Destination: United Kingdom

September - Horn Dance, England

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [1632] | Video

Location: Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England Dates: Wakes Monday (first Monday after the first Sunday after 4 September) Level of Participation: 2 – glimpse an 800-year-old pagan dance involving unwieldy antlers ... Read more >

Tags: england, horn dance, world festivals

September - Braemar Gathering, Scotland

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [1553] | Video

Location: Memorial Park, Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Dates: First Saturday in September Level of Participation: 4 – climb Morrone or down a dram Description: Caber-tossing can be seen throughout ... Read more >

Tags: braemar gathering, scotland, world festivals

Gallery: Trip Seven

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 | By willd | Photo Gallery

The rest of Scotland

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 | By kiwi_kids | Views [426] | Comments [1]

I love Scotland!!!! Since Edinburgh we drove to Inverness for three nights, went in search of the Loch Ness Monster, but she wasn't out that weekend. So instead we climbed Ben Nevis, the highest peak in Britain. At 1340m high we thought we'd give it a ... Read more >

Gallery: My leaving do

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 | By miriamexplores | Photo Gallery

Bye Bye

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 | By miriamexplores | Views [314]

One last 'goodbye' before i leave... Had a fantastic time last night - thanks to everyone who came, it means a lot to me.  Sorry some people couldn't come... :-(  but have a nosey at the pics! I can't work this thing!!!  If you want to see the pics, ... Read more >

A flying visit home to Scotland

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 | By alistair | Views [929]

So it’s back home to Scotland for almost two weeks. I have missed the place I now regard as home. I’ve been a bit nomadic over the past year or so and it’s great to be able to catch up with family and friends all over. The Nigerian aspects of the job ... Read more >

Tags: carnoustie, edinburgh, fraserburgh, scotland, stirling

Namaste!

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 | By alyx | Views [812] | Comments [4]

(Picture - All the volunteers at Patan Temple) Namaste, tapalai kasta chaa? This is the first proper chance I've had to go on the internet since we arrived in Nepal. I tried to update this on Wednesday when we made our first trip to Lubhu but ... Read more >

Nothing much to report, but I did play some cricket

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 | By jono_79 | Views [365]

So yeah, haven't really done much lately. Funds are slowly decreasing although I have been keeping an eye on them lately. The good exchange rate (1.97 to 1 the other day!) means my dollars go a bit further. All I've really been doing is looking after ... Read more >

Kanchanaburi

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 | By chloe_in_asia | Views [480] | Comments [4]

Spent two great days in Kanchanaburi and off to Bangkok tomorrow for shopping at the weekend market! The Bridge on the River Kwai is in Kanchanaburi so I have been learning all about the death railway which is really really interesting. Yesterday I ... Read more >

One more sleep...

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 | By miriamexplores | Views [263]

The time has flown by and i have have just one sleep left before i leave!  So, this time tomorrow i'll be waiting for my flight to Singapore at Heathrow and probably feeling rather nervous... Seeing as though everyone keeps asking what my route is, ... Read more >

Arrived safe in santiago, chile - update later.x

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 | By manjinder_nagra | Views [568]

Cycling cycling cycling

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 | By chloe_in_asia | Views [379]

only got 2 mins on the internet but am safe and happy in a very hot and very busy Ayuttaya. It's mother's day so all the Thai's have a holiday and most of them seem to have come here. tomorrow I'm going to kanchanaburi to see the death railway and the ... Read more >

Liverpool, not Nice

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 | By hotnoodle | Views [938]

My plane to Nice leaves in about 30 minutes. I'm currently in the centre of Liverpool sitting in a courtyard watching a troupe of tinfoil-sworded middle-aged women perform something vaguely medieval. Probably medieval in the way that Monty Python does ... Read more >

Gallery: UK trip

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 | By neffie | Photo Gallery