 | DAY 1
2002-07-12, Portland, United States. By: katandjen | | We arrived in Portland around 11:30 A.M. We made our way to our completely furnished apartment in the West End section of the city. Our apartment is cozy, hardwood floors and carpet throughout. Fir... |
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2002-07-06, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | Well Saturday came and it was time to leave Portland and get back to my own slice of reality. Arriving at the airport I got the kick in the mouth that I had to pay ANOTHER $80.00 fee to fly my bike. ... |
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2002-07-05, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | Being in Oregon I couldn't let the opportunity pass, so I took a road trip on Fridayand visited the Pacific Yurts office. Only a 2 hour drive, I get there and walk through the three different yurts ... |
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2002-07-04, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | Thursday's significant event was limited to biking downtown to see the jazz fest. What a great time that was. Three different stages playing music all day and most of the night, vendors selling food... |
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2002-07-03, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | Wednesday was a lay around and do nothing day (so to speak). The only noteworthy events were watching the movie " Monsters Ball" and eating at Tani's sushi. The movie wasn't bad and the sex scene wa... |
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2002-07-02, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | Waking up Tuesday, I took advantage of the complimentary breakfast at Hotel Oregon, then visited the Evergreen Aviation Museum, home of the "Spruce Goose". Lots of aircraft and military history (air ... |
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2002-07-01, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | Monday I watched "Ocean's 11" which was a pretty cool movie. Found out that it was a remake . Later that day I went to the Oregon Hotel in McMinnville, part of the McMenamin's chain. The theme was... |
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2002-06-30, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | Sunday I decided to sleep in a bit and didn't roll out until lunch
time. Nothing special here, but swung back to REI and grabbed that
Kelty backpack I was looking at along with one or two other ite... |
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2002-06-29, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | Saturday had a tad more action than Friday. The weather broke
sometime during the night and I woke to a gorgeous Portland summer
day. Ahhh... So it was onto the MAX and downtown to check out one
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2002-06-28, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | Friday was the first day it rained since I arrived. not too bad
since the northwest has a reputation for always raining. With a
continual down pour all day long, I kept myself indoors, grabbing a
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2002-06-27, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | On Thursday, I wanted to check out some outdoor stores, so I took a
trip to REI to see how this store compares to the others I've seen
(NY, Atlanta, Nashville). Pretty close. I spied a nice backpa... |
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2002-06-26, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | Wednesday's lunch was at "The Third Place off of NE Helsey. A
quaint-ish coffee shop, having tables chairs (even a few comfy ones)
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2002-06-25, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | Tuesday adventures included a trip to the Bike Gallery. This place
rocks! Everything a bike store should be, and with it located in the
heart of downtown Portland, you are amongst tons of sights, s... |
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2002-06-24, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | Monday was a most excellent day. The two noteworthy places visited
were "Old Wive's Tale" and "McMenamin's Edgefield." Using "Portland
cheap eats" and a random letter from the alphabet, Old Wive's... |
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2002-06-23, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | Sunday was laid back and relaxing, sort of a slow introduction into
the northwest scene. The major highlights of the day were:
The World Market is a tasty store, ala Pier One, "only better" to
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2002-06-22, Portland, United States. By: LBToast | | The preparation. Buying the airline tickets was a no-brainer;
logging onto the web I hit , plugged in the info
(dates of arrival and departure; locations, etc.) and got a pretty
good deal on a rou... |
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| It's a go!
2002-07-01, Huntington Beach, United States. By: supafitch | | Well we did it, we purchased our tickets!We ended up including all the countries I listed previously along with Bali,Indonesia. We fly out of Detroit October 3rd at 1pm. We connect in Atlanta, then Lo... |
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| Excitement
2002-06-25, Huntington Beach, United States. By: supafitch | | Pat and I have been talking about a round the world trip for about 6 months now and we finally took the biggest step towards it last week...we told our bosses that we are leaving. It all seems much mo... |
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| Getting Ready To Go...
2001-Month-Day, Minneapolis, United States. By: kraabel | | Last December I went to Thailand on a whim. I didn't have anything else to do and I figured it would be an excellent opportunity to set out and explore the world outside the United States.
I admit... |
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 | Our Trip!
2002-03-29, Sacramento, United States. By: oncearound | | Hello,
Kasey and I are eagerly anticipating the start of our trip! While he is wrapping up living in Japan I am busy collecting the last crucial odds and ends for our journey. We will begin in To... |
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 | Book em Dano.
2001-09-04, San Francisco, United States. By: cpeely | | A slight cough at the back of the room marked the opening of court session 192929, on the 4th of September. The judge
a rather portly lady in black called the first case. I shuffled slightly in my ... |
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| Another day of Corporate Slavery
2001-08-28, San Francisco, United States. By: cpeely | | It's funny that when people hear that you're embarking on a life changing trip they have pretty similar comments. Wow you must be so excited, I wish I had gone, have you got everything together. The... |
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| A whirlwind tour
2001-08-10, New York, United States. By: acaes | | Well they were in New York! Of COURSE they had to see it! And we had only 1 day. We started off by taking the ferry to Staten Island so they could take pictures of the Statue of Liberty. Then we had ... |
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| Day 2 - Orientation
2001-08-09, New York, United States. By: acaes | | We literally had to rip the covers off the kids in 30 hotel romms to get them up for the orientation. They were so exhausted from the day before and we all felt sorry for them but there were things th... |
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| And they're off
2001-08-08, New York, United States. By: acaes | | Escorted 52 teenagers on their flight to begin their exchange year. After having to take attendance on the runway, help 52 kids fill in their customs declarations and get through passport control, I w... |
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