| Latin American Vacation Wrapped Up |
| Not bad, 11 days, several flights, a new passport stamp, and several hundred new photos. |
| posted @ 1/3/2010 by John |
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| Delayed flights, ham sanduches and roller coaster cabs |
| Our last couple of days didn´t go completely as planned, but there´s something to be said for spontaneity. |
| posted @ 12/31/2009 by Jeri |
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| Back in old Santa Cruz |
| After the "Very Fast" boat ride, we made it back to our old stomping grounds for our last night in the islands. |
| posted @ 12/29/2009 by John |
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| Planes, Planes, and more blasted planes |
| We managed to get out of dodge before the snow started flying... |
| posted @ 12/24/2009 by John |
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| Beach Guy and Girl - Hermosa Beach, CA |
| A beach house with a view of volleyball players that are "ESPN good", a lively party crowd - what could possibly go wrong? |
| posted @ 3/5/2008 by Jeri |
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| Our Vacation down under is officially over |
| As the alarm clock rang this the Monday morning, it was official, we are not on vacation any more. |
| posted @ 5/1/2007 by John |
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| Wine tour in the Hunter Valley on our last full day |
| Beware of American tour guides that swear they are "certified" boomerang instructors...especially when they are from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. |
| posted @ 4/26/2007 by John |
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| Australia Zoo...funky turtles among other things! |
| We hit Australia Zoo on April 24th on our way to Brisbane. The Croc hunter started a pretty neat little zoo.. Crikey! |
| posted @ 4/26/2007 by John |
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| Whitsundays by paddle |
| We hit Airlie Beach on April 14th (we think) to get ready. Again, we were expecting the worst...the rain was pretty bad and the wind was cranking. Not the best recipe for a sea kayaking trip across the Coral Sea. |
| posted @ 4/20/2007 by Jeri |
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| Koalas, wallabies & roos - oh my! |
| And the dream became reality! Jeri got to squeeze (gently) Banjo (the 2 year old koala) at Billabong Sanctuary. I got to hold Nugget, the 40 kilo Wambat. |
| posted @ 4/20/2007 by Jeri |
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| Back on OZ |
| After a couple days chillin in Auckland, we filed our police report and caught our very, very late flight to Cairns, Australia on Friday the 13th. |
| posted @ 4/14/2007 by John |
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| We got tattoos!!!! |
| Yes, you can see John's - no, mine will most likely not see the light of day :) Yes, it hurt a little (John teared up) (not) - but compared to whacking into rocks and falling down waterfalls - it was a piece of pie. |
| posted @ 4/11/2007 by Jeri |
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| Spelunking - Hazeltine Style |
| Tight spaces, abseiling (rappelling),cold water, absolute darkness and a couple glow worms describes Waitomo Caves. We went on a "dodgy" caving trip yesteday, got soaked to the bone and a little battered and bruised - it was "classic"!! |
| posted @ 4/11/2007 by Jeri |
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| Zorbing in Rotorua |
| We made the trek into Rotorua for our first Zorb, where it all began. (zorb) |
| posted @ 4/7/2007 by John |
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| Velociraptor's are not just in Jurassic Park |
| The day started out like any other adventure, a little disappointing. We stayed in a human sized bug zapper, got turned away at 7:40 and told to report at 8:50 for our taxi up the glacier due to the heavy cloud cover. So we went and had an overpriced, uncooked breakfast of fruit and Wheat Bix. Then, things started to pick up. |
| posted @ 4/7/2007 by John |
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| Day 10(?): We get to ride a helicopter!! |
| Helicopters, glaciers and driving on the wrong side of the road (oh my!!) |
| posted @ 4/2/2007 by Jeri |
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| Houston! We have pictures |
| After a bit of an arm wrestling session with internet cafe, we managed to get some pictures uploaded. Check them out in the Photo Albums / Trips / OZ section. |
| posted @ 4/1/2007 by John |
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| Day 7(?): Quest to find a penguin |
| We spent the past couple days in Te Anau getting our paddle on...and searching for the infamous yellow faced penguin. |
| posted @ 3/31/2007 by John |
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| Day 5 Part II: Luggage Found & Screaming Mimmies |
| Off to Te Anau |
| posted @ 3/29/2007 by Jeri |
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| Day 5: Luggage found & Screaming Mimmies |
| The adventure continues as our heroes learn that they can fly (Canyon Swing) & John discovers a really great dark beer! |
| posted @ 3/29/2007 by Jeri |
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| Day 4 - Part II: Lost luggage over the Pacific |
| Still adjusting to life with one back pack. But the news is that the bag has been found and is on plane! |
| posted @ 3/28/2007 by John |
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| Day 4 - Part I: Lost luggage over the Pacific |
| Welcome to New Zealand, the land of lost luggage, rugged mountains, and all sorts of Kiwi entertainment. |
| posted @ 3/28/2007 by John |
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| Day 1 - PartIII: Visas & Koalas |
| Finally, made it to Sydney. |
| posted @ 3/28/2007 by John |
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| Day 1 - PartII: Visas & Koalas |
| The ticket agent at United Saved the day. |
| posted @ 3/28/2007 by John |
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| Day 3: Exiting Land of Oz |
| If you are still wondering, we did get in the country...now we are on our way out. it is really tomorrow here. |
| posted @ 3/27/2007 by Jeri |
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| Day 1: Visas & Koalas |
| We are on the other side of the world...and it only took 18 hours and some heart wrenching drama along the way. |
| posted @ 3/26/2007 by John |
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| Trip to Australia |
| We are off to chase Kangaroos & Koalas. There is still some last minute packing, but we found some time to create a small post. |
| posted @ 3/24/2007 by John |
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| Annual 4th of July Hike |
| We took a trip up to the mountains over the July 4th holiday. We backpacked in about 4 miles over some pretty grueling landscape and were rewarded with some incredible fishing! |
| posted @ 7/5/2006 by Jeri |
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