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    Canada is the largest land-mass of a country in the Americas and extends geographically from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific ocean in the west, North to the Arctic Ocean, and is bordered to the south by the United States. It’s the world’s second largest country by total land area. The [...]

Nevada, United States of America: Cities: Black Rock City Empire Gerlach Pyramid Lake Reservation West Wendover Events: Burning Man Nevada is an atypical “Wild West” state of the U.S. that still embraces its history and outlaw appeal with legalized gambling, prostitution, lenient marriage and divorces, and rustic liberal freedoms. The term “Nevada” comes from the [...]

Burning Man Festival Black Rock City, Nevada Burning Man is a week long arts and entertainment, sustainable and self-reliance festival that occurs every year embracing Labor Day. From 1986 until 1989 there was a Summer Solstice bonfire ritual held on Baker Beach in San Francisco by Larry Harvey, Jerry James, and their friends. Here they [...]

Boulder, Colorado More resources on Virtualtourist.com Boulder, Colorado is a kitchy little artsy town to the Northwest of Denver, Colorado. The areas was first settled by the Arapaho Indians who lived in a villaged near the Haystack Mountains. The area was heavily visited and occupied by the Utes, Cheyennes, Comanches, and Sioux. The first Euro-Americans [...]

Black Rock City, Nevada, United States Is one of Nevada’s largest cities during Labor Day every year. It is a temporary, experimental, city of art that only exists for the annual Burning Man Festival that creates it. It is created together by artisans, community, adventurers, gypsies, scientists, Burners, and the Black Rock City, LLC organization. [...]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/23/plastiki-arrives-in-austr_n_656141.html ‘Plastiki’ Arrives In Australia After Plastic-Bottle Boat Makes 8,000-Mile Journey Across Pacific Posted: 07-23-10 09:58 AM on Huffingtonpost The 12,000 plastic water bottle catamaran that David de Rothschild in company with Jo Royle, the skipper made landing in Australia after a treacherous 3 month journey, 11,000 mile journey across the Pacific from California to [...]

Jeanie JohnstonDublin, Ireland One of Ireland’s most famous ships is the Jeanie Johnston which is moored off the Custom House Quay in Dublin along the River Liffey. It is a replica of the three masted barque that was originally built in 1847 by Scotsman John Munn in Quebec, Canada. The original ship was bought by [...]

Driving on the LeftIreland and the United Kingdom It’s always pretty intriguing how different customs are with all the various countries and how to understand why cultures do what they do. Such as with the differences between driving on the left or the right side of the road in some countries. Coming from America where [...]

Truro Rail Station Truro, Cornwall, England In the heart of Truro is the Truro Rail Station that is Truro’s bloodstream to the rest of Cornwall. It is situated at the junction of the Cornish Main Line and the Maritime Line to Falmouth and is operated by First Great Western. The Station first opened with the [...]

Penzance Rail Station: Penzance, Cornwall, England A very small end-of-the rail station of Great Western, I found it friendly and efficient; even if the hours of operation are tied directly to operating hours. The staff is friendly and the station decor is artistic. The bus station is essentially attached on the outside with a tourist [...]

The BS 1363Used in the United Kingdom and Ireland As an American travelling into Europe it never fails to overwhelm me that the entire world has different electrical systems, outlets, plugs, and methods in utilizing electrical current. Of course that’s common sense that everything should be different, but you would think in this day and [...]

Bristol Temple Mead Bristol, England One of England’s largest and oldest railway stations owned/operated by Network Rail/First Great Western. Classic gothic architecture, Grade 1 listed, designed by the Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it is a hallmark of Bristol in its own essence. It is the gateway for rail, ferry, and bus service into and out of [...]

RyanAir True to its name, RyanAir is a low cost Irish airline that is centered out of Dublin Airport, Ireland with bases in Dublin and London Stansted. They operate over 230 Boeing 737-800 aircraft with over 1,100 routes across Europe and Morocco from over 42 bases. They are infamous for their rapid expansion since their [...]

Dublin International Airport: The Dublin International Airport or “Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath” is actually located in Collinstown, Ireland – not Dublin. It was instituted in the early 1930′s. It is however operated and managed by the Dublin Airport Authority. It is located in the Fingal part of County Dublin and is about a 20-30 minute [...]

Continental Airlines One of the earlier airlines to be in existence, Continental has gone through many changes over its history, none more radical than its merge/takeover by United. It is an American airline based in Houston, Texas and is the fourth-largest airline in the US rated from revenue passenger miles. They cover most destinations in [...]

Dollar Rent-A-Car( Portland International Airport ) I’ve always been a BUDGET Rent-A-Car man, but this time I wandered outside of my usual to Carrentals.com and was lured over to Dollar for cost and a deal that had Budget quite beat. $67 Lock-n-Low special from Thursday late night through Sunday early evening. Since I’m not a [...]

US Airwayswww.usairways.com * 1-800-428-4322 * Flying Denver to Phoenix to Portland US Airways started as a mail carrier called “All American Airways” in 1939. US Airways is the fifth largest airline in the United States. As a premiere member of the Star Alliance, it has access to a fleet of 353 mainline jet aircrafts and [...]

Boarding the plane for Big Island Hawaii Go! AirlinesHonolulu, Oahu, Hawaii to Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii * http://www.mesa-air.com/ * http://www.iflygo.com/ Wednesday, August 6th, 2009 I travelled from Honolulu to Hilo with this company I’ve never heard of. A friend hooked me up with a buddy pass to try this airline out and to go see [...]

Northwest Airlines Flight NW 217 from Portland (PDX) to Honolulu (HNL) on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 Journeying on one of my favorite all-time airlines, Northwest, which appears merged with Delta, journeying to one of my all time desired locations to visit – Hawaii. This completes my visiting all 50 of the United States. It was [...]

My Toyota Matrix Vardo: R.I.P. 2003-2009 On the 29th of July, 2009 My Toyota Matrix decided to leave this world by blowing it’s engine just outside of Boise, Idaho during my pilgrimmage to Faerieworlds. At 169,400 miles, it now sits in a salvage yard in Mountain Home, Idaho. It’s been a good 6 years with [...]

Belgium 2008 estimated population: 10,666,866. with a area of roughly 11,787 square miles (30,528 km2) The Kingdom of Belgium is the founding member of the European Union and the host of its headquarters, and is a small northwestern European country that straddles the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe. “Belgium” is derived from “Gallia [...]

Amsterdam’s CanalsOne of the most picturesque parts of Amsterdam is it’s canals. A tremendous effort that was created by conscious city planning. Beginning in the early 17th century with immigration at its peak, the city decided to develope a comprehensive plan of a design based on four concentric half-circles of canals with their ends emerging [...]

Amsterdam Amsterdam, The NetherlandsThe largest city in Holland (The Netherlands) and its capital, is world-famous “Amsterdam”. It is the financial and cultural capital of the Netherlands. It is also the headquarters for most Dutch institutions and 7 of the world’s top 500 countries including Philips and ING. Amsterdam is located in North Holland in the [...]

Part B Atop the ferris wheel in Amsterdam Wednesday, 8 April 2009Amsterdam, The Netherlands Arising early and calculating his paycheck, Sir Thomas Leaf spontaneously decided to take Princess Brea to Amsterdam for an excursion enroute to Belgium. Rental motor carriage arranged and lodging set at a hostel in Amsterdam, routing was figured out and plans [...]

Autobahn The German Autobahn Is the German word for a major high-speed highway, motorway, or freeway. It is restricted to motor vehicles capable of driving at least 60 km/h (37 mph) with full control of access. The recommended speed is 130 km/h (81 mph) but has no set general speed limit. In Austria and Switzerland [...]

WORMS, Germany The fabled city of Worms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. In 2004 its population was 85,829. The city was originally called Borbetomagus by the Celts who established it first (meaning “settlement in a watery area”), and it may very well be the “Oldest City in Germany” (of course [...]

Drink Cards (Verzehrkarte) When clubbing in Germany at dance clubs; you are issued a card usually maximum 26 or 50 Euro that has sections checked off for how much you spend on drinks and items in the bar. As you order a drink or food, the Euros are checked off. It is not customary to [...]

, Late Afternoon/Evening Wednesday, 1 April 2009Koln, Germany Our exploring Duette heading down along the Rhine from the Chocolate Museum to explore some of the river-side cafes, streets, and parks. Then on to the German Roman Museum that Sir Thomas Leaf ventured into and Princess Brea, not being into museums, went to the Starbucks around [...]

Köln Cathedral * Cologne, Germany * Cologne Cathedral is a World Heritage Site and is one of the best known architectural monuments in Germany and Cologne’s most famous. It is 144.5 metres long, 86.5 m wide and its two towers are 157 m tall. The Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Peter und [...]