North America & Hawaii

heinäkuuta - elokuuta 2023

North America:
Boston
Vancouver
Washington State
Oregon
Hawaii Lue lisää

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Matkaaja North America & Hawaii
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- 10.7.2023
- 🌧 21 °C
- Korkeus: 18 m
- Yhdysvallat Massachusetts Suffolk County Chinatown/Leather District Phillips Square 42.35126, -71.0634942°21’5” N 71°3’49” W
Päivä 2
Boston
10. heinäkuuta 2023, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
Unexpected start to the 5 month trip with a cancelled flight leaving me stranded in Boston for 24 hours... luckily, I'd had 3 glasses of wine on the plane over so was up for an impromptu adventure!
Quick search and booked into a hostel... and thankfull I packed my rain coat!
Boston was pretty good really!Lue lisää
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- 11.7.2023
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Korkeus: 44 m
- Kanada British Columbia West End Stanley Park 49.30259, -123.14456549°18’9” N 123°8’40” W
Päivä 3
Vancouver
11. heinäkuuta 2023, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Finally made it to Vancouver and met up with the awesome Cristina... One less day than expected, so got up early and made the most of it! Approx 15 miles walked in new sandles courtesy of work colleagues (thanks guys, perfect gift!)
Only really got the opportunity to see Stanley Park and the Harbour but loved it... must go back.
Also on my early morning walk an owl flew right across my path and settled in a tree... can you spot it in the pictures?!Lue lisää
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- 12.7.2023
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Korkeus: 57 m
- Yhdysvallat Washington King County Belltown Chihuly Garden and Glass 47.620548, -122.34973347°37’14” N 122°20’59” W
Päivä 4
Seattle
12. heinäkuuta 2023, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
After an Amtrak ride between Vancouver and Seattle (and a very good night's sleep in a bonkers high-tech modern hotel) time to explore again!
Loved Pike Place Market, people throwing fish and of course the chewing gum wall (don't think Cristina was as enthusiastic about it as I was though judging by her face - even though she suggested it! Haha!)
The flight over Washington was also cool on Pier 57 but obvs couldn't get a pic of that... but I did get to go on the carousel which I always enjoy 😁
Also went to Chihuly Garden and Glass which was AMAZING and finished the day off up the space needle for sunset... was fab!Lue lisää
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- 13.7.2023
- ☀️ 13 °C
- Korkeus: 4 258 m
- Yhdysvallat Washington Pierce County Columbia Crest 46.856195, -121.7598546°51’22” N 121°45’35” W
Päivä 5
Mt Rainier & Mt St Helens
13. heinäkuuta 2023, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Hired a car from Seattle to start our road trip to Corvallis via Mt Rainier, Mt St Helens and Route 101 coastal path... here's a few from the mountains / volcanos... lots of mahmoots... and mozzies 😶
Also saw a few bald eagles but didn't get any pics as I was designated driver.Lue lisää
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- 15.7.2023
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Korkeus: 44 m
- Yhdysvallat Oregon Lincoln County Newport Nye Beach 44.649231, -124.05676244°38’57” N 124°3’24” W
Päivä 7
Coastal path - Route 101
15. heinäkuuta 2023, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Run through the coastal path and beautiful stop off points... honestly they were stunning!
- Seaside (very foggy and had to walk about half a mile off shore to find the sea!)
- Cannon Beach (film location of the goonies and point break! 😁)
- Neahkhnie View point (I hope I spelt that right!)
- Original Pronto Pup (where the corn dog was first 'invented'... my opinion, very strange not sure if I'll have another one, the corn was very sweet!)
- Three Grace's
- Tillamook Creamery (awsome ice cream, huge portions!)
- Neskowin Beach (just beautiful!)
- Newport - very nice, spent my last day in Oregon there as well 😆Lue lisää
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- 17.7.2023
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Korkeus: 68 m
- Yhdysvallat Oregon Benton County Corvallis Kermit E Roth City Park 44.569284, -123.25505944°34’9” N 123°15’18” W
Päivä 9
Portland and Corvallis
17. heinäkuuta 2023, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
So this is a one week round up of the first week in Corvallis which included a trip to Portland 😁
About a 2 hour bus ride from Corvallis, Portland was pretty cool to see (although the bus/train station is in a pretty dodgy location!) We went to Washington Park for a meander and a general gander around town on the west side before we ventured over to the east. I preferred the east, was a nice residential area where Cristina used to live, there was some fab street art and food trucks for a late lunch 🙂
We also visited the highest point in Corvallis - Mary's Peak where we saw a friendly woodpecker and heard an ominous noise we didn't know what... so did the sensible thing and turned around in case it was some large human eating mamal 🤣 🐆🐾
Also visited one of the 79 winerys in the area which i got very excited about 🍷🍷🍷, went tubing down Willamette River (Cristina got stuck waaaay far back, you may see an orange dot in one of the pics, that is her! was fun trying to coordinate ourselves against the flow... we did see an otter as well 🦦)
We also went to see the Barbie movie in a cute little cinema in downtown Corvallis!Lue lisää
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- 24.7.2023
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Korkeus: 167 m
- Yhdysvallat Oregon City of Corvallis 44.60563, -123.29586144°36’20” N 123°17’45” W
Päivä 16
Corvallis Week 2
24. heinäkuuta 2023, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
24th-28th Cristina was at work so I was left to my own devices! I finished a book I was reading which was good and left it in one of the lil makeshift community book swaps around the neighbourhood...
I took advantage of the Swimming pool around the corner from Cristinas house (it sold wine by the pool 😍)
I explored her local neighbourhood which also included a great walk which we did together, as well as wild turkeys and deer just wandering the streets!
There was lots of doggo time (ball is life!), wandering to downtown (mini pub crawl and ice cream cookie sandwich). I also joined Cristina's mum at work for a bit of volunteering teaching English as a foreign language (I completed a TEFL course about 10 years ago and always thought about doing more of this!)
Had to obviously visit another winery where I met some lovely people including Ruth and Lilli (in pic) and two other ladies who had 'escaped their husbands' for the afternoon who gave me a lift back to Corvallis when my uber didn't work (sometimes getting in the car with strangers works out OK! 🤣)
Byeeee Oregon and Cristina... until next time!Lue lisää
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- 29.7.2023
- Korkeus: 13 m
- Yhdysvallat Hawaii Honolulu County Kapahulu Royal-Moana Beach 21.274949, -157.82521721°16’30” N 157°49’31” W
Päivä 21
Hawaii - O'ahu
29. heinäkuuta 2023, Yhdysvallat
So mum came to visit Hawaii for 2 weeks so am very limited as to pictures I can post as she does not want to be online in any way shape or form... so this post is going to be a combination of Waikiki beach on days between 29th July and 17th August! Enjoy!Lue lisää
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- 31.7.2023
- ☁️ 28 °C
- Korkeus: Merenkorkeus
- Yhdysvallat Hawaii Honolulu County Kalauao Mokuiki 21.366566, -157.94573521°21’60” N 157°56’45” W
Päivä 23
Pearl Harbour
31. heinäkuuta 2023, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
This is a must for me. Lest we forget. (Also sparked by my interest in International Relations/Politics and history)
Was very sombre but very well done memorial.
The memorial is above the sunken remains of the Arizona battleship which had the most fatalities - the majority of which are on the ship...
It is so hard to think of such a tragic event happening in a spot of such idyllic beauty, peace and quiet...Lue lisää
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- 3.8.2023
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Korkeus: 18 m
- Yhdysvallat Hawaii Honolulu County Kawailoa Beach Lauhulu 21.617407, -158.08739921°37’3” N 158°5’15” W
Päivä 26
Car trip - O'ahu
3. elokuuta 2023, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Covering a lot of what is stared on the map pic, mum and I hired a car (designated driver again!) and visited the following:
- Dole Pineapple Plantation (beautiful gardens and great cafe and shops!)
- Laniakea Beach - much quieter beach than Waikiki and so many sea turtles... this one came up on the beach to say hi!!! Great spot for a snorkel as well 😁
- Waimea Valley and falls - nice easy walk 🙂
-North Shore
- Coastal Drive
- Kaipapa'U Beach (beautiful very very quiet!)
- Kahana Beach - stunning views 👌Lue lisää
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