Its me !!!

My ticket will take me to Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, The South Pacific, North America, Canada and home again. Who knows i may make some unscheduled stops elsewhere? So thats all for now i guess. I have lots to do now what with planning my stops and where i am going. So Ta Ta for now and i will be keeping this blog going before i go !

Thanks for listening.

Mark

PS: heres a pin-up of my bike !

My Bighit

The Reciprocation Temple Pagoda, or the North Temple Pagoda, is a provincial preservation unit of historical and cultural relics and is popularly praised as the “ Number One Pagoda in South of the Yangtse River ” . Standing far apart facing the Tiger Hill Pagoda, the North Temple Pagoda is also a famous old pagoda and an important symbol of Suzhou .

The North Temple Pagoda has a long history. It was originally an eleven-storeyed pagoda built by Zhanghui, a monk in the Liang Dynasty. Then it was destroyed by the flames of war and the base of the North Temple Pagoda today was built by Dayuan, a monk in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The North Temple Pagoda is a brick and wooden Buddhist pagoda of the style of building and has nine storeys with eight sides each. With the height of 76 meters, it is the highest of the pagodas in Suzhou . It is famous for double eaves and flying corners and is a building in the same type as the Liuhe Pagoda in Hangzhou . The base of the pagoda covers 1.3 mu (= 0.0667 hectares), whose eaves are extraordinarily long. Its body consists of the outer corridors, the inner corridors and the square rooms in the center. Visitors can walk up along the wooden stairs in the internal corridors and by leaning on the railings look down at the panorama of the city as well as look at hills, waters, and rural scenery of Suzhou in the distance.

written by  beijing2008 on July 22, 2008 from Suzhou, China
from the travel blog: Australia
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Investigator axle headed to Bond County to get the low down on this deal.

The trip was part of a trade mission organized by SIU, but this 12 day trip to drum up business wasn't cheap.

You sent the assistant city manager to Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru.

The trip cost Greenville $6,216.21 for airfare and travel and $6,043 for hotels and meals.

Greenville's assistant city manager, Lisa Stephens, takes a trip to South America that cost you plenty.

Stephens says the trip was to help drum up business for Greenville.

Stephens canceled a scheduled interview with You Paid For It.

Her boss, City Manager David Willey talked with axle on the phone but wished to make not comment when axle showed up with a cameraman... www.tweakpdf.com

written by  ddanime on November 16, 2009 from Frankfurt, Germany
from the travel blog: a trip to South America
tagged Trip, SouthAmerica, Assistant and PdfFiles
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to be continued ....

written by  mohammed on March 22, 2010 from Baghdad, Iraq
from the travel blog: Pakistan trip
tagged Before and Trip
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Mr photo watch is dragged off to court with his wife and mother-in-law and are sentenced to corporal punishment. Each of them are to recieve 50 lashes on the rear end with a cane. But because the royal family doesn't want to appear hostile to foreigners, they grant the guests in their country a wish beforehand, as long as it is able to be fulfilled.

Mrs. photo watch is first.

"What do you wish for yourself?"

"I would like a pillow bound on my rear end before the lashings."

"Okay, that shall be granted to you."

Mrs. photo watch has the pillow bound to her rear end and receives her punishment. But because the pillow is too small and the executioner also hits her back a couple of times, she receives a few blows.

Next it is Mr photo watch's mother-in-law's turn.

"What do you wish for yourself?"

"I would like a pillow bound on my rear end and a pillow bound on my back before the lashings."

"Okay, that shall be granted to you."

The mother-in-law receives her fifty lashes, but hardly feels the pain through the pillows.

Then comes Mr photo watch himself.

"What do you wish for yourself?"

"I have two wishes. Do you want to fulfill them for me?"

written by  photowatch on October 6, 2011 from Medina, Saudi Arabia
from the travel blog: Trip to the east
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