North Carolina Travel Blogs

Today was my actual first Travbuddy mini-meet up at the Queen City and an incredible night may I say!!!! And if it was not for Juan, I would not known about this wonderful event was in my own backyard because I been crazy busy lately :P so Thanks Juan.Well, the night started out by me calling …

The Charlotte Mini-Meetup was a success!!!When Juan found out that Mario and Val were coming to visit NC, he and Mario both requested me to set up a meetup in Charlotte. Ok, Friday is free, so no problem. Since the time was short for planning, this was very informal and not overly planned, mini-mee…

Just riding along, having left Fayetteville N.C. thinking about the mountains I was headed for.  In the town of Raeford N.C. on the north side of the road in a large field is see the words INDOOR SKYDIVING.  I slow down change lanes & turn around after thinking about it for a split se…

So we’ve been living in North Carolina for almost a year now and sampled exceeding few of its attractions.  Time to correct this shortcoming and head for the Outer Banks!  The trip was thanks to my brother-in-law, who invited us to join an annual get-together he has there each summer …

Absolutely zero issues on the trip back home until we had to check back into the US.  Woke up on time, checked out promptly and caught the train as planned.  We even found a place to mail our postcards at Schiphol.  This had turned out to a real pain as selling postage stamps is…

hey, hey Everyone, it was papparazzi night, "AGAIN" tons of great pics, at the meet up, it was such a great night meeting up with lots of "couchbuddies" hehe (new term that Karina came up with) hehe. Anyway it was such a great night last night, meeting up with amazing people. After meeting up at tg…

After 4 months, and still settling in, we ventured into the great outdoors of our new state.  We set out late in the morning to hike the trails of Lake Waccamaw State Park.  Near the trail entrance is where the four camping areas are situated.  Reservations are reqiured to camp and t…

hi this week end i spendmy time in north carolina with my bros paca (with all the familly)and lalie and goss and sandiago !!! this week-end was for diving and make party in north carolina and all was doing ahaahahah !!!!!Paca arrange a good plan for us all the week-end!!!!He take us at the airport…

Construction of Hyco Lake began in the early 60's by Carolina Power and Light Company as a cooling reservoir for their electric generating plant. Hyco Lake is in Person County, North Carolina 10 miles west of Roxboro, North Carolina on NC Highway 57. Person-Caswell Lake Authority gov…

The North Carolina Seafood Festival is held the first weekend of October, and the three day extravaganza (Friday through Sunday) is publicized as the second largest festival in North Carolina.  The affair goes down along Morehead City’s waterfront, known as the Crystal Coast.  Soun…

As soon as I picked up my cousin Mar from the Raleigh/Durham airport, we set off on our cross country journey.  Equipped with the 2006 National Parks Pass, we planned to visit as many National Parks, Monuments, and Seashores as we could along the way.  Our first stop was the Outer Banks o…

We toured the largest house in the US. Impressive and very nice weather too 70F. This place is in Asheville NC and is a quick stop off the Blue Ridge Parkway or is easily access by way of I-40. Parking is a big problem and the cost of the entrance is expensive. Since the Christmas rush was over, we…

Great travels, and amazing places i've visited and been able to go to, although i think meeting great people on the way, has been the greatest thing that happen to me, i want to dedicate this blog to all of them, everyone i've met on the road, who i message with, who i talked and share more th…

For thousands of years, TravBuddies have set aside a day ( in many cases many more than one) each year to celebrate bountiful annual harvests. Before the establishment of formal religions, many ancient TravBuddies believed that their crops contained spirits which caused the crops to grow and d…

I can’t pinpoint when I first became aware of Petra, but it was only within the last several years…and love at first sight.  Who could glimpse these magnificent, ancient structures cobbled into the red-rose walls of desert canyons and not be smitten?  Slowly I gathered tidbits around …