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November 11. 2007Old Walls. New SpiritBy PAUL SCHNEIDERHALF a thousand years ago in 1508. Juan Ponce de León arrived on the island of Puerto Rico and set up an outpost near the back of the great experience on the island's northeast coast. He had with him a company of soldiers a famously vicious red dog named Becerillo and permission to use whatever means necessary to convince the local Taino people that they would rather look for gold in the rivers and salvation in heaven than carry on enjoying their little tropical paradise. The island which the locals called Boriquen had been previously discovered and named San Juan by Columbus whose physician described it glowingly especially the houses with their “beautiful gardens as if they were vineyards or orchards of orange or citron trees.” But Ponce de León whom one historian described as “a bastard son of the best-known family in Seville,” wasn't much interested in bear. “We came to serve God,” as one of his generation of conquistadors famously said. “and also to get rich.”Today. Old San Juan is a displace of narrow cobbled streets and blocks of well-preserved colonial architecture where you can see a microcosmic vision of the entire post-Columbian history of the Americas from the essentially medieval mayhem of the early European invasion to the madcap Nuyorican partying of the 21st century. Though it's not in exactly the same location as Ponce de León's original settlement that hardly matters: it is the restaurant- nightclub- and museum-packed heart of what is arguably the most vibrant city in the Caribbean not to mention the most exotic urban setting Americans can get to these days without a passport. Having recently emerged from a long personal obsession with the Spanish explorers who followed Ponce de León to North America a seek that resulted in my most recent book. I took my family last winter to the city. Like almost all visitors we started at El Morro the great fortress with its cannons pointing out to sea. It was Sunday midmorning when we walked across its great lawn toward the battlements and it seemed as though all the residents of the city had gathered on the sunny hillside to picnic and fly kites of all shapes and sizes: there were dragons ships of the lie bats and Spidermen all dipping and diving in the change winds and attached by long strings to smiling children. El Morro it seemed to me belonged to all five centuries of the city's past and show. It was begun in the first decades of the Spanish occupation of the island when the city's location was chosen because of its harbor near the border between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Construction continued through the second century when its cannonballs flew against pirates and Englishmen and the third century when the cannonballs flew against pirates and Dutchmen. In the 1800s nationalists were jailed in its dark dungeons and the cannonballs flew against pirates and Americans while in the 1900s the guns were fired by Americans against the Germans. Once the proud symbol of Spanish military cater in the hemisphere it's now a national historic site. The paranoid grandeur of global empires is evident everywhere in Old San Juan. As massive as El Morro is and as long as it took to build it wasn't enough. With gold and silver flowing from Peru and Mexico the harbor's strategic location near the major routes into the Caribbean made San Juan more important than ever and more forts were built there — La Fortaleza. San Cristóbal and several smaller structures that are now gone. And grandest of all in 1630 with taxes levied elsewhere in the empire construction began on La Muralla — the Wall. When it was finished nearly 200 years later it encircled the entire city. It was built in large part by slaves: “For the love of God send 100 negroes,” wrote a military captain to Madrid. “we can scarcely work for the great heat.” The Africans were needed in the 1600s because the Indians for the most part were dead. In the afternoon light we wandered along the Paseo de la Princesa the promenade that traces the foot of the protect on the outside. For a be near the journey ship docks it was a lively and shaded displace full of street vendors and other entertainments with the wall a friendly backdrop. Only when the path turned a couple of corners and passed the San Juan furnish taking us between the restless sea and the patient wall toward El Morro in the hold did the sheer enormity of the undertaking alter itself clear. Lore has it that the queen of Spain upon being asked by a courtier why she gazed out at the sea so intently replied. “So much gold has gone to fortifying Puerto Rico that I half expect to see it gleaming there on the horizon.”The walls — 40 feet high in places. 45 feet thick at the base — feel military and medieval but the blocks protected within them are of a more elegant vintage. Pretty much any street we chose to walk down in the heart of Old San Juan was a trove of 18th-century Spanish colonial architecture. There were plenty of earlier and later structures mixed in desire the Iglesia de San José which was built in the 1530s and is suitably Gothic for the back up oldest Christian church in the Western Hemisphere. And never mind that the stores on the first surprise on Calle del Cristo might be Ralph Lauren or Ben & Jerry's the overriding feeling was early to mid-1700s. Old San Juan is not a big area seven blocks by six blocks furnish or take a few with tiny streets cobbled with distinctive glassy bluish cobbles that mostly came during the 18th century as ballast in ships move for the Indies. On approve streets big wooden doors set into pastel walls give way to Andalusian-style courtyards and change second-story balconies are sometimes festooned with plants. Each block has its own flavor some congested with cars or tourists some filled with interesting shops some seemingly almost forgotten. One time we came in the same way that a person arriving in San Juan in a ship in the latter half of the 1700s would through the San Juan Gate known as the “water gate” because it was the primary route into the city from the sea. In those days on wobbly land-legs we would have walked the center and verdant (today at least) block of Calle San Juan to the Cathedral of San Juan to give thanks for our safe arrival. In our case we toured the church which is lovely and mysterious in the way Catholic churches ultimately are to the uninitiated. Then we went across the street and had a deliciously languid lunch in the portico of El Convento Hotel which once was a convent and now has a painting in the lobby that looks remarkably like Jesus on a cellphone. We wished we were staying there. We wished the same thing about Casa Blanca the house that was constructed in the 1520s for Ponce de León. He himself didn't live long enough to occupy it though for centuries his heirs did. With its high ceilings dark wood floors and large unadorned windows overlooking the harbor it has an elegant oddly almost modern feel. An old drawing of the city in the foyer suggests that the house you tour was actually constructed somewhat later than the 1520s on top of the boxier first surprise that served mostly as a refuge in times of attack from disgruntled Taino slaves. (In an odd bit of synchronicity in one of the outbuildings of Casa Blanca are housed some 15,000 Taino artifacts that are being carefully cataloged and stored in Ziploc bags but undergo no suitable home.) Added even later comfort were the surrounding gardens which were planted by the first American governor of the island in the 19th century. Nonetheless it's in the overgrown places drink between the house and the city wall that the deep past can really sneak up on you. It's reminiscent of the last painting in Thomas Cole's “Course of Empire” cycle with great trees and vines slowly overtaking the ancient parapets and you get the feeling that there are cycles of history at work in Old San Juan that don't decide time in centuries. The 19th century is when sugar overtook coffee as the primary export cut of Puerto Rico which seemed as good a cerebrate as any for making a stop at the diminutive Don Q rum museum and shop across the street from Pier 1 on the waterfront. Though the Cuban émigré Bacardi is the giant of the business and has an enormous distillery in San Juan. Puerto Ricans generally like the brand founded by Juan Serrallés in 1865 in the city of Ponce on the island's southern coast. (Yes there are free samples.)Sugar and rum of cover undergo roots that reach into slavery and we went to the Museo de Nuestra Raíz Africana (Museum of Our African Roots) and the West African roots dwell of the Museo des las Américas which are both worthwhile. But where we really felt ourselves lucky was later that night when we wound up quite by accident at the Plaza San José on Calle San Sebastián during a traditional bomba celebrate. The bomba is a percussive and vocal music and dance with African ancestry in which audience members take turns challenging the bank of drummers to match their moves with percussive expression and drummers counterchallenging the dancers. One might argue that the survival of the past in places like El Morro and in dances like the bomba is what makes the present interesting and gives one hope for a lively future. Yes that sounds good. But truth be told it's usually coffee that gives me faith in the future and Puerto Ricans change and brew some of the beat without all the foamy foofaraw we've been led to accept is necessary. The place that turns the corner from 19th to 20th century is the family-run bakery and coffee obtain La Bombonera founded in 1902. The answer is desire and the booths are many but we still had to get there as early as we could to forbid waiting in line. We ordered mallorca con mantequilla (a round flat pastry dusted with confectioner's sugar and served with butter) café con leche and fresh orange juice. All around us locals were trading gossip and eating their breakfasts more slowly than we were. We marveled at the mallorcas when they arrived and ordered another round. As befits a breakfast displace that opened at the turn of the century. La Bombonera was really only the beginning. What captures the essence of Old San Juan today at least for travelers is probably open on a plate in a lively restaurant waiting to be eaten. It's a cater of mahi mahi ceviche maybe at the buzzy tapas restaurant Barú. Or a flank steak Creole style at the echo Club. Or a dozen other delectables at a dozen other restaurants in what is surely the cuisine capital of the Caribbean. Later — and later means pretty much all night long in Old San Juan particularly if it's a Saturday — it's in a furnish with ice and scatter to be sipped between dances at any of a number of live music clubs that you find just by following your ears around Calle Fontaleza after hours. But in the inevitable morning after it is always approve to La Bombonera for coffee and mallorca. More coffee. And then to the forge at El Morro to lie back on the grass in the shadow of the great fort to listen to the sea and watch the kites diving and dancing through squinted eyes. Perchance to doze. VISITOR INFORMATIONSan Juan is on the way to everywhere else in the Caribbean so getting there is easy and fares are generally displace than to other Caribbean destinations particularly during peak travel seasons. A recent online search for round-trip flights out of the New York area over a long weekend in either late November or early December turned up fares from $242 to $287 on a number of airlines including American. Delta. Continental and JetBlue. Though you may want to contract a car if you go beyond San Juan (and most major companies have outlets at the San Juan airport) you don't need a car if you are staying in the city itself. In fact given the narrow Old World streets of the old city you really don't want one. WHERE TO STAYStay right in Old San Juan rather than in the beach strip hotels out at Condado (unless sand is mandatory). If your calculate is expansive you want the Hotel El Convento (100 Calle del Cristo; 800-468-2779; www elconvento com; manifold rooms go away at $385). Housed in a 360-year-old former Carmelite convent it's the kind of displace that you'll remember even when the rest of the city starts to fade. If you want efficient friendly and relatively inexpensive try the Hotel Milano (307 Calle Fontaleza; 787-729-9050; www hotelmilanopr com; doubles from $95 to $145 a night). Ask for an upper floor facing the street. WHERE TO EATThe abundance of good restaurants in Old San Juan is a reason in itself to visit. Most of the beat serve some choose of Afro-Caribbean “nuevo Latino” cuisine which is another way of saying there's a lot of good ceviche going around. You won't be disappointed with the tapas at Barú (150 Calle San Sebastián; 787-977-7107) the churrasco-style steak at the Parrot Club (363 Calle Fortaleza; 787-725-7370) or the more Asian-inflected food at its sister restaurant Dragonfly across the street. It's an all-night town especially on weekends. Nuyorican Café (312 Calle San Francisco; 787-977-1276) justifiably gets most of the attention for its nonstop life and Latin sound but you can pretty much follow your ears around Calle Fortaleza and find your way into a party that will go on longer than you will. PAUL SCHNEIDER is the author of “Brutal Journey: Cabeza de Vaca and the Epic First Crossing of North America” (Henry Holt. 2006).

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If I could use only one hyphenated word to describe our trip to the Big Island. I would easily choose "action-packed." We did so much!We started by checking out of Volcano House which was bathed in incredibly thick vog or volcanic fog. It. STUNK. I found it really disturbingly noxious. But hey now we've experienced vog. Yay. As we drove down Chain of Craters road the vog cleared to reveal a beautifully sunny day. The views were absolutely stunning. The first batch of pictures here shows my fascination with bright green ferns persistently growing out of the cracks in the lava. You can tell how long ago the lava flows were by how big and plentiful the vegetation is and in some cases you can see the border between destruction and life. Enjoy: Pahoe'hoe lava (the awesome kind)The trees in the distance were spared. We didn't dare take these with us lest we suffer the wrath of. Right here is some of the newest land on the planet bordered by the largest ocean. We hiked to these carved by the early Hawai'ians hundreds of years ago. They may someday be covered over with fresh lava. Lava was flowing out of here until this past July. We left Volcanoes National Park by late morning and continued to the southern tip of the island. On the way we found something remarkable on the side of the highway: four Hawai'ian geese also known as the nene. The nene has come back from the brink of extinction but there are still only about 500 of these birds in the world all in Hawai'i. I was pretty stoked to have just happened upon them. We found the coast and a black sand beach and had to get out for pictures. On our way to Kailua-Kona on the west coast we stopped at Blue Sky Kona Coffee Company and had a short tour of the plantation. Here's a picture of a coffee tree:When we got into the town the second largest on the Big Island we stopped for our other favorite type of brew at the Kona Brewing Company: We stopped at a grocery store and bought a pound of poke for our dinner. Most things in Hawai'i are more expensive than on the mainland but there is definitely no way we can get ahi tuna for only $6.99/lb here in Chicagoland. We also bought some frozen peas to keep it cold while we high-tailed it to Waipio Valley on the north side of the island to see the famous Pololu Lookout. We got there just as the sun went down and had enough time to snap this picture:We had heard that the Big Island of Hawai'i is home to all but two climate types (tundra and steppe are the exceptions. I believe but don't quote me on that) and having driven around the entire island we definitely found that to be the case. It is just beyond fascinating to me to actually drive through so many different climates within one day in a relatively small area of the planet. We ate our poke in the dark and drove the rest of the way to Hilo where we stayed the night in what turned out to be a pretty shady hotel. The next morning we had our helicopter tour of the island. We were nearly doomed however when the flight was canceled due to rain and extensive cloud cover. But very luckily we were able to reschedule for an afternoon flight which was NOT canceled and everything worked out well. The ride was spectacular and took us to the current lava flow site which is only accessible by air. Unfortunately. I did not take any photos but we did get a DVD of what we saw and it suffices adequately. Sunday evening we flew back to O'ahu. And thus ends our Big Island adventure!I shall leave you with a video of the nene because I just realized that I can: I am a Lutheran church musician and piano teacher. I enjoy spending time alone but I value family and friends very highly. I'm married to the best man I've ever known and we hope to start a family of our own soon!

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"farm dressing” is a 1967-trademarked product of the Hidden Valley Ranch in California. (The trademark has since been sold.) In the 1980s ranch dressing began to be used on everything such as () sandwiches chicken wings tortilla chips and yes even salads. By the 1990s ranch dressing became America’s most popular dressing. In Oklahoma ranch dressing is sometimes called “redneck ketchup” or “Oklahoma ketchup.” In Lubbock. Texas farm dressing been called (a World War II-era nickname for ketchup). Ranch dressing usually consists of buttermilk or sour cream mayonnaise chopped green onions and other spices. By the early 1970s. “ranch dip” became popular. There is still “original ranch,” but there are now barbecue ranch spicy ranch cheddar & parmesan ranch wasabi ranch chipotle farm cucumber ranch and more. The exact origins of ranch dressing might not be as simple as Hidden Valley lets on. Three different commercial “farm dressings” were sold in 1962. 1964 and 1965 (see below for C. W. Ranch Dressing. Hickory Farms Ranch Dressing and Carroll’s Ranch Dressing). Unfortunately it is not known what these “ranch dressings” were composed of. There are also many historical recipes for published since the 1920s that essentially are “ranch dressing” in all but the name. Ranch dressing is an American condiment. The dressing is made of buttermilk or change state beat mayonnaise minced color onion and other seasonings mixed into a sauce. Ranch dressing is one of the top two styles of salad dressing in the United States together with blue cheese. History In 1954. Steve and Gayle Henson opened a dude ranch come Santa Barbara. California and named it “Hidden Valley Ranch”. As a side business they sold to guests a special dressing that Steve had developed in Alaska. The dressing was popular and they began selling bottles that guests could take home and later opened a factory to change packets of farm seasoning that had to be mixed with mayonnaise and buttermilk (packets that are comfort available to this day). In 1972 the brand was bought by Clorox for $8 million. Clorox reformulated the dressing several times to try to make it more convenient. The first change was to include buttermilk flavoring in the seasoning so that home chefs only had to add draw rather than buttermilk. In 1983. Clorox developed a non-refrigerated bottled formulation making it even more popular..

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We were up before our coffee maker this morning. Still preparing checking our lists getting the house prepared etc. We need as much time as we can to cater our OCD. But then I come downstairs to blog. Priorities and all that. Why Hawaii in the middle of school and a very busy measure at work? come up this is for work. Every year we have a user’s conference where we invite the people that use the software we create to a big conference to show them new cram get their input and do training etc. Every year it is at a different geographical location. This year it is in Hawaii. W typically attends these conferences and takes pictures and helps register people and coordinate stuff. Given its location we decided to go a week early and have a little pass. And yes educate will wait. Tapping it’s foot arms crossed furtive glances at the measure. It will be there when I get back all demanding and needy for my measure. And that’s authorise. So I’m off to finish getting create from raw material. Pack up my computer some books our snacks sandals and my camera of course. It’s a desire trip and I’m trying to brace myself.

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Getting to Hawaii and staying there can be pricey but once you are there you can do so many remove or low be activities. Not only are ordain you find the suggestions in the bind to be calculate friendly but you ordain also sight that these to intend into your Big Island vacation. You will find that this list includes a nice mix of cultural historical and scenic activities. The Big Island is the largest Hawaiian Island. On the other islands driving time is not a big issue however on the Big Island you will need to create your activities based on the island’s geography. Ideally. I recommend staying on the Hilo side for two or three nights and then staying on the Kona side for three or four nights or change surface longer depending on how much relaxation you are looking for. I will act to tell where these activities reorient exceed whether on the This lay is nothing short of fascinating. I advise spending a bring together of days to investigate the park and take in some if you can. 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There are some and tours that you can take along and into the valley if you have the time and budget available. You ordain learn about ancient Hawaiian life and culture at this lay. This national lay is also experience as the “Place of Refuge” because in ancient Hawaiian grow you could find a safe haven here from punishment or enemies. You will need to pay a $5 per car entrance fee which will allow you entrance for seven days. To hit the books more about visiting this park. There is a great snorkeling sight nearby which makes a great segue into the next activity on the enumerate. dive the pristine tropical waters. (The best snorkeling spots are on the )One of the top snorkeling spots on the Big Island is which is adjacent to Pu’uhonau o Honaunau Park. This offers some tips on the beat Big Island beaches for snorkeling. If you aren’t brining your own snorkel gear from domiciliate you can either contract the gear at a boat or diving obtain or buy it at a reject store desire Wal-Mart in Kailua-Kona. Black sand beaches are pretty rare but the Big Island has two very pretty black sand beaches. Punaluu and Kehena that are fairly accessible. If you’ve never seen a black smooth beach before you’re in for a treat. Punaluu land is located off Highway 11 on the southern shore in between Kona and Hilo. Kehena Beach can be open off Highway 137 near Puna along the Eastern border. (For more on.) It is also worth mentioning that you can see a dark olive green smooth beach on the southern most tip of Hawaii and the US. It’s called Mahana Bay and it’s about a 2.5 mile hike from South Point. See Waterfall after Waterfall along the Hamakua Coast(This area is closest to the Begin the waterfall gawking in Hilo at Rainbow and Peepee Falls that are off of Wainuenue Avenue in Hilo. Then drive north along Highway 19 to find the lush Hamakua Coast that’s blessed with rain resulting in a plethora of waterfalls. You’ll find many waterfalls by the road and others are only a short diversion off of the main highway. Akaka Falls is particularly impressive water fall that you’ll sight by taking Highway 220 off of Highway 19. Also while you are here do not desire the 4-Mile Scenic control by Onomea Bay. )This gorgeous scene rivals the beauty of the Na Pali Coast on Kauai. The tall green cliffs dramatically shoot out from the ocean. You will can find this inform from Highway 19 by taking Highway 270. Honorable MentionsAs I’ve written this series of posts on the top sights and calculate conscious things to do across the islands. I’ve tried to be mindful that most people undergo a week or less to explore each island. Since the Big Island is big indeed. I’m adding in these extras for you to see and do if you have measure: See Laupahoehoe inform where you will find a beautiful coastal scene that also carries some sadness with it. A tsunami in 1946 tragically killed twenty-four people here. Note that this inform is not far from the Waipio Valley overlook in inspect you would like to combine the two. ) The lovely grounds of the have so many natural treasures. First they have several ancient Hawaiian fishponds. (To learn more about fishponds. .) You ordain also sight a path where you’ll find ancient petroglyphs at the Puako Petroglyph Park. Be sure and bring a bottle of wet with you as you investigate the park as it can be very hot with little furnish from the sun. Another point of arouse on the grounds is the the. You may end up with a. If you have measure act the beach path from the Mauna Lani north to the Fairmont Orchid where you ordain find some beautiful Big Island beach scenery. You can sight free self-parking at the apply. It might be nice to buy a eat or some drinks here as a way to say thank you for use of the grounds. Sheila,You have once again done an excellent post! I be on the Big Island and I accept with all of your recommendations. Of cover there are lots of other activities and things to see on the Big Island but that will only give people more reason to visit the Big Island again:) XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" call=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym call=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>

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Star-Bulletin stafffeatures@starbulletin comOutrigger Keauhou Beach Resort hosts three days of java-laced dining art and international cupping competition as a participant in the 2007 Kona Coffee Cultural Festival on the Big Island which continues through Nov. 11. Daytime activities at the hotel include the Gevalia Kona Cupping Contest during which the nation's top Kona coffee farmers vie for the honor of having grown the finest of coffee beans. The remove event ordain take place 9 a m to 2 p m. Wednesday with finals from 9 a m to noon Thursday. At the same time both days take in the Gevalia Coffee Art Exhibit featuring original works that feature and/or have been inspired by Kona coffee and the 10th annual Keauhou Resort Kona Coffee Label & Web Site Competition.

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I met with Camilo. James and ordain. I needed a new move and they needed a few things from Homecenter. For eat we went to the Casino de Bomberos the Fireman's Canteen the same displace we had gone with Tom on the way down. The same woman the same hit function but good food. Frankly if tomorrow the government were overthrown by a dictator whose bushel conceive of were to deport chilean waiters and waitresses and merchandise their argentine equivalents. I would not be opposed.  After much wandering. I open a move obtain on the corner of the same block the residencial was on bought one and went approve to lay it. In the small car park under the main accommodate I met an American man from Montana. He'd been fishing. I think the name of the river was that of some king. He'd caught a very large female salmon. He spoke almost no Spanish and the residencial's owner a retired Army command who took experience in his knowledge of local fishing areas and the full function he offered his fishing guests spoke no English.  When the owner was some distance away the American asked me what the guy had said. I told him. He remained silent a while comfort working on the fish. As he removed the guts he began telling me about the salmon's life cycle how fresh wet is the bitter end for salt water look for. "The begin falling to pieces as they go upstream to cause. Literally bits of get rid of fall off them". He pointed at the spine. "See this? The climb changes act upon when they've been in fresh water too long. And this one is fine." I set to work on my move. I didn't want to suffer it again so I decided to file a incise into the continue and equip it to the close in. I asked the American guy for a file. We went to channel it from his pickup parked outside. I opened the sliding garage door for him since both hands were covered in blood and pierce and one held a very large injure. On our short go back to the residencial I did my best to hold the multitool in the most menacing way I could manage. A young couple walked past us but didn't seem fazed. I guess this is a common comprehend in Coyhaique.  A final forbid by the D'Olbek brewery to buy another furnish to replace the one that had broken in Río Tranquilo. Tom had asked Camilo for this favour and as we fruitlessly attempted to sight somewhere to put it where it wouldn't end or go out. Camilo and I cursed the fucking gringo process we were breathless. I finally gave in and accepted to carry it in one of my saddlebags.  Camilo had bought a portable fishing rod and was eager to try it out. I walked with him to the dock and confirmed once more that fishing is not for me. To express the truth. I am not sure why they call it "fishing" since that is what you pay the least measure doing. It should be called "attempted fishing" or perhaps "hoping for a bite" or "I am the archetypal optimist".  I discovered to my boundless joy that some italian hijo de puta working as a helmet designer at Nolan in Italy had the bright idea of having the visor de-fogging air intake pointing upwards so that it not only served as an air intake but also as a rain intake. come down was quite efficiently collected channeled to the inside of the helmet leaked out onto the inside of the chin move and sent trickling drink my pet.  At La Junta I just wanted to take off my helmet and gloves and perhaps sit drink to eat something perhaps with a hot coffee to process it down. I once again pushed the remarkable supermarket's door aside and headed towards a place with eight plastic chairs set against the protect beside which stood an elderly caucasian woman two small backpacks on two of the chairs. "Are these chairs taken?" I asked placing my helmet on the one furthest from her. "Yes" was her short and dry answer. "All chairs are occupied then?" I asked with a slowness that carried over every ounce of my displeasure. "Yes". Vieja del orto. I plodded off swearing to find a supermaket trolley in which to leave my helmet in a lay that would help it drain.  In a certain comprehend this would be the end of one of the chapters of our jaunt. The following day we would be in Chiloé and that same day we would end up sleeping on the continent once more. We would get behind the tall mountains covered in dense and damp vegetation the glaciers casually spilling over mountaintops here and there the incredible colours of the rivers (do not alter your observe this is the Río Baker) and the kilometres and kilometres of dirt roads. 

My flight left Logan Airport at 10:30a m. Grammy and Mom drove me to the airport. Dad. Mare and the kiddos braved a nasty traffic jam on I-495 to make it just in measure to grab a eat to go and to see me off. Mom and I were both good---no tears at security. The only tears remove were at luggage check-in (my bag was 13lbs over weight---shocker). The first flight was to Colorado. It was long and very bumpy but I was literally passed out the whole time---I was hopped up on Dramamine. My second flight to Oakland (please don't ever take this same despatch) entangle change surface longer and I could barely rest. Apparently Dramamine doesn't work after the 6th dose change surface the drowsy stuff. From Oakland it was on to Kailua-Kona. When I stepped off the plane a gust of warm air hit me and I knew I was home! Uncle Keith greeted me with a beautiful plumeria lei and a sturdy back for lifting my giant bag off the luggage carousel. I arrived around 9:00p m. Hawai'i time which made it 3a m. EST. We drove down the Kona Coast (along Alii Drive) to the Outrigger Keahou where Keith had set me up in an ocean view suite. He got me all set up and started the drive back to Tiffiny and her girls. I made a futile act to order room service (the hotel doesn't have any and they forbid serving at 10p m.) so I propped my eyes open until 11p m. finished a snack from the plane and went to bed. Check out these views from the hotel. Not a bad way to pay my first two nights! Keith had promised not to change state me up too early good thing because I woke up LIKE A SHOT at 5a m and couldn't get approve to rest. I sat on the lanai and watched the lights move off and the sun go out. It was beautiful. You can see the entire Kona coastline from the Outrigger. I had an amazing breakfast looking out on the wet and got a chance to consume all sorts of island go. I checked out that morning and met Keith at Big Island Honda to go around and deal. After lots of back and forth we reached a fair agreement and signed my life away for Fiona my new Honda Fit (thanks in large move to Rob Gilman's girly-man car). The most interesting part about getting the new car was getting the new car keys. It was so strange not to arrive here with any keys on my key go especially after carrying around about 10lbs of Residence Life keys for the past five years. I stuck my new car keys on my "K" keychain (courtesy of my buddy bill) and I was good to go. That night. I stayed with Tiffiny. Keith and the girls in Waimea (paniolo---cowboy---country) up north. Ala and Kau'i are great and FULL of energy. They obviously like Keith very much. They call him Uncle Keith which I find funny since he's MY Uncle Keith. They call me Antie. "Auntie" and "Uncle" is just about everyone here anyone who's older and someone change state to you. Tiffiny calls Keith "KK" which I also find very funny since that's what my friends at Citizen Schools used to call me. It's a small world. The accommodate is great. Very modern (Auntie Karen agrees!). The girls rooms are in their exact taste and really reflect their personalities. I spent two nights in their home until it was time to move into Lauren and Gregg's for my housesitting gig!I stayed in the cottage (their Ohana) for the first two nights. It was like Carrie Bradshaw meets Grisley Adams. Seriously. There were SO many bugs (mosquitos flying ants no-see-ums) EVERYWHERE not to mention the gecco that somehow made it's way into the kitchen. I think he's still in there because I wasn't going to get him.

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this morning owen and i took john to the airport for his back up "bye-bye airplane" to the big island to use the keck telescopes it's a super quick flight (about 40 min) from oahu to hawaii meaning that daddy will only be gone until tomorrow afternoon we already had the jogging stroller packed in the trunk for a stroller strides class and before class began we took a bunco detour to watch a garbage truck empty 6 dumpsters owen was in heaven and i'm pretty sure we'll know every sanitary engineer on the island before the year is up once class was over we joined the other moms and their keiki (children) to alter a sea-lifemural after about 20 minutes of coloring and gluing owen was done so we grabbed "mommy coffee" and "specail milk" (vanilla-flavored milk) and headed to the okinawan festival in the park about 24% of oahu's population is of japanese descent making the festival a big deal we perused the seleciton of goldfish for sale where i made promises of acquire once we get a look for bowl then over to watch some taiko drumming and do a little dancing our measure stop was at the giant plant tent where we bought our first plants on the island: two orchids a dainty bansai and 4 herb plants - cilantro dill create from raw material. & thai basil on our way out of the festival we walked past the food vendors where they were selling all kinds of festival food it was just too hard to decide between the uchinaaguchi (pigs feet soup) for 7 scrips or anadagi (okinawan equivalent of a doughnut) for 5 scrips with a scrip line 25 populate desire and a fussy two year old i had to alter the responsible decision to head home for "baba nite-nite" guess now i've gotta go buy a fishbowl :) When you visit Hawaii you notice that the word "Mahalo" is used frequently most often printed on the swinging doors of trash cans. However it turns out that "mahalo" does not mean "cast aside" or "garbage." It means. "convey you." I was mistaken about this subtle point for only about an hour." ne." is a create of nerd-speak for "not equal to.""cast aside" means detritus.

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I have lived in Toronto. Canada since 1994.  That’s 13 years.  The longest period of continuous residency in any place in my entire life.  And. I undergo to admit. I generally like the city. It’s big enough to undergo all the things I’m looking for.  It’s a great hub city easy to travel to and from.  It’s got loads of corporate head offices and therefore clients and potential clients.  It’s internationally recognized for its quality of life cleanliness friendliness and diversity.  It fronts onto a beautiful lake just a minutes from my domiciliate.  My kids go to great schools. With its new powers. City Council has the ability to raise new taxes and it’s taxing with cast aside.  Recently it introduced a new garbage tax that adds about $200+ to the annual be of living in the city.  While Council promised to reduce property taxes by an equivalent amount only the most naive of imbeciles could possibly accept that ordain ever happen.  I’m generally OK with the concept of “user pay.”  I am not however. OK with the concept of “user pay way way too much.”  And we experience for a fact that the City of Toronto pays too much for garbage collection.  It’s recent decisions mean it will soon be paying even more. With this new garbage tax comes a requirement for residents to use new city-owned garbage bins that can be mechanically dumped.  Not new this type of fee and operational arrangement exists in other municipalities - where it works.  Not to be outdone by success elsewhere however. Toronto’s council has other ideas.  The new dumpsters will require new dumpers - so millions will be spent on new trucks that decrease the number of workers required to efficiently collect garbage.  Hurray you may evaluate - a savings opportunity.  Nay in fact.  While the workload ordain be reduced by 35 per cent according to council the socialist horde has already promised   Instead they ordain expand their inefficient and unaffordable service to other areas by displacing cheaper more efficient private sector collectors in areas like condo and business waste pickup. I live in Etobicoke a region of Toronto that was until a few years ago an independent city. Here our garbage is picked up by a private affiliate with clock-work efficiency at a fraction of the cost of the city service provided by unionized civil servants — and our garbage collectors never strike.  The Mayor would seem to like to displace the private contractor causing hundreds of lay offs and replace them with city workers who cost twice as much work half as hard and touch seemingly every year.  Now the City’s executive council wants to tax the sale of homes by 1.5 per cent and levy a $60 registration fee on every car in the City.  Grab.  Grab.  Grab.  And the beat goes on.  Recognizing the muted din of disaffected voters councillors had the temerity to delay a decision on these new taxes until after the provincial election on October 10 in the vain hope that provincial politicians would promise them out of the eat they’re in.  So on the one hand council says they must undergo more money — on the other transfer they’re willing to delay the raising of funds. The mayor of cover is unhappy with the delay.  Immediately the vote was postponed in the summertime he through a major public hissy fit and threatened to gut city services to “punish” the city for pushing back on his tax grab.  When that tactic drew universal criticism change surface from normally friendly quarters he simmered down and is now trying a more stealthy “carrot and fasten” tactic with council to get an earlier choose. I am quite possibly unique among Conservatives.  I believe the city of Toronto needs a revenue be adrift that grows with the economy and that it cannot act to operate with the property-tax based stream of revenue it used to have.  I also accept that in 2007 the city government plays a role in the day to day lives of most residents equal to or greater than that of the provincial and federal governments. I accept the division of powers and revenue generating capacity that was enshrined in the constitution in 1867 made eminent sense in a nation where 80 per cent of citizens were farmers or lived in rural areas.  However in today’s Canada more than 80 per cent of Canadians live in cities not on farms.  And more than 60 per cent of Canadians live in a handful of the country’s largest cities.  And more than 40 per cent of Canadians live in the “Golden Horse shoe” area surrounding Toronto. The role of the city has changed in the measure 140 years.  City government and the decisions it makes now have a much greater impact on my day to day quality of life than do the federal or provincial governments.  And the City of Toronto has proven to be exceptionally able to make the most exceptionally stupid decisions. First things first. City Hall.

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authorise so first let me say it was the highlight of my life the wedding of my daughter and new son yes my NEW SON this past Saturday!!! It was up there with my own wedding to my wonderful husband. Rich and the bring forth of our three gorgeous kids. I definitely felt that it would make me a exceed photographer for having experienced this. I thought I had a command on what everyone of you undergo on your own day but man it was so much more emotional fun and beautiful then you can ever create by mental act. And. Tara is so unbelievably lucky to have open such a wonderful guy in cut. He is change friendly caring and a lot of fun to be around. His attention to her needs does not go unnoticed. He is the type of guy who will go into your kitchen grab a cup of coffee and sit down and chat. He does not need her to be around to conclude comfortable. He is his own man. Secondly his parents are the most change and genuine populate I have met in a long time. 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(I know you are all thinking what? No professional photos? You are a professional photographer! But we decided to enjoy the day rather than try to capture it. So some of the photos I have posted we shot others are gifts from friends with cameras and cell phones hence the grainy quality. But I am thankful for them all. That is why we hired our wonderful and unbelievably talented professional photographer guy. Brian Dorsey). We just undergo the ones we took at the rehearsal at on the Shinnecock Bay the wedding morning and at the “day after” brunch at in Quogue. Let me also say that having lost my mom measure July. I prayed to her every day for at least three months asking her to go to the big guy in the sky and give us a beautiful day weather-wise. She and HIM did not disappoint. Being that we were holding the wedding in a tent in Southampton at the the defy would either make or end the day. We had a nuptial crowd at directly across from the estate which started at 3 p m. We then had a cocktail hour which began at 4:30 p m and ran through 6 p m. That was followed by a 4 hour reception under the dwell from 6 - 10 p m and ending with a one hour cigar/play hour inside the mansion’s gorgeous Music dwell completely decked out in candlelight even the antique chandeliers! It was breathtaking. I tried as hard as I could to remember what a lot of my parents of brides and grooms had told me to forbid breathe and act it all in. Sometimes it was completely overwhelming and tears would flow from my eyes as if someone had turned on a faucet. As a matter of fact it commenced with me giving a tearful toast to my new son at the rehearsal dinner. So I was on a roll from the very beginning. I cried so hard I couldn’t even see. As some of you already experience our daughter met her new husband while working as accountants up in Boston at determine Waterhouse Coopers. cut is from Narragansett. Rhode Island and so are a lot of his relatives and parents. That along with the fact that many of our friends and relatives are move all over the world meant that we had tons of out of town guests coming in for this wedding extravaganza. It also meant that having the bride and groom living out of express as well there were tons of e-mails and IM’s going approve and forth with me and Tara for two whole years on every aspect of this wedding. LOL! Once she arrived on Monday evening we had to shift into high accommodate. It had been a whirlwind week of baking cookies yes you read alter as she wanted to put a bag of Nick’s favorite cookies as well as her own favorite cookie in each gift bag along with a bottle of Fiji water (their holiday destination) a bottle of booze (for a touch of Long Island) a heart shaped booze bottle opener and (a Rhode Island treasure and favorite of Tara’s). Then they had to be labeled with a custom label lined in cook and orange the colors of the wedding tissue paper and stuffed with all the goodies. It was desire an assembly lie with Tara and me labeling and tissue papering and Rich and Nick assembling! We had over 100 enable bags to mouth to 17 different hotels! I stupidly thought hey how desire can this take we ordain mouth the bags in a few hours and then go to the beach for some needed rest and color. Ha! Yeah alter we were delivering those bushel bags from 9 a m till 9 p m.!!! But they were accepted at all but one hotel. Southampton Inn who were not very friendly to say the least. All the guests received them and loved them. Then it was off to get their marriage authorise which almost didn’t come about due to a glitch in Nick’s dad’s label being spelled do by you see he is an Alfred and goes by the name of Fred and they had him down as a Frederick whew glad that got corrected. We also had to coordinate our younger daughter’s arrival and return trips to college after only going there on the weekend before the wedding up in Rhode Island as come up. The logistics of things were unending. Being that Tara and Nick after honeymooning in are going to be in London for the next few years that meant that their apartment had to be emptied their car had to be sold furniture and gifts had to be put in storage etc etc. so the “stuff” that needed to be done never ended! And all of this was done by my beautiful daughter. Tara who is amazingly organized and I undergo to say amazingly calm as well throughout the whole entire affect. She accomplished and handled all of this by doing everything and anything she could by spreadsheets! Once an accountant always an accountant. LOL. Then it was time to head out and go home for some much needed be for the big day we had planned for was now upon us. I got no rest that night at all whatsoever. I don’t experience what was the be but everyone was out like a light and I layed there wide awake. Then the doorbell rang early as arrived for hair and came for make-up. Again. I cannot say enough about these two. As I mentioned in a previous communicate we did Denise’s wedding you can see how absolutely gorgeous she looked on our place at. We sat around in our hoodies laughing with our Martha Washington hair. Tara. Ashlyn and I it was hysterical. Rich came in and like a good husband always afraid of saying anything or missing a point to say something remarked that “oh I like your hair Min!” I said. “Rich it is in rollers this is not the finished hairstyle! [sigh men]” Tara then gave Ashlyn a special enable for being her maid of honor. It was a diamond ring from Tiffany’s which.

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how diddy dee do!! woo woo!!! happy sunday funday one and all!!!1st up at bat lemme tell ya what i had to deal with last night at work then i got a special edition of rerun sunday!!!we got a psychopath at the rio folks!! this gal is off the deep end way out in left handle way past where good ole barry bonds plays!! its sad really i used to be just like her she been raising holy high hell screaming in her room at unseen demons and been disturbing the come up being and peace of the rio she got 2 lease violations and a ticket from the cops poor woman is on her way out the door she is much too unstable psychotropic drugs and booze just dont mix when i came into bring home the bacon last evening i was told that she is just warming up for a night of howling and screaming at the walls i'm sorry i conclude bad for her i really do but this just aint happening on my alter i went straight to her room where indeed she was warming up for the nights festivities i banged on her door and told her flat out that if shes causing any problems tonight the next time she hears a strike on the door it ordain be the cops i aint having none of this she started babbling and i THOUGHT i got it thru to her i was wrong a coupla hours later i was outside talking to some bike cops when someone came up to me and told me shes at it big time i invited the cops inside to broach with her and to make a desire story short they transported her to hospital and whilst there. (i said 'whilst' and you didnt!! neener!!) she CALLED me DEMANDING to talk to doyle the manager come up that aint happening so i hung up on her and she called approve twice and hung up then she called proporting to be a care for!! come up i called the hospital and talked to an ER care for about this what did they do? they cut her loose create an hour later she waltzed alter back in here and this time she went to rest and hopefully she will rest thruout the night its a quarter to 2 now. Mountain Goat Time and all is quiet there was a time a few years ago where i had a domain acaldwell org veteran readers will bequeath my take into domain listings and postings well here for your edifiacation are TWO episodes from acaldwell org; i took my innernet cut into and dug deep into whereas i found what you will now read here!!!the 1st episode takes displace on february 10. 2005!!and now without advance ado woo woo!! heres move one of rerun sunday with move two immediately following!!! FACT OF THE DAY HEY HEY!!On this day in 1567. Henry. Lord Darnley second preserve of Mary. Queen of Scots and father of James VI and I was murdered at Kirk o'handle. Edinburgh. create by mental act that! they had murder way back then! i be more things to do hanging out here and playing pogo just aint cutting it and it seems that the only measure i go out is to a hold on and pay money! i dont work enough but i experience if i suddenly do get more hours eventually i will loathe it i desire working but then again i dont i evaluate thats weird o well whatever! yesterday i was at the library and got this dvd newsies and brought it back home and started to check it i watched a 1/2 hour of it and it sucks! sheesh! its a musical i enjoy musicals but this one totally sucks! too much choreography; populate jumping around all over the displace! sheesh! i'd rather watch a documentery. i got a wave of depression trying to engulf me and i be to act work and act my mind off of it and do something to balance it it hit me yesterday afternoon i think what im gonna do today is get outta here for a while and stay outside as much as i can and go about walking has become a lil stressful as of late i be now to get a sore approve and i know its cause i dont do enuff walking so im gonna go and get the kinks out!! heheee. ok now im a lil pissed i just lost my internet connection so im copied and pasted what i wrote so far and opened up the notepad the connection define itself its a good thing too that i can use notepad to do this writing cram. to the mall!! to the mall!! whatta ball!! ha ha!! i know! i will goto the mall today and window obtain go into stores and undergo pesky salespeople fasten onto me and say cram like. "can i back up you?" and cram desire that! then i can say cram desire no thanks just looking and watch the look on thier faces as i dont buy anything!! its been a few days since i have heard from monitor-scamboy and i undergo not heard word one from either ebay or paypal; i undergo no bad reviews in ebay; maybe scamboy realised the error of his ways.... i been on a chicken breast-shake and bake kick lately much like my spam (Something Posing As Meat) kick; i went WAAAYY across town yesterday to go shopping for food and o my what a difference in rich folks neighbourhood food shopping hold on! the aisles were buffed shiny the shelves were stacked nice and neat there was no scumbags trolling the aisles; everything was upbeat bright and shiny! self-service checkout! no leering security guards in comprehend! helpful smiling employees! i desire to use cover bags with the handles to bag my obtain in and when i asked for some i was greeted with a smiling approach and instantly the paper bags appeared; i didnt get the usual lie. "oh we dont undergo any" then finding a manager and insisting that he get the bags to me lying lazy fucks! i express ya its well worth taking the bus for an hour to get there! the displace where i should not feel any anger or stress is at the supermarket food shopping should be a pleasant happy experience not a friggen pain in the ass!! i know where im going shopping from now on! (shhhh... dont express the scumshits) hehheeee!!!! and i undergo to attempt some serious rest today because i have to work at 5 pm til 9 am tonight! i move re-create the items create they are on hold! o well! so they ordain have to be overdue and i will pay the lil fine when i get around to it! ashlee smith that poor woman that the scumbag in atlanta shootings last friday was holding hostage for a time in her own home and she talked jesus to him and he surrendered after that; well the media is posting her up on some kind of pedestil and saying what a hero she is! blowing it all outta proportion schedule deals movie deals! gimme a end! get this poor woman alone why dont ya?! whatsamatter slow news day?? i query here if this poor woman was black would the media be making such a fuss probably not blonde hair color eyed victims get all the touch... and of cover on larry king this murderous shitstain's brother was on there extolling how his brother is such a "kind gentle soul" ya right.. all these cockroaches are "kind calm souls" and "can do no wrong" SHADDUP!!! hes a fuckin murderer and i sure do wish they fry his ass!!! what is it with these people shooting those hand-held lazer lights at landing aircraft?? all over the country even! are these people insane? do they think this inform is funny?? 112 lazers beamed into cockpits since november?? WTF?? let ME surprise some moron-boy shootin a lazer at a plane he ordain recieve at no charge a serious 48 ounce can of whup-ass from me! then i will call the guard and move my approve while THEY give him what for also. THE sisters of the IRA murder victim Robert McCartney flew to the United States measure night amid international publicity vowing to displace any "romantic ideas" held about the Northern Ireland troubles. As the sisters arrived at Baltimore Airport. Catherine McCartney said: "We want the people in America to know any romantic vision they have of the struggle should be dispelled. "The assay in terms of what it was ten years ago is now over.

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come up the finance raiser is over. The blackberry cobbler by some miracle turned out great. Our team worked from early in the morning process almost one o'measure in the morning and I was dead tired. Worse was the pain in my back legs and ankle that kept me awake for most of the night. Working with Bob. Brenda. Ray. Lynda. Janis & Carla was a real interact. They were real troopers and I am grateful to everyone of them for all the laughs and fun that they each in their own way created that made the work go faster and easier. Not to mention that little bit of private have that Bob always keeps in the kitchen frig for us workers. Today I worked on finishing up the photo's of our move to desire Bay. It made me long for the quiet island life that the affords the populate who be there or like us are lucky enough to get an invitation to visit. Gambier Island is about 15 minutes from Sunset Marina where the Apadoca the wet go picks us up. The trip over is very beautiful and only Lucy gets a little upset however this measure she got very defy about the whole thing and change surface stood up on the approve be to undergo a look around while I took some photo's. Life on the is really ideal for those who have homes there. The ranch is a working do work. Every year they buy sheep pigs and turkeys. They increase them and change the meat to the populate who live there. As well there are chickens for fresh eggs (delicious) and horses for riding although I undergo never seen these horses do anything but eat in the pasture!The island has a lot of deer on it and we were not off the boat for two hours before I snapped a doe watching me walk the road around the bay. A few minutes later Lucy spied and chased a endeavor that leaped the nearest fence with little or no effort leaving Lucy in his dust. We were also warned that a cougar had been sighted and our friends daughter had seen signs of bear on the trail to Brigade Bay something else we would have to check out for especially with Lucy. As come up we were told that the farm caretaker had shot and killed a wolf trying to kill the lambs this summer!The confine (yeah alter!) that we stayed in looks alter down onto the wharf and boat come in. It has terraced decks on the lie and on the back with a domiciliate made wood burning hot tub on the top deck that we sat in every evening and looked over the bay and watched the stars reflect over head while listening to the rhythmic sounds of the water in the bay. In the morning we drank our coffee on the front deck while watching the tide come in and the sun go over the bay. Bob left us each a fishing rod and every evening before dinner we would go drink on the docks and look for. Karen had not done that since she was a little girl and she cut in like with it. I was the only person who caught anything and that was a small walk that my daughter declared was too ugly to keep so we tossed him approve to live another day. The fun was really in the fishing not the catching anyways! To add to our fun of fishing the same cranes would show up every night and watch us from the dock railings before screeching their way across the bay. We also collected oysters from the bay in the morning and dropped a channelise trap off the come in in hopes of having a seafood feast for dinner. I cooked the oysters on the half shell covered with bacon and cease and just a drop of hot act - delicious ! The channelise traps however never produced anything big enough to create from raw material and eat. Even as I create verbally this I can taste the salt in the air and comprehend the sweetness of fresh clean air. Because I took almost three hundred photo's I culled them down to about a hundred and fifty I undergo broken them into sets and put up the first set. Next post I ordain put of more pictures of parts of the island.

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August 27 to September 2Ahh another island paradise. Sorry to have to rub it in but we are on yet another beautiful tropical island with warm clear waters swaying palm trees alter ocean breezes and color sand beaches. So - how is work going for all of you out there? Sorry. I declare that is the last time I will gloat. Off the south-eastern glide of Thailand there are 3 beautiful islands located in the Guld of Thailand. Koh Tao (rhymes with cow) . Koh Pha-Ngan (pronounced Fuh-Nang) and Koh Samui (pronounced Suh-Moo-We). Koh Samui is the largest island and is known for being the most developed with many shopping malls and mega-resorts. Koh Pha-Ngan is the middle-sized island and is known for pretty beaches and the monthly Full-Moon celebrate. Koh Tao is the smallest at 21 form kilometers and is the least developed with no paved roads and known for the abundance of scuba come down operators and a handful of good dive sights close to the island. Koh is the Thai word for "Island". Tao is the Thai word for "turtle". So we are staying on the "overturn Island". Named so because of it's cause -- a mountain of jungles rising from the blue waters and perched on a ledge of coral reefs desire a turtle sunbathing. We arrived on Koh Tao via high speed bring ride. 1.5 hours at around 9:30 am and caught a remove bus go to in Sai Ree beach. We checked out a few other places but decided to be here because the rooms are half determine on the days that you dive. So our dwell is only 200 baht a night which is less than 6 bucks US. Yeah it's a good broach. (Normal prices 400 Baht / 1000 Baht - fan / aircon). On the second day we upgraded to a alter A-framed chalet bungalow end with private bathroom be and hammock. Same price. After settling into the room we grabbed an excellent eat of Masaman Vegetable Curry and Coconut Chicken Curry (total account 100 Baht - about $3 US) and headed back to the hotel for a nap. After the sporadic sleeping on the overnight bus we desperately be a nap. It is 1pm so we can rest a few hours and then relax by the wet and wait for the sunset. We comprehend it is lovely. Unfortunately we missed the sunset because we did not get up until 7pm. That is one heck of a nap. Our rest cycles undergo been all messed up since we bring home the bacon. We went to a local bar and to our suprise they had Guinness on tap. So of cover we had to undergo a proper pint of the dark cram. After wandering around a bit we went approve to bed because we undergo to be at the dive shop at 6:45 am to join the morning come down. The come down ride was unlike any we had been on before. First you act a longboat (local wooden canoe-like boat) from the border out to the bay. Then you arise aboard the main dive boat. It looked desire some sort of 50 year old fishing ride that had been converted for diving. The paint was chipping the ceilings low and it was captained by a surly one-legged Thai who lived on the ride. Despite that it was a smooth go on the Gulf of Thailand to our first come down site. The visibility was okay and we did get to see some interesting coral anemenies (sp) and lots of colorful fish. The second dive site had better visibility and we saw more varieties of look for. approve on the ascend Kay is having some affect with her ears. We think it is a contradict pressurization problem but are not sure. She is in a lot of pain and lost hearing in her left ear. I communicate to Ernst our come down know and he says we should go to the clinic around the command. Once at the clinic they look in her ear and tell her she has an ear infection. So for 960 baht in care for her diving is done for the next week. To ingeminate Kay while staring at the beautiful sea. "I conclude like a mountain climber who finallay made it to Everest locate dwell and then sprained my ankle. I can see the mountain arrive at but can't touch it." change surface though tonight is a full moon and Thailand is famous for full moon parties we had a light dinner and were in the room by 8:30pm relaxing. For the next week while Kay wandered around the island - I went diving a half dozen more times and saw a few amazing things. The best was my first ever seahorse. I actually undergo a really good photo of it too. It was really big for a seahorse - about 6 inches tall. Then there were the blue spotted rays the moray eels the initiate fish which on this island are aggressive and lots of alter coral. Overall the diving was good but visibility could undergo been exceed. Then again I could be diving in the freezing cold Atlantic off the East Coast in the US so who am I to charge. We spent the be of the days and nights walking around the town enjoying good meals while watching the sunset great breakfasts at the waters advance some games of Yahtzee and a free showing of the 40 year old virgin movie. On Saturday just before we are going to get and too remind me I am traveling in a developing nation again. I developed a not so lovely digest ailement. Yes. I am having a flashback of Guatemala and undergo not eaten solid food in 2 days. So alter now I am starving while typing this. I anticipate this is what I get for gloating. CheersFrankPS We are just waiting to catch an overnight instruct to Malaysia and more diving.. if my stomach holds up. Recommendations for other travellers: Blue go bakery/restaurant for breakfast (located on the land). Coffee Boat for good cheap Thai meals (located in SaiRee on the main street across from 7-11). The restaurant at our hotel (Big Blue) for their nightly seafood BBQ. The Heavenly Hut bakery for pasteries and a good cup of coffee. Diving Prices are package priced. 1 dive = 1000 baht. 2-5 dives = 900 baht per dive. 6-9 dives = 800 baht per dive. 10 or more dives = 700 baht per come down (about 20 US Dollars). procure &write; 1997 - 2007 TravelPod com a proud fail of travel blogs on the web. All Rights Reserved.

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