Destination: United Kingdom

Fighting the Delhi Belly

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 | By priyachande | Views [637]

Nov 6th So it turns out that NO-ONE on the train (my hosts) touched the paneer given to us on the train for dinner. EXCEPT ME! I ate the whole damn thing and deeply regretted it tht night. I wont go into the details but let me tell you it was HORRIFIC.... Read more >

Gallery: Hadrian's Wall

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 | By ioana | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Scotland

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 | By ioana | Photo Gallery

jungle

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 | By tennantbella | Views [335] | Comments [1]

so i spent the last week in huascila lodge near tena in the amazon basin. the jungle is amazing, we´ve done a fair bit of hiking through it already, seen some brilliant waterfalls, soooo many ants!! they are everywhere! seen some other bits of wild life ... Read more >

Gallery: on my travels

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 | By sfau | Photo Gallery

ENGLAND (you'll have to imagine the witty title - sorry)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By vivienne_and_iona | Views [1173] | Comments [3]

HELLO FRIENDS AND FAMILY the time has come, the walrus said, for you to all finally know how on earth i survived a month without iona in the big (ok, small) bad country that is england. to tell you the truth, i didn't quite know how i was going ... Read more >

Tags: 2 pound pizza and buses, coldness, england

London, United Kingdom

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [890]

London has been a fairly quick stopover for us between Egypt and Africa. We've had four days here and have certainly had the real London experience. The weather has been absolutely miserable. It's freezing, wet and it is dark by 4.30pm - pretty standard ... Read more >

Gallery: London

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By bec-simon | Photo Gallery

Amazing Amazing AMRITSAR!

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By priyachande | Views [449]

Nov 5th- one of the best days of my life! impromptu day trip to amritsar was planned a few days before! my hosts daughter, shivani, and i decided to tag along with her cousin who is a fashion designer and had a business trip planned. i was so so lucky ... Read more >

HOMEWARD BOUND!

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 | By priyachande | Views [655]

Nov 2nd- After noon flight to Delhi. Had booked an airport shuttle bus to collect me from my hotel at checkout 12noon. Packed tonnes of people and their luggage into a teeny tiny bus- felt like preparation for India had already begun at this point! ... Read more >

yorkie bar anyone? (rose)

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 | By huw-and-rose | Views [732]

I did it! Ten minor faults (three because of 'undue hesitation' at those damn roundabouts and two for veering over into oncoming traffic, errr...) but I am now the proud owner of a C1 category licence, so I can finally legally drive Oddy. Thanks so much ... Read more >

Last few days in Bangkok

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 | By priyachande | Views [478]

Sop early morning of the 31st my rickety bus dropped a truckload of us foreigners off near the Khaosan road where i was stranded once again. As it was my last few nights in Bangkok (a city I now have begun to loath), i decided to push the boat out and ... Read more >

Scottish Highlands

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 | By _kim | Views [710]

November 1, 2009 Today I went into the Scottish Highlands, a rugged and mountainous region in northwest Scotland, home to Britains highest mountain - Ben Nevis - and its deepest lake – Loch Ness – as well as red-haired, Gaelic-speaking, whiskey ... Read more >

Photos: Glasgow

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 | By martin_rix | Photo Gallery

Heading back into Thailand

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 | By priyachande | Views [609]

So our second day on the slow boat was when we headed back into Thailand. Firstly though, we ate a beautiful traditional Laos lunch that had been cooked on the bpoat by the family who ran it. One dish tasted very much like an Indian curry and was very ... Read more >