Archive for May, 2009

  • Somewhere Over The Rainbow :: Holi4May 26, 2009

    Somewhere Over The Rainbow :: Holi

    Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India, Nepal,Bangladesh, and countries with large Hindu diaspora such as Suriname, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad, the UK, Mauritius and Fiji. In West Bengal of India and Bangladesh it is known as Dolyatra (Doul Jatra) or Basanta-Utsab (“spring festival”). The most [...]

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  • Watch out Yokozuma!1May 22, 2009

    Watch out Yokozuma!

    In addition to sight seeing, we can learn so much about customs and traditions by merely watching a country’s national sport.  Terry and I love to watch any sport wherever we are and are trying to attend as many events as we can while we are travelling. There are six professional Grand Sumo tournaments in Japan [...]

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  • World Cup Denial, Let’s Try Again5May 18, 2009

    World Cup Denial, Let’s Try Again

    We just received notice, “Further to your application for 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Tickets. We regret to inform you that your application was unsuccessful”. Per their website, we did receive the acknowledgement in approximately 10 business days. In the face of such a rude denial, we still have only exhausted 1 of [...]

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  • New Friends: Aaron & Georgie2May 17, 2009

    New Friends: Aaron & Georgie

    One of the drawbacks for taking off for a year or more is leaving behind friends and family. Depending on the type of person you are, and how you grew up, this may or may not be distressing for oneself. Fear not though my friends, for on any given travel path there lies a multitide of [...]

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  • Its Bath Time: Songkran2May 16, 2009

    Its Bath Time: Songkran

    Songrkan (Thai New Year) is celebrated every year from April 13 to April 15. It coincides with the New Year of many calendars of South and Southeast Asia. The most obvious celebration of Songkran is the throwing of water. People roam the streets with containers of water or water guns, or post themselves at the [...]

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  • Cultural Goose Bumps :: Fête Des Lumières2May 15, 2009

    Cultural Goose Bumps :: Fête Des Lumières

    The Fête Des Lumières (festival of lights) in Lyon, France expresses gratitude toward Mary, mother of Jesus on December 8 of each year. This uniquely Lyonnaise tradition dictates that every house place candles along the outsides of all the windows to produce a spectacular effect throughout the streets. The festival, which includes other activities based [...]

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  • Using Google Maps For Travel Planning2May 15, 2009

    Using Google Maps For Travel Planning

    Manali just called me from the Airport to come pick her up, after dropping her off about two and a half hours ago. Apparently they overbooked her flight. Although disappointed by her delayed departure, she is as merry as can be expected with a $7 meal voucher in hand, and a $400 airline credit. Heck, [...]

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  • World Cup Capstone0May 8, 2009

    World Cup Capstone

    The highly anticipated capstone to our around the world adventure will be the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The tournament runs from June 11 to July 11 with dozens of matches. There will be several ticketing phases, the first already complete and second now in progress, each with unique ticket distribution rules. We decided [...]

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