2011 Ports of Call (most recent on top - only listed once)

  • Astoria, Queens
  • Red Hook, Brooklyn
  • Hoboken, NJ
  • Long Branch, NJ
  • Red Bank, NJ
  • New York, New York
  • Point Pleasant, NJ
  • STL, Missouri
  • OMA, Nebraska
  • Omaha, NE (NEBRASKA!!!)
  • Council Bluffs, IA
  • St Louis, MO
  • Fair Haven, NJ
  • EWR, New Jersey
  • AMS, Netherlands
  • Musannah, Oman
  • Nizwa, Oman
  • Al A’Thawara hot springs, Oman
  • Nakhl Fort, Oman
  • Jabal Shams, Oman
  • Seeb, Oman
  • Barca, Oman
  • SIN, Singapore
  • Seminyak, Bali
  • Legian, Bali
  • Tanah Lot, Bali
  • Kuta, Bali
  • Sanur, Bali
  • Ubud, Bali
  • Nusa Dua, Bali
  • Denpasar, Bali
  • CGK, Java Indonesia
  • Vigan, Philippines
  • Boracay, Philippines
  • Manila, Philippines
  • Doha, Qatar
  • Rus Al Jinz, Oman
  • Salalah, Oman
  • Muscat, Oman

Thursday, March 17, 2011

hear ye, here ye

greetings from Bali!

But that's not what this post is about.

This post is my one chance to re-invent, re-vamp and re-introduce my blog! New and Improved! (and as someone once quipped, how can it be improved if it is new??)

A good friend once told me my blog was boring. And that is probably the best comment I have ever gotten about it. It has only taken me two years, but this blog is headed in a new direction. I have finally come to the realization that I don't have the patience nor desire to sit around and blog about everything that is happening. I have tried, and it just isn't me. The whole thing becomes a chore, and then something on my 'to-do' list I haven't done, and then a worry and then and then and then. And that's not what I am doing this for.

I'm blogging so my friends and family (and anyone else who wants - hellloooo internet...net...net...) can get a glimpse at my travels. And because I actually enjoy writing, when the mood hits. :) However, we don't want this to turn into one of Uncle Peter's infamous slide shows. I always enjoyed them (honestly!) but they have become the stuff of family lore...to the point that someone may have broken the slide projector on purpose. Maybe. Thank goodness that the internet allows you to have A.D.D. on your own without offending your presenter! HEY WAIT!! - WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!

My friend Val suggested I talk about traveling for real, and the things that happen that aren't available in a guidebook...that's what makes it interesting after all. If it was just like the guidebook I would never need to go anywhere other than the library. :)

SO - here's to adventure, here's to silliness, here's to FUN!
see you next Thursday!

Slainte! (in honor of March 17)
~L

Thursday, March 10, 2011

recap of 2010...sort of

wow. How time does fly...and how mental malaise gets the best of us. I didn't even update my lists after June! DOH!!

so, here's my somewhat recap of 2010...and here's to a more blog-ful 2011!!

2010 Ports of Call (until June - only listed once)

  • Tuktoyaktuk, NT
  • Inuvik, NT
  • Whitehorse, YT
  • Comox, BC
  • Lund, BC
  • Squirrel Cove, BC
  • Refuge Cove, BC
  • Powell River, BC
  • Garden Bay (Pender), BC
  • Buccaneer Bay, BC
  • North Vancouver, BC
  • Woodinville, WA
  • Westport, WA
  • Buchart Gardens, BC
  • Tofino, BC
  • Ucluelet, BC
  • Nanaimo, BC
  • Squamish, BC
  • Seattle, WA
  • Edmonds, WA
  • Vancouver, BC
  • Whistler, BC

2010 Airports/Transportation stops (until June :))

  • YUB
  • YEV
  • YOC
  • YDA
  • YXY
  • YVR
  • Horshoe Bay (ferry)
  • Departure Bay (ferry)
  • Comox (ferry)
  • Powell River (ferry)
  • Pacific Central Station, VAN (bus)
  • Seattle Greyhound Station
  • Departure Bay (ferry)
  • Horseshoe Bay (ferry)
  • Edmonds Station (train)
  • Pacific Central Station, VAN (train)
after standing on the Arctic ocean, then leaving Tuktoyaktuk, I went back to Whistler for 2 days...which turned into 2 weeks. :)

left Whistler, went to Toronto for the G20, then Rapid City, SD - (made it to IOWA!!) - St Louis, MO, Chicago, IL and back to NJ and NYC.

in August I left the US for OMAN and worked for the Asian Beach Games for 5 months.

and that brings us to 2011...