Destination: United Kingdom

Penang

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 | By didi | Views [656]

Is it Penang or Pinang. I am not sure and I don't think the city knows either as it both spellings are all over the place. I have been here since tuesday and I have really liked the town. I am staying in chinatown right in the middle of everything. Little ... Read more >

Reflections on Cheltenham

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 | By nadscol | Views [761]

So I’m finally up to date. Well sort of. I’m sitting on the train back to London after finishing work yesterday. I am now officially unemployed again (which in the light of the current economic crisis is not as comforting as it was last time I was in ... Read more >

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Shangri-la

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 | By manjinder_nagra | Views [339] | Comments [1]

Had a wonderful drive from　Tiger Leaping Gorge to Shangri-la, after spending an extra night in T L G with some Irish friends I had made, passing some picturesque mountain landscape. The roads were quite winding and I regretted leaving my make shift seatbelt ... Read more >

Roundabout Wales

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 | By nadscol | Views [820]

I went to Wales for the Bank holiday long weekend with Rocky. It was lovely. I must admit i was rather excited and told anyone who would listen what i was doing. Sorry everyone! Cardiff is only about an hour and 20ish minutes from Cheltenham on the train.... Read more >

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Birmingham- so good I went there twice!

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 | By nadscol | Views [561]

I've been to Birmingham, twice. No really. It's only like an hour away from here (Cheltenham), and do you know what the absolute best part is- Gloria Jeans! Yes! That's right! There is one just outside the bullring. When i discovered it i honestly nearly ... Read more >

Tags: day trips

Home sweet home!

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By john_hockley | Views [417] | Comments [1]

Well I am settling back into life in the UK and I am currently in the process of learning normal socialisation skills after 5 months living in the woods (it seems that you are supposed to wash cutlery after use rather than just licking it ... Read more >

The Battle of Tewksbury.

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By nadscol | Views [1166] | Comments [1]

Another weekend trip and my absolute favourite on by far. The weekend i decided to go to Tewksbury was like any other weekend....or so i thought. I had seen it in my lonely planet and i heard that there was a nice and very old cathedral and it was quite ... Read more >

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I thought there would be more onions.

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By nadscol | Views [661]

I went to the Newent Onion Festival. Don't laugh. I am strange, i can admit it, but i like onions and when Hazel at work told me about it i though why not? Emma came to visit that weekend and i dragged her along too! Poor girl didn't know what she was ... Read more >

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Double Gloucester

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By nadscol | Views [591]

Ok for a start i'm just going to explain the title. Double Gloucester is a cheese- it is very nice actually. I like cheese and thus thought it would be a nice title for my trip to Gloucester......yeah shut up i know i'm strange. But cheese is nice. ... Read more >

Tags: day trips

Cheltenham- Initial thoughts

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By nadscol | Views [606]

So, i've moved to Cheltenham. Another new job, another new living arrangement, new everything pretty much. When i first moved here i must admit i had absolutely no preconceptions. I hadn't even really heard of Cheltenham- I knew it was near Gloucester ... Read more >

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globe trotters

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By victoriadanny | Views [316] | Comments [1]

testing testing

only 9 days to go

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By victoriadanny | Views [430] | Comments [4]

Being organised and checking this journal thing actually works!!

Tiger Leaping Gorge

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By manjinder_nagra | Views [315] | Comments [1]

After a glorious two hour bus ride through mountains from Lijiiang I arrived at the start of a 2 day trek to Tiger Leaping Gorge (the deepest canyon in the world) We unfortunately started around 11.30 which meant that as we were reaching higher peaks ... Read more >

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Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By jeffersonvictoria | Views [237]

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Perfect day for skydiving!

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 | By hannah_on_her_travels | Views [404]

We did it!!  Very excited that today we did our skydive over Lake Wanaka! To date, this has to be the most exciting thing I have done.  The views were amazing, the mountains all topped with snow, clear blue lakes - couldn't have asked for a better weather ... Read more >