Destination: United Kingdom

Planning Phase

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 | By sarahtravels | Views [477]

I've been at home for 2 weeks now and have eventually sketched out an itinerary. Yesterday I purchased the flights and now I'm looking for travel insurance and vaccinations.  I have got a travel bag, and I finally decided on the compromise of a wheeled ... Read more >

Tags: planning

Photos: Alpha 1 kindergarten opening ceremony

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 | By tom-raleigh | Photo Gallery

Brighton and Tate Modern.

Tue, 6 Apr 2010 | By jono_79 | Views [642] | Comments [1]

Brighton - early Jan. As I mentioned in my last posting, Anna and I went to Brighton in January and it kicked arsed. It was a spontaneous trip. It was a pretty uneventful morning when I suggested we take a day trip there. Within an hour, ... Read more >

Guatemala - volcanoes, couchsurfing and bed bugs

Mon, 5 Apr 2010 | By rsweet | Views [1568]

I'll begin this blog with an update on our mosquito bites (always popular) -- having spent almost a week bite-free and forming a case against Deet as a conspiracy theory concocted by the global pharmaceutical companies I got ravaged the other day, and ... Read more >

Photos: The Cotswolds

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By drmitch | Photo Gallery

Antique hunting in the Cotswolds

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By drmitch | Views [497]

A sunny(ish) day saw us jumping in the car and heading off to see the true chocolate-box English countryside of the Cotswolds. Unfortunately, just like in NZ, the weather couldn't make up it's mind and soon we were driving through miserable drizzle, ... Read more >

Tags: antiques, cotswolds, stow-on-the-wold

Photos: The Ritz

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By jamesandjulie | Photo Gallery

The Ritz

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By jamesandjulie | Views [276]

Today we celebrated our first wedding anniversary. Despite our Eurodisney trip being our anniversary gift to each other, I was very surprised and excited to receive a voucher for a High Tea at The Ritz from James. We dressed up (James had ... Read more >

Photos: Lions & tigers & bear oh my!

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 | By drmitch | Photo Gallery

Lions & Tigers & Bears oh my!

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 | By drmitch | Views [546]

We foolishly braved the Easter crowds to visit Longleat Safari Park on a Saturday. Yes, we went to an English Safari Park, very different from the real thing! It was the first drive-through safari park set up in 1966 We were prepared to put our patient ... Read more >

Tags: deer, lions, longleat safari park, trafic jam

Photos: Long Pasia 2

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 | By tom-raleigh | Photo Gallery

Not long to go...

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 | By dmac_jmoss | Views [544] | Comments [1]

Hey, sup? Not long 'til we set off now so just putting this up here as a placeholder for now so that we can give the link out to people who want to follow us (mostly our families, so let's keep it clean!) on our super rad adventure to the land of ... Read more >

Tags: chodey, flying, snowboarding, uk

Photos: Cheddar Man

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 | By drmitch | Photo Gallery

Finding the Cheddar Man!

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 | By drmitch | Views [731]

It was Easter and time for a good break. I headed back over to Wiltshire to join my friend, Anna, for a long weekend of exploring the 'local' sites. We started with a trip to Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, the place where Cheddar Cheese was first matured ... Read more >

Tags: cheddar gorge, cheddar man, cheese, tramping, wine

London

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 | By littlebluewren | Views [271] | Comments [2]

Hello