Tubing and Drinking (buckets) in Vang Vieng — Vang Vieng, Viangchan, Lao Peoples Dem Rep
Jump to the full entry & travel map Vang Vieng, Viangchan, Lao Peoples Dem Rep Basically Vang Vieng is set up for the sole purpose of getting incredibly drunk on “buckets” – which are exactly what they say on the tin namely buckets of cocktail (usually whisky and mixer) – and tubing which entails floating down the river on a large inner tube whilst stopping off at all the bars for beer and free shots along the way. The bars all have some sort of rope swing or waterslide which was entertaining and rather dangerous.
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Tubing and Drinking (buckets) in Vang Vieng — Vang Vieng, Viangchan, Lao Peoples Dem Rep
Jump to the full entry & travel map Phu Yen, Vietnam I would never have guessed that but it proves that in Australia the “water situation” is way worse than what we have in Israel. They also don’t have rains lately and the water is being controlled. For example it’s a shame to say that you’ve spend more than 2 minutes in a bathtube.
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Jeep to Sapa and back, Day 2 — Phu Yen, Vietnam
Jump to the full entry & travel map Athens, Greece One of the pleasures of this trip was the chance to catch up with ok’d friends, Susan and Dmitri. We had a fantastic dinner late into the night at The Hotel Grande Bretagne. The view to the acropolis from the open air terrace was stunning (though nat as good as our room at the Astor).
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Night out — Athens, Greece
Jump to the full entry & travel map Luang Prabang, Louangphabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep stayed here for a while – explored the city and went to really beautiful waterfalls (see pics on facebook). by the end of our stay our group had expanded to 10 people comprising the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, USA and Spain. lots of drinking…
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Luang Prabang — Luang Prabang, Louangphabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep
Jump to the full entry & travel map South Luangwa National Park, Zambia 18/5/10 After some lovely days relaxing it was time to start the second part of our tour. With only 9 of us now instead of 16 it did feel a bit empty on the truck. I was also down my tent buddy Karen who had gone back to the UK and was now left with my own tent.
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Benji – The Driving Diaries. — South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Jump to the full entry & travel map Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia My first job in Australia was picking raspberries on a farm in Stanthorpe, which is a small town in South Queensland, where in winter (now) there is a possibility of snow!!! I arrived on Tuesday night and put in a room with 3 other girls, Grace, Jenna and Amy. Then i was introduced to the other 6 people on the farm, 2 were in their camper van (Simon and Katherine, who were sacked because the farmer’s wife didn’t like them) and the other 4 (Paul, Leigh-Anne, Una and AJ) were sleeping on an old clapped out bus which was also our kitchen! I was warned about how strict the farmer and his wife were about people picking fast enough, and as it was piece work at $1 a punnet you had to pick fast to earn any money. My first day was OK and we worked the full day, from then it went down hill.
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Berry Funny Farm — Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia
Jump to the full entry & travel map Florence, Tuscany, Italy May 29th I arrived in Florence the in the evening and since I hadn’t done a real load of laundry since Paris, that was the first thing on my mind. I did that, hung out with some people, and went to sleep in my 18 person room.
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Risktaking in Tuscany — Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Jump to the full entry & travel map Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 26/5/10 – Tanzania Well it was time to leave Malawi and make our way to Tanzania. It was a very auspicious start with us going along the road works in pouring rain and we had a whole bunch of other vehicles to get pet past, but the locals were telling us to go ahead, when all of a sudden out truck got stuck in the mud right by another big truck. Things weren’t looking good and I wondered how we were going to get out of this one
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Benji: The Driving Diaries Part Deux. — Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Jump to the full entry & travel map Luang Prabang, Louangphabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep left earlier, around 9.30 ish for day 2 of the boat ride. the atmosphere was a little more subdued due to hangovers. the journey itself was more entertaining that the previous day (scenery still the same and very spectacular) as we stopped numerous time to pick up people, animals (lizards, things that looked like beavers, fish…) and empty crates of beer
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Day 2 of boat ride — Luang Prabang, Louangphabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep
Jump to the full entry & travel map Chiang Rai, Thailand This morning we travelled north again to a town called Chiang Rai where we went to the Hill tribe museum run by the PDA (Population and community Development Association). At the museum we were shown a video of what to expect from the next three days of trekking and also told us about the hill tribe people and their cultures and also what we should and shouldn’t do while there, for example, me and women (including married couples) do not sleep in the same rooms
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Hill tribe museum and 1st night home stay — Chiang Rai, Thailand
Jump to the full entry & travel map Athens, Greece Fantastic breakfast at the hotel — up on the 10th floor with a view to the acropolis. The we all had a wander through the Plaka to the base of the acropolis. A short bus tour let everyone get their bearings and gave us a better idea how things connected to one another
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Lovely day of wandering — Athens, Greece
Karen from Dear My Kids and Dear My Kids Easywear is giving away four of her patterns on From an Igloo. (One pattern each to four winners.) As the mama of a school-aged girl, I’m thrilled that she now has bigger sizes available. Go to From an Igloo to get the details and enter the giveaway . Deadline is Saturday, June 5th, 2010 at…
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Giveaway: Dear My Kids pattern
Vanessa from Crafty Gemini shares a free video tutorial walking you through the steps to create a pillowcase dress. This is a simple dress, easy for beginning sewists. She also sells a print version of the tutorial along with a pattern for $3.00 US. Go to the free video .
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Video tutorial: How to make a pillowcase dress
Working on a story about the effort sparked by David Liss and Gregory Burke to bring a bonafide Toronto Biennial to fruition , I took the opportunity to drive down to Buffalo to visit the Albright Knox , which, it so happens, is the force beyond Western New York's own biennial event, ” Beyond/In WNY ,” which opens in September. It's comprised of about 30% Toronto artists, but nevermind that for the moment; part and parcel of my meeting with the Albright's director Louis Grachos and Hallwalls director John Massier was a lovely tour of the Albright
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Favourites: The Albright Knox
Do check out this new blog by the very prolific artist, Kagan Mcleod , focusing on his favourite musicians (above = Freestyle Fellowship). Says Kagan, This is just a random collection of fan art, mostly done in the hour before I go to bed, for fun. My tastes are pretty wide so I hope there will be something for everyone — I’d say my favourites are almost everything ’50s, ’60s and early-’70s, along with ’80s and ’90s rap and R & B, and a scant helping of more recent stuff
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Music-themed ink drawings by Kagan Mcleod
Illustration: Chinese Ornament from Owen Jones The Grammar of Ornament 1856 Although Owen Jones was to publish a volume entirely dedicated to Chinese ornament in 1867, The Grammar of Chinese Ornament , he had included only a slim chapter on the subject in his 1856 volume The Grammar of Ornament . The earlier chapter was a much smaller affair than the 1867 book, but was also relatively small compared to some of the other chapters in the book. Only four colour plates were included along with one page of text.
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Owen Jones and Chinese Ornament
All good things come to an end, and today, one of the best in recent memory wraps up at the end of the day when Marina Abromovich takes her leave of her months-long performance piece, ” The Artist Is Present,” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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The artist will leave the building, finally: Marina Abromovich wraps up at MoMA
Tif from T. Matthews Fine Art shares a tutorial on her blog for making this 3-D fabric flower wall art piece. What a fun way to add a splash of color to your walls! Get the how-to .
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Tutorial: 3-D fabric flower wall art
Nikki from Lilybug Designs made this girlie-girl bed canopy for her daughter’s room in reponse to her daughter’s declaration that her room was not “fancy enough.” With the pink tulle and the feathers, I bet she doesn’t say that now! Is your own daughter’s room not “fancy enough”? Nikki gives the how-to so you can make your own. Go to the…
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Tutorial: Fancy tulle bed canopy for a girlie-girl room
Ellie from Bustle and Sew shares a free pattern on her blog for the cute little Scottie dog that she used to applique the cover of this throw pillow. What an absolutely sweet design! Read more about her project and get the free pattern .
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Free pattern: Scottie dog appliqued throw pillow