother to wander around there, we let Ben & Ella walk around. Ben is doing so well with his walking. After the park time, we were over at my aunt and grandmother's place, and Benjamin was on a walking frenzy. He walked about 7 feet from myself, around Morgan, to get to Jon. He went back and forth many times. My little guy is so close to walking all on his own. Ella, on the other hand, is trying to run. She looks like she is running sometimes.

Anyway, after visiting with my aunt and grandmother, we went back to my parents. The next day, we met my sister at the Valley Mall, then we went to visit with my other grandmother and one of my other aunts. Thankfully, my grandmother has some kid toys so Ben & Ella were occupied with that, but, of course, though they each had the same EXACT toy, they wanted what the other one had. There was screaming. After that visit, we said goodbye to my aunt, grandmother, and my sister and her kids (Tuesday was the first day of school so we wouldn't be able to stop by before leaving to say goodbye).

Tuesday morning, was just about getting everything ready. I had hoped to get on the road just when it was time for their nap, but that didn't happen. Instead, they ended up sleeping in my arms (both of them as they refused to be held by anyone else) as Jon took apart their beds and packed the car. My arms were so numb after that. For the most part, they are good passengers and will play or watch outside or sleep as we drive. However, there are some times when there was some fussiness - mostly coming from Ella. She would get upset that she couldn't keep her hands behind her head as they kept falling down as she slept. However, we got back home and everything is o.k. now. Though she did slip in the bathroom last night as we were giving them a bath. She slipped on the bathroom floor. We freaked out, but she seems to be o.k. Benjamin, later on. fell in the livingroom and got a bloody nose. What a wonderful thing to happen as soon as we got back.

That's it. I didn't take many pictures of us in Spokane, but I know other people did. We got some video of Benjamin walking - someday I'll upload that. We also took a picture of a Dino Rossi sign saying "Don't let Seattle steal this election!" Ugh.

I thought since my students will end up with a new bag, I needed a new one too. I made this with the larger Market Tote bag body, but just one long strap, included a 3-compartment pocket and a one-slot pocket on the interior, an O-ring strap on the exterior and a reverse applique of "c22" (the name of my indie business - c22 is for company twenty two) on the front. The bag is big enough to be both travel purse and travel tote. I depart at 6:50 am next Tuesday Phoenix time and arrive in Manchester, NH at 5:30 pm EST...one long mf day of traveling. To ease the boredom factor I've lined up this embroidery project. It's a set of three vintage kitchen towels, each with a rooster, one says Glasses, another Silver, and China. They sat for the longest time in my vintage shop on Etsy, finally I said, oh, these must be for me to make, very well then! 

The final count for my classes is eight total students, one day with one student, then an open day, then Saturday I'll have 7 students - which should be an absolute hoot since it's the final day of the classes and by then all of the students will be relaxed and have made friends and will have created all kind of things in the other classes, so they will have lots of ideas and happy creative energy...it'll be good. For more info on SAW, go to their site.

Siedemnastego dnia marca Anno Domini MMVIII pojechalim z Ula i Cienkim na wycieczke na najbardziej wysuniety na Polnoc kawalek irlandzkiej wyspy po stronie ktora zdradziecko opowiedziala sie za Zjenoczonym Kurestwem.

/ Seventeenth day of March 2008 we went with Ula and Cienki for a trip to far north part of irish island on the side which made a traitorous choice joining United Condom.

Cienki zabral troche alternatywnej, jak dla mnie, muzyki typu niemieckie reggae, rosyjski funk, polski gospel czy jakos tak i ruszylismy wisniowym grzechotnikiem wymiatajac wszystkich na autostradzie gdyz tutejsza jazda wyglada tak: dopuszczalna V max 120km/h, najwolniejszy pas jedzie 90, srodkowy 100, najszybszy 115 km/h :) Czasem cos przetnie szybciej i zwykle jest to kilkuletnia toyota czy beema dowodzona przez mezczyzne rasy bialej, miedzy 20 a 30 rokiem zycia, urodzonego w PRL, ZSRR lub CSRS Nie lamalismy przepisow bo powyzej 120km/h poziom halasu toczenia, oplywu powietrza a wlasciwie jego braku i ryku silnika przewyzsza prog bolu i poziom muzyki dostepny na fabrycznych glosnikach ;P

/ Cienki took some alternative - in my opinion - music like german reggae, russian funk, polish gospel or sth like that and I drove old, maroon jalopy overtaking almost all cars on motorway cause irish driving style looks like: if there is not allowed higher speed than 120km/h than slowest line runs 90, middleone 100 and the fastest 115km/h :) Sometimes you can find faster car and it's usually old toyota or beemer under command of caucasian male in his twenties, borned in former Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia or Poland. We didn't drove against the law cause over the 120 km/h noise running tyres, whistling air and engine roar makes your ears suffering and it's louder than music volume available by standard car speakers ;P 

Dojechalismy, furke na parking, zaplacilismy tymi smiesznymi pieniedzmi ze stara baba na banknotach panu w zoltej czapeczce z ktory wydrukowal nam cos z przerosnietego, pardon - przenosnego, kalkulatora i poszlismy zobaczyc niezwykle formacje skalne. Co ciekawe, w Irl. Pln. banknoty o tym samym nominale sa wydawane przez rozne banki z umieszczeniem logo tychze, kazdy wyglada inaczej i w pierwszym kontakcie z nimi przy szparkasie pomyslalem ze dostalem jakies cholerne talony ;P Czlek to ciemny jest ;P

/ We reach the target, left van on carpark, paid to dwarf in yellow cap by those funny banknotes with old wrinkled witch on it and we went to see what is the story with this seashore. Interesting is that in Northern Ireland the same value banknotes are printed in different version by each bank and when I got some from ATM I thought they are some vouchers ;P People are learning through all their life and dies still stupid ;P

 Pierwszy efekt jest taki jakby gmina zbudowala plaze ukladajac trelinke w slupki o roznej wysokosci dzieki czemu plaza jest pofalowana. W wodzie zaskakujace ksztalty porostow wygladajacych jak zmutowany fallus (Jego Ekscelencja Przytulas Mizialski). 

/ When I saw it, first thought was "damn, local council had to built that" because it looks like lots of heaps of big concrete bricks set different height for each which makes "beach" surface wavy. In water you can find unbelievable forms of plants, for example fallus shaped alga (His Majesty Dick).

Napisalem ze takie niebo jest tylko w Velvii i chyba sie kropnalem bo to zdaje sie byla Provia. Z gory widocznej na powyzszym zdjeciu wygladalo to tak:

/ I wrote that so intensive blue sky is only in Velvia and it's probably mistake in this particular case, I think it could be Provia but I'm too lazy to check that. Anyway, from the top of mountain pictured above it looks like this: 

Natura pospolu z czlowiekiem utworzyly znak a moze tylko mi sie wydawalo...

/ Nature together with human made a sign or maybe it's only my imagine...

Frajdy co nie miara mielismy gdy wracajac wstapilismy do lokalnego take away'a czyli takiej smazalni na wynos glownie choc jak ktos (tak jak my) uprze sie i wytrzyma spalony tluszcz zamiast powietrza i estetyke obrzydliwie grubych bab to moze zjesc rowniez na miejscu. Najpierw przykula uwage nazwa lokalu napisana gotykiem tak zakreconym ze nie bylismy pewni czy zowie sie on Golden Duck czy Golden Fuck, pozniej ichniejsze (co za brzydkie slowo!) uwielbienie dla Swiat Bozego Narodzenia - wielki krolik ktory mial byc reniferem chyba trzymal tabliczke na ktorej codziennie panie wpisywaly liczbe pozostalych do Swiat dni (bodaj 282).

/ We had a lot of fun on our way back when we stop for some food in local take away with smell of burnt fat instead of air and really big women beside the counter. Firstly we were trying to guess what is name of take away written in gothic characters - Golden Duck or Golden Fuck, then I spotted big bunny (or perhaps he shall be reindeer) with little blackboard in his hands and number of days estimated to next Christmas (282 or sth like that)

Na wycieczce byla tez drabina ale wolala zostac w samochodzie. Matko, kiedy ja to przedzierzgne na anglika! (17 marca - 3 wrzesnia)

/ There was a ladder with us but it prefer to stay at the van to have some rest ;) God, when I'll find a time to translate that! (answer: 17th March - 3rd September)

I was expecting the overnight ferry ride to be a little like the cruise we went on for our honeymoon. How wrong was I? Nothing could have prepared me for such a rough ride. I spent the whole time feeling nauseous and very miserable. We were only really on the first day of our life long adventure and we had already suffered.

One of the more poignant moments on the ferry, was standing out on deck as we sailed away from England and watched the shores disappearing as the cool wind whipped and my face. I don't think I could accurately describe how I felt at that moment, but I suppose it was like the feeling you get when you have taken a brisk walk in a strong wind and finally made it home; a little windswept, a little refreshed, exhilarated, but somewhat tired.