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Day 1 - Edinburgh, Scotland

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 | By kreydatus | Views [40] | Comments [1]

Wow. Finally, I'm amongst my English speaking people.  I arrived last night around 9pm and searched around for my hostel which is located on Cockburn St.  Yes I chuckled to myself too.  This whole city is really quite medieval, reminding me of Boston ... Read more >

long distance me (rose)

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 | By huw-and-rose | Views [14]

Yesterday I had my assessment for my upcoming large vehicles/C1 driving test. Having driven the truck once or twice this summer, before we realised I needed to upgrade my licence - once with disastrous consequences, ... Read more >

Aswan and Luxor

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 | By jess_dan | Views [99] | Comments [7]

Dear All, After re-reading the last blog I reminded myself why I should check what I write just in case it dosn’t make any sense in between going from my head to the paper. Apologies (: After we finally arrived in Aswan we went for lunch and we have ... Read more >

Ho Chi Minh City AKA Saigon

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 | By priyachande | Views [56] | Comments [2]

Oct 9-10th 2009 Saigon is Vietnam's largest city and the economic powerhouse of the nation. In the 18th Century the area was renamed Sai Gon, after the Kapok tree. French traders and missionaries settled here. Their inflruence on the architecture in ... Read more >

An Aquatic Learning Curve

Thu, 8 Oct 2009 | By t_w_d | Views [27]

An unusually grey dawn smothered Ko Chang as we wiped the sleep from our eyes. In a fit of enthusiastic pique we had volunteered our services for the day’s fishing expedition and now found ourselves aboard a small red boat alongside the captain and ... Read more >

Gallery: Egypt and Jordan

Thu, 8 Oct 2009 | By jess_dan | Photo Gallery

5th-22nd October
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Chau Doc- crossing the border

Thu, 8 Oct 2009 | By priyachande | Views [40]

The Mekong Delta area is a green expanse of paddy fields, thick orchards and an intricate pattern of streams and canals. Water is the focus of life and the main means of transportation. Floating houses and markets and fishing boats abound. After crossing ... Read more >

first month

Wed, 7 Oct 2009 | By bigwill-kenyon | Views [47]

Its been a month and so far everything is good. The group of people that arrived to go on the ranch with me were cool. I immedietely bonded with a girl called rhian. Theres a guy called dan who looks like mr bean. Two sisters called rhian and lisa and ... Read more >

Note- Cambodia doesn't do beaches!

Wed, 7 Oct 2009 | By priyachande | Views [38]

Oct 6-7th 2009: SIHANOUKVILLE “Sihanoukville is centered on a small peninsula jutting into the warm waters of the Gul of Thailand surrounded by several white sandy beaches and tiny offshore islands” I would totally ignore the above description ... Read more >

Quito!

Wed, 7 Oct 2009 | By tennantbella | Views [73] | Comments [2]

ahh so, I arrived the day before yesterday, settled in, the hostal is really good, nice big beds, hammocks, the works. Met all the people I'm gonna be with for the next 10 weeks, all seem really nice so thats all good. i spent yesterday walking around ... Read more >

Leaving this great city...

Tue, 6 Oct 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [24]

We spent our last few days in New York discovering all of the charms the city had to offer... This included of course spending a little more time walking through the glorious Central Park... We absolutely ... Read more >

First Day of Classes!

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 | By megangobeille | Views [35]

Today was my first day! I had 2 Classes. My first one was History of London. I think that its going to be a really good class. My professor is highly intelligent and i think that he will teach me a ton about London. I'm excited! On Wednesday, were already ... Read more >

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Not long enough left...:(

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 | By alyx | Views [74] | Comments [5]

Namaste! So this will probably be the last time I update this - :( Can't believe how quickly the time has gone! My friend Holly here was texting me last night and we just ended up depressing ourselves with all the stuff we're going to miss! This ... Read more >

The killing fields

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 | By priyachande | Views [43] | Comments [2]

4th oct 2009 The first night in phnom penh we ate at a fantastic  restaurant called "Friends"- a social project/restaurant. it involves teaching children to cook and serve their food to customers. The kids would otherwise be on the streets.... Read more >

Day 4. Greenwich, England!

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 | By megangobeille | Views [50] | Comments [1]

Our trip to Greenwich was really awesome! We started off by taking the Tube to Westminster Station. Right when we got off, Big Ben was right there in front of us. It was so amazing! We got on the Thames River boat and took it all the way to Greenwich ... Read more >

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Mel surrounded by pigeons at Trafalgar Square. The National Gallery is to my left and St Martin's is in the background.

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