Destination: United Kingdom

December - Santarun, Wales

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [1407] | Video

Location: Newtown, Wales Dates: First or second Sunday in December Level of Participation: 5 – run as though you’re late for Christmas Description: What better way to start the silly season than ... Read more >

Tags: santarun, uk, wales, world festivals

the Indian adventure begins

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 | By jess_dan | Views [1018] | Comments [3]

Dear All, To start, it was a very long journey to India, very very very long. Started at Kathmandu at 6am when we woke and made our way to the Kathmandu bus station. The bus goes from Kathmandu to Sunauli on the India/Nepal border. We boarded at ... Read more >

Jodphurs and all

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 | By priyachande | Views [536]

Sat 14 Nov, Early morning we left for Jodhpur. Took a local bus- this was interesting to say the least! Luckily we had seats and so sat in relative comfort. whereas the hoards of locals that hopped on and off the bus and squeezed into the holes above ... Read more >

Photos: Maddam Tussauds

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 | By jamesandjulie | Photo Gallery

Jaisalmer

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 | By priyachande | Views [666]

Wed 10th Nov arrived at 2pm (20hrs on board train) to Jaisalmer. First impressions were very good. it was a lovely train station, one could tell it was relatively new but its decor was still in keeping with its surroundings and it was very clean which ... Read more >

where are we at? (rose)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 | By huw-and-rose | Views [832] | Comments [1]

Despite our best efforts to leave, we are still in the UK, and may realistically still be here for Christmas. That's assuming our families will have us, having said goodbye too many times already. The stress of trying to stick to a fixed date had removed ... Read more >

Notes from a small sofa

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 | By sfau | Views [516]

The plane from Bangkok landed at Kathmandu international airport in the late morning and my connecting internal flight to Pokhara wasn’t till 2pm. So I had plenty of time to walk the several hundred metres to the domestic terminal…. Hang on a minute….... Read more >

tour #2 begins!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 | By priyachande | Views [551]

9th Nov- wake up and begin the day with a 3course meal! i was stuffed to ensure i had enough energy for my onward journey. There's indian hospitality for you. They offered me all sorts of food to take with me also, to ensure i never went hungry. They ... Read more >

Fighting the Delhi Belly

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 | By priyachande | Views [657]

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 [347] | 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 [1202] | 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 [927]

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 >