Travel Journal Entries from Bill's Blog

I love to travel.
During most of 2002 and 2003, I roved the earth.
My travel journals are compendium of my email sent to Betty and our children.

Click the links on the left for my
  2002 jouney to Central and South America, and my
  2003 jouney around the world.

After 2003 all the my travel stories are in my BLOG.
Direct links to BLOG entries and slide shows follow:


 
 
 
  2004 - Driving Through Mexico

    And so the Adventure Begins    February 20, 2004     Slideshow
    Guadalajara to Morelia    February 23, 2004     Slideshow
    More on Morelia    February 25, 2004     Slideshow
    Guanajuato    February 28, 2004     Slideshow
    From Guanajuato to San Miguel de Allende    March 2, 2004     Slideshow
    SM to Tequisquiapan    March 3, 2004     Slideshow
    Return to Curernavaca    March 7, 2004     Slideshow
    Cuernavaca, Two Slow Days    March 10, 2004
    Cuernavaca, the Countryside    March 12, 2004     Slideshow
    Mexico City    March 14, 2004     Slideshow
    Puebla    March 16, 2004     Slideshow
    Tlaxcala    March 17, 2004     Slideshow
    Jalapa    March 19, 2004     Slideshow
    The State of Veracruz    March 21, 2004     Slideshow
    On to Oaxaca    March 23, 2004     Slideshow
    Puerto Escondido: Falling Through the Looking Glass    March 25, 2004     Slideshow
    Chilpanzigo and Return to Curnavaca    March 28, 2004     Slideshow
    Hasta Luego Mi México    April 10, 2004

 
 
 

2004 - Three Months in Eastern Europe

    Prague    June 13, 2004     Slideshow
    Ceské Budejovice and Ceské Krumlov    June 18, 2004     Slideshow
    Off with a car    June 20, 2004     Slideshow
    The Czech Countryside    June 23, 2004     Slideshow
    Brno and Olomouc, the Second Cities    June 27, 2004     Slideshow
    A Day in Kraków    June 29, 2004     Slideshow
    Slovakian Disappointment    July 1, 2004     Slideshow
    Tokaj and the Joy of Hungary    July 4, 2004     Slideshow
    Bull’s Blood    July 6, 2004     Slideshow
    Car trouble on the Danube    July 11, 2004     Slideshow
    On to Transylvania    July 15, 2004     Slideshow
    Wine and the Black Sea    July 18, 2004     Slideshow
    Bulgaria and the Black Sea    July 22, 2004     Slideshow
    Istanbul and Edirne    July 26, 2004     Slideshow
    Sofia and Western Bulgaria    July 30, 2004     Slideshow
    Bulgarian Horror: Bulgarian Border Crossing    July 31, 2004
    Timisoara and Western Romania    August 3, 2004     Slideshow
    Again in Wonderful Hungary    August 8, 2004     Slideshow
    Around the Neusiedler See    August 13, 2004     Slideshow
    Bratislava, a Beautiful Pleasant Old City    August 17, 2004     Slideshow
    From Southern Moravia to Bohemia    August 21, 2004     Slideshow
    Karlovy Vary    August 25, 2004     Slideshow
    Dresden    August 30, 2004     Slideshow
    Wuppertal    September 6, 2004     Slideshow
    Eastern Europe, It's a Wrap    September 14, 2004

 
 
 

2005 - A Year of Living in Argentina

    Return Buenos Aires    November 22, 2004
    Mi Casa    December 5, 2004
    Getting Around BA and Argentina    December 9, 2004
    Christmas in Tango-Land    December 25, 2004     Slideshow
    New Year’s Eve in Neco...    January 21, 2005     Slideshow
    Patagonia    February 5, 2005     Slideshow
    The Simonsen’s Visit    February 14, 2005     Slideshow
    Two Days in Uruguay    February 21, 2005     Slideshow
    Visitors Aplenty    March 21, 2005     Slideshow
    It's a Party    April 8, 2005     Slideshow
    More Fun    April 19, 2005     Slideshow
    Steve's Last Week    April 30, 2005     Slideshow
    On the Road    May 25, 2005     Slideshow
    Luke Rader    May 31, 2005
    Neighbors    June 28, 2005     Slideshow
    58 and Still Going Strong    July 5, 2005     Slideshow
    Venezuelan Photos    July 31, 2005     Slideshow
    Costume Party    August 9, 2005     Slideshow
    Birgitta and Betty    August 31, 2005     Slideshow
    Mendoza and Cordoba    September 16, 2005     Slideshow
    Dain and Marleta    October 3, 2005     Slideshow
    Steve Sundstrom in Buenos Aires    October 17, 2005     Slideshow
    Winding Down with the Canadians    November 8, 2005     Slideshow
    Back to the USA    November 15, 2005     Slideshow

 
 
 

2006 - The U.S. West Coast and Mexico

    A Wedding in Portland     January 11, 2006     Slideshow
    Down the Pacific Coast     January 30, 2006     Slideshow
    Aunt Tiny, Elton John and Jerry Miller    February 5, 2006     Slideshow
    Sonora and the Sierra Madres    February 13, 2006     Slideshow
    To the Central Highlands     February 22, 2006     Slideshow
    Morelia and Coming to Cuernavaca    March 3, 2006     Slideshow
    Doing Nothing     March 24, 2006     Slideshow
    Oaxaca and More     April 8, 2006     Slideshow
    The Beautiful State of Veracruz    April 17, 2006     Slideshow
    The Long Drive     April 23, 2006     Slideshow

 
 
 

2006 and 2007 - Six Months in Asia:
    Traveling from China to Singapore

    Week One - Beijing    October 31, 2006     Slideshow
    Xi'an and the Warriors    November 2, 2006     Slideshow
    Pandas in Chengdu    November 7, 2006     Slideshow
    On the Yangzi    November 13, 2006     Slideshow
    Wuhan and Hefei    November 16, 2006     Slideshow
    Nanjing and Suzhou    Noveber 21, 2006     Slideshow
    Hairy Crabs in Shanghai    Noveber 25, 2006     Slideshow
    From Hangzhou to Xiamen    December 1, 2006     Slideshow
    Shenzhen and Guangzhou    December 7, 2006     Slideshow
    Farewell to China    December 10, 2006     Slideshow
    Merry Christmas from Ha Noi - the Motorbike City    December 24, 2006
    Last Days in Hanoi     January 7, 2007     Slideshow
    Central Vietnam and the Beach    January 25, 2007     Slideshow
    Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta    January 19, 2007     Slideshow
    Cambodia, the Angkor Kingdom    January 31, 2007     Slideshow
    Bangkok and Kanchanaburi    February 6, 2007     Slideshow
    Chiang Mai    February 16, 2007     Slideshow
    Chiang Mai Two    February 27, 2007     Slideshow
    Nine Days in Laos    March 9, 2007     Slideshow
    Ko Phangan: Paradise Lost?    March 16, 2007     Slideshow
    The Deep South of Thailand    March 22, 2007     Slideshow
    Northeast Coast of Malaysia    March 31, 2007     Slideshow
    Kuala Lumpur, a Modern Metropolis    April 8, 2007     Slideshow
    Melaka, a City of Old    April 14, 2007     Slideshow
    Singapore - Hot, Humid and Clean    April 16, 2007     Slideshow

 
 
 

2007 - Flying Around North America

    O Canada    September 22, 2007     Slideshow
    Canadian Cousins    September 26, 2007     Slideshow
    My Portland Nephews    October 01, 2007     Slideshow
    Southern California     October 10, 2007     Slideshow
    Mississippi Gulf Coast     October 29, 2007     Slideshow
    Stairway in Greensboro     November 20, 2007

 
 
 

2008 - Traveling on the East Coast

    Charlotte    January 07, 2008     Slideshow
    Savannah    January 10, 2008     Slideshow
    Charleston: Historic Center of the Old South    January 14, 2008     Slideshow
    On to Greensboro     January 28, 2008     Slideshow
    Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Washington, DC     February 14, 2008     Slideshow
    February in Mississippi     February 26, 2008    
    Eating Our Way across the Delta     March 10, 2008     Slideshow
    North Padre Island     March 14, 2008     Slideshow
    One Month in Ocean Springs     April 13, 2008     Slideshow
    From the Panhandle to DC and More     June 02, 2008     Florida Slideshow
        Outer Banks     Slideshow
        DC Again     Slideshow

 
 
 

2008 - A Month in Guatemala

    Under the Volcano    October 23, 2008    
    Study with No Eruptions    October 31, 2008     Slideshow
    The Mayan Kingdom in Tikal    November 07, 2008     Slideshow
    Around Guatemala City    November 20, 2008     Slideshow

 
 
 

2009 - Back in South America

    From Buenos Aires to Talagante    February 16, 2009     Slideshow
    Viña del Mar and Valparaiso    February 19, 2009     Slideshow
    Concepcion and Wonderful Valdivia    February 25, 2009     Slideshow
    Puerto Varas    March 07, 2009     Slideshow
    La Grande Isla de Chiloé    March 07, 2009     Slideshow
    Leaving Chile    March 11, 2009     Slideshow
    The Perito Moreno Glacier    March 14, 2009     Slideshow
    Settling Down in Buenos Aires    March 25, 2009     Slideshow
    The Tango: Music and Lessons     April 04, 2009     Slideshow
    Changes in Buenos Aires    April 21, 2009     Slideshow
    Nineteen More Days    April 30, 2009    
    Friends and La Boca    May 09, 2009    
    Fire and Rain and Two More Nights    May 17, 2009    
    Our Last Three Days in Buenos Aires    May 22, 2009     Slideshow

 
 
 

2009 - Heading Out West

    Driving Out West     October 15, 2009     Slideshow
    Twelve Days in Palo Alto    October 28, 2009     Slideshow
    Visiting in Oregon and Washington    November 10, 2009     Slideshow

 
 
 

2010 - Journey to Merida

    The Trek South     January 26, 2010     Slideshow
    San Cristobal de las Casas    January 30, 2010     Slideshow
    In a Mexican Limbo, Miles from Nowhere    February 04, 2010     Slideshow
    From Zapata to Merida    February 09, 2010     Slideshow
    Carnival in Merida    February 20, 2010     Slideshow
    A Little More of Merida    March 06, 2010     Slideshow
    Merida in March    April 02, 2010     Slideshow
    Our Last Days in Merida    April 20, 2010     Slideshow
    Moving North for Ten Days    May 02, 2010     Slideshow

 
 
 

2010 - Autum in Europe

    A Week in Sweden     September 14, 2010     Slideshow
    With Kurt and Ulla in Denmark    September 21, 2010     Slideshow
    From Bielefeld to Brugge    September 27, 2010     Slideshow
    The Dordogne in Aquitaine, France    October 03, 2010     Slideshow
    Northern Spain    October 15, 2010     Slideshow
    Cruising Through Portugal    October 27, 2010     Slideshow
    Andalucia    November 01, 2010     Slideshow
    Barcelona    November 08, 2010     Slideshow
    More than Provence    November 17, 2010     Slideshow
    Twelve Days in England    November 26, 2010     Slideshow
    Our Last Days in Europe    December 06, 2010     Slideshow

 
 
 

2011 - Winter in Corpus Christi

    Off to Texas     February 06, 2011     Slideshow
    A Few Photos on North Padre Island     March 22, 2011     Slideshow
    Lucy and Jo Visiting Gran and Papa     April 18, 2011     Slideshow

 
 
 

2011 - Nova Scotia and New England

    The Beginning of a Fall Journey     October 06, 2011     Slideshow
    Nova Scotia     October 16, 2011     Slideshow
    Maine, Boston and Long Island     November 26, 2011     Slideshow

 
 
 

2012 - The Great Southwest

    Leaving Winter Behind     January 23, 2012     Slideshow
    Southern California     March 01, 2012     Slideshow
    March in Vista     April 03, 2012     Slideshow

 
 
 

2012 - Florida

    A Wedding in Jacksonville     September 30, 2012     Slideshow
    Panama City Beach     November 01, 2012     Slideshow

 
 
 

2013 - Colombia

    To Santa Marta, Colombia     January 21, 2013     Slideshow
    Moving to the Center of Santa Marta     February 15, 2013     Slideshow
    Päivi and Santeri     March 01, 2013     Slideshow
    Winding Down     March 14, 2013     Slideshow
    Cartagena     March 19, 2013     Slideshow

 
 
 

2013 - Florida

    Journey to Palm Bay     September 29, 2013     Slideshow
    Our Days in Palm Bay     November 21, 2013     Slideshow

 
 
 

2014 - On to Mexico

    Salt Lake to Tucson     February 04, 2014     Slideshow
    Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo     February 04, 2014     Slideshow
    Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo     February 19, 2014     Slideshow
    A Second Week in Ixtapa     February 27, 2014     Slideshow
    Cuernavaca     March 22, 2014     Slideshow
    April in Cuernavaca     April 30, 2014     Slideshow

 
 
 

2015 - Sun City, Arizona

    Our Winter in Sun City     May 02, 2015

 
 
 

2016 - Croatia, Slovenia and Italy

    Dubrovnik     September 10, 2016     Slideshow
    Korcula     September 14, 2016     Slideshow
    Split, Croatia     September 19, 2016     Slideshow
    Plitvice Lakes National Park     September 21, 2016     Slideshow
    Zagreb     September 30, 2016     Slideshow
    Ljubljana     October 07, 2016     Slideshow
    Trieste, Italy     October 12, 2016     Slideshow
    Venice     October 17, 2016     Slideshow
    Verona     October 22, 2016     Slideshow
    Ravenna     October 22, 2016     Slideshow
    Bologna     October 22, 2016     Slideshow