<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934</id><updated>2012-02-16T11:59:16.806+01:00</updated><title type='text'>travelpalooza</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-116163797306374402</id><published>2006-10-23T21:46:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T23:35:10.710+02:00</updated><title type='text'>from croatia to serbia</title><content type='html'>So we have less than a month left of our travels. Very sad. ive posted some pics, first we have this wonderful lady we found on the island of barc, that made homemade wine out of her home. after croatia, sandie and i parted in mostar, hercegovina. Here there was a couple of battle. muslims and bosnians fighting the serbs and then the bosnians and the muslims had a war. this has left the city divided and all quite demolished. I then hopped on to sarejevo. the sarajevo rose is from bombs dropped killing several people. they have fill them in around the city with red paint. i hit montenegro, kotor for a couple of days. such a beautiful city. there were cats everywhere. I then headed to albania. i think the wiring of the city kind of reflects the country...unorganize and ugly. i did not really find the country that intresting...except for the crazy bunkers when i left.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"...small concrete domes enver hoxhas paranoid concrete legacy built to repel the threat of foreign invasion and can resist full tank assault.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr hoxha hired a chief engineer to design a super resistant bunker who then had to vouch for his creations strength by standing inside it while it was bombarded by a tank....the estimated number of these concrete look out posts is 700,000"&lt;br /&gt;-lonely planet&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then i did very quick trips to bulgaria, serbia and now i am in romania. we leave tomorrow to turkey...i probably wont blog until i am home safe and sound.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/wine_lady.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we bought a nice bottle of wine from this lady. croatia, supetar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/oldcity.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dubrovnik, croatia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/hitch.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie and i hitch one last time... i promise mom!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/mostar_school.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mostor, hercegovina bombed out school. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/chess.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sarajevo chess&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/rose.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sarajevo rose&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/2 cats.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;kotor cats&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/cats1.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/cats3.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cats in the garbage&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/kotor_wall.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;kotor, montenegro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/kotor_streets.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;kotor, montenegro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/kotor_1.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;kotor, montenegro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/kotor_wall2.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;kotor, montenegro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/albania.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;albania wire system&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/border_bunker.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sheeps and a bunker...walking from albania to the macedonia border&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/bunker.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bunker&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/orhid_peacock.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sveti naum, macedonia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/topmtn.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;macedonia, galicica national park&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/montenegro/pinklady.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if you wear this outfit and match our site, your asking to get blogged. this appeared infront of me on the bus in serbia, belgrade.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-116163797306374402?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-116093087472327383</id><published>2006-10-15T18:47:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-15T19:51:10.703+02:00</updated><title type='text'>where the hell am i?</title><content type='html'>so while sandie roams with the roma...i have traveled to all many of the same locations...but missed the romas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i last posted in croatia. i loved it there. we spent some wonderful time on the island in brac. tasted some wine made in someones garage and ate lots of amazing fruit. we saw on the island growing wild kiwi, grapes, and lots of olives. on leaveing the beach one afternoon, sandie thought it would be nice to try some green olives. her face grimmiced...the same as when she tried this liquar called (i forget) that is made from grapes...tastes like vodka. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after croatia...i ventured to Mostar where there was a pretty grusome war. from my understanding the first wave of the war was serbs against bosnias...then it was the bosnians agains muslims. the town is divided. they say in the lonely plantet book that they are divided by the river but from speaking to the locals that is not true. its actually quite wrong. they do not mix though. i stayed with this interesting couple that are into yoga, a spanish woman and her boyfriend that is german. such an exotic mix.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i then headed off to sareyvo. i stayed at the same hostel as  sandie. i had the adjoining room to some other traveler in my private accomidation...although i must say i was the one bouncing into his room while he was laying in bed, innocently reading a magazine. i went on the same tour. learned tons about the war. the following night i stayed with a bosnian. i met his friends and got their personal views of the war...which were even more enlightening. they were all in their late 20's and 30's. they were in the young adults when the war happened. they all had somehow escaped the war...through the tunnel. they also told me how most believe that is was AMERICA who had started this war. it had orignally started with mafia shootings  in the city that progessed to war. but they all seem to universally feel that is was americans fear of communism that fuel and supported the war. they feel that america has full power of the failed UN, and power over NATO to finish the war in 6 days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i then moved on to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotor"&gt;Kotor, Montenegro&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what a beautiful city. southern europes largest fjord. walled city with great food. just great.i stayed with a sea captian on break. i wandered the city walled ruins and then had a large lunch served by his mother. this is a serious sea town. he is from a long line of sea captians. it was really facinating to visit the museum about the history of the ships in the area. every man i met was a sailor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i then took serveral buses to albania. what a pity. i really cant say i liked this country. first off, my book only showed 1 border crossing. when i got to the capital of montenegro...they said i could only get to the border by taxi. 25 euros=25km. thats ALOT! i laughed at them....but then remembered sandie had taken a taxi so thought ...well i guess i have no choice. so i agreed. go in the taxi and half way there...he needs another 6 euros to get to the ACTUAL border. ...ok. now 31 euros. this is to go like...almost no distance but scary turny roads. i get to the border...albanian tax 10 euros!  then on the other side...i want a mini bus they ALL tell me NO BUSES...take a taxi.... 15 -20 euros. i tell them all to go to hell and find my mini bus. these are the people i dont like. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i stayed in albania 2nights. there is not much to see. the architecture is not interesting. the mayor of the city is apparently a bad artist and had them paint all the ugly communist buildings with stupid, obnoxious colors. its painful to see and not even humorous. there is A mosque.i visted the national history musuem which was interesting and learned about &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skanderbeg"&gt;Skanderbeg&lt;/a&gt; who kicked some serious ottomen ass! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i was then stuck in the extremely unintresting archtectured city for 12hours because my host was very busy. i was sad. boston and albany has more history.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i then got a bus ticket to macedonia, where i am currently. i got to the border after 2 bus connections...then had to walk the border for 3km. that was actually beautiful in the mtns. sheep were grazing, and then i got to see TONS of the infamous albanian bunkers...then i realized wandering around freely that ..hey ding dong...remember LAND MINES!...i stuck to the road and there were no problems. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i got to the border and go a ride to the town i wanted, struga. this was a town 15km from the lake town of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohrid"&gt;Ohrid&lt;/a&gt;. said to be the most beautiful placein macedonia. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i stayed with a peace corps volunteer and 3 guys from hospitality club. one brit, one bulgarian and one guy from holland. i spend a day with the brit and bulgarian exploring the lake and monestaries. it was quite lovely. they both had interesting quick witted personalities that was very enjoyable. i then hitched a ride with them the following day to skopje, the capital. where i am currently. we climbed a mtn to visit a &lt;a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/europe/macedonia?poi=101417"&gt;treskavec monastary&lt;/a&gt; on the way and then they dropped me off. today i stayed with a security guard for the american embassy. we climbed a mtn that holds a 70meter cross. then had a large lunch where i tried lots of local cuisine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tomorrow i am off to sofia, bulgaria...then kosovo and then belgrade...meeting sandie in translyvania. cant wait!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-116093087472327383?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/116093087472327383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=116093087472327383' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/116093087472327383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/116093087472327383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/10/where-hell-am-i_15.html' title='where the hell am i?'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115974342216291152</id><published>2006-10-02T00:29:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T01:07:57.966+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pictures from my camera -jennifer</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/croatia/croatia 001_resize.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;croatia sunset&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/croatia/croatia 018_resize.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lake Bohinj, Slovenia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/croatia/croatia 016_resize.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sandie relaxing at Lake Bohinj, Slovenia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/croatia/croatia 019_resize.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie struggling with her pack in Ljubljana, Slovenia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/croatia/croatia 020_resize.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am not sure where i took this....DUN DUN DAN! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/croatia/croatia 052_resize.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zadar, Croatia...Pillar of SHAME!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/croatia/croatia 057_resize.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Old town Split, Croatia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/croatia/croatia 059_resize.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Old town Split, Croatia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/croatia/croatia 062_resize.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Person painting in Old town Split, Croatia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/croatia/croatia 097_resize.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie enjoying Old town&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/croatia/croatia 072_resize.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salona, Roman ruins. Croatia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/croatia/croatia 083_resize.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salona, Roman ruins. Croatia&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115974342216291152?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115974342216291152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115974342216291152' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115974342216291152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115974342216291152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/10/pictures-from-my-camera-jennifer_02.html' title='Pictures from my camera -jennifer'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115861309415842913</id><published>2006-09-18T22:40:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2006-09-18T23:01:13.310+02:00</updated><title type='text'>some pics from poland and slovakia</title><content type='html'>we are off to vienna, austria for the day. we hadnt planned on the trip but its the cheapest way to get to the destination we want to go to...slovenia. its not that i dont want to go to austria..its just that its tooo expensive. another day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we are on day 103 of our travels...59 days left(*wahhhh.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/slovakia/clocks.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;warsaw art...sandie HATES HATES HATES ticking clocks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/slovakia/twins.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in krakow we saw this amazing site...double mint gum anyone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/slovakia/bratislava.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bratislava, slovakia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/slovakia/holocost.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bratislava, slovakia-holocaust monument&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/slovakia/sandie_climb.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie was a real trooper in the hot sun climbing up the steps of a castle in bratislava. she was very ill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/slovakia/steps.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;steps&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;currently sandie and i are obsessed with this game. my mom had told me about it briefly and i could not for the life of me understand it before i actually understood how to play it. we are big nerds on buses and trains with our books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/slovakia/sudoku.jpg"/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115861309415842913?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115861309415842913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115861309415842913' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115861309415842913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115861309415842913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/09/some-pics-from-poland-and-slovakia_18.html' title='some pics from poland and slovakia'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115805172975686806</id><published>2006-09-12T10:38:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T11:04:57.396+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Jens Vilnius, Warsaw, Czestochwa pictures</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/zappa.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is the largest monument to frank zappa, in Vilnius, Lithuania...odd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/stannes.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;St.Annes, Vilnius, Lithuania&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/inside_stannes.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;inside St.Annes, Vilnius, Lithuania&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/vilnius_street.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;street in Vilnius&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/uzupis.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is a neighborhood in Vilnius that claim themselves as their own country. Republic of Uzupis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/marriagelock.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crossing over the bridge to the republic, they have a tradition in Lithuania that when people get married they put locks on bridges for good luck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/jen_sarune.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The republic of Uzupis constitution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/uzupis_laws.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the constitution. My favorite, "a dog has the right to be a dog."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/artgallery.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie and jen visit an art musuem in poland, warsaw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/pinkdeer.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we also visit random pink deer in poland, warsaw&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/warsaw_jen.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;old town, poland warsaw&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/sandie_arch.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie in the arch way entering jasna gora, poland, czestochwa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/buddatshirt.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we climbed to the top of the tower(the tallest historic church in poland-116m) of jasna gora...i thought it was funny that i was wearing a buddah t-shirt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/jasnagora.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;inside jasna gora. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/lithuania/badnun.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tons of people were confessing. Even the nuns.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115805172975686806?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115805172975686806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115805172975686806' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115805172975686806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115805172975686806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/09/jens-vilnius-warsaw-czestochwa.html' title='Jens Vilnius, Warsaw, Czestochwa pictures'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115782326860403326</id><published>2006-09-09T19:09:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T22:41:33.383+02:00</updated><title type='text'>warsaw, poland</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Pawiak_drzewo.JPG" border="0" alt="" /a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawiak"&gt;pawiak prison&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we are in poland enjoying the capital. yesterday we ventured into the old city and then bopped over to pawiak prison. very informative and extremely sad. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today we did more musuems. we saw a odd palm tree in the city (made of plastic) as well as reindeer that are pink (plastic as well). we viewed an enormous roof garden over a university library. went to the warsaw uprising musuem &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.1944.pl/images/en/1944_13.gif" border="0" alt="" /a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.1944.pl/index.php?lang=en&amp;lang_time=1"&gt;warsaw uprising musuem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this was an amazing museum...again also very disturbing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then if we werent depressed enough we wandered over to yet another prison and torture musuem.&lt;a href="http://www.deathcamps.org/occupation/warsaw%20ghetto%20liquidation.html"&gt;gestapo HQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then we needed a little bit of beauty so we managed to get to take in some modern art at the&lt;a href="http://csw.art.pl/"&gt;contemporary art musuem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tomorrow we are off to krakow.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115782326860403326?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115782326860403326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115782326860403326' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115782326860403326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115782326860403326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/09/warsaw-poland.html' title='warsaw, poland'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115778792480641470</id><published>2006-09-09T09:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-09-09T09:45:24.816+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Kazakhstan coming to the U.S.A.</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan &lt;/strong&gt;(2006) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443453/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/twentieth_century_fox/borat/sacha_baron_cohen/borat_poster.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sandie and I went to the movies and saw this preview, and nearly peed our pants. I cannot wait to see this!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115778792480641470?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115778792480641470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115778792480641470' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115778792480641470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115778792480641470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/09/kazakhstan-coming-to-usa.html' title='Kazakhstan coming to the U.S.A.'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115754852200668735</id><published>2006-09-06T14:54:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T22:42:45.393+02:00</updated><title type='text'>baltics pics from jens camera</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/linda.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;linda is a common name in the baltic region. this is one of the many signs in estonia. UNDA! hehe hedwig bull! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/stereo2.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is one of the cool clubs sandie and i went to. this is on my birthday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/sandie_stereo.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie waiting for a cocktail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/dollmuseum.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is some wierdness at the dollmusuem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/doll_musuem2.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;puppets from around the world in the doll musuem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/victor.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is victor. he picked me up hitch hiking in tartu, estonia and we rode together to Riga, Latvia. he was a nice russian truck driver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/jurmala_beach.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i stayed around the beach in Jurmala, Latvia for almost a week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/jurmala_bog.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a bog outside of jurmala, Ķemeri National Park.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/travel_vodka.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie and i explored klaipeda, lithuania and found these travel vodka shots in the grocery store. ewwwwwwww!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/vampiresandie.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie is a vampire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/dunes.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie and jennifer pose together. sandie hates me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/dunes_nida.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am desperately trying to learn how to take a decent picture. i think im improving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/sandie_dood.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we spent some time frolicking through the woods with lots of wooden sculptures. sandie and friend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/jen_chair.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;again, my posing is still a work in progress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/baltics/js_tree.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we really enjoyed the sculptures.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115754852200668735?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115754852200668735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115754852200668735' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115754852200668735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115754852200668735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/09/baltics-pics-from-jens-camera.html' title='baltics pics from jens camera'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115745735013615675</id><published>2006-09-05T13:38:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T14:00:52.116+02:00</updated><title type='text'>i am a bad post/er</title><content type='html'>We are still in Vilnius. will be leaving for Poland in a couple days and back to unpredictable homes of strangers. So far its been great, we have met amazing people on our travels. we have been traveling for 90 days! and we have 72 days left of FREEDOM (before we have to get jobs and live the bourgeois life). we are more than halfway through our trip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we have hit india, thailand, cambodia, laos, vietnam, china, germany, denmark, sweden, finland, estonia, latvia and lithuania. = 13 so far&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;next part of the trip- poland, slovakia, slovania, croatia, bosnia &amp; hercegovina, albania, macedonia, serbia &amp; montenegro, romania, bulgaria, turkey, egypt, morocco and FINALLY spain. 14.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wow. i have pictures to post but will not do it now, since i dont have the disk with me. im off to see the kgb musuem...tomorrow i will go to the national musuem. sandie and mom are off in trakai visiting the castle there. i went a couple days ago and was also able to sail around it. very nice day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;while i was in estonia, i stayed with a lovely girl that has a super talented brother, check out his music and art. &lt;a href="http://www.pastacas.com "&gt;www.pastacas.com &lt;/a&gt; which means ball point pen in estonia. and heres his label. &lt;a href="http://www.kohvirecords.ee"&gt;www.kohvirecords.ee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;along our travels we have realize how much we DONT want to be desk monkeys and have been trying to figure out a way to continue to travel...but possibly with a bit more style (hotels would be nice) but as i have yet figured out how to be a traveling artist...i have discovered cities i could work and LIVE in...and have been doing my part to network. I met lots of crazy creative people in Estonia, tallin...plus a great nightlife. i also have fallen for Vilnius and met some really interesting people working for cool magazines here, &lt;a href="http://www.fhm.com/"&gt;FHM&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.cosmomag.com/"&gt;Cosmopolitan&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ugh...i hate thinking about looking for a job. :(&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115745735013615675?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115745735013615675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115745735013615675' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115745735013615675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115745735013615675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/09/i-am-bad-poster.html' title='i am a bad post/er'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115633624115790218</id><published>2006-08-23T14:25:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-08-23T14:30:41.166+02:00</updated><title type='text'>bank of america STINKS</title><content type='html'>i am so not happy with bank of america. i hate that bank and will change as soon as i get home. my card receipt or maybe from a computer, and someone apparently tried to take money, this transaction didnt happen because this person plugged in the incorrect address and name. so what happens is that I need to get a new card. i guess i understand but what i dont understand is that if they are pluggin in the wrong information, like address and name, why should i be so worried. they dont know my password for my bank card...there must be a better way to protect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway after almost 2 hours on call waiting...i am getting a new card issued. the biggest problem is that this is my only means of dollars...very upsetting. and the reason i REALLY hate bank of america is that i was told several different things. no one seems to know their job there. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am still in Jurmala a beach town close to Riga and im heading to the city in a few hours. then off to Lithuania.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115633624115790218?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115633624115790218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115633624115790218' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115633624115790218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115633624115790218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/08/bank-of-america-stinks.html' title='bank of america STINKS'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115591722675999580</id><published>2006-08-18T17:59:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T18:08:12.990+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Museums</title><content type='html'>As sandie runs around getting all cultured I have actually regressed. While I was in tallinn, I did go to one nice museum...But then...I deviated. I went to the torture museum and then in Tartu I went to the toy museum. Equally as bizarre, actually. The puppets especially were creepy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am currently in Latvia, jurmala. This is a beach resort that is a little bit European that is just filled with Russians. In fact, EVERYONE speaks Russian and all the channels on TV are in Russian. I even had a little old lady sit down with me at an outdoor cafe with her pit bull and chat with me for an hour. Luckily for me the pit bull really like me...She kept on snuggling into me and wanting me to pet her. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know how much more of the beach town I can take and I just realized, I haven't gone swimming this entire SUMMER! Weird.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115591722675999580?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115591722675999580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115591722675999580' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115591722675999580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115591722675999580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/08/museums_18.html' title='Museums'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115551382688856160</id><published>2006-08-14T01:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-08-14T13:14:29.876+02:00</updated><title type='text'>stockholm to estonia pics</title><content type='html'>i have an opportunity to use my friends laptop so im posting some things in my camera. i am still in estonia and on my way out today. soon will be trompsing around riga, latvia as soon as i visit tartu. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie and i have totally fallen inlove with estonia and there are even jobs here. makes one think.alot. i think i could live in this old city...with some many interesting contries near by. ive met some really great people here too. for such a small country the technology business is huge. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/estonia/Picture%20002%20(Small).jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;me infront of my dads grandfathers home in Sweden. these little red houses are very common in sweden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/estonia/sandie_ship.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie about to climb onto our ship from stockholm to helsinki&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/estonia/Picture%20030%20(Small).jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie vader. we stayed with some lovely folks that enjoy going to flea markets. we were in their car and while we drove around in helsinki, no one seemed to notice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/estonia/Picture%20034%20(Small).jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;me kayaking on the sea between finland and estonia. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/estonia/Picture%20048%20(Small).jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is david who took me to his work so i could learn about horse shoeing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/estonia/Picture%20057%20(Small).jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;old city, Tallin, Estonia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/estonia/Picture%20064_small.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;old city, Tallin, Estonia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/estonia/Picture%20095%20(Small).jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;these are some estonias doing what they do best. the nightlife in tallin is irresistable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/estonia/Picture%20105%20(Small).jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is a castle (episcopal castle) fairly well intact, in Haapsalu, Estonia.&lt;br /&gt;there is a lengend of the white lady. apparently on a full moon in august the full moon reflects onto the window and ghostly figure of a woman in white can be seen.they had a festival that i skipped but the stories and castle itself are great.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115551382688856160?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115551382688856160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115551382688856160' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115551382688856160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115551382688856160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/08/stockholm-to-estonia-pics.html' title='stockholm to estonia pics'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115459666414627046</id><published>2006-08-03T11:12:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-08-03T11:17:44.156+02:00</updated><title type='text'>estonia</title><content type='html'>hello folks...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;while sandie is trompsing around with santa...she tells me she got to meet him and ask for intangible gifts, i am in Estonia, Tallin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am first struck with, wow, this is so post soviet. I had forgotten since the last 2 months I have been so far away from it. I must say I have alot of mix emotions about it. I have also discovered russian comes in handy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am a bit clueless where i will venture next...I will visit the old city here...and then i need to go to the ocean i think. unfortunately i am having a hard time finding FREE places to stay. i wish i had a tent right now...but the nights are very cool here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i think this weekend i will go off to the coast and find a cheap tent ... sleep in an old barn or something.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115459666414627046?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115459666414627046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115459666414627046' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115459666414627046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115459666414627046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/08/estonia.html' title='estonia'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115436322530567532</id><published>2006-07-31T18:15:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-07-31T18:29:48.096+02:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>i am in helsinki! i went to the western shores and kayaked for a wee bit. the guy i paddled with told me i was not just SLOW but THE SLOWEST he has ever paddled with. i remember when i use to be an athlete. with that in mind i have a big fat birthday on the horizon....yey me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;will post some pics sometime. i am the bad blogger, sandie is the good blogger.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115436322530567532?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115436322530567532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115436322530567532' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115436322530567532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115436322530567532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/07/i-am-in-helsinki-i-went-to-western.html' title=''/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115321583095774888</id><published>2006-07-18T11:11:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-07-18T11:44:31.580+02:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>So i havent posted in a while...sandie seems to be doing most so i have some pictures to post. we are off to some museums today, light (very light) shopping. then i will be meeting my swedish relatives. they are taking us to the country so it should be nice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;have really enjoyed staying here in stockholm. amazaing musuems...as well as denmark.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is a bit old, sorry. but i forgot to put it up... this is the summer palace, china.&lt;img src="http://ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/summerpalace.JPG"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and on our last day sandie and i climbed around the great wall...it was hot and crowded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/greatwall.JPG"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;our friend tobias was kind enough to bring us to the castle in denmark that was teh inspiration for hamlet&lt;br /&gt;krosborg slot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/castle_helsinger.JPG"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;while in denmark i went to the danish jewish musuem, the design was fairly amazaing, by Daniel Libeskind. he is apparently set to design the new world trade center. the musuem was not so great though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/danishjewish.JPG"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it was very nice to be in copenhagen at the time we were because there was the annual jazz festival, lots of great, free music. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/fountain.JPG"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i went to an excellent musuem, the &lt;a href="http://www.louisiana.dk"&gt;louisiana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/henrymoore_bird.JPG"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we took a night bus from copenhagen to stockholm. then wander the streets in the morning waiting for the musuems to open up...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/dont.JPG"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then found a nice park to nap in...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/homelesssandie.JPG"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after being rested we ventured into old city...were i walked down the smallest street.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/littleroad.JPG"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;im not sure the order of events now...we also went to a &lt;a href="http://www.modernamuseet.se/index.asp?bhcp=1"&gt;musuem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.louisiana.dk/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i really liked it, they have a great collection... the current installation altohugh, was extremely disturbing...im going back today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;one of the artists i studied in college had several sculptures there. nikki de saint phalle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/nikkidesaintphalle.JPG"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie being bad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://ottendesign.com/travelpalooza/sandie_bad.JPG"/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115321583095774888?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115265168675875478</id><published>2006-07-11T23:01:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-07-11T23:47:25.166+02:00</updated><title type='text'>china</title><content type='html'>So, we are not in china....right now we are in Denmark, Copenhagen. i love it here...very beautiful.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;ok brief updates...we were in china, ate lots of great food very very cheaply...stayed in a pretty cool youth hostel, enjoyed watching the game with lots of backpackers from all over the world. great fun. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;sandie and I both visited the forbidden city, which I must say was a bit disappointing. Everything is under construction for the up coming Olympics.  We both bought some great silk for our moms...yay for moms! Hopefully our moms will be making great things with the silk we bought.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The most exciting thing that happened was I GOT PICK POCKETED! This is very embarrassing to me because I consider myself very street smart and so I feel like a bit naive for it to happen. anyway I was walking around near Trainmen SQ. looking for our silk for moms when we were walking down a street and I was in a group of men and I guess sandie fell behind... they unzipped my bag and grabbed my passport holder that had the passport, money I couldn’t exchanged because it was so small...my WHO card(info of all my vaccinations from Peace Corps) and MY PLANE TICKET!!!  then when I got to a corner I flung around, where my sunglasses case came out and I bent down to pick it up and one of the men kick it out of my reach. I then realized my bag was open....then I realized my passport holder was GONE! I thought it fell out. I then retraced my steps...3 x's. I then realized I had been pick pocketed...which I was in denial...but I knew that when people do this they grab the dough and then toss the rest...so I started looking in street alleys and garbage cans we got back to the "discovery" point and I saw the girl that was selling nuts on the corner and asked her in my animated way if she had seen a wallet...she pointed to the alley...THERE IT WAS minus all my lao, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thai money....which all equaled about 3 dollars!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I thought about returning and looking for this group of men and beating them....because Asian guys really aren’t that big. But o well. I got all my stuff back.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;After that, sandie and I practiced getting pick pocketed...sandie is a good pick pocket it turns out...watch yourselves.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;We went to the summer palace. We I forced sandie to buy a painting of a cat. Well not really but I didn’t make a purchase and sandie felt compelled to after the long time I spent with the shop keeper.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;we visited the great wall...it was very hot and crowded. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Before we traveled up we bought some umbrellas to keep the sun away from our precious skin, so we went down a long line of vendors. Starting at 65 rmb and eventually haggling down to 8&lt;br /&gt;rmb...sandie had the merchant wrapped around her arm to make the sale. Sandie was at one point yelping in pain from her grip.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;a day before we had planned to leave for Germany the airline cancelled our tickets which caused us to be on the phone for more than 1 and 1/2 hours with Travelocity. Once sorted out we had a pretty scary ride with AEROFLOT. Not a good airline...actually horrible. I was amazed we landed in one piece. We had to stop over in Moscow. Sandie took lots of pictures of me sleeping on the floor in the airport. Not only have I taken after my mother in the photogenic area but I know am bordering narcolepsy. I sleep and am sleepy. We were slapped in the face on the rudeness in the aeroport.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;We got to Germany, safe and sound...more to come.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;-Jennifer&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115265168675875478?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115265168675875478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115265168675875478' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115265168675875478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115265168675875478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/07/china.html' title='china'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115131094525422833</id><published>2006-06-26T10:00:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T09:20:37.566+02:00</updated><title type='text'>jen here!</title><content type='html'>we are now sweating in vietnam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i forgot to mention in cambodia we ate some fried grasshoppers...didnt sample the cockroaches...but must say i did like the grasshopper. sandie had a hard time sticking it in her mouth to eat. she would giggle and then put it down until finally eatting it. i think the evil fish from thailand may have something to do with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie and i are now forgetting what day it is...only aware of the month. kind of nice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;laos was a bit uneventful for me, i wanted to see many things, 4,000 islands in the south, and a temple called wat poo. sandie ventured to a village and i tried to get myself a bus, but i ended up wandering around and getting pointed in the wrong direction. i was started to get upset and realized that....why get upset. so i spent the day in the bazaar. later got 2 days of very very cheap massages. (3 dollars)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we then spent a full 24 hours traveling on bus to vietnam. the first bus was really nice. we then landed in Dong ha...the middle of NO WHERE. got another bus to Hanoi...10hours and i was surrounded by freaks. i sat next to a man with a large butt and who continued to put his hands behind his head to sleep...which would put his left elbow directly in my face. i had 3 little monks behind me, kicking my seat...and then an obnoxious man that pushed over all the baby monks and layed across all the seats...and to get comfy this man put his feet on the back of my seat...(which i promptly swatted off) sandie had this cross eyed man next to her...and next to my other side i had this very drunk man, who seemed to be slightly crazy. i was happy to get off this bus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;its crazy here...compaired to where we have been. bought lots of clothes...and even had some clothes made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/258/213/1600/girlsselling.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/258/213/320/girlsselling.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;these girls tried selling us food. i gave them "i love ny" pins. we were squished on a little "jumbo". this one woman pulled out an egg...the most DISGUSTING food i have ever smelled or seen eatten. it was an egg that the bird had formed...feathers and all, but not hatched...they just ate it like a hard boiled egg...it smelled aweful. yuck!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/258/213/1600/lostinlao.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/258/213/320/lostinlao.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we took the jumbo (little taxi like thing) to ...we DONT know where...about 30miles away from pakse, laos. we walked back for a couple miles until we hitched a ride in the back of a truck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/258/213/1600/monkonbus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/258/213/320/monkonbus.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this monk was really hyper for an old guy(was drinking energy drinks). sandie was worried that the monk would attack her if she sat near him...or crossed his path.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/258/213/1600/snakeinjar.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/258/213/320/snakeinjar.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is in vietnam and laos...snakes in jars. some liquer. ew!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115131094525422833?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115131094525422833/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115131094525422833' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115131094525422833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115131094525422833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/06/jen-here.html' title='jen here!'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115044552527920782</id><published>2006-06-16T10:04:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-06-16T10:20:37.096+02:00</updated><title type='text'>delhi, bangkok, siem reap</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/IN_jama_masjid.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;India's largest moque. Jama Masjid&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/qutab_minar.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;India, Qutab Minar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/sandie_india_tuktuk.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie rides in "tuk tuk"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/sandie_diapers.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could not stop laughing over sandies diapers. sorry sandie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/sandie_sick.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie very ill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/nurses.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;happy nurses that took care of sandie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/monks.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;monks in a wat in Bangkok, Thailand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/watpo.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wat Po, Bangkok, Thailand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/bangkok_watpo.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warriors, Bangkok,Thailand-Wat Po&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/welcome.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;walking through the border from Thailand to Cambodia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/sandie_wAT.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/angor_wat_US.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;jennifer really doesnt like getting her picture taken&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/angorwat_shiva.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Angor wat, Cambodia. this hindu temple is dedicated to shiva.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/jen_angorthomENTER.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;enterning Angor Thom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/Angor_thom.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Angor Thom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/jen_bayon.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i loved bayon...lots of faces. buddist temple, cambodia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/sandie_bayon.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ottendesign.com/twoheads.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 happy heads&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115044552527920782?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115044552527920782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115044552527920782' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115044552527920782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115044552527920782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/06/delhi-bangkok-siem-reap.html' title='delhi, bangkok, siem reap'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-115036980672121559</id><published>2006-06-15T12:40:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-06-15T13:44:48.946+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Kingdom of Cambodia</title><content type='html'>we are in cambodia and loving it! other than the heat humidity. we got here yesterday, june 14th in the afternoon, not without our fair share of arguing and bickering with taxi drivers. we started in Bangkok at 5am, took the 3rd class train to the border(1 dollar for the 6 hour trip!). i was able to get a little bit of sleep some how...the night before sandie and i tried to save money by sleeping in a un-air conditioned dorm room in a hostel and discovered that it was not possible for us to sleep. it was over 90 degrees. i had the lovely luck of a bunk over the toilet with a fan between the two rooms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on arrival, we met a couple traveling and decided to share a cab to our destination, Siem Reap 150km's way. We had a small crowd following us, wanting to take us to the destination, but had read in the guide book about various scams. buses that took travelers all night, then arriving in some back alley...this sounded horrible naturally so i was extra sensitive...i did not want to get scammed. finally after walking in the heat away from the border we found some guy that seemed like he may actually take us to where we wanted to go...and also for around what we wanted to pay. less than an hour into the trip our driver pulled over and said we had to switch cars and drivers to complete our journey...i started imagining driving for hours and ending up where we started. So our new driving immediately diviated from our road and started going down some little dirt road where i ...lost it. he spoke no english. so i started opening my door with the idea he would stop...no he didnt stop...so i continue to yell ...not knowing ANY thai or khmer...he doesnt konw english... so i started slapping his arm ...stop! stop! stop!....he made a phone call to his friend and then ...well we ended up on the correct road.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we found a decent AIR CONDITIONED hostel and showered and went for a walk in search of ATM~! they dont work here. we then exchanged money...apparently the guy that we shared a taxi with told us that they use US dollars here...and my friends and family know...I DONT LISTEN. so i exchanged cash for the local currency...$1 = 4000riels. So i know what it feels like to be a rich mafia guy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today we walked and walked and walked around Angor wat, Bayon. Really amazing temples. i have to say, the most interesting historical site i have seen yet. we also saw monkeys, and oddly a random crab (bizarre)...and lots of dogs and puppies. i was keeping my eyes open for elephants but none to be seen. they are busy hauling tourists around.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next up is massages from the blind (there is a school for the blind that are trained in massage therapy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;soon will buy air tickets for Laos (leave on saturday i think) then bus over to vietnam...and take a train to china!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-115036980672121559?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/115036980672121559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=115036980672121559' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115036980672121559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/115036980672121559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/06/kingdom-of-cambodia.html' title='Kingdom of Cambodia'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26179934.post-114947235824413196</id><published>2006-06-05T03:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-06-05T03:52:38.253+02:00</updated><title type='text'>still in kazakhstan</title><content type='html'>Hello-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm in Kazakhstan still. I am getting ready to go! Wednesday- i will be leaving "the kazakhstan" and arriving in delhi at 4am!!! whoot whoot!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26179934-114947235824413196?l=travelpalooza.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/feeds/114947235824413196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26179934&amp;postID=114947235824413196' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/114947235824413196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26179934/posts/default/114947235824413196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://travelpalooza.blogspot.com/2006/06/still-in-kazakhstan.html' title='still in kazakhstan'/><author><name>ottendesign.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944444570841662235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.ottendesign.com/454535.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
