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Recent updates» Asheville, NC - Labor Day Week 2007
Monday morning, headed out to craggy gardens http://www.romanticasheville.com/Craggy.htm, and hiked up a mountain. the trail was only about .80 miles, but it was one of the toughest trails ever. I think its because of the thin air at the top of the mountain. picked some tiny sweet blueberries while i was up there too. after the hike, we were planning on going to hike the highest mountain, mount...
» Asheville, NC - Labor Day Week 2007
on sunday we went to pisgah natural forest - to sliding rock http://www.romanticasheville.com/sliding_rock.htm where you basically slide down a natural slide - a rock with water flowing down it. and then afterward we went swimming under a waterfall, looking glass falls, http://www.romanticasheville.com/looking_glass_falls.htm. the water was soooo cold yet so refreshing. it made you want to stay...
» Asheville, NC - Labor Day Week 2007
saturday a couple of others that i met in the morning went into downtown Asheville.. chilled at a coffee shop, or two. following that we walked around the downtown area - not much to see there except for a few local galleries. stopped by a local record store - most shops here are local mom and pops, not many major chains. and bought me a cd by a local punk band. its not the greatest music, but...
» Asheville, NC - Labor Day Week 2007
got in late last friday night around 1 am and there were a couple of people in the hostel common room chilling and talking. so I joined them until 4am. Its amazing how different peoples lives are but how we are connected by one common thing - traveling. One of the guys is a singer/songwriter who works at starbucks which allow him to travel from gig to gig and still work at starbucks at the...
» The Asian Adventure 2007
Tue-Wed 6-7/3/2007 D32-33The keyboard I'm using here isn't working that well (S's and D's are a bit tricky), so expect typos Kumily is not a particularly attractive place to stay in. I can't think of a reason, other than visiting the Periyar Sanctuary, why anybody would choose to come here. There's really nothing here. The (long-ish) road from the town centre to the park...
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