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Glad you made it to my webpages!!! I would love to meet with you On August 11-15 2012! I am organizing a Virtual Tourist Global Meeting in Seattle! Please plan to come!
SAVE AND PREPARE FOR THE VT GLOBAL MEET IN SEATTLE AUGUST 11-15, 2012!!! PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK AND SIGN UP!
As soon as you signed up, please check link here: VTGlobalMeeting. It's a separate account.
BTW, watch my video project called "The Beautiful Washington State".
I was in Vancouver, Canada recently and I absolutely enjoyed the wedding I attended! Will be upating my travels later... Now, I am working on writing reviews on our travel in Isla Cozumel, Mexico. I just finished my Belize, Isla Roatan, Honduras, Cayman Islands and Puerto Rico pages.
I will also try to update my side trips for the past few months to the Silverwood in C'eour De Alane, Idaho; Leavenworth, Snoqualmie Falls, and Soap Lake in Eastern Washington.
I was in Las Vegas, Nevada for four days last August 2011 and toured around my sisters, niece and my brother-in-law who are visiting from Ibaraki, Japan...What a blast we had! We stayed at a villa at the Polo Towers! Last June, I toured with my family in Eastern Washington after I got back from a volunteer work in Puerto Rico. It was the most fulfilling volunteer job I had outside the United States.
In Eastern Washington, we rented an RV and stayed close to Grand Coulee and trekked to the Lenore Caves.
Last December 2010, my family went to the Cayman Islands; Isla Roatan, Honduras; Belize, Isla Cozumel, Mexico, and Miami. In July 2010, my father died and had to go back to the Philippines and after his funeral, I went travelling in the whole island of Luzon, Philippines.
I collect postcards for my VT Room!!!Please send your postcards to:
P.O. Box 1271
Everett, WA 98201
U.S.A.
Yeeey! After a few months, I received a postcard from Spidermiss, Cottonwood and PaolodeCastro
Postcards I received:
1. Holland - Elizabeth - Eden_Teuling = my first postcard sent!!!2. Shanghai- DAO3. Cambodia- DAO4. Vietnam - DAO5. Scotland- scottishvisitor6. Istanbul- Maristanbul7. Switzerland - Barbskie
8. Valencia, Spain -Mahesh Samtani9. Israel -Martin_S10. India -Goutammitra11. U.S. Route 66 - Dee - Deecat12. Illinois State Capitol -Deecat
13. Malibu, California -Travelgourmet14. Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Virginia, U.S.A -Zanzooni15. Virginia -Zanzooni16. Budapest - Laszlo- csordila17. Roswell, Mexico -JumpingNorman
18. Anchorage, Alaska -JumpingNorman - also received a refrigerator magnet!19. Canada - Lori & -LoriPori
Waalewiener
20. Leicestershire -J - Leics21. Florence, Italy - J - Leics22. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada -Freddie1823. Dominican Republic - Mariel - Marielexotaria
24. Christinia (Copenhagen, Denmark) -OH_DK25. Eiffel Tower, Paris -Pedmar
26. Meaux -Pedmar
27. Arc de Triomphe - Pedro - Pedmar28. Chateau de Versailles, France -Pedmar29. Weinheim An Der Bergstrasse-Christine.j30. Key West, Florida -July2
31. Stockholm, Sweden -Hopang32. Brisbane -Marianne233. Amsterdam, Netherlands -Matim34. Amsterdam, Netherlands -Margertvn
Places I have explored: Please click them to go to the site right away*
Here are my detailed travels:
Isla Roatan,Honduras
Belize
Cayman Islands
Puerto Rico
Tokyo, Japan
Philippine Islands
Seattle Washington, USA
Athens, Ohio
Baguio City, Philippines
Vancouver, Canada
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Japan
Ibaraki, Japan
Kyoto City, Japan
Tsukubayama City, Japan
Mito City, Japan Oarai City, Japan
Ushiku City, Japan
Long Beach, California
Astoria, Oregon
Paris, France
Rome, Italy
Please visit my pages on Sedona! and Grand Canyon
So, we had a Family Road Trip and went to Sedona, Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, Seaworld in San Diego (Please watch those short films! I finally uploaded 85 videos!), Phoenix, Arizona and met with some awesome VT members (jumpingnorman, Basaic, ADVENT and daytripper. I also saw jusdenise93). We also visited some parks in Oregon, Utah and the Shasta Lake.
When you have a chance to visit Seattle, please try to do so. Read my Seattle page for my tips.
Visit this small artsy town of La Conner, Washington.
My trips this year 2011: Vancouver, Canada; Puerto Rico (San Juan, Ponce, Humacao, Maricao, etc.), Eastern Washington (visited all the lakes); Las Vegas, Nevada and most of the tourist destination in Seattle, Washington.
My trips last year:
April 4, 2010: Tulips Festival, La Conner, Washington
June 2, 2010: Vancouver, Canada
August 3-September 3 - Travelled in Northern Philippines after attending the funeral of my beloved father.
September 11, 2010 - Attended the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival, Washington
Dec 5-12, 2010:December 2010 : Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman; Isla Roatan, Coxen Hole, Flowers Bay, Honduras; Belize District, Belize; Cozumel, Mexico; Miami and Southbeach, Florida
My trips the previous year:
February 2009 - Italy (Rome, Siena, Florence and San Gimignano), Vatican City; Franfurt, Germany and Paris, France.
March and April 2009 - Our Family Road Trip - We travelled 5,000 miles covering : Arizona (Sedona, Grand Canyon, Peoria, Phoenix, and Avondale), Nevada (Henderson, Las Vegas, and Hoover Dam), California (San Diego and Seaworld), Utah and Shasta Lake, and Oregon.
May 2009 - My birthday Road Trip with my daughter Shelby to Chinatown, Stanley Park in Vancouver, Canada
June 2009 - Puget Sound Cruise
July 2009 - Caving in Honolulu, Hawaii and a short trip to Kahului, Maui
Road trip to Yellowstone National Park
August 2009 - Sol Duc Hot Springs, Wisconsin and Kite Festival in Long Beach, Oregon.
December 2009 - Southeast Asia - {Philippines, Hong Kong, China, Thailand)
These are my favorite VT members! Please visit their sites by clicking the link.
Marsistanbul
freddie18
JumpingNorman
Dao
Monina_C
Waalewiener
Donna_in_India
Csordilla
Nemorino
OH_DK
Martin_S
Odinnthor
paolodecastro
Martin_S
Here are the different tips and links I gathered for those travelling with children.
1.Register with the embassy abroad if you are travelling more than a month.
2. In case of child support, custody and child abduction, make sure to read this link at the US State.
3. Emergency Assistance of U.S. citizens abroad.
4. Health and Safe tips.
5. Additional Resources.
I just received a copy of the third book that I co-authored. The book is written in Iluko dialect and English. It was published by the Filipino-American Historical Society of the United States. The title is Bagnos: Ti GUMIL Hawaii iti Tallo a Dekada (1971-2001). [Guiding Star: GUMIL Hawaii in Three Decades].
My other books:
1. Forgotten Lessons and Overhauling Dreams, A Collection of Poems, 1996
2. Agamang (Treasure), Published by GUMIL Hawaii -co-authored
My two children books are cooking! Hopefully, early next year, these two books will be available in Amazon.com.
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joiwatani
“Buy yourself and your children the experience of travel”
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Sorry I am late.. hope you had a happy birthday!
Party on!!! It is your Birthday!!! Happy Happy!!!
Belated birthday wishes. Hope it was a fun party.
Happy Birthday, Jo. Have a great day; greetings elisabeth
I am sorry that I am a bit late, but none the less I'd like to wish you a very Happy Birthday. I hope you had a wonderful day!
Happy Birthday Jo - I hope you are spending it somewhere exotic!
Hi Joi: Many Many Happy Returns of the day!
Happy birthday Jo, greetings from Italy
Maligayang kaarawan kababayan :-)
Best wishes for a great birthday this year.
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