Destination: United Kingdom

Photos: The Big Chill

Fri, 6 Aug 2010 | By drmitch | Photo Gallery

The Big Chill

Fri, 6 Aug 2010 | By drmitch | Views [655]

Back in sunny old England we arrived at the camping site of the Big Chill Festival near Great Malvern in Herefordshire. We joined a long line of vans waiting to enter the site, and despite paying a hefty camping fee were directed to a site on a hill ... Read more >

Tags: great malvern, herefordshire, music festival, the big chill

Photos: Highlands/Isle of Skye

Fri, 6 Aug 2010 | By lauren_watson | Photo Gallery

My Addiction to DSL in Scotland

Fri, 6 Aug 2010 | By lauren_watson | Views [2302]

I’m afraid I have become addicted to a little something called DSL. And….I am afraid that there is no cure. DSL is something my tour guide of the highlands introduced me to, and it is called “Deep Scottish Love”. It can happen in many different ways ... Read more >

Tags: edinburgh, highlands, isle of skye, scotland

2 Sleeps!!

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 | By homeless-hannah | Views [373]

The countdown started weeks ago but finally i've only got two sleeps to go! I've successfully driven my family, friends and everyone at work mad with constant chat about India lets just hope it live up to my hype!!!

Wombling along in Wimbledon

Wed, 4 Aug 2010 | By cherylb | Views [672]

Who remembers the Wombles from Wimbledon Common? They were cute, cuddly and featured on a duvet cover that kept my elder daughter Amy warm and cozy whe she was a little girl. I still have the duvet cover, 20 odd years later. And now I am in Wimbledon, ... Read more >

Tags: london, wimbledon

Photos: The wee Highlands

Wed, 4 Aug 2010 | By demilo | Photo Gallery

Photos: First Wales visit

Tue, 3 Aug 2010 | By drmitch | Photo Gallery

First weekend in Wales

Tue, 3 Aug 2010 | By drmitch | Views [771]

I was invited to join a couple of Kiwi friends on a trip down the west coast of Wales and then to a music festival in Herefordshire, and jumped at the opportunity to see more of the UK. After an expensive train trip they picked me up in Wolverhampton ... Read more >

Tags: camping, police, wales

Photos: England

Mon, 2 Aug 2010 | By todd-holly | Photo Gallery

England - South and West Coast

Mon, 2 Aug 2010 | By todd-holly | Views [629]

 England July 24th - August 2nd Well here we are England with no accommodation and to our surprise everything is completely full.  Any seaside town is completely overrun by city dwelling locals.  After a train ride from Gatwick airport to Brighton and ... Read more >

Arequipa

Mon, 2 Aug 2010 | By dan_powell | Views [291] | Comments [3]

After camping on the beach we had a long drive day to Arequipa. It turned out to be exactly that, LONG. Once we arrived we had dinner in the hotel as noone could be bothered to venture out. Afer dinner Sam (the tour leader) played the piano as he used ... Read more >

Nazca

Mon, 2 Aug 2010 | By dan_powell | Views [261]

In the morning we returned to civilisation and had some breakfast before we headed off to Nazca. Once we arrived in Nazca we had a look at 3 of the famous lines. These are pretty wicked and are believed to have been created by the Nazca people walking ... Read more >

Getting Sophisticated in Argentina

Mon, 2 Aug 2010 | By rsweet | Views [676]

We're in the final month of our trip, and have some creature comforts for the first time in months! It's lovely to be simultaneously warm AND dry! Last time I wrote was from La Paz; highest city in the world. An amazing place but reeeally cold. The ... Read more >

Scotland

Sun, 1 Aug 2010 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1160]

We started our tour of Scotland by going to Edinburgh and staying with Kents cousin Brian (on his fathers side). We took the opportunity of cleaning everything while we were there. Thanks Brian, hope your vacuum cleaner ... Read more >