Destination: United Kingdom

Dramas and Lamas

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 | By sophinda | Views [530]

Hello Punks! Hope you’re all well and looking forward to the next exciting installment of The Blog. Well, I’m still having a nice time here in sunny McLeodganj, and in spite of being India’s second wettest town, it HAS been sunny here for quite sometime, ... Read more >

Tags: work

Do I really need all this?

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 | By rory2034 | Views [858]

3 days to go so I have decided to pack my bag rather than leave it to the night before. I laid everything out and thought "is this enough or too much?" Having no previous experience of packing for a trip like this I suppose I will only know ... Read more >

Tags: Packing & gadgets

Snot funny ) :

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 | By nadscol | Views [1004] | Comments [3]

I have a cold. A very very bad cold. And unfortunately over here cos i'm a locum if i don't turn up to work i don't get paid. I think i went through a whole box of tissues today....so i'm feeling very meh. I went to the phamacy at work yesterday to get ... Read more >

Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health

C. E . Winchester III

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 | By nadscol | Views [485]

Let me first start by explaining the title. When i first found out that i would be working in Winchester i kept on forgetting the name. Which is kinda dopey especially when i was telling everyone that i got a new job. So, as a way of remembering it i ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

London com Andy e Laurinha

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 | By kutnerdaniel | Views [901] | Comments [2]

18/Fevereiro : Estou de volta a Southampton depois de mais um fim de semana sensacional em London. Cheguei na sexta (15/02) à noite e saímos pro Café 1001 com o Alonso, amigo mexicano da Andy. Falei com o Xena e ele também foi lá com ... Read more >

Tags: People

Pólo e Jester's

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 | By kutnerdaniel | Views [703]

14/Fevereiro : Na quarta tivemos um jogo de pólo aquático contra uns caras de uma cidade próxima daqui. Apesar das condições num serem as ideais, foi legal. Ganhamos com certa tranqüilidade, apesar da desorganização do nosso time. Fiz ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Inspiration

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 | By rory2034 | Views [698]

The inspiration for this trip came from a card sent to me by a friend. In it she wrote "..this card made me think about how unpredictable life is and how, however hard, we should embrace that." Seeing the card everyday, which is on my desk ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

No Squirrels!

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 | By nadscol | Views [364] | Comments [1]

The one day i finally take my camera when i went for a walk in Kensington gardens and not a single bloody squirrel to be seen. Typical sneaky bastards, you couldn't move for all the damn squirrels and this week nothing! So, apart from that nothing much ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Gallery: Training

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 | By bulwer | Photo Gallery

Training!

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 | By bulwer | Views [737] | Comments [1] | Video

OK, so I lied in the last entry about it being the last one until much nearer departure. But today, Alex and I embarked on a grand mission, in the full spirit of adventure. We needed to start learning our backpacks, understanding them, becoming ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Andrex do Otterbourne

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 | By alex_ward | Views [581] | Video

Just under 9 weeks to go, and you can tell we are starting to get excited, because we are starting to do silly tings like walk for 3 hours through fields and woods in our local village and get just a little hyper when we realise we can have music 'on ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Gallery: Andrex

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 | By bulwer | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Andrex do Otterbourne

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 | By alex_ward | Photo Gallery

Almost ready

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By candjmcshane | Views [632] | Comments [1]

We've finished the packing! Well, almost. There's a few last minute things that always keep popping up but the bulk of it is done. I've had loads of fun playing with the vacuum air bags, probably a little too much fun and not enough packing actually.... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Bah Humbug!

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By nadscol | Views [484] | Comments [1]

Bah humbug! Well the valentines day equivalent anyhow. So another year, another time the florist hasn't turned up. At least i have a kinda excuse this year..that being that i've only been in the UK less than 2 weeks so nobody knows me well enough to buy ... Read more >

Tags: People