Destination: United Kingdom

Chillaxed Travel

Tue, 20 May 2008 | By tinka | Views [861]

So we headed up to Arbroath today - it wasn't far away at all and was well worth the trip.  15-20mins away from Dundee by train; it's a reasonably sized town on the East coast of Scotland below Aberdeen. EmJ and I hit the town around about 11:30am ... Read more >

Tags: abbey, arbraoth, seagulls

London in a Day

Tue, 20 May 2008 | By alysandjess | Views [718]

We were told we couldn't do London in a day. But when you have a current exchange rate such as ours, you can't be too choosey so Alys and I decided to live it up in London for just one day. Just one. And it wasn't nearly enough but we made do. It began ... Read more >

Gallery: Cambridge and London

Tue, 20 May 2008 | By alysandjess | Photo Gallery

Scotland 2008: A weekend of bagpipes, falafel, castles and crazy pubs!

Tue, 20 May 2008 | By nomadicsoul | Views [1103]

What is adventure? Adventure is getting on an unmarked train in an empty train station with only the vaguest of assumptions that it goes where you want it to go! On my free weekend from Corrymeela, Camille and I decided to hop across the sea ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, castle rock hostel, edinburgh, ferry, scotland, stranraer, train trips

Brighton

Mon, 19 May 2008 | By ruffhead | Views [315]

Well, this weekend (16-18th May) i went to see Richard, Denise, Lisa, Amanda and Michael down in Brighton! Also saw Chris, great to talk to another Australian!!! caught the bus down on Friday morning afetr running around Birmingham for 20 mins trying ... Read more >

The Oz Experience Begins

Mon, 19 May 2008 | By bulwer | Views [884] | Comments [1]

Well after some problems with flights which Alex has detailed we eventually made it safe and sound to Sydney (minus biltong =[ ). More of Alex's wonderful extended family greeted us and then proceeded to help us a lot with various touristy things. At ... Read more >

Sunday in Swansea

Mon, 19 May 2008 | By tregenza_family | Views [662]

Today we went to Swansea to have lunch at David Boucher's house. David is involved with Ian's research project and is Professor of Politics at Cardiff. Also invited to lunch was Neville Masterman who taught history for many years at the University at ... Read more >

Gallery: Sunday in Swansea

Mon, 19 May 2008 | By tregenza_family | Photo Gallery

Gatlinburg (home of Dollywood!)

Mon, 19 May 2008 | By john_hockley | Views [594] | Comments [1]

Dear all, Apologies for this being the first proper journal entry since I have been on the trail. I have only had a couple of opportunities to access the internet and have either not had the time to update the journal or the access has been too slow.... Read more >

Caerphilly Castle

Sun, 18 May 2008 | By tregenza_family | Views [892] | Comments [4]

Today we drove up to Caerphilly Castle just to the North of Cardiff. It is the best preserved example of a concentric castle, with inner and outer walls. It was built to defend the English against the last Welsh Prince of Wales. The moats and castle ... Read more >

Gallery: Caerphilly Castle and Barry

Sun, 18 May 2008 | By tregenza_family | Photo Gallery

Kampot and Pnom pen

Sat, 17 May 2008 | By claire-winder | Views [1007]

Kampot was wonderful, it was a small town in the countryside, the people were lovely, we stayed in a wonderful old villa run by an australian couple who were really nice. We went into the town, got massages from some blind people, which was incredible! ... Read more >

family history in SCOTLAND..

Sat, 17 May 2008 | By atish | Views [544] | Comments [5]

The journey began with a nine and half hour bus trip from London to Edinburgh, which was not made any better with a killer hangover. Once there I was picked up by my mum's cousin Pamela and her husband George, who had prepared a wonderful home cooked ... Read more >

Seder de Pessach em London

Sat, 17 May 2008 | By kutnerdaniel | Views [611]

19/04 : Cheguei ontem à noite em Londres e a Anna, uma prima da minha mãe (parente distante) foi me pegar na estação Brent Cross. Ela e a filha, que estuda em Bristol, me receberam super bem. Após o café da manhã, fui para Notting Hill passear ... Read more >

Life goes on....

Sat, 17 May 2008 | By tinka | Views [764]

Life goes on - and the number of injuries sustained by EmJ and myself have remained minimal thankfully; they could be worse. I've sprained my wrist and EmJ's recovering from a sore back. They really COULD be worse - stories to tell! So Steel ... Read more >

Tags: boys, idiot horse, wabbit hunting