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Pete's Blog: Hawaii
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Monday, October 10, 2005. Luckily that was only a few hours later but I couldn't board it until the last minute as it was fully booked. Last time I bother obeying requests from airline staff! Tuesday was spent in the Waikiki beach area. It is definately a tourist trap with very little space on the beach and loads of souvenir / gift shops dotted along the main road. Luckily I was booked in at a hostel on the North Shore for the next day and so only had the one day to put up with. View my complete profile.
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Pete's Blog: New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina
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Sunday, September 04, 2005. New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina. Well a few people said that taking the year off to go travelling would change me, I just didn't expect the change to be so quick. On Thursday we were 'smuggled' to a 'safe area', which was the basement floor of a large hotel. What we didn't know, at first at least, was that this was still only a few hundred yards from the dome. Finally, on Friday morning we were evacuated from New Orleans to Dallas, Texas. The sight of the volunteers who ...
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Pete's Blog: Fiji - Feejee Experience and Beachcomber
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Monday, October 31, 2005. Fiji - Feejee Experience and Beachcomber. Saturday morning and the start of the Feejee Experience with a hangover! Quick set of introductions, so don't remember anyone's name! As we were at the beach we watched the sunset (very nice) and then had a campfire after the meal (with music provided by the resorts own guitarist). Sunday started with a 3-hour hike through the rainforest to the river - perfect hangover cure, if a little hot! The hailstones were not like the small drops w...
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Pete's Blog: North Island
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Thursday, November 17, 2005. Then it was onto Rotorua, home of a great number of hot mud pools and hence a very strong rotten egg smell due to the sulphur. We attended a Maori cultural show in the evening in which we had to learn the haka as well as the use of some Maori weaponry. Then it was back to the hostel bar for a few drinks (well, quite a few actually). Posted by Pete at 11/17/2005 10:00:00 am. View my complete profile. Fiji - Feejee Experience and Beachcomber. Fiji - Nadi and the Yasawas.
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Pete's Blog: New York
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Friday, August 19, 2005. Well I finally made it to New York after countless visits to Washington DC, Virginia and Florida. I'm staying in the HI on Amsterdam Ave. It's a couple of blocks away from Central Park, about 2/3rds of the way up Manhattan from the Statue of Liberty. It's a massive hostel but they have some tours (mostly walking tours and free! Set up, so that will help with meeting up with some others. The Empire State Building tour wasn't just limited to the ESB but we were led around a number ...
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Pete's Blog: Amtrak through the Rockies to Salt Lake City
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Monday, September 12, 2005. Amtrak through the Rockies to Salt Lake City. On the Saturday morning I caught the Amtrak train over the Rockies to Salt Lake City. It is meant to be one of the most scenic train journeys in the world. What they don't talk you it that it is also one of the slowest! Thankfully the seats were a major relevance compared to bus seats. Each seat was almost as wide as a pair of bus seats, with space to stretch your legs. And I had a pair of seats to myself! View my complete profile.
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Pete's Blog: Fiji - Nadi and the Yasawas
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Saturday, October 22, 2005. Fiji - Nadi and the Yasawas. Well, what happened to Monday? One of the disadvantages of travelling around the world westwards is that at some point you have to cross the international date line and so you lose an entire day. Still shouldn't really complain as the compensation is that every other time I fly I gain a few hours and I don't have to face winter for an entire year! Wednesday was a fairly early start in order to catch a big yellow catamaran, the Yasawa Flyer, up to t...
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Pete's Blog: Denver, Boulder and back to Denver
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Saturday, September 10, 2005. Denver, Boulder and back to Denver. The next day, which happened to be Labor Day (US spelling! On the Tuesday I headed up to Boulder - a whole $3.75 from Denver! Boulder is a university town and. Laid back. The aim was to use this as a base for walking in the mountains (which were meant to be just a few blocks down from the hostel but were just a little further - major understatement - call that a 30 minute walk and you would be closer to the truth! View my complete profile.
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Pete's Blog: San Francisco and Yosemite
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Sunday, September 25, 2005. San Francisco and Yosemite. Well, at least I got here! At one point it looked as if the Greyhound bus would never leave Los Angeles - no-one in the terminal seemed to know what was happening. There were no buses for ages and then they all turned up at once! There are also the cable cars which are not the same as any cable cars I had seen before. They are basically street cars / trams (although you can't call them trolleys - they don't like that around here! Wednesday was effec...
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Pete's Blog: San Diego
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Saturday, October 01, 2005. Decided to fly down to San Diego from San Francisco as it cost about the same as the bus and took about an hour rather than half a day! This meant that I had a little time to have a look around the Gaslamp District when I arrived. It's very nice and a good place to go to for a night out, especially if you're not on a budget as there are loads of restaurants, some with live music (if you like jazz or blues). The end of the game was a bit of an anti-climax as everyone filed out ...
