Noniin,taalla ollaan..pikkuhiljaa alkaa tottuun...mmmmm..ollaan kierrelty paljon,jalat tuusan nuuskana!!mika toikin sana on! :D noni,mutmut...joo tosiaan upeita paikkoja ollaan nahty...ja mut saa ainakin kohta jo pyorittaa eteenpain :D
Taalta tahan..nyt pitaa joutua :D moksmoo!!
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Monday, October 09, 2006
Goooood morning Harlem!
No vahan lisaa fiiliksia taalta. Kello on semmosen kuus aamulla, eve nukkuu mutta mua toi aikaero vaivaa. En koko yona oikein nukkunu, tosin mentiin jo ysin aikaan petiin. No, jos ei kerta saa nukuttua, ei muuta farkut jalkaan ja ulos. lahdin vahan katteleen mestoja, nyt odotan etta aurinko nousee ja aion ottaa pari valokuvaa.
Taa on kylla edelleen aika absurdia olla taalla. Illalla kun kaveltiin tossa kulmilla tunsi kylla olonsa aika vieraaks. Meno oli just sellasta kun leffoista saattaa kuvitella, porukkaa hengaa ulkona, kauhee huuto ja rappi soi. Ihan helvetin hienoja taloja ja katuja, oon kyl pirun fiiliksis.
Nyt tekis mieli aamupalaa. Ajattelin metsastaa kunnon amerikkalaisen aamupalan tuplarasvalla. Paaaaaljon pekonia, munaa ja paahtoleipaa. Nam!
En muista puhuttiinko hostellista mitaan erikoisempaa mutta on ihan siisti kylla. Oiskohan tassa nelja kerrosta ja mukavaa henkilokuntaa. maksettiin 12$ yo! (nykyinen hinta 21$ mutta varattiin ajoissa..). Ja joku viela sano etta NYC on kallis.
BigMacin hinta vahan yllatti, ateria oli jotai 5 taalaa kun miamis se oli aikoinaan 3.5 tai jotai. Kai. Nooo, nyt alkaa sniiduilu, vois hakee kaupasta nuudeleita ja safkaa niita niin saastaa aina kympin...
Toi aurinko varmaan rupee oleen sen verran ylhaalla etta kayn koittaan kameran ominaisuuksia, saako silla hamarassa ollenkaan kuvia. Lisaa infoo tulee kun tasta alkushokista toivutaan (siis siita, etta oikeesti ollaan taalla.) Pistan even kirjottaan omia kokemuksiaan viela tarkemmin, voi olla etta se on eri mielta asioista :)
Ville
Taa on kylla edelleen aika absurdia olla taalla. Illalla kun kaveltiin tossa kulmilla tunsi kylla olonsa aika vieraaks. Meno oli just sellasta kun leffoista saattaa kuvitella, porukkaa hengaa ulkona, kauhee huuto ja rappi soi. Ihan helvetin hienoja taloja ja katuja, oon kyl pirun fiiliksis.
Nyt tekis mieli aamupalaa. Ajattelin metsastaa kunnon amerikkalaisen aamupalan tuplarasvalla. Paaaaaljon pekonia, munaa ja paahtoleipaa. Nam!
En muista puhuttiinko hostellista mitaan erikoisempaa mutta on ihan siisti kylla. Oiskohan tassa nelja kerrosta ja mukavaa henkilokuntaa. maksettiin 12$ yo! (nykyinen hinta 21$ mutta varattiin ajoissa..). Ja joku viela sano etta NYC on kallis.
BigMacin hinta vahan yllatti, ateria oli jotai 5 taalaa kun miamis se oli aikoinaan 3.5 tai jotai. Kai. Nooo, nyt alkaa sniiduilu, vois hakee kaupasta nuudeleita ja safkaa niita niin saastaa aina kympin...
Toi aurinko varmaan rupee oleen sen verran ylhaalla etta kayn koittaan kameran ominaisuuksia, saako silla hamarassa ollenkaan kuvia. Lisaa infoo tulee kun tasta alkushokista toivutaan (siis siita, etta oikeesti ollaan taalla.) Pistan even kirjottaan omia kokemuksiaan viela tarkemmin, voi olla etta se on eri mielta asioista :)
Ville
Terveiset Harlemista!!!
Nyt on molemmilla erittain epatodellinen olo. Aamulla oltiin viela turvallisesti kotosuomessa ja nyt pahamaineisen Harlemin sydamessa. Hostelli on ensivaikutelmalta aika jees, kaduilla pelottaa vahan pimeella kulkee. Matka oli aika rankka vaikka paastiin napparasti kolmella metrolla melkein perille. Sit vahan harhailtiin rinkat selassa ja se soi voimia. Mulla fiilis aika positiivinen, eve haluu suihkuun ja paalimmaisena on kylla semmonen fiilis etta "ei helvetti." huomenna lahetaan tsiigaileen vahan mestoja ja soitetaan Kymille joka lupas majottaa meiat! Tekemista on reilusti mutta eka ilta otetaan kylla rauhassa, kello on puoli yheksan paikkeilla mutta mennaan kylla unten maille ja suihkutteleen. Huoneessa on arviolta 7 muuta ja Eve ainoo tytto :D ei olla niille puhuttu mitaan. eika puhuta. me ollaan suomesta.
no, lisaa kun tasta alusta toivutaan.
It's Harlem City Baby.
Taalta tahan.
ville ja evu
no, lisaa kun tasta alusta toivutaan.
It's Harlem City Baby.
Taalta tahan.
ville ja evu
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Feelings & Statistics
From now on I write here also in Finnish once in a while (my grandma cant read english..) because its stupid to have too many blogs.
Its hard to believe that we are actually leaving next sunday. Its weird that Im not yet too excited and I think Eve feels the same. Well, I suppose we realize what we are doing when we enter the airport...
We made a good deal with local newspaper, they promised to pay us little bit when we write stories from our trip. They will publish the first one this friday so all the Finns, check it out. I will paste it here also (is it legal? Its out story isn't it?) so those who are not from Valkeakoski can read it. I dont have too much to say at this time, hopefully more when we arrive to New York. Everything has gone well so far and we have lots ideas what to do in New York. Only problem in NYC is the accommodation but we have contacted few interesting people and I hope they take their chances and offer us a place to stay :) We have hostel booked for two days so we are not in urgent need of couch to stay but it would be much more cooler to sleep at someboys place than in 16 person dorm...
People are always interested of numbers so here are some statistics:
Next update will hopefully come from New York!
Oh, one more thing, we had a very nice going away party last saturday! Thanks for everybody who were there, I had a really good time. Presents were amazing, I really appreciate them! Pontikka/Moonshine was just little bit too much.. :D (Thanks Kimsor for translating). It was horrible.
edit: And I had to work at 12 o'clock next day.. it wasnt too much fun..
now -> last time in Hesburger
Its hard to believe that we are actually leaving next sunday. Its weird that Im not yet too excited and I think Eve feels the same. Well, I suppose we realize what we are doing when we enter the airport...
We made a good deal with local newspaper, they promised to pay us little bit when we write stories from our trip. They will publish the first one this friday so all the Finns, check it out. I will paste it here also (is it legal? Its out story isn't it?) so those who are not from Valkeakoski can read it. I dont have too much to say at this time, hopefully more when we arrive to New York. Everything has gone well so far and we have lots ideas what to do in New York. Only problem in NYC is the accommodation but we have contacted few interesting people and I hope they take their chances and offer us a place to stay :) We have hostel booked for two days so we are not in urgent need of couch to stay but it would be much more cooler to sleep at someboys place than in 16 person dorm...
People are always interested of numbers so here are some statistics:
- Expenses before the trip:
- Tickets 1720e/person
- Travel Insurance 188e for 5 months/person
- Hostel reservation fee in NYC for two nigths 8,50e
- Backbag fot laptop 39e
- Car rental for 45 days 1068e (+ 400e one-way fee, payable when we get there)
- total 33e/day
- + all personal stuff like Eve's lotions and drugs and vaccinations and stuf
- Travelling:
- Driving
- approximetely 9200km/5750 miles driving in USA
- its 150km/93 miles, each and every day
- Gasoline
- 920 liters/ 270 gallons of gasoline if average is 10l/100km
- 2.2$/gallon = 0.5e/l
- whole trip = 594$ = 460e/l
- ~10e/day
- Flying
- Booked flights 48hrs 25 min
- longest 17hrs 40min
- shortest 4hrs 25min
- 40000km/25000 miles
Next update will hopefully come from New York!
Oh, one more thing, we had a very nice going away party last saturday! Thanks for everybody who were there, I had a really good time. Presents were amazing, I really appreciate them! Pontikka/Moonshine was just little bit too much.. :D (Thanks Kimsor for translating). It was horrible.
edit: And I had to work at 12 o'clock next day.. it wasnt too much fun..
now -> last time in Hesburger
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Updated USA plans
I think I said in first post that we dont have any plans...well, now we do. First I thought it would be "cool" to have no plans at all, but then I realized that its just stupid not to have plans. USA is huge country and just driving around two months doenst make any sense. If we want to enjoy the trip to the fullest, we have to know little bit where and when we are going. Alltogether we have some 60 days time to spend in US and this how we gonna divide it. The places below are the ones we gonna spend a night or more. The plan is very flexible and we might change it but at the moment it sounds realistic and rational and -whats most important- exciting and fun!
8.10 New York, NY
14.10 Washington, D.C.
17.10 Hampton, VA
21.10 Charleston, WV
22.10 Buffalo/Niagara, NY
24.10 Detroit, MI
26.10 Chicago, IL
29.10 La Crosse, WI
30.10 Minneapolis, MN
5.11 Sioux Falls, SD
6.11 Rapid City, SD
8.11 Riverton, WY
10.11 Yellowstone, WY
12.11 Salt Lake City, UT
15.11 Kanab, UT
16.11 Gran Canyon, AZ
17.11 Las Vegas, NV
20.11 Tonopah, NV
21.11 Carson City, NV
22.11 San Francisco, CA
29.11 Los Angeles, CA
Fast calculations give us 10 days in LA. That includes few extra days so if something happens during the trip we dont have to change the route too much. There are few other locations where we can save day or two if its not too exciting or we are in hurry (thats impossible though, we're on holiday!) and then again we made it possible to stay longer in some other places.
The trip will be 9200km/5750miles long. It means that if we drive every day, it would be 150km for each single day. We have planned the drive so that we drive 4-5 hours per day. We have few days when we drive only 3 hours and then again few days with seven or even eight hours of driving. It shouldnt be too rough but we will see :)
At the moment im really catching the "travel fever". Little by little im starting to realize that we are really leaving. Its nice to work in the factory eight hours per day, i have good time to make plans and dream about all the possibilities we have during the trip. I just asked my boss today if its possible to work to September also. He wasnt too sure yet, he promised to know more tomorrow... I hope its ok, if not, im in big trouble.. We have had few contacts through Hospitality Club and accommodation in NYC looks quite clear at the moment, thansk to everybody who has shown interest to give us a place to stay.
I have been looking for a place where to upload our pics and i found this Finnish Kuvablogi. Two weeks ago we went sailing with my parents to the Archipelago and I took few pics. Check them out: http://kuvablogi.com/blog/2077/1/
this is kind of test gallery so if you have any comments or you know better place to upload photos, let me know. I know we gonna have tons of photos so I need a convinient place where to put them and share them.
Oh, and we have Going Away Party 30th September, You are all warmly welcome :)
53 days left and counting...
ville
8.10 New York, NY
14.10 Washington, D.C.
17.10 Hampton, VA
21.10 Charleston, WV
22.10 Buffalo/Niagara, NY
24.10 Detroit, MI
26.10 Chicago, IL
29.10 La Crosse, WI
30.10 Minneapolis, MN
5.11 Sioux Falls, SD
6.11 Rapid City, SD
8.11 Riverton, WY
10.11 Yellowstone, WY
12.11 Salt Lake City, UT
15.11 Kanab, UT
16.11 Gran Canyon, AZ
17.11 Las Vegas, NV
20.11 Tonopah, NV
21.11 Carson City, NV
22.11 San Francisco, CA
29.11 Los Angeles, CA
Fast calculations give us 10 days in LA. That includes few extra days so if something happens during the trip we dont have to change the route too much. There are few other locations where we can save day or two if its not too exciting or we are in hurry (thats impossible though, we're on holiday!) and then again we made it possible to stay longer in some other places.
The trip will be 9200km/5750miles long. It means that if we drive every day, it would be 150km for each single day. We have planned the drive so that we drive 4-5 hours per day. We have few days when we drive only 3 hours and then again few days with seven or even eight hours of driving. It shouldnt be too rough but we will see :)
At the moment im really catching the "travel fever". Little by little im starting to realize that we are really leaving. Its nice to work in the factory eight hours per day, i have good time to make plans and dream about all the possibilities we have during the trip. I just asked my boss today if its possible to work to September also. He wasnt too sure yet, he promised to know more tomorrow... I hope its ok, if not, im in big trouble.. We have had few contacts through Hospitality Club and accommodation in NYC looks quite clear at the moment, thansk to everybody who has shown interest to give us a place to stay.
I have been looking for a place where to upload our pics and i found this Finnish Kuvablogi. Two weeks ago we went sailing with my parents to the Archipelago and I took few pics. Check them out: http://kuvablogi.com/blog/2077/1/
this is kind of test gallery so if you have any comments or you know better place to upload photos, let me know. I know we gonna have tons of photos so I need a convinient place where to put them and share them.
Oh, and we have Going Away Party 30th September, You are all warmly welcome :)
53 days left and counting...
ville
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
First thoughts
Hello everybody
Welcome to our blog. We have been planning to travel around the world for a while. First it was just a joke but then some how we actually agreed about the countries we want to visit and well, here we go. First destiantion was quite easy to come up with. We both wanted to visit USA so it was quite obvous that we will go there. Rather than just spend week in some big city, we wanted to experince as much as possible... So now we buy a car and drive from NYC to LA. It is going to be a long drive but then again, we have two months time. We will visit my frind Tramar and his family n Hampton Virginia and later on Paul in Minneapolis. I met Tramar when I was studying in Florida International University for five months and we really had great time together. Paul, or Pauli as we Finns call him, I met in Penang, Malaysia. Paul was an exchange student and I had my internship in the same university. We had some crazy parties and lots of fun in a club in Bangkok. Can't wait to see you guys.
If we somehow finally arrive to LA in one piece, we gonna spent around there and fly to Fiji after that. This would be around 9th December. Fiji wasn't the first countries in our list. We had a looong list including South-American countries and Australia and I think we chose Fiji because it was supposed to be stop between those continents. Anyway, there we go and what I have read, it's gonna be awesome. They have great dive sites with sharks and other big fishes and visibility up to (and even more) 30m (~90ft). The funny thing is that we will fly two (2) days from LA to Nadi, the capital of Fiji. Of course the flight wont last so long, it will "only" be around 11hrs but because of the time zones it will be 11th december when we arrive.
Next destination will be Australia. I have never been so interested in Australia (before) but the more I have read about it, the more I like it. We chose it mostly because it has been Eve's number one country on the list.
So we are arriving to Sydney just before X-mas (help us, we dont know what do on Christmas!!) and propably we are heading straight away to Canberra to visit Nerida, a girl who was an exchange student in our city and came a good friends with Eve. As we don't have any real plans, we don't know what a hell we gonna do in Australia. Great Barrier Reef, Brisbane and Gold Coast sounds interesting but Australia is huge country and there's lot to see.
After one month in Australia we change the continent once again. We fly to Bangkok where propably travel slowly to south along the east side or we might go to Chiang Mai or even Vietnam or Laos or Cambodia. Malaysia would be nice, it would be cool to meet my friends from the work.
Im pretty sure we dont have too much money left (if any) after 3-4 months travelling so we deided to see the SEA countries last. We can have decent stay with little money and good relaxation before going home.
So here's the route. We have flexible tickets so we have possibility to change the dates if necessary.
8th October: Helsinki - New York, USA
New York, USA - Los Angeles, USA by car
9th December: Los Angeles, USA - Nadi, Fiji
22nd December: Nadi, Fiji - Sydney, Australia
1st February: Sydney, Australia - Bangkok, Thailand
3rd March: Bangkok, Thailand - Helsinki, Finland
Over all we gonna travel very light. We have limited budget and we try to save in anything we can (accommodation, transportation, eating) to have more money to use in things we like. If you can help us to find place to stay in any of the destinations we are going, it would be great! We promise to send postcard to everybody who can help us :) so if you have friends or relatives, let us know. We are cool people, easy to come along with and both blessed with great sense of humor and a curious mind.
And if you have any suggestions, ideas, anything about the destinations or the trip itself, share it with us! As I said, we don't have any strict plans, we are happy to hear what you did in Brisbane or what you found interesting in Chicago. Theme parks, Zoo's, National Parks, Music Clubs, Concerts, Spectator Sports, Hiking, Scuba Diving... you name it, we want to do it. Share your thoughts.
VilleWelcome to our blog. We have been planning to travel around the world for a while. First it was just a joke but then some how we actually agreed about the countries we want to visit and well, here we go. First destiantion was quite easy to come up with. We both wanted to visit USA so it was quite obvous that we will go there. Rather than just spend week in some big city, we wanted to experince as much as possible... So now we buy a car and drive from NYC to LA. It is going to be a long drive but then again, we have two months time. We will visit my frind Tramar and his family n Hampton Virginia and later on Paul in Minneapolis. I met Tramar when I was studying in Florida International University for five months and we really had great time together. Paul, or Pauli as we Finns call him, I met in Penang, Malaysia. Paul was an exchange student and I had my internship in the same university. We had some crazy parties and lots of fun in a club in Bangkok. Can't wait to see you guys.
If we somehow finally arrive to LA in one piece, we gonna spent around there and fly to Fiji after that. This would be around 9th December. Fiji wasn't the first countries in our list. We had a looong list including South-American countries and Australia and I think we chose Fiji because it was supposed to be stop between those continents. Anyway, there we go and what I have read, it's gonna be awesome. They have great dive sites with sharks and other big fishes and visibility up to (and even more) 30m (~90ft). The funny thing is that we will fly two (2) days from LA to Nadi, the capital of Fiji. Of course the flight wont last so long, it will "only" be around 11hrs but because of the time zones it will be 11th december when we arrive.
Next destination will be Australia. I have never been so interested in Australia (before) but the more I have read about it, the more I like it. We chose it mostly because it has been Eve's number one country on the list.
So we are arriving to Sydney just before X-mas (help us, we dont know what do on Christmas!!) and propably we are heading straight away to Canberra to visit Nerida, a girl who was an exchange student in our city and came a good friends with Eve. As we don't have any real plans, we don't know what a hell we gonna do in Australia. Great Barrier Reef, Brisbane and Gold Coast sounds interesting but Australia is huge country and there's lot to see.
After one month in Australia we change the continent once again. We fly to Bangkok where propably travel slowly to south along the east side or we might go to Chiang Mai or even Vietnam or Laos or Cambodia. Malaysia would be nice, it would be cool to meet my friends from the work.
Im pretty sure we dont have too much money left (if any) after 3-4 months travelling so we deided to see the SEA countries last. We can have decent stay with little money and good relaxation before going home.
So here's the route. We have flexible tickets so we have possibility to change the dates if necessary.
8th October: Helsinki - New York, USA
New York, USA - Los Angeles, USA by car
9th December: Los Angeles, USA - Nadi, Fiji
22nd December: Nadi, Fiji - Sydney, Australia
1st February: Sydney, Australia - Bangkok, Thailand
3rd March: Bangkok, Thailand - Helsinki, Finland
Over all we gonna travel very light. We have limited budget and we try to save in anything we can (accommodation, transportation, eating) to have more money to use in things we like. If you can help us to find place to stay in any of the destinations we are going, it would be great! We promise to send postcard to everybody who can help us :) so if you have friends or relatives, let us know. We are cool people, easy to come along with and both blessed with great sense of humor and a curious mind.
And if you have any suggestions, ideas, anything about the destinations or the trip itself, share it with us! As I said, we don't have any strict plans, we are happy to hear what you did in Brisbane or what you found interesting in Chicago. Theme parks, Zoo's, National Parks, Music Clubs, Concerts, Spectator Sports, Hiking, Scuba Diving... you name it, we want to do it. Share your thoughts.
(here's a pic of us in Riga, Latvia)
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