Destination: United Kingdom

Gallery: Canterbury Cathedral

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By jolinklater | Photo Gallery

My Son

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By chloe_in_asia | Views [409] | Comments [3]

Today I went on a tour to My Son where there are ruins from the Cham era - about the 13th century. It was a beautiful setting, right in the middle of the mountains. Then took a boat trip back to Hoi An which was just wonderful. Everything here is poscard-... Read more >

London here we are

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [412]

And so at 11pm we boarded our long flight (transiting through Frankfurt) to the UK. We were depressed to find that our seats on our Luftansia flight didn't have a personalised tv console and to make things worse, I think our ticket ... Read more >

Arrival and first days

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By phil_and_alex | Views [927] | Comments [6]

Arrived nice and early (6.30am) on Tues morn to - you guessed it - shitty, cold, rainy english weather!! this is meant to be SUMMER!! but nevermind, Urszula picked us up from the airport and took us to beautiful Blenheim Palace, which has 20acres of ... Read more >

Tags: birmingham, blenheim palace, english, flowerboxes

Gallery: Wales

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: London & our new home

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By jolinklater | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Canterbury & areas

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By jolinklater | Photo Gallery

London 21 July

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By jolinklater | Views [613]

21 July We got up relatively early and jumped on the tube to take us from Clapham South (Meg's house) to Trafalgar Square where our walking tour for the Changing of the Guards would start from.  We were slightly late, but caught up with the tour at ... Read more >

Hoi An

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By chloe_in_asia | Views [393] | Comments [2]

This morning I went to a tailors and blew $70 on dresses :P It was possibly the best shopping experience of my life. The shop was run by two sisters who both spoke really good english. We sat down and chatted for ages then went through tons of magazines ... Read more >

Trekking, Phuket and Phi Phi

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By laura_street | Views [726] | Comments [4]

We were picked up from our hostel just after 9am on Thursday to meet out trekking group. There was 6 of us all together - everyone seemed really nice. We had an hours drive in a rather cramped and very warm minibus to where we were going to be doing ... Read more >

Hoi An

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By chloe_in_asia | Views [405] | Comments [1]

Hi guys sorry I haven;t had time to blog much - I've  been too busy having an amazing time. Spent an afternoon on the beach when we arrived in Nha Trang and then went out in the evening and had a really fun night. The next day I went on an island hopping ... Read more >

Felt an earthquake tremor in Wanganui!!!

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By manjinder_nagra | Views [798]

I began to worry when the kiwi guy sitting next to me at my hostel said..."that light bulb shouldnt be swaying that way. I wonder if theres an eartquake". I thought he was winding me up, being a tourist and all but i then felt the secondary ... Read more >

Tie Me Voulez Vous Down Sport 15

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By countryboy | Views [702] | Comments [7]

    I phone dead people.     Just before the Wednesday tech-run in Forli, Italy, I receive a text from Australia: “Oh my god maureen I can’t believe it”. Having seen Maureen several weeks ago in Oz and knowing she had a bit of a problemo on the ... Read more >

Canterbury & London: 19 July - 20 July

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By jolinklater | Views [416]

19 July This morning we woke up to a fully cooked English breakfast by Ruth's kind dad and stepmum, brilliant!  We then pottered around and about 2pm made our way through the english countryside to Ruth's mum's place...the roads are so just like in ... Read more >

Nha Trang

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By chloe_in_asia | Views [407] | Comments [4]

arived safely this afternoon. Sat on the beach and went in the sea. Can't blog tonight as we are going out for the evening but will catch up at some point tomorrow. All safe and very happy as always lots of love xxx