Destination: United Kingdom

Photos: First Wales visit

Tue, 3 Aug 2010 | By drmitch | Photo Gallery

First weekend in Wales

Tue, 3 Aug 2010 | By drmitch | Views [793]

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 [659]

 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 [306] | 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 [275]

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 [697]

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 [1184]

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 >

Canon Capture, Castles & Coffee

Sun, 1 Aug 2010 | By princess2802 | Views [1252] | Comments [2]

On my first morning in Edinburgh, a Sunday, I found myself out on the Royal Mile at 5.45am. Was I completely insane? Maybe not completely, but there was a method to my madness. Actually, there were two methods. One being that I was able to beat ... Read more >

The beginning of a Scottish Adventure

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 | By princess2802 | Views [1092] | Comments [5]

After surviving the daylight robbery of the Gatwick Express, and the saga that was Gatwick Airport security, I arrived safely in Edinburgh in the early afternoon to mild but cool temperatures and crisp blue skies. The scenery was delightful, the airport ... Read more >

Airports are fast becoming the bane of my life

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 | By princess2802 | Views [1896] | Comments [3]

In my usual Australian domestic, and now Middle Eastern international flight style, I have become accustomed to arriving at the airport at a reasonable but not particularly early time, waiting in a short queue for any formalities and floating through ... Read more >

Pre-emptive strike on my journals!

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 | By sebfyffe2886 | Views [306] | Comments [1]

Well, its Friday night, 30th July and I'm at home just going through the last of my things to take with me. This is mainly a tester story to see how it goes. Feeling a little nervous but mainly excited about the trip ahead of me. 2 more days to go until ... Read more >

know yourself. trust yourself. and hold on.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 | By ejpredny | Views [965]

The doomsday clock maliciously turned hours into seconds as my final days in Iceland wound to an end. I scampered about, wishing desperately that I could gather up the entire country into one big bear hug and refuse to let go! I had a big plan ... Read more >

Tags: brenevin, edinburgh, emily predny, eyjafjallajokull, glasgow, glencoe, iceland, puffin, reykjavik, scotland

Photos: Uk Panoramas 2006

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 | By crustyadventures | Flickr Photo Gallery

Ballestas Islands and the Desert

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 | By dan_powell | Views [266]

Today was an early start and we headed off to Paracas to get on a boat to the Ballestas Islands. These islands are also referred to as the "Poor Mans Galapagos". They were really cool and had loads of cool animals on them including birds, sea ... Read more >