On my way across the world: to meet new people, see new places, and better appreciate home.

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Finally, the preparations are over, the anticipation morphs into reality, and the games begin!

• 1

  Go West Young Woman   Boston, MA on Sep 30, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 2

  Vancouver Welcome   Vancouver Island, Canada on Oct 2, 2006 24 pictures 0 comments
• 3

  City Life   Vancouver, Canada on Oct 4, 2006 19 pictures 0 comments
• 4

  My own city tour   Vancouver, Canada on Oct 5, 2006 20 pictures 0 comments
• 5

  Rockin the Moose!   Banff, Canada on Oct 5, 2006 34 pictures 0 comments
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  The Icefield Parkway   Jasper to Banff, Canada on Oct 11, 2006 24 pictures 0 comments
• 7

  Climbing the Rockies   Banff, Canada on Oct 11, 2006 60 pictures 4 comments
• 8

  CHINA!   Beijing, China on Oct 17, 2006 37 pictures 0 comments
• 9

  The Imperial Palace (Forbidden City)   Beijing, China on Oct 18, 2006 56 pictures 0 comments
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  Summer Palace, Beijing   Beijing, China on Oct 19, 2006 31 pictures 0 comments
• 11

  Tian'anmen Square   Beijing, China on Oct 20, 2006 16 pictures 0 comments
• 12

  Traveling with A Gang of 12 Now   Xi'an, China on Oct 25, 2006 39 pictures 2 comments
• 13

  The Enchanted Lands of Old Tibet   Xiahe, Amdo Tibet, China on Oct 28, 2006 80 pictures 1 comment
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  Big Yak Attack!!   Langmusi (Tatsang Lhamo), China on Oct 30, 2006 86 pictures 0 comments
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  Tibetan Home Life   Thangkor, China on Oct 31, 2006 36 pictures 0 comments
• 16

  Dawn meets her Giant Pandas!!   Chengdu, China on Nov 3, 2006 51 pictures 0 comments
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  Magical, Mystical Tibet   Lhasa, China on Nov 3, 2006 77 pictures 1 comment
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  Temples and Tempests   Lhasa, China on Nov 5, 2006 33 pictures 0 comments
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  Ganden Monastery   Taktse, China on Nov 8, 2006 61 pictures 1 comment
• 20

  Sleeping with Monks   Dranang, Shannan Prefecture, Tibet, China on Nov 8, 2006 30 pictures 0 comments
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  Sometimes The Truth Is Ugly   Xigatse, China on Nov 12, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
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  A Young Guide With An Old Soul   Sakya, Tibet, China on Nov 13, 2006 25 pictures 0 comments
• 23

  Surfing The Himalayas   Tashitom, Tibet, China on Nov 14, 2006 14 pictures 8 comments
• 24

  The Roof of the World   Everest Base Camp, China on Nov 15, 2006 25 pictures 0 comments
• 25

  Farewell to China and Tibet   Crazy Border town, nickname Hellhole, China on Nov 17, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 26

  Welcome to Nepal   Dhulikel, Nepal on Nov 18, 2006 10 pictures 1 comment
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  Krazy Kathmandu!   Kathmandu, Nepal on Nov 19, 2006 23 pictures 0 comments
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  Trekking the Annapurna Circuit   Pokhara, Nepal on Nov 23, 2006 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Bungle in the Jungle   Chitwan National Park, Nepal on Nov 28, 2006 30 pictures 0 comments
• 30

  Culture Shock!   Doha, Qatar on Dec 3, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 31

  Life is warm and sunny in Africa!   Cape Town, South Africa on Dec 4, 2006 18 pictures 13 comments
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  Robben Island   Cape Town, South Africa on Dec 6, 2006 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Welkom by Namibië!   Windhoek, Namibia on Dec 9, 2006 5 pictures 1 comment
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  Dawn on Safari   Etosha National Park, Namibia on Dec 11, 2006 84 pictures 1 comment
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  Namibia Safari Part II   Kamanjab, Namibia on Dec 15, 2006 63 pictures 0 comments
• 36

  A Travel Buddy From Home   Cape Town, South Africa on Dec 31, 2006 53 pictures 0 comments
• 37

  The Gorgeous Garden Route on the BokBus   Knysna, South Africa on Jan 3, 2007 106 pictures 0 comments
• 38

  Back to the Cape for a See You Later   Cape Town, South Africa on Jan 9, 2007 41 pictures 0 comments
• 39

  I've Landed in Oz!   Perth and its beaches, Australia on Jan 13, 2007 44 pictures 0 comments
• 40

  The Outback, WA style   Exmouth, Australia on Jan 25, 2007 143 pictures 0 comments
• 41

  The Famed India Pacific Rail Journey   Cook, Australia on Feb 8, 2007 28 pictures 0 comments
• 42

  Beaches, Wine Barrels and My Own Wheels   Adelaide, the Barossa Valley and the Limestone Coast, Australia on Feb 10, 2007 120 pictures 0 comments
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  Land of Kangaroos, Koalas and Kolorful Birds   Great Ocean Road, Australia on Feb 18, 2007 51 pictures 1 comment
• 44

  Eastern Living   Melbourne, Australia on Feb 25, 2007 25 pictures 0 comments
• 45

  Paddy's Day Down Under   Sydney, Australia on Mar 17, 2007 45 pictures 0 comments
• 46

  Happy to Be in A Land of Regular Joe   Auckland and around, New Zealand on Mar 20, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 47

  The Northlands   Omapere and Opanoni, Paihia and Coramandel, New Zealand on Mar 23, 2007 47 pictures 3 comments
• 48

  On the Road South   Rotorua, Lake Taupo, Mt. Tongarirro and Wellington, New Zealand on Apr 1, 2007 30 pictures 1 comment
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  Queen Charlotte Track, South Island   Punga Cove, New Zealand on Apr 4, 2007 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Queen Charlotte Ridge   Portage Bay, New Zealand on Apr 5, 2007 17 pictures 0 comments
• 51

  Go to the South Island, Girl   Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand on Apr 6, 2007 17 pictures 0 comments
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  On the road again   Greymouth, New Zealand on Apr 8, 2007 14 pictures 0 comments
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  More Spectacular Scenery   Franz Josef, New Zealand on Apr 9, 2007 9 pictures 0 comments
• 54

  Just keeps getting betta!   Queenstown, New Zealand on Apr 10, 2007 20 pictures 0 comments
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  Rain only makes more waterfalls!!   Doubtful Sound , New Zealand on Apr 11, 2007 59 pictures 0 comments
• 56

  Wildlife Adventure   Otango Peninsula, New Zealand on Apr 13, 2007 9 pictures 0 comments
• 57

  The Wonderful WhitSunday Islands   Long Island WhitSundays, Australia on Apr 24, 2007 210 pictures 0 comments
• 58

  Simmering Thailand   Bangkok, Thailand on May 3, 2007 77 pictures 0 comments
• 59

  Lovely North Thailand   Chiang Mai, Thailand on May 8, 2007 11 pictures 0 comments
• 60

  Love in the Jungle   Northern Thailand, Thailand on May 9, 2007 67 pictures 0 comments
• 61

  Saying Sa Wat Dee Kha to Thailand   Bangkok, Thailand on May 24, 2007 44 pictures 0 comments
• 62

  Old Blighty   London, United Kingdom on May 25, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 63

  Lavender and Mint Steam, Anyone??   Bath, United Kingdom on May 26, 2007 17 pictures 0 comments
• 64

  Bucolic Wales   Brecon, United Kingdom on May 27, 2007 24 pictures 0 comments
• 65

  Home away from Home   Chester, United Kingdom on May 28, 2007 12 pictures 0 comments
• 66

  I'll Take The High Road   Loch Lomond, Loch Lochy, Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom on Jun 20, 2007 45 pictures 2 comments
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  Soul nourishing, pocketbook stretching Norway   Bergen, Norway on Jun 27, 2007 13 pictures 2 comments
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  Such Beauty Awaits When One Gets Outside   Mt. Ulriken, Norway on Jun 28, 2007 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Hiking the Fjordlands   Balestrand, Norway on Jul 1, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Regal Riga   Riga, Latvia on Jul 11, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 71

  Belle of the East   Tallinn, Estonia on Jul 14, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 72

  Fast Fun in Finland   Helsinki, Finland on Jul 18, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  I'm in a place I didn't even know I was going   Stockholm, Sweden on Jul 21, 2007 0 pictures 3 comments
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  Crossing the Baltic Again   Riga, Latvia on Jul 28, 2007 12 pictures 0 comments
• 75

  Beautiful Budapest or I'm Hungry in Hungary   Budapest, Hungary on Aug 9, 2007 85 pictures 0 comments
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  Pretty Prague   Prague, Czech Republic on Aug 12, 2007 91 pictures 0 comments
• 77

  La Belle Vie   St. Gery, France on Aug 18, 2007 18 pictures 0 comments
• 78

  Chic Cahors   Cahors, France on Aug 25, 2007 16 pictures 0 comments
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  French Summer   Toulouse, France on Aug 29, 2007 30 pictures 0 comments
• 80

  Heading North for the Sea   La Baule, France on Sep 2, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Cool and Cozy in Catalonya   Barcelona, Spain on Nov 29, 2007 40 pictures 1 comment
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  Sunscreen & bikini are all you need!   Haiku, HI on Sep 24, 2008 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Local Boy Tours No Ka Oi!!   Kula, HI on Mar 20, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Mar 20, 2009   Kaupo, HI on Mar 20, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Mar 20, 2009   Kipahulu, HI on Mar 20, 2009 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Mar 20, 2009   Hana, HI on Mar 20, 2009 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Bruce's Awesome Adventures   Ke'anae Peninsula, HI on Mar 20, 2009 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Mother Maui   Kihei, HI on Dec 8, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Lanai Birthday Fun   Hulopo‘e Beach Park, HI on May 1, 2011 12 pictures 0 comments