Destination: United Kingdom

blue in the face (rose)

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 | By huw-and-rose | Views [699]

After months of discussions, and over an hour in a paint shop last week, shattered and colour blind from staring at tiny squares of various hues, we finally compromised: a calm, sea-green pale turquoise kind of shade. Or so ... Read more >

It's still Dashain!

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 | By alyx | Views [801] | Comments [7]

Namaste everyone, I wasn't sure whether to blog again or wait until closer til "leaving time" but here I am. It's crazy that I'll be returning home so soon, in all honesty I'm petrified. Life here is like a bubble, it's ... Read more >

Day 3: Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare, 'Lend me your ears', bloody death and mahem

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 | By livy | Views [743]

So we left Stoford. Cute little Stoford with its cute little bridge over its willow-strewn river and majestic white swans. The Swan Inn was awesome. Such good grub and nice rooms and sweet people. Wonder how much a little Stoford or Greater Wishford ... Read more >

Tags: theatre

Sunbathing in Tropical rains

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 | By priyachande | Views [534] | Comments [3]

24th-27th Sept. I arrived in Koh Phangan safe and sound, hasslefree, just past midday. What a differee it makes to be ale to view a plaec in natural light and to not have to worry about time being against you. The first place i turned up to- Coral Bungalows-... Read more >

Gallery: London

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 | By tracy | Photo Gallery

Bath and Avebury

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 | By livy | Views [523]

Oh Lordy, make me rich rich rich so I can buy me a summer-house in Bath. Just a little one would do. I wouldn’t need much room as I wouldn’t be in very often. I’d bathe everyday in the baths, obvi, eat Cornish pasties everyday, again obvi, and spend all ... Read more >

Tags: jane austen

Day 1

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 | By livy | Views [543]

Stood on Nelson’s HMS Victory in Portsmouth today. Such a good day on the harbour and by the seaside. Ticket to see the HMSes and their museums and have a harbour tour was quite good value. I pretended I was in Hornblower...truth be told that I was Hornblower ... Read more >

Tags: portsmouth, stonehenge, winchester

amazing people, precious moments (rose)

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 | By huw-and-rose | Views [805] | Comments [1]

We had a brilliant time on our trial run round Wales: click here for a few pics if you fancy. What we wanted to happen happened: we broke down lots. This is a Good Thing as Penelope is ... Read more >

Midnight Bus To Nowhere

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 | By t_w_d | Views [488]

I had been bouncing on my toes for nearly an hour at Parapat Bus Terminal trying to regain some feeling in my extremities and was increasingly concerned that a deserted bus station wasn’t the ideal place to start my voyage down the Trans-Sumatran ... Read more >

A tough few days

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 | By priyachande | Views [508] | Comments [3]

so i got to KL aftwer a long buss journey with stops and starts at the malaysia/singapore border. it was incredibly tiring. the local bus from singpaore took me to johor bahru first- a southern town in malaysia and form there i had to take a "big ... Read more >

Two journal posts in one day? Wonders will never cease!

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 | By jono_79 | Views [747] | Comments [2]

Forgot to mention a few things in that last posting. Thursday 17th: I caught up with a friend Michelle from Verdon. Hadn't seen her for about 13 years so it was good to find out what had been going on with her and her friends since the Verdon/Uni ... Read more >

Still in London - job hunting time

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 | By jono_79 | Views [703]

Hey guys,  No updates recently because I haven't done a lot lately! It's pretty good having lots of free accomodation as I housesit my friends places. The downside is that I'm house-sitting on my own which means having to talk to the voices in my head.... Read more >

Dashain Festival

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 | By alyx | Views [1349] | Comments [5]

(Picture - Ramdevi, Meena and I in the old house *the house I cant stand up straight in* having dinner) Hi everyone, So on Saturday it was the first day of the Dashain Festival. The festival lasts for 15 days and is pretty much the equivalent ... Read more >

Gallery: Brighton

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 | By mccartgemm | Photo Gallery

Photos: London 1

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 | By mccartgemm | Photo Gallery