Unlike the rest of the country Greymouth has had excellent weather this weekend – it really made some community events even better. One was the annual Art in the Park show at Shantytown. Shantytown itself is a bit cheesy (speaking as a qualified historian), but a nice enough place to spend an afternoon. They had [...]
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A Weekend in Greymouth
Posted by dkendon on March 4, 2012
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Washington to Richmond
My host’s housemate had been to Sam’s Club to do the shopping. I took a Chinatown bus to Richmond. It took 2 hours. Once there I didn’t have quite enough time to see anything so I went to the library and waited for my hostess to pick me up. The next morning it was raining, [...]
Posted by dkendon on November 20, 2011
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Philadelphia to Baltimore
I left West Philadelphia. The bus to Baltimore was quite good but the Megabus dumps you in some megamall on the outskirts of town. From the dropoff point look around for the city bus stop. The 35 will take you back to town. It takes about 40min. Once in town they have a good system [...]
Posted by dkendon on November 17, 2011
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Providence
Noone in the house was awake before 11.30. We walked out to the Culinary Museum. The adult charge is $8, but the student on the desk put me through as a child ($2). We caught a bus back to town to avoid exhaustion and had a [...]
Posted by dkendon on November 8, 2011
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Caen Day 3
Having heard all sorts of horror stories about using the bus to go to the D-Day beaches I decided to keep my scope limited. However, the tours are good value for what you see. You could go to one beach by bus for €11, but a tour will take you to several and you have [...]
Posted by dkendon on October 12, 2011
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