Destination: United Kingdom

boxes, boxes, boxes

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 | By polargirl | Views [459]

Wow! The postman, Mum, Dad and Val have been seriously busy! I had lots of boxes waiting for me to open when I got home. It was all very exciting! Grandpa hosted the outdoor clothing show- everything felt very cosy and warm, but it was tried on in his ... Read more >

What a difference a year makes....

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 | By hannah_on_her_travels | Views [496]

11th December last year I started working at Fred Olsen.  Exactly one year on and I decide to jump out of a plane....AGAIN! I had been advised Mission Beach is a fantastic location to skydive, whereby you actually land on the beach. I was certainly ... Read more >

Gallery: halong and sapa

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 | By manjinder_nagra | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Glasgow

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 | By paulorien | Photo Gallery

Woohoo Scooteroo

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 | By hannah_on_her_travels | Views [527]

A brief stop in the Town of 1770 was made to join in the exciting scooter trip around this quirky small town.  Now I have to admit I have never been in control of a vehicle with only 2 wheels before and I was slightly nervous about it as I don't think ... Read more >

Hello....you buy from me? why you no buy from me? SAPA

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 | By manjinder_nagra | Views [366] | Comments [1]

I didnt think it could really get any better than Halong Bay..... After a tax, overnight train and bus I eventually arrived at Bac Ha Market near Sapa in the northern mountains of Vietnam. It was a market like no other I had seen. The market operates ... Read more >

The Final Blog

Tue, 9 Dec 2008 | By the-haines-rtw | Views [494]

Well can you believe that I am writing this blog from my desk at the BBC having been back home for over a month now.   So much has happened since I wrote my penultimate blog so here goes for the very last time.............. Our second day in Chicago ... Read more >

All ruined Out

Mon, 8 Dec 2008 | By shelleytravels | Views [766] | Comments [5]

Armed Robbers - a close Shave Well I left San Cristobal with the two German girls and we headed to the ruins of Palenque. On the way there I thought to myself how much I love (the Mexican state of) Chiapas. It has beautiful mountainous scenery; an interesting ... Read more >

Whitsunday Islands - different from the original plan

Sun, 7 Dec 2008 | By hannah_on_her_travels | Views [569] | Comments [1]

I got up 7am the next day to see what my options were and a lovely lady called Wendy at reception called around different companies to see what was available and to see if there were any cancellations. I decided to do a day trip with a company called ... Read more >

3 month hiccup

Sun, 7 Dec 2008 | By hannah_on_her_travels | Views [508]

Friday it was officially 3 months I left home and this day started and ended badly.  Laura, the Dutch girl I have been travelling with for the past week and a half and I took an overnight bus from the Town of 1770 to get to Airlie Beach so that we could ... Read more >

Jeez Louise

Sun, 7 Dec 2008 | By smelix | Views [649]

I sound like a right moany mary in that last blog and it totally isnt how i felt, more exuberantly happy but too snowed under to show it. We are now back in St Albans and im already missing the seaside, but soon ill be by the sea on t'otherside of the ... Read more >

arrived safely

Sun, 7 Dec 2008 | By jess_dan | Views [547]

dear all, we have arrived safely in paris with no problems, the metro was easy and our hotel is nice. going to visit the mona lisa tomorrow and start our paris diet..which includes pastries, pastries and pastries. love to all, enjoy the weekend.... Read more >

ghent and brugges

Sat, 6 Dec 2008 | By jess_dan | Views [847] | Comments [3]

dear all, there a couple of days all compacted into this blog because internet access was a little dodgy and expensive in ghent, but brugges is free!hooray. dad had the day off work on thursday, so we went to gravensteen castle, also called the house ... Read more >

Halong Bay, Vietnam -WOW

Sat, 6 Dec 2008 | By manjinder_nagra | Views [312] | Comments [1]

Booked a little boat trip Halong Bay and Cat Ba island from my hostel and what a trip. Sun, sea, amazing limstone karsts, swimming, kayaking, starfish, coral, monkeys, sea kites, black storks and the highlight for me - rock climbing!! After a 3 hour ... Read more >

Hanoi

Sat, 6 Dec 2008 | By manjinder_nagra | Views [273]

What a contrast to Saigon and a wonderful capital city. I didnt particularly like the throng of Saigon itself and whilst Hanoi is busy it has a little old quarter by a lovely lake where you will find most of the backpacker hostels and is a nice place ... Read more >