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It's NOVEMberrrrr! | Tulip Field inLa Conner, Washington, USA |
Belated Happy Halloween! That profile picture was my Halloween costume- ala Dolly Parton! Cool, ha! Or, is it like Travel Slut?
Glad you made it to my webpages!!!I would love to meet with you in 2012! I am organizing a Global Meet in Seattle! Please plan to come!
SAVE AND PREPARE FOR THE GLOBAL MEET IN SEATTLE AUGUST 6, 2012!!! PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK AND SIGN UP! FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON A BUDGET TRAVEL AND WANTS A PLACE TO STAY, EMAIL ME NOW AND MAKE RESERVATIONS!
Gabriella Silang (The awesome One!) just sent me two postcards from New Zealand. She is all over the place these days! Three weeks past, she sent me postcards from Australia and a refrigerator magnet and a keychain. I was so happy to open my packages! Then, there's Monina_C , Aida and Cess sending me homemade jewelries, keychain, Durian and Mango candies!!! I am so blessed to have these VT friends, I tell you!!! Thank you so much!!!
Please check my Hawaiian pages for my latest travel tips!
Also, my niece is on VT now!!! Please visit and rate her pages! She is jusdenise93.
I collect postcards for my VT Room!!!Please send your postcards to:
Joiwatani
P.O. Box 28826
Seattle, WA 98118
USA*
My frequent senders are DAO, Gabriellasilang, JumpingNorman, Donna_in_India, Leics
Mahavir, -Deecat, and of course,Maristanbul and Pedmar... Thank you!!! |
| The shower tree in Hawaii 07/2009 |
|  | Postcards, postcards, postcards!!!! This week, I received these postcards:
Thorvaldsens Museum, Denmark - Valbydk
Jerusalem - UnaS
The Citadel (David's Tower) - UnaS
Malaysia - SLLiew
Keslik Monastery - Ozalp
India - Mahavir
Caravan of Camels, India - Mahavir
Shopkeeper, India - Mahavir
Krakow - DAO
Sydney, Australia - Gabriellasilang
Ifugao, Philippines -Gabriellasilang - two cards!
Batad Rice Terraces, Philippines- Gabriellasilang
Denmark - ValbyDK
Israel - Martin - Martin_S
UAE -jivanne
Amsterdam -Celia.q
Ireland - cpiers47
Montana -cpiers47
East Greenland - JumpingNorman
Puerto Rico -JumpingNorman
England -DAO
Pennsylvannia -Donna_in_India
Sweden -marielexoteria
Spiaggia Rosa -Gildapaolina
Sardena -Gildapaolina
Toronto -Freddie18
Niagara Falls -Freddie18
Dubai-Mel_H
344 Burj Al Arab, Dubai - Mel_H
Australia -Pedroswift
Tennessee-TravellerMel
University of Sheffield, England -Suvanki
Dr. Jose Rizal Monument -yellowbell
South Carolina, USA -Sherrillbland
Turkey -Celia.q
Tower of London and Tower Bridge -Celia.q
Torrevieja-Barbskie
Catalina Island -Travelgourmet
Salzkammergut -Penelope4
Salzburg -Penelope4
Thailand -DennyP
Aurstralia Wildflowers -aussirose
Perth Western Australia -aussirose
Hershey, Pennsylvannia -Donna-in-India
Mumbai -Donna_in_India
New York -Donna_in_India
Snack Vendor, Mumbai, India -Donna_in_India
Coconut Vendor, Mumbai, India - Donna_in_IndiaDonna_in_India
Head of a man in straw hat by Picasso - Une - Zuriga
Lisbon, Portugal -VZ-Pam
"Sayaw sa Banga" -Monina_C
Budapest -scordila |
More postcards! 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 | | | Longest hanging bridge in the world, Capilano |
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| Refrigerator magnets I collected in my trips |
| | Check out these places with the links!!! Places I have explored* Here are my detailed travels: Tokyo, JapanPhilippine IslandsSeattle Washington, USAAthens, OhioBaguio City, PhilippinesVancouver, Canada Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Japan Ibaraki, Japan Kyoto City, Japan Tsukubayama City, JapanMito City, Japan Oarai City, JapanUshiku City, Japan Long Beach, California Astoria, OregonParis, FranceRome, Italy I just finished my pages on Sedona! and I am currently building my pages about the Grand Canyon! So, we had a Road Trip (March 22- April 2) 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.
It still not late to come visit the tulips farm in La Conner, Washington. |
My 2009 Travels and Future Plans of 2010 My trips this 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)
April 2010 - Grand Catholic Tour - Munich (Germany), Oberammergau (Germany), Innsbruck (Austria), Venice (Italy), Padua, Florence, Siena, Assisi, Loreto, Lanciano, Monte Sant Angelo, San Giovanni Rotondo, Montecassino and Rome.
August 2011 - Abuja, Nigeria for the AFRICA VT MEET!!!!
Hopefully, New Zealand and Australia | | | The Kinkakuji (Golden) Temple in Kyoto, Japan |
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| My youngest daughter Sierra |
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| joiwatani, basaic, ADVENT,jumpingnorman,daytripper |
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Penelope4 Thu Nov 5, 2009 06:30 UTC
I love you pic!!! Am in Tarlac right now (this is where I grew up). I will eat yummy tocino and longaniza for you. | unaS Mon Nov 2, 2009 04:14 UTC
So you also got only 1 - one of the post office's didn't send out my other cards then :( No, I didn't meet Pedro, sorry to say. He wasn't in Spain then. I met redang, urzu and nuritza, plus a friend of hers at a Small Meet we had one evening in Madrid. | cyndymc Mon Nov 2, 2009 03:51 UTC
Hi, Jo! Yes, we consider my shih tzu a member of the family. She goes on hunger strike when I am out-of-town;-) Advance Maligayang Pasko! | jumpingnorman Mon Nov 2, 2009 03:35 UTC
Talaga - parang you look like a lady from the 1700's in England, hehehe....ganda. |
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