Destination: United Kingdom

Photos: Dominica 2013

Sun, 7 Apr 2013 | By shaz | Photo Gallery

Catching a Moment - England at Eighteen

Sat, 6 Apr 2013 | By rachelacrosby | Views [274] | Scholarship Entry

I remember the last flight of stairs. It was summer in London, and though the sun was bright in the city, at the top of St. Paul’s Cathedral, the wind whipped at my hair and lashed at my face. In that frigid battle zone, I could see skyscrapers jutting ... Read more >

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Thailand...a bit of, well actually enough of!

Wed, 3 Apr 2013 | By absinasia | Views [379] | Comments [3]

Whenever you leave enough time to get to the airport I don't think many people plan time for getting caught in the middle of protests in the city centre surrounded by about 200 police in riot gear. Well this happened however with a nifty taxi driver ... Read more >

Crystal Collars

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 | By r8chel | Views [482]

"This is just dangerous". Lucy’s hypnotic eyes swirled as she leaned over the table. "Besides, do you really want to be those girls? You know the ones I mean…" Icy agreement crawled up my spine. I didn’t want us to be ‘... Read more >

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Understanding a Culture through Food - Devouring the continent in tasty titbits

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 | By atptravels | Views [300] | Scholarship Entry

Frankschhoek – meaning ‘French corner’ in Afrikaans is known as the ‘gourmet capital of South Africa’ and uncannily resembles the Provençale landscapes of its namesake. Settled by French refugees in 1688 who brought their venerable gastronomic culture ... Read more >

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Thailand, part 1

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 | By lisaj72 | Views [405]

Sorry for my pathetic lack of blog entries over the past few weeks, as I am now the proud owner of a shiny new Macbook I'll be able to keep in touch more regularly :-)  Here's part 1 of my Thailand trip...   Arrived Bangkok 17th ... Read more >

Back again - London, Austria, Hungary and Czech Republic!

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 | By agrant | Views [391]

There's been a lot happening in the past couple of months and I thought it was time I finally put some of it down. Tish and I arrived back to the UK in late January after a great few months in Australia. While at home, we spent two months working back ... Read more >

Counting down the days!!

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 | By rutha90 | Views [495]

It's not TOO long until I go now, well, as I'm writing this, it's 37 days, 2 hours, 3 minutes and about 8 seconds. Not that I'm counting, manually. I found an app for my iPad which counts down for me! I've been working really hard at the body shop ... Read more >

Tags: preparations

Photos: travels.people.friends.family.swans

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 | By jonathangoddard | Photo Gallery

A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - We're all a little Lost

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 | By thelostfreckle | Views [184] | Scholarship Entry

I was lost. My hostel was on Sutherland Street, near Victoria Station, but the sparsely detailed tube map vaguely indicated that I was headed towards Wimbledon. Smart phone-less and aching, my eyes refused to make sense of the map's many lines and dots.... Read more >

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Catching a Moment - Close Encounter

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 | By cadge | Views [372] | Scholarship Entry

When I was in Koh Tao, during my final week in Thailand, I decided to try out one of the local bays (Shark Bay, specifically) that had been recommended to me as a half decent site for snorkeling. Even though I'd already earned my diving certificates (and ... Read more >

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And You're Off...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 | By ajburns | Views [383]

Well not quite on my travels yet, 15th April is D-Day and the first flight will be Belfast, Northern Ireland to London, England, to Tokyo Japan.

Tags: cities, flights, journey, start

Catching a Moment

Thu, 7 Mar 2013 | By eleanorsimmons | Views [188] | Scholarship Entry

After spending a few hours bouncing around in the back of a minibus I finally arrived at the Bann Chang Elephant Park, near Chang Mai in northern Thailand. The shaky journey was worth it though as I scrambled out the back and found my footing, glancing ... Read more >

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Photos: Preparing for departure!

Wed, 6 Mar 2013 | By rutha90 | Photo Gallery

A February Eden Valley Experience

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 | By lakesjen | Views [472]

It was a trip over to the Far East this weekend. No, not the Far East as in Asia, the far east of Cumbria. We’ve been several times Mike and I over to the Eden Valley area but never with Mark & Becky. This time we also had Mark & Jocelyn ... Read more >

Tags: cottages, cumbria, eden valley, walking, weekend