Around the world we will go!

London

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Santorini Thira

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Santorini Oia

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Greece Peloponnese

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Hong kong

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Family Dubaï !!

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Dubai Malls and Dhow Cruise

2009-09-09T04:51:00.000-07:00

SKI Doubaï

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Ski Dubai was amazing! its crazy to think that its around 45° C outside and you are inside wearing a ski suit, gloves and skiing at -4° C and everything feels like skiing for real, with ski lifts and a Chalet in the middle to stop and have a drink! And the funniest part is once your done you bring back your skis and suits and leave with your t-shirt and flip flops!!! We had a great time skiing with the kids and it will make amazing memories! Thanks ;)

Elephants and Tigers!

2009-09-06T11:36:00.000-07:00

3 day Trekking in the Jungle

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Tiger Zoo in Ko Samui

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Ko Samui

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Maya Bay

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In case you didn't know Maya Bay is where the movie "The Beach" was filmed! It is a truly beautiful beach! The beach is on Ko Phi Phi Lee the island next to the island we stayed at! just a short Long tail boat ride away!

Boat Ride to Ko Phi Phi Lee

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Monkey Beach

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We took a boat with another couple from the hotel and went to see monkey beach and a few other beaches around the island! When we got to monkey beach they were sooooo cute!!! And as soon as they saw our beer they did everything possible to get to it! as you can see in the pics one of them even jumped on Bens leg and another one jumped right on the one that was already on his leg it was really funny!
Then they actually took it out of our hands and ran off with the beers, and had a few sips before making funny faces and spilling it on them! haha We had a great time, but went back a few days later and we had to actually stay in the water because the monkeys were actually mean and tried to bite! It was so weird being on the same beach and seeing the same monkeys mean when just 3 days ago they would hold your hand and have a beer with you! haha But this time there was a lot of babies around so maybe that's why! Anyways we are just glad we had a great day with them at least once!

Ko Phi Phi

2009-07-25T10:26:00.000-07:00

We were suppose to Stay in Ko Phi Phi (Ko meaning Island) for only 7 days but we liked it so much there that we ended up staying 9 or 10 days! Its a very small island but so pretty and just so nice to be on because there isn't any cars, just crazy bike drivers who you need to watch out for, but they do yell out "beep beep" to let you know they are behind you and would like to pass! haha its pretty funny at first! We had booked everything at a TAT agency in Bangkok and before Phi Phi we stayed in a great hotel in Phuket (sorry no pictures) and also booked the plane and boat ticket and the hotel on Phi Phi, so far everything had gone great, we had a great hotel in Phuket and thought we would have the same kind in Ko Phi Phi ... not so much! We passed by the hotel not even thinking it could be a hotel (that's how bad it was haha) when we checked in and went into the room we were just under shock! The room had 2 twin beds put together with a queen size mattress with a twine size mattress put together... you can just imagine! To get to the bathroom you had a little path (where we also had our bags ) and the bathroom was the worst thing ever, The toilet, sink and shower were all together in a very very small room, the shower was in between the toilet and the sink (so when you took a shower you could not, not get the toilet and walls wet) when you turned on the water in the sink the whole thing turned with it! haha anyways we couldn't stay 7 days in a room with AC but a window that didn't close! So the hotel across the side walk (since there is no roads in PHI PHI) had a beautiful pool and very cute bungalows (we actually thought that would of been our hotel at first)! With a lot of difficulty to understand and make our point that we didn't want to stay at this hotel we called the TAT agency (which was even harder to make our point on the phone since their english isn't the best) Ben actually understood them better then I. So after having the lady call us back 4 times we finally got the hotel we wanted for 4 extra euros a night! not bad hun?!?! and the difference what 20 times better!

Bangkok

2009-07-25T10:06:00.000-07:00

We Stayed a few days in Bangkok and for the first time we really felt like we were in a whole other world! haha Its a big city but yet soooo different compared to all the other big cities we have done! So it was really nice to be somewhere totally different with people speaking a different language (even though at first I was scared of not getting understood) and everything written in crazy writing! haha But we didnt get to take the best pictures because it was cloudy every day except the day we left! lol But we will go back before we leave so we will try to take better pictures!

Sydney

2009-07-25T09:39:00.000-07:00

While we were in Sydney it was Bens 24th Birthday so for his birthday we went to Bondi beach, ate at hungry Jack for lunch aka Bens favorite oz fast food, then went to a nice dinner, (where they song happy birthday really loud in front of everyone... he loved it... no actually he didnt but I love it ahahah) then went to see Ice Age 3 in 3D, then the hostel where we stayed at gave Ben a 70 dollar bar tap for the bar next door so we went there and partied !!!

Uluru Rock

2009-07-20T06:45:00.000-07:00

We were told by some french guys we met at the Kings Canyon that you could climb the Uluru rock but it was hard, and then the next day we were told the opposite... that you shouldn't climb the Uluru rock because it has a meaning to the Aborigine people of Australia. Once we finaly got to the Rock after driving over 500 km. We saw lots of people climbing and coming down the Rock that Ben said "I just have to do it" ! so we climbed the Uluru Rock... Well Ben went to the top but I only went a little passed half way. I must say I'm not afraid of hights but once you start to climb there is so much wind and its just so high and steep, its actually pretty scary, plus its sooooooo much harder then it looks! When I got in front of it, I'm like this isnt going to be to hard... yea right!! Anyways after that we watched the Sun set because if you go to see the Uluru Rock and dont watch the Sun set, well there is just no point! lol

Kings Canyon

2009-07-12T07:59:00.001-07:00

That day was a pretty busy day it was our last full day with the camper van so we had to hurry up and see Kings Canyon and Uluru Rock!! We woke up around 6:30 am and heard dingo dogs barking far way, well I don't know if barking is the word but they sounded like wolfs! lol Anyways we got to Kings Canyon about 7 and just on time to follow a group that was going to climb Kings Canyon too. So free tour for us!!! woo hoo but I must say the guide wasn't that great he mostly just talked about trees and guided the group on where to go, but where to go was pretty much obvious, so we didn't follow them for to long and took our time enjoying the view and of course do what we do best... took tons of pictures!!!! (which I hope the slid show isn't too long but it was so pretty that we want to share with you our many pictures that are must sees, its tough pick the best ones!) Anyways the walk was obviously amazing to us and took us about 3 hours and it was about 6 km if I remember correctly. Once finished with the walk we still hadn't had breakfast so we were starving, so we parked the camper van a little after the parking lot, near a pic-nic area. And guess who we saw driving by us ... our Swiss friend, who were about to go on the walk we just did and had just gotten back from the Uluru Rock. And since you have to pay 25 dollars to go see the Rock (valid 3 days) they gaved us their pass since they still had a day left on their pass and they weren't gonna go back, and in exchange they just asked to send the passes pack to them as a souvenir! So that was really great for us because we didn't really want to have to pay 25 dollar per person for just an afternoon!

Alice Springs

2009-07-12T06:40:00.000-07:00

Just a little reminder...

We saw this sign a few times while driving in the desert!!

So once we got to the Alice Springs airport we thought we would just rent a car and it would be easy!! WRONG!! We got to this tiny airport, the ones where when you get off the plane out side and half to walk back in ! lol once we got our bags we went to look for a car to rent, but they were all either out of cars or it was about 130 au$ per day so we thought that was a bit to much and would try to find something cheaper once in the City! We met a swiss couple who wanted to share a cab to go into town because in alice springs they dont have buses !! For the first time at an airport we had to wait for taxis to come, and not the way around where taxis wait for you to come lol! So we waited about 20, and while we waited our new Swiss friends, who were in the same situation as us and need a car they started to call some camper van companies! We ended up taking the last 2 camper vans we could find but it was a huge camper van(like a little studio haha) nothing like the little Jucy one from NZ, this one had a shower and toilet, a real sink(not one where you have to pump for water haha) with hot water and everything! But also a lot harder to drive, and this time I wasn't allowed to drive since I'm under 21... But i don't think i would of wanted to drive such a big thing! ahah

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The next Day we were off to see the famous Uluru Rock aka Alyers Rock but since I'm not the best map reader... I got us lost and we ended at West MacDonnell National Park which is about a good 200 km detour! whoops my bad! :( So we ended up sleeping at The Ellery Creek Big hole, where we only payed 6.60 to park our camper van and sleep! lol Anyways it was still a very pretty spot where we saw a beautiful sunrise ! And i must say me making us take a big detour wasn't that bad because the next day we spent the whole day driving and it rained that day, so it wouldn't of been a good day to see those beautiful rocks anyways. lol

Brisbane

2009-07-11T07:13:00.000-07:00

Brisbane was really nice, and we really enjoyed it! Its a very active city with always stuff going on at night and during the day on the streets. But its wasnt one of those busy cities where everyone is always running around like in New York or Sydney but just busy fun! if that makes sences ! lol And the people in Brisbane were really nice and helpful and always happy to give you a tip on where to go or what to see or do! And just really Friendly! I must say we didnt do a whole lot during our 10 days in Brisbane, because we were just happy to just relax and not have to rush and go see everything in a few days, especially after 2 months of non stop train and visiting the USA and then 2 weeks of trying to see the most of New Zealand we could in a camer van! lol so it just felt great to sleep in and just walk around the city! We did take the City cat all along the river to see Brisbane and its houses along the river, which was really nice. Oh and Brisbane has a fake beach across the bridge with white send and a pool that looks like beach water and people just go there like it was a regular beach and tan on the send and go swimming with the city as a view. They even have a life guard on duty! lol
And I'll be honest and say that we did spend a lot of time at the state library for their free internet where we put the blog back to date! we had a lot of work we hadnt done anything since Vegas! So we had a lot of work and as you can see we are still late since right now we are in Thailand and still need to do all of Australia! :)

Lone Pine Park

2009-07-03T03:19:00.000-07:00

Lone Pine Park

2009-07-03T02:31:00.000-07:00

AUSTRALIA

2009-07-02T09:17:00.000-07:00

OTHER PICTURES ARE COMING SOON

Rencontre Kiwi

2009-07-02T09:01:00.000-07:00

Voici Adeline et Fank, qui nous on tellement bien reçu alors qu'ils étaient en plein déménagement et en plein rush pour la création de leur entreprise. Ce sont eux qui nous on préparé notre parcourt en New Zealand se qui nous a bien rendu servisse et nous a fait gagner bcp de temps. Merci pour tout

WAITOMO BLACK WATER RAFTING

2009-07-02T04:24:00.000-07:00

Sorry we dont have any picture of the caves because for our safty we werent alowed to take our camera; in other words they wanted us to buy their pictures ! haha so this is what we looked like to go Black water Rafting in the Waitomo caves, where we saw Glow warms! It was definitely a must do! Amazing!

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Driving around

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New Plymouth

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Wellington

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Between Napier and Wellington

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Napier

2009-07-02T03:58:00.000-07:00

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Between Tongariro and Napier

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Tongariro National Park by Plane

2009-06-19T22:02:00.000-07:00

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Tongariro National Park

2009-06-18T00:21:00.000-07:00

Some things about Tongariro National Park

The three volcanoes at the heart of the park - the mountains Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu form the southern limits of the Taupo Volcanic Zone. Volcanic activity in the zone started about 2 million years ago and is on-going today.
Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe are two of the most active composite volcanoes in the world
The fact that the volcanoes are still active doesn't bother people from skiing down their slopes and hiking to their craters. But they do have a monitoring system that provides early warning of eruptions.
Ruapehu had the honour of playing Mount Doom in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The mountains of this national park has deep spiritual significance for the Maori people. Legend has it that the high priest Ngatoroirangi was frozen in a snowstorm while exploring Tongariro and called to Hawaiki, the traditional Polynesian homeland of the Maori, for fire. His prayer was answered, via the channel we now call the Pacific Rim of Fire, and the mountain erupted.

New Zealand Continues

2009-06-18T00:12:00.000-07:00

Wai-O-tapu is a Geothermal area, one of the most colorful thermal park, with mud pools, crater lakes, and sulphur vents! Its a pretty smelly place as you can probably tell from all the things you will see ... and my face!!

Some things about Wai-O-Tapo

Wai-O-Tapu means 'Sacred Water'
Wai-O-Tapu is associated with volcanic activity dating back about 160,000 years and is located right on the edge of the largest volcanic caldera (depression) within the active Taupo Volcanic Zone.
Beneath the ground at Wai-O-Tapu is a system of streams which are heated by magma left over from earlier eruptions. The water is so super heated that it absorbs the minerals out of the rocks through which it passes and conveys them to the surface as steam where they are ultimately absorbed into the ground. The wide range of colours are all natural and are due to different mineral elements.
The Geyser Lady Knox has a special trick to her timely eruptions! Discovered by a gang of prisoners washing their clothes in the early 1900s, the geyser erupted, shooting hot water 20 meters into the air after the men had unwittingly poured soap into the spout. Now all it takes to get old Lady Knox firing is a bit of soap every day at roughly 10am!

New Zealand

2009-06-16T23:56:00.000-07:00

Here is a first look at New Zealand.

I must tell you that after spending the begining of the summer in LA and getting to New Zealand where its the begining of winter, with the leafs falling and changing colors its a pretty weird feeling! And having all the cars driving the wrong way is pretty scary, we almost got runed over a few times because we looked on the wrong side of the road before crossing!! haha
Then Driving on the other side is a whole other story! every time i wanted to put the turning signal it turned the windshield wipers on! haha Every time, even after driving for 2 weeks i still had it wrong! But driving isn't as scary as I thought, its actually scarier to be sitting in the passenger sit then actually driving!

On the set of Date Night

2009-06-16T23:31:00.000-07:00

So on our way back to our hotel in LA we saw huge spotlights and police closing off a street, so of course nosy as we are we go check it out! And they were filming a movie!!! its called Date Night and its with Steve Carell (from the office and the 40 year old virgin) and Tina Fey ( not sure what she played in haha)! So that was pretty exciting we stayed there for about a good 3 hours trying to get even closer to Steve Carell and trying to get a better picture and just watching how it was done! The funny part in all this was that they were filming in the streets of LA with New York City taxis haha. They also had an Audi A8 cut in half to film them inside up close while they where "driving", they made a fake accident with a taxi and filmed over and over the taxi driver getting mad! They also broke the front windshield (but not while they where filming) and Tina Fey got scared and screamed hahah. then right before we left they were putting both half of the Audi back together and starting to pretend shooting at each other! But we didn't stay for that because it was getting really late and we had to move farther back and couldn't see as well!

Hollywood Stars

2009-06-16T03:05:00.000-07:00

finding the Hollywood sign!!

2009-06-16T00:39:00.000-07:00

So we were told to take the "Dash" bus to go see the Hollywood sign. But they didnt tell us that the bus only took us to the hollywood neighborhood and not the actual sign! (not even close to the sign) we asked the bus driver how far it was and how to get to it and he said its just up the street! so we start walking and walking and walking and finally I asked someone that lived there if we were going the right way because we had been walking for about 15min up hill and we didnt seem to get any closer to the sign. He told me it was just about a mile up and to turn right on a street (that i forgot the name once we got to it) so we are up there and there is 3 different streets so we tryed to see where all the cars were going but of course they were all going different ways! So we randomly picked one. There was alot of cars going to the sign and I told Ben "Men all those cars are going up there anyways, they could at least offer a ride"... ten mins later a guy with a Audi SUV Q7 ( the pretty car behind us) asked us if we were going up to the sign! He gave us a ride up, took pictures of us, and drove us back down to the bus stop! On the way down we stoped in front of some famous MTV guys house (because he had to water the yeard) then he showed us where Madona use to live and where Lindsay Lohans girlfriend Sam lives, (and told us about how they got into a fight and threw stuff out the window haha) anyways that was pretty cool of him to drive us up and back down!

Our Suite in LA

2009-06-16T00:14:00.000-07:00

So since we booked all our hotels with hotels.com after 10 nights you get one free night! and it can go up to 450 dollars, but ours was only 435 dollars haha! We actually wanted to stay an extra night and book our free night in Las Vegas at the Bellagio but our bus tickets wouldnt let us change the date. So we saved it for LA which was better because we took it for our last night in the States and our one year Anniversary!

P.S. As you can see we were very excited !

Down Town Santa Fe, New Mexico

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New Mexico

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Taos Pueblos

The Pueblo is made entirely of adobe -- earth mixed with water and straw, then either poured into forms or made into sun-dried bricks. The walls are frequently several feet thick. The roofs of each of the five stories are supported by large pieces of woods.
the whole roof is covered with packed dirt. The outside surfaces of the Pueblo are continuously maintained by replastering with think layers of mud.
The Pueblo is actually many individual homes, built side-by-side and in layers, with common walls but no connecting doorways. In earlier days there were no doors or windows and entry was gained only from the top.
The village, which is one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in North America, was designated a World Heritage Site and a National Historic Site in 1992.

Bandelier National Park

Sedona Arizona

2009-06-15T04:18:00.000-07:00

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The Grand Canyon

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Surprise Surprise ...

2009-05-17T14:49:00.000-07:00

Dress and shoes from Ross = 32 dollars
Shorts and Vest = 20 dollars
Public transportation instead of Limo = 1.50 per person
Getting married in Vegas on a trip around the world = priceless

There are some things money can't buy (ex: Love) ... for everything else there's MasterCard

2009-05-17T11:43:00.000-07:00

San Fransisco is a very pretty city. We had a lot of fun riding those famous cable cars! Though we were sorta rushed because we weren't staying very long we still got to do almost everything we wanted to do! Even though the few days we stayed it was cloudy with this very thin rain we still enjoyed San Fransisco very much and found it very pretty so I can't imagine what its like when its all sunny with blue Sky !!

Virginia City, Nevada

2009-05-17T01:34:00.000-07:00

Virginia City is this tiny little city... well its pretty much just a street! lol But it is just oh so cute! Its this little old western town, its just like it was when it was built, its like going back in time! And once again Karen and David let us borrow their other awesome car! Ben very much enjoyed driving his first real pick up! :) Thanks again to Karen and David for being so kind and inviting us to stay at your house with such open arms and letting us use your cars! We very much enjoyed our little stop by Reno!

Lake Tahoe, Nevada

2009-05-16T21:23:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics for Lake Tahoe about 30 minutes from Reno, where we stayed with some of my dads nicest friends we've ever met! They were so welcoming, caring, and full of good energy, we had such a good time with them! They let us borrow their awesome car (which I wish I had the same! hehe) to go visit Lake Tahoe which is a beautiful lake that is part in Nevada and part in California . The water in some areas is crystal clear! Its just a beautiful place to go see with the mountains around but yet you have little beaches of sand with this Crystal blue water, its so nice! Oh and you can also see Ben and David on David's new toy the big red tractor which Ben had fun driving around in their yard and making holes! lol

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This is Karen and David! =)

Salt Lake City

2009-05-12T23:14:00.000-07:00

Que dire sur salt lake city??? Pas grand chose à par qu'il y a plein de temple mormon, avec de jolie fleur c'est sur, mais rien d'exstraordinaire. On a même pas vu le lac car il n'est pas tout prés de la ville, et nous n'avons pas trouvé de transports en commun pour nous y rendre.
Mais bon sa tombais assez bien car kelly etait encore malade, et l'hotel que nous avions resservé avais une piscine interieure, un jacuzzi, et on avait même un king size bed!!

Well in Salt Lake City there isnt much to see other then the Mormon Temples so again we dont have many pictures! We didnt get to see the Salted City because it was like 30 min away and there wasnt any bus going there! But we had a great hotel with inside pool and a jacuzzi!!

Denver, Colorado

2009-05-12T22:43:00.000-07:00

Pas beaucoup de photos de Denver car on a pas eu vraiment le temps de visiter car kelly est tombé malade juste aprés la photos du resto, mais c'est une ville simpa avec beaucoup d'etudiants. Ils parais que c'est la ville la plus peuplé du colorado mais nous l'avons trouver trés trés calme. Enfin voila pas grand chose à dire, je pourais vous décrire l'hotel si vous voulez car on le connais trés trés bien lol.

So here is a few pictures of Denver... yes yes we know there isn't that many pictures, but its Denver not much to see unless you rent a car! And we wanted to rent a car but I got sick right after that picture of me was taken, so we ended up staying in the hotel room for 2 days! Good thing it was a nice hotel! But Denver sure did look like a cute little city, calm but very cute!

Sorry for the Delays

2009-05-10T20:29:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone!

Sorry for the delay! we have been kind of busy visiting lots of places and we don't always have a good enough internet connection to add new post! But there soon will be Reno, San Fransisco and Las Vegas ! Some of you will even have a surprise while watching one of our slide shows .... so keep checking up on us and feel free to add your self as one of our followers, we always enjoy new followers and comments from our dear followers, non followers or even strangers!
So let us know what you think of our blog and our advetures!

We hope you enjoy and will keep checking up on our where abouts!

Ben and Kelly

In the Train

2009-04-29T23:05:00.000-07:00

The train from Denver, Colorado to Salt Lake City, Utah was breath taking, but apparently I slept threw the prettiest which was when we left Denver and went threw the snowy mountains and Ben was so amazed by it that he didn’t take pictures and just enjoy. So I guess I’ll never know what I really missed but I do know the rest of the ride was amazing ! So I still enjoyed the most part, and since I didn’t see what I missed and saw tons of other things I don’t mind! And then we met a Swiss guy (from the German part, but spoke French and English) and a crazy but very funny girl from Colorado, who will most likely meet us in Las Vegas for some partying! So we got to enjoy the sight seeing during the day and have a good time chatting with 2 new people! I think this was the funnest train ride yet! And I hope we’ll have more rides like this one! Even though we got to Salt Lake City at 1am in stead of 11pm and the fact that they didn't tell us we were in Salt Lake City and so we had to rush off the train and I left my Ipod in the seat! It was a great ride! haha I guess in the end you just have to laugh at these kind of situation! Shit Happens what are you gonna do about it! haha
And plus I didn't realize I had lost my Ipod until 4 days later when I was packing!

Chicago

2009-04-23T17:30:00.000-07:00

I found Chicago full of character! A lot of the streets are just like in the movies! Its a nice city to visit because its not too big but big enough to have fun! They have an outside metro (which they call the train, which always confused me since we are taking to train across the states so i never knew which train they were talking about haha) anyways the train is pretty cool cause you get to see the city and you are above the driving streets, so you go threw the same way the cars do but without the lights! Though they have lots of stop stations, and actually have intersections which we found pretty funny!
They also have this Silver bean in the Millennium Park that is just the coolest art related thing i have ever seen! It has tons of different effects when you go under it, you even feel kinda dizzy, and its just great to take awesome picture!

Washington

2009-04-17T20:32:00.000-07:00

Washington, DC

Nous voici arrivé dans la capital des USA Washington. Nous y sommes resté 4 jours, car il y a beaucoup à voir. Ce qui est bien dans cette ville et comme beaucoup aux USA, cest que tous les musés sont gratuit et il y en a énormément, y en à même pour des types comme moi qui aime pas trop sa, genre le musé sapce and air, ou le notional museum of hisorie qui est très très bien fait, avec plein de petite sales de cinéma…
Donc si on récapitule, on a fait:

la maison blanche derrière la clôture car si on veut la visiter il faut si prendre 6 mois a l’avance!!!
Le mémorial d’Abraham Lincoln, très impressionnante la statue!! Et c’est aussi la que Martin Luther King
Le Washington monument, c’est cette obélisque de 150 mètres. Dans haut on a une vue magnifique sur tout Washington la maison blanche le capitole le pentagone et tout les mémoriaux, c’est trop beau. On a eu de la chance pour avoir les tickets, car ils sont en vente a 8h le matin mais il faut y être à 7h pour être sur d’avoir des tickets!!! Ce qu’on a pas fait biensûr (pour ce qui nous connaisse 7h du mat à faire la queue dans le froid!!!! Pas pour nous lol). Quand on est arrivé en bas de la tour on étais déçu de voir que tout les tickets étaient pris mais coup de chance une dame nous a donner 2 pass!!!
Chinatown, qui n’est pas très extraordinaire comparer à new York mais bon on est pas venu pour sa.
The old post office avec sa grande tour, le pentagone……………….
Pour résumer Washington est vraiment à voir autant pour la culture, que pour l’architecture que
je trouve vraiment magnifique.

Charleston

2009-04-11T07:33:00.000-07:00

Après la Floride nous voila parti pour la Caroline du Sud plus précisément à Charleston. On voulait acheter une voiture pour faire un road trip dans les USA, la route 66... Mais à notre pris nous avons trouvé que des épaves L. Enfin c’est pas grave nous allons prendre le train, lui il tombera pas en panne et nous coûtera pas cher en essence .
Le train au USA c’est pas comme en France , déjà il fonctionne au mazoute et pas à l’électricité et en plus y en a pas beaucoup, ici ils préfèrent l’avion, beaucoup plus rapide mais plus cher et nous on veux voir le paysage!!!! Par contre les places sont très spacieuse quand je suis assis j’arrive pas à toucher le siège devant moi lol, et il y a même un truc qui se soulève pour les jambes, la classe!!! mais c’est pas fini, il y a aussi un wagon lounge avec de grande fenêtres et un toi panoramique!!! C vraiment bien pour profiter au maximum du paysage (on y est très souvent).
A par sa j’ai adoré charleston, car c’est une ville à taille humaine (enfin pour les USA), qui a énormément de charme avec ces beaux parcs, ces anciennes maisons aux grosse colonnes et aux beaux jardins, on pourrais si promener pendant des heures et des heures. Si on vas dans les jardin au bord de la mer on peut voir le pont et un porte avion transformé en musé; mais surtout des dizaines de dauphins sortir de l’eau on a même vue un bébé dauphin avec sa maman!!

PS: Ne pas dormir à l’écologehotel de charleston nord!!!! brûlure de cigarette dans le lit, trous dans la moquette ainsi que dans le lavabo et trace dans les lit!!! Heureusement on a changé d’hôtel le lendemain matin.

Now lets talk a little about Charleston! The train station was 2 miles from our hotel which was north of Charleston so we weren’t in the actual city. By bus it took us about 25 minutes I think. But hey for 35 dollars a night it was great! And the hotel was very nice too. Though I didn’t find north Charleston very nice the down town of Charleston is very nice to visit and definitely worth seeing! it’s a clam city, very peaceful and full of charm ! You can visit the city by just walking down streets all of them just as pretty as the others! Or take a trolley that drives all around down town and you can get on and off as you want! I was really happy we made a stop by Charleston, even though it wasn’t originally planed, we had a great time!

St.Petersburg, FL

2009-04-08T21:39:00.000-07:00

Miami International airport
After spending 2 wonderful weeks in Guadeloupe we are off back to Miami only to spend the night on Miami’s International Airport‘s floor, with a lady giving us the current local time every 15 minutes, and giving us the instruction (in English and in Spanish ) on what to do if there was and unattended bag left somewhere! And if that didn’t keep me from sleeping the excitement of being back in St. Pete and see all my friends again sure didn’t help either! But as we were waiting for our flight to Tampa something pretty funny happened! Ben went to get something to eat and I was just sitting doing things on the computer, when from the corner of my eye I see someone wanting to sit, so I just move my back without looking and continue doing what I was doing and seconds later Ben sits in front of me and says « hey Kelly isn’t that the guy from you magazine?? » so I look over and yes, yes it is the guy from my magazine but I couldn’t remember his name until seconds later some lady calls out Mr. Hogan ! (most of you from France probably don’t have a clue who he is, but I use to actually watch his drama show where they filmed him and his family at home, but before he made that show he is a professional wrestler) anyways we took a few picture with him, just because you don’t see someone famous everyday! And then he was on the same flight as us! So that was our excitement of the morning! haha

Après la Guadeloupe nous voila de retour en Floride. Après avoir dormis sur le sol de l’aéroport de Miami nous prenons le vol pour Tampa, la on croise une star du catch qui prend le même avion que nous, c’étais très comique, je dit à Kelly : C’est pas le mec que j’ai vu dans ton magazine tout à l’heure? On vérifie et oui!! Donc autographe sur le magazine en question et photos, en 2 seconde on était devenu des fans lol.

Here we are with Hulk Hogan!

St. Petersburg

Being in St. Pete was really nice. I got to see some old friends, all my old houses that I’ve missed, my old neighbors who no matter how many times I come and go over the years are always as welcoming and its always as nice to see them and catch up every time! And boy have the kids grown up! But its great to see them doing so good! I had a great time catching up with my friends Ashley and Ryan (and their 2 adorable kids Rylee and Matthew ) who I hadn’t seen in years! Its always good to have old friend that you can just act like nothing has changed even though its been 3 years since the last time we’ve seen each other !
We went to Busch Gardens and got to show Ben what real rollercoaster are like! And went to Adventure Island for some fun water slides which is right across the street from Busch Gardens !
I also go to show Ben all the places I use to go growing up, like my old school, my old houses (except for the one that has been torn down haha … that was quit a surprise there!) all my favorite streets, neighborhoods, stores, and the Pier and Bay Walk were I spend all my Friday and Saturday nights! I showed him every little things that you miss when you move away and that are just so common to people who live there everyday and don’t even pay attention to it!

St. Petersburg

Nous voila arrivé dans la bay de Tampa, ou l’on est reçu par des amis de Kelly car elle a vécu quelque années là-bas.
On a vraiment passer de bon moments ici. On a fait du mini golf, vous aller me dire qu’on peut aussi le faire en France mais ici on peut aussi donner a manger à des bébés alligators!!! ce pendant pas besoin d’aller au mini golf pour voir des alligators, ici il suffit juste de se promener au bord d’ un point d’eau douce. Il est biensûr interdit de se baigner.
Dans la mer ce qui est bien c’est que l’on peut voir des dauphins, ce qui est mois bien c’est que la ou il y a des dauphins il y a aussi des requins!!! Et quand on se baigne il faut faire des petits pas dans le sable pour pas se faire piquer par des je sais pas quoi, à par sa c’est super safe lol
A par la plage et le mini golf on a fait un grand parc d’attraction (vraiment grand), vue une parade à l‘américaine et une course de formule 1 dans les rue de st.pete , et on a visité plein de beaux quartiers avec de grosses et belles maisons.
Il fait vraiment bon vivre ici entre le climat les maisons aux bord des canaux avec piscine et pelouses, les plages les routes bordé de palmiers, les dauphins et même des alligators lol
Peut être un endroit ou j’aimerais vivre.

Trou Madame Coco

2009-03-29T18:06:00.000-07:00

Chutes de la Lezarde

2009-03-29T17:49:00.000-07:00

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Jardin Botanique

2009-03-23T12:48:00.000-07:00

Un tour obligatoire au jardin botanique de Dehai situé sur basse terre. On peut y voir toute sorte de plantes, des fleurs tropicales magnifiques et les fameux Loris ces petits oiseaux avec plein de couleurs.

Réserve Cousteau

2009-03-21T18:34:00.002-07:00

At the Reserve Cousteau we rented a kayak for 4 hours to go see fishes in crystal blue water!!! We had a beautiful sunny day so the water was extra clear and we got to see lots of pretty fishes!

Random stops

2009-03-21T18:22:00.000-07:00

Here is a few random stops we made to look at the view or to have a picnic! Oh our good old picnics of either pasta or rice everyday!! =)

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Les Chutes du Carbet

2009-03-21T18:16:00.000-07:00

Les chutes du carbet, ce sont les plus impressionnante chutes de Guadeloupe. Nous nous sommes aller à la deuxième 110 m de haut, un gros débit, à cent mètre on sent encore le souffle de la chute. C'est vraiment un endroit magnifique et pour couronner le tout sur la gauche de la chute il y a une petite cascade qui tombe dans une baignoire naturel ( j'ai pris mon bain), et plus bas une source d'eau chaude!!! un petit coin de paradis, d'ailleurs on est rester presque toute l'après midi.

Pointe des Châteaux

2009-03-20T09:06:00.000-07:00

After 2 days in bed from a bad sunburn and a fever I finally get to go out and explore Guadeloupe with Ben! So we rented a car for 7 days and on our fist day exploring Ben took me to see Pointe des Châteaux! Which was just beautiful. Then Ben took me to try and find a new bathing suite and look at some tourists stores in a little town called Le Moule! And for you information I didn’t find anything! But it was nice to walk around and see what they had in their little stores

Après deux jours à profiter de la plage pour moi, mais deux jour à rester au lit avec de la fièvre pour Kelly à cause d’un grop coup de soleil à Miami, nous voila parti à la découverte de la Guadeloupe. Cette ile en forme de papillon, avec ces plages de sable fin et d’eau turquoise, ainsi que ses paysages magnifiques et très diversifiés. En effet il y a deux partis dans la Guadeloupe :
-basse terre qui est montagneuse volcanique, avec une végétation très dense à cause du climat humide
-grande terre la ou se trouve la plus grande parti de la population, qui est beaucoup plus plate (même très plate) et qui a un climat beaucoup plus aride.
Vu que cela fait trois fois que j’ai la chance d’aller en Guadeloupe je vais pouvoir montrer à Kelly les plus beaux endroits de cette ile en commençant ici par la pointe des châteaux situé toute au bout à droite de l’ile. De cette endroit on a une belle vue sur grande terre la Désirade et Marie-Galante qui sont deux iles qui appartienne à la Guadeloupe.

Miami!!

2009-03-16T06:47:00.000-07:00

So after 2 weeks in Canada and 4 days in New York with gloves, hats, shirts, jackets, coats etc... finally in Florida and it felt good to see the hot sun of Miami and wear shorts and t-shits... maybe a little too good, since I got a huge sunburn and a fever a day later. but no worries lesson learned! Wont do it again :)

Well anyways we still had a great day walking around in Miami and really enjoyed it!

Madame Tussauds

2009-03-16T06:37:00.000-07:00

Heres a look at Madame Tussauds !!!

NEW YORK NEW YORK

2009-03-16T06:29:00.000-07:00

2009-03-16T05:32:00.000-07:00

On our third day we had blue sky and a worm sun so Ben and I went to explore the city a little more on our own! as you can see there is once again picture of the beautiful streets of Quebec City! I hope you'll find them as cute as we did!for lunch we went to a restaurant that turns and over view the whole city! We stayed there for over an hour! and since it was a clear blue sky we had great view! down the street from the restaurant there was and ice contest and all the bars/pubs had iced bars! It was pretty cool because the ice is made a special way so that the ice wont melt to fast, and that way your hands aren't wet when you touch it, and its not that cold! and after that we got to see real Canadians playing their good old fashion hooky on ice in a park! This was the day Louis was born and as we walked we saw the street we were on was called Saint-Louis... so there's a picture just for him!

2009-03-10T19:15:00.000-07:00

On our second day André took us to see Quebec City! It was pretty cold and snowed all day! but we still got to see how pretty it was, and the fact that it snowed gave this cute town a little extra!I found this city really really cute! its a quite town (at least during the off season) and it has such beautiful streets, you'd think your in a movie! If the winters weren't so cold and long I'd love to live there!

2009-03-10T19:05:00.001-07:00

On our first day in Quebec city Louise and André took us to see the waterfalls. It was perfect timing since we got there just on time to see the sunset and leave before it got dark and cold!
The big pile of snow in front of the waterfall is created by the steam of the water falling
and since its so cold the water freezes and piles up. Ben climbed the pile of snow and came
back down all wet and with ice all over him and after walking for a few minutes his pants froze as hard as a rock! Its pretty cool to think that the water under our feet is that water that we just saw fall!!!

A night in Montreal

2009-03-04T17:29:00.000-08:00

This is what Montreal looks like at night! Its just beautiful

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2009-03-03T06:59:00.000-08:00

Here is a quick look at what its like riding with huskies!

A slide show of a few pictures from the ride with huskies and their puppies!
We got to hold 1 week old puppy huskies. You will also see lovely pictures of Ben's guide/rider with his fur coats, his raccoon head hat and his has dreadlocks just like his 2year old daughter!! You could really tell the lived in the mountain in the middle of no where
Riding with huskies was an amazing adventure, and I would love to do it again. A really Big thanks to Marie-André for organizing this wonderful weekend!!

Petite ballade en traineau avec des huskies tous simplement génial!!!! Mon guide/conducteur de traineau sortait directement des bois, davy crokette en personne avec des dreadlock et sa fille de 2 ans aussi lol.

Mont Megantic

2009-03-02T20:01:00.000-08:00

The hike to the top of the Mont Megantic and a visit in Tipis.
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Around St. Marc

2009-03-02T19:14:00.000-08:00

Here is a little slide show of the cute houses around the little village we are staying at!
Voici un petit slideshow des maison autour de St. Marc.

Papillons du Monde

2009-03-02T18:43:00.000-08:00

A day in Butterfly land.

Pour se sortir un peut du froid du quebec, rien ne vaud un petit tour dans une serre au climat tropicale avec de magnifique papillons.

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Montreal et Mont St. Hilaire

2009-02-23T14:31:00.000-08:00

The beautiful house we were so nicely welcome to stay at!

On our walk up to the top of Mont St. Hilaire!
Pour nous remettre du decalage horaire une petite marche sur le mont st hilaire -4° grrrr

feeding birds while on a beautiful walk in the snow.

The Mont St. Hilaire that we climbed on our 3 day in Montreal.

Driving across the river in front of Pierre and Gilberte house.

Première étape, le Québec ou l'on a été accueilli bras ouvert par nos amis quebequoi!!!

Nous logeons dans une magnifique maison près de Montréal , qui est face a une rivière, et a cette époque de l'année elle est complètement gelé. On peut même passer en voiture dessus (Cf photo)

2009-02-23T14:09:00.000-08:00

Our plane from Paris to London

Waiting in The airport for 3hours before getting on our first Plane to London.

On our first flight (to London) we already made a new friend. who gave us a few tips on what to see in different countries. Meet Richard Daws.

Waiting for our plane to take off to Canada... which was a very long flight!

And this is Benoit also from South of France going to Montreal!

Paris 19 feb. 2009

2009-02-23T13:35:00.000-08:00

On top of les galeries de Lafayette.

Opera on the left and the Eiffel Tower on the right!

On ne pouvais pas commencer notre tour du monde sans faire les vrais touristes à Paris, donc un petit tour en haut de la tour Effel, l'opéra, les galeries Lafayette....

Paris Feb. 18 2009

2009-02-23T13:18:00.000-08:00

If we are going to go travel around the world might as well start with Paris! Right?! So here is a video of us being real tourists in Paris! Enjoy!

This is where it all starts

2009-02-22T15:50:00.000-08:00

On our way to catching our frist train to Paris on Feb. 17, 2009 at 7:50 pm. With our bags weighing about 15 Kg each.
With a mixed of excitement and sadness, since were leaving out family for 6 months and our little town. And around 11pm we finally make it to Paris!

Ça y est c'est l'heure du départ!! Charger comme des mulets avec nos sacs de 15 Kg chacun. Très excité de partir mais un peut triste en même temps, car on quitte notre petite ville de Nîmes et surtout notre famille.
Trois heures de trajet, et sa y est nous voila à Paris, à l'appartement de mes grand parents, jusqu'au départ de France le 20 février.

This is where our trip around the world starts!!!

In front of the Gare de Nîmes .