The last 10 days have been a bit of a blur.  SO AWESOME though!  In Koh Phan-Ngan, My-Van and I met a group of really nice, fun Brits tra...

Koh Samui was great fun.  We ended up having a nice little place close to the beach and took it easy lazing on the beach almost every day. We...

I meant to write this blog yesterday but was so exhausted that I was asleep at 6 pm and out for the night...wow. The night before last, My-Van and...

Last night's Muay Thai was really interesting.  Yikes though...they are vicious!  There were teens that fought first and then the adults ...

My-Van and I ended up taking a night to travel by train to Trang in the North of Thailand.  The night train was actually pretty good!  I ...

My-Van came last night.  It was great to catch up and hear how London is going.  It is kind of surreal that we are both here after just k...

Arrived into Bangkok a-ok.  Wow, things are looking great here since I came a year and a half ago.  First, it is winter, not summer so th...

It was so weird saying good bye to Australia after having been there for awhile.  It was great visiting with Trena and Tim and Monica and Mike...

When I signed up for scuba diving on the great barrier reef, I was super excited and super nervous.  The flight over to Cairns was pretty unev...

It has been a great month here on the Gold Coast.  I can't believe a whole month has passed.  Wow!  It has been so great spending ti...

It was nice to have a weekend on the coast.  Trena's father and step-mum are visiting....really nice people.  Lots of ppl in one sma...

Went camping this weekend....for the first time in a loooonnnng time.  With all my travels, I really haven't made it out traditional camping w...

Spent the weekend in Fraser island.... Monica and I started off pretty early with a bus ride up to Brisbane where we joined up with another bus (a...

It has been really great so far here on the coast.  The coast is like a city with suburbs lines up on top of each other all the way down a per...

Well, the first few days of Tasmania were fun but things turned a little boring a weird for the last few days before I left.  Tasmania is very...

The last couple of weeks in oz have been fantastic.  Lots of great people to meet and amazing things to see.  Australia is truly beautifu...

I heart surfing....It is so awesome there are just no words. The rest of my time in Sydney was fantastic!  Sydney is such a beautiful city.&n...

Australia has been great so far.  I'm probably a little overexcited about it since I have just come from a month and a half of developing 3rd ...

I made it to Sydney a-ok.  I can't believe I actually got on the flight.  It was so busy!!  Last second I got paged and told I could go.And what...

I am in Kualu Lumpar.  Wow.  Super nice!  Nice airport, nice everything!  I really hope that I get on this flight to Sydney! :(  I am on stand...

The trip to Delhi was not so good.  We had to wait at the train station for two hours since our train was delayed.  In Canada, no problem...

Woke up really early today to see the sun rise over the Taj.  It was absolutely beautiful.  It is just as lovely as people say.  The...

For our last night in Jaipur, our guide organized a palm reader to come and read our fortunes.  It is insane how huge astrology is here. ...

I'm in Jaipur....next time I make it to one of my favorite Indian food place (Jaipur's palace in Edmonton) I will know where they're talking about!...

It has been a long few days.  We started off with a camel trek through the Thar desert.  The camels are a little different than the ones ...

We spent the day walking to the Fort in Jaisalmer.  It is a very neat and ancient fort that people still live and work in.  There is some...

OK, I have made it to Jaisalmer after a VERY long day of driving.  India roads are insane....insane I tell you!!  We were seriously holdi...

Today started early around 5 am.  We caught a taxi through the already packed streets to the local train station where people were sleeping on...

Today, I met the other 2 members of my group...we are not a big group but it is nice. :)  Both seem fairly nice. I spent most of the day wand...

I made it to India....So tired though!!  My flight left around 3:30 am (about an hour late).  Egypt air was pretty nice.  Besides th...

I'm back in Cairo....what a journey. The day long snorkel trip in Hurghada was fantastical!  We were aboard a beautiful yaught and some some ...

It's official...I'm in a paradise-like place (minus the Egyptians that hastle us non-stop). The Red Sea is gorgeous.  We took a convoy this m...

Today started SO early!  I was up at 4 am and out the door by 4:30 am.  First, we caught a bus and then a boat to the west side of the Ni...

The felucca ride was pretty nice.  Three days was a litle long but it sure was relaxing floating down the Nile like that.  The felucca is...

Last night was awesome!  We took a nice boat over to a Nubian island for dinner.  Along the way, we were dancing on our boat to some drum...

Today started at 3:30 am...yes, that's right 3:30 freakin a.m.  Ouch.  Not so easy to get up.  I think I got about 5 seconds of slee...

It was a long night on the overnight train to Aswan.  I had an egyptian guy with the worst cold next to me and the air conditioning was so col...

Saw the pyramids today....so cool.  WOW!  They are so AMAZING!  Huge and incredible. Our guide to get there was fantastic.  Sh...

Woke up super early today to head to the airport to catch my flight to Cairo...was a little nervous since I was on Turkish airlines.  Only a f...

Im baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.  To Istanbul that is.  What a great trip!  Turkey truly is an awesome place to visit!  Yesterday, we ar...

Today was very relaxed. We started off in the small fıshıng vıllage of Assos where we dıdnt leave untıl noon.  Sarah and I headed down t...

Today was a bit long with driving....my time is flying by here in Turkey. We left Ephesus early this mornıng to get fırst to the Acropolis of Be...

OK, today was the longest day ever!  We drove for 8 hours I think...gah!  At least we were relaxed from the gulet. Our first stop was Pa...

The hıghlıght of the trıp by far was the gulet cruıse. The gulet ıs a beautıful saılboat.  Our captaın took us all around to dıffere...

Again, it was a long driving day to to city of Kas....It is nice to be here though.  You can actually see an island of Greece that is a source...

Today was a very long time on the bus.  Thankfully, our bus is much bigger than in Morocco so it is not so bad.  However, with temperatur...

It was an early a.m. once agaın and I sure dıdnt want to get up but Im glad that I dıd! We went all over today...place to place....Its honestly...

It was a SUPER busy day!! Wow. Last nıght we went out for dınner and ıt was awesome...hooray for turkısh food!  A nıce older man sellın...

Met my tour group and my new roomie for the next couple of weeks.  My roomate is named Sarah (same as in Morocco) and is from Quebec, Canada.&...

It ıs a very good ıdea to double check dates and tımes before you fly on an aırplane....advıce I should have taken. Thıs mornıng I woke up ...

I am finally in Greece! It was a long trip to get here.  Tomorrow, my flight leaves to Istanbul, Turkey. My last day at the pink palace was ...

After almost two months of sightseeing, it is great to be at a fun beach resort...the Pink Palace.  And to think I almost didnt get off of the...

It has been a LONGGGGGG couple of days! First off, my friend My-Van and I had a great time checking out the sunset and eating pizza in Sorrento......

My hostel is aok but wow, it sure is noisy.  Thank goodness for ear plugs.  It was still crazy loud though! Today was certainly an adven...

Today was sad and happy and sad and happy again.  Crazy! :) First off, mom and dad and I went for lunch and then they saw me off at the train...

What a nice day. :) Today, we started out bright and early around 6 am and went on a bus trip around Assisi and Orvieto. We first got into a smal...

Today was okay...a bit of an adventure for my mom I think. We started off a little later in the morning.  It was nice to sleep in a little bi...

The trip to Rome was ok.  My couchette which has 2 bunkbeds of 6 people was full and one of them was the loudest snorer ever.  It was ter...

My last few days in Paris were pretty amazing.  It was a much different, much better experience this time around. First off, my friend Antoin...

Well, I have made it to Paris.  Talk about a relaxed day.  I slept in for the first time in what seems like forever.  I didnt get up...

Today was pretty relaxed.  I got up fairly early this morning to catch a city tour of Bordeaux and a wine tasting seminar.  I cant get ov...

The train ride to Bordeaux was a long one.  The Spanish trains are not really that smooth to say the least.  I really should have taken a...

I am back in Spain and happy to eat something and get some sleep.  I feel like I havent slept in weeks. Carlos met me at the train station wh...

Well, I have finished my Morocco journey and I cannot wait to get back to Europe (though Morocco was quite spectacular).  It was definately a ...

Essaouira has been great.  It is so much cooler....only about 30 degrees and has a wonderful cool breeze blowing off of the ocean. Last night...

Last night, I finally got to have some pizza.  After eating vegetables and bread for the last week or so, it was a welcome relief.  Today...

If I have to see another tagine or Moroccan bread after this trip, I am going to throw up.  Everywhere we go here in Morocco there are very fe...

I finally found a computer that works....YAY.  Hold on while I do a cartwheel!   The Sahara was quite an experience.  We first...

The day was very eventful and long today....very enjoyable though. Imaginative traveller says: Meknes is the perfect place to get lost in a tradit...

We spent a very very long day walking through and exploring the ancient 9400 twisting and turning lanes of ancient Fes.  It was incredible...I...

Today, we woke up early to visit the Hasaan II mosque in Casablanca.  We first had to hail a taxi and he navigated us through the craziness of...

So I finally made it to Morocco.  There are about 15 people on the trip and I am in a room with a nice ed pychologist from Scotland...Its funn...

Munich was such a great city!  As mentioned before, I had plans to meet up with some Canadian girls that I met earlier in the day on the Munic...

I arrived at my hostel last night, grabbed some supper, and hit the sack AFAP (as fast as possible)...I was so tired! Today was super busy, but fu...

I ended up not going to a concert in Prague.  The girl in the bunk next to me was a fun American named Jamie and we made some fun plans instea...

It is so HOT today!  PLUS 43 degrees Celcius!  I ventured out into the streets of Prague and spent hours just wandering around the city.&...

My original plan was to leave for Prague early this afternoon around 2 pm.  However, in the morning I spotted a free bike tour (but tip what y...

Well, the second night in Amsterdam was a ton of fun.  We joined up with the Polish/German couple for supper.  We had no idea what we wer...

It was a very long day yesterday getting to Amsterdam from Galway, Ireland.  Brice and I said farewell to Todd, our fun American friend and ca...

It was so nice to have a relaxed day today.  I woke up in my cute little cottage by the sea (my hostel) and opened the sky light to hear the b...

The trip has drastically improved.  Yes, we missed our flight but when we got there, we had som amazing Irish stew and it was just a taste of ...

It has been a loooooooonnnnggg day....boo. Brice went out partying until 4 am the night before so he had a slightly worse day than me.  I cal...

So today was my last day in London....I am finally starting to get used to the time change!  Hurrah! I have learned lots of new terminology h...

I am still struggling to get used to the time change....gah.  I tried not to nap today but, meh, I just couldn't make it through...hopefully t...

Brice and I made it to London today.  The eight hour plane ride was actually quite smooth (with the exception of the landing....close to perfe...

In about one week, I am leaving for what I hope will be an amazing adventure and experience...my first trip around the world (and hopefully not my ...