Category: Meanderings Abroad
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Sri Lanka: Day 3/Night 4
Our schedule was a bit lighter for this day, so we started a little later for our trip up the mountains to Nuwara Eliya. We started with finishing our visit in Kandy by heading to the Holy Tooth Temple located near/on the palace grounds of the last Singhalese king. It also happened to be a…
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Sri Lanka: Day 2/Night 3
Having rested up, we were out early to beat the Colombo morning rush-hour traffic to make our way towards Kandy. We drove for about three hours straight passing lots of green views of the land until we got to the Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage. The elephants were so cute and I could have watched them play…
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Sri Lanka: Day 1/Night 2
Despite our tired state and plans to eat breakfast, then nap before our city tour, C and I ended up chatting in the restaurant for a few hours and never got our naps…. Unfortunately, that meant that when Anton took us on the city tour of Colombo, we missed much of it being so sleepy…
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Sri Lanka: Night 1
A friend from work and I decided to try out traveling together as we’re both semi-single women who like to travel, but aren’t always comfortable traveling on our own. So, we decided to take our first trip together for a few days at the end of term and before she had to begin summer school…
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Jordan: Day 4 (Night 5)
Truly, four days/five nights is enough to see the best of Jordan. If you want to camp in Wadi Rum or see more of Petra, then adding a few days would be okay, but in general as a tour-guided tourist, I was happy with the amount of time exploring this country. The last day took…
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Jordan: Day 3 (Night 4)
[simage=1555,200,n,center,] [simage=1557,200,n,center,] [simage=1567,200,n,center,] The previous night held entertainment at the Wadi Rum camping grounds with traditional dancing and music. It wasn’t quite like camping as I know it, but it was fairly comfortable despite a few mozzies ruining my sleep…. In the morning, we were up and off to see the sand dunes and rock…
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Jordan: Day 2 (Night 3)
We got up early the next morning to make our way to the ruins of Petra before the heat fully set in. However, being flexible with time is something to be learned when traveling in this part of the world. So, when our tour guide finally arrived, it was already warming up! On the positive…
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Jordan: Day 1 (Night 2)
Somehow I managed to get as much sleep as is possible in a strange hotel room. Though I did leave the TV on for much of the night to comfort me – not much of a comfort still…. Breakfast, like dinner, is included in the hotel fare so I went down for a very meager…
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Jordan: Arrival (Night 1)
First, calling the taxi service through the Al Ghazal (Trans AD) system was one of the most responsive services I’ve ever encountered in this city. Within five minutes of me calling to reserve a cab to take me to the airport, I was in the taxi on my way! Abu Dhabi International Airport is one…
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Jordan: Pre-departure
Well, it’s been a year already since I took my first solo trip. Last year, I was pretty excited about my trip to Egypt, but this year I feel a bit differently about my heading to Jordan. Initially, I didn’t really want to do this trip alone as I sorta learned my lesson from traveling…
