Destination: United Kingdom

London 21 July

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By jolinklater | Views [635]

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 [412] | 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 [745] | 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 [420] | 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 [843]

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 [723] | 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 [448]

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 [420] | 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

Gallery: London

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By ang_and_abe | Photo Gallery

London

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By ang_and_abe | Views [887]

The following week in London was spent with my old school friend Rachel, and visiting a multitude of people. Abe called it “Ang’s tour of old school friends”, although we did meet with some people that Abe also knew! We caught up with Josh (a Vic ... Read more >

Glastonbury Festival

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By ang_and_abe | Views [1477] | Comments [1]

5 days, 200,000 people, dozens of music stages, hundreds of music acts, food and market stalls, and hours of other entertainment… on a farm in Somerset, England.   This is Glastonbury, one of the biggest music festivals in the world, and this ... Read more >

Tags: glastonbury festival, rolf harris

Gallery: Rain, traffic and trains

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By jolinklater | Photo Gallery

The Start of the Adventure: 16 July - 19 July

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By jolinklater | Views [673] | Comments [3]

Day 1 - 16th July So after running around getting all the final bits and pieces to complete the packing (not mentioning the fruitless hour we spent at 3 only to be told at the end that they couldnt unlock my phone at the store, i had to call customer ... Read more >

Possibly the best day so far...

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By chloe_in_asia | Views [631] | Comments [3]

A big claim to make, but it has been an absolutely incredible day. The easyriders are motobikers who take you on trips around the mountain region and Dacia, Barry, Martin and I booked four for the day today. At $20 for the whole trip it was an absolute ... Read more >

Scotland. More specifically, Edinburgh.

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By jono_79 | Views [561]

Ahoy, me hearties.  Not a lot has happened since Spain. I went back to London, stayed at my mate Tim's house in Islington and ate more than my fair share of gourmet hamburgers. Lots of nice places to eat in Islington and I found a great place called ... Read more >