Destination: United Kingdom

Our first days in the UK

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 | By paul-grace | Views [241]

We arrived on the 15th December after the very long flight via Dubai. It gets harder each time to do this but it is a means to an end. We can visit  our favourite UK people and places by putting up with some discomfort for 24 hours. The Lexus Rocketship ... Read more >

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LONDON

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 | By burrellian | Views [918] | Comments [7]

Ended up taking a plane from Brussels to London city airport, hard to believe, a flight was cheaper than a train, it was a very small plane (Focker 50, if interested), then the underground to South Kensington, where the Hostel is. On my way to check ... Read more >

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On Rarotonga time

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 | By jule5 | Views [388]

Kia Orana, a little slack maybe, I've been busy and we're on Raro-time, which means a slower pace than you're used to. This place is like a picture postcard image of paradise. We landed early in the morning sometime last week, and the hostel was right ... Read more >

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New pics on Flickr

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 | By angelas_away | Views [378]

Just a note to say that I´ve put loads of Iquitos photos up on Flickr, take a look!

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Gallery: Liverpool

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 | By phil | Photo Gallery

Liverpool, and home

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 | By phil | Views [606]

As I came down from the plane I was nearly cut in half by the wind, it was a grey day and before long the the heavens would open.  Welcome to England! I got the bus driver to drop me outside the YHA where I would spend the night, and once there I ... Read more >

Tags: philosophy of travel

Back home

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 | By fozzy | Views [679]

Hi All Well here I am sat in the libary at Parkgate!!! Updating my last Round the World blog!!! There may be others in the future ! New York was fun braved an open top bus in the cold and snow and did up town, down town and Brooklyn!! Went to see Martha ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

On To Vancouver

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 | By whiteelephant | Views [696]

First off, if you are wondering what it is like travelling on the tube in London, this little video sums it up pretty well! I took a day trip out to Greenwich a couple of weekends ago. What a cool place! There are markets and opp-shops everywhere ... Read more >

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Cold Nights and Notes from Sinop

Sun, 9 Dec 2007 | By ride-earth | Views [722]

I smell pretty terrıble but I’ve got a fishing boat to go and sleep on tonight, and I just bought a new blanket which I hope will keep me warm as the nights have been uncomfortably chilly recently. Normally camping is a perfectly fine option for ... Read more >

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Coastal Progress

Sun, 9 Dec 2007 | By ride-earth | Views [408]

Tom We’ve spent three weeks since leaving Istanbul following the Black Sea coastline. Yesterday we completed the very hilly northern stretch, arriving in the peninsular town of Sinop. It’s a charming place with some of the friendliest people ... Read more >

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I can't believe I set off in a week

Sun, 9 Dec 2007 | By littlepipes | Views [293]

It's less a week to go before my exciting adventure to the other side of the world and I'm as organised as ever. That is, if organised is not even having a bag in which to pack the millions of items I can't possible go to Australia without. I wonder ... Read more >

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Loving London Life

Sun, 9 Dec 2007 | By sean_and_liana | Views [1171]

Ive discovered there is an art to loving living in London. You hear stories of people coming to spend time in London and its always that they either love it or they hate it, and I mean HATE it! So being the typically less than optimistic person I am, ... Read more >

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One cold wet day in London...

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 | By lex | Views [443] | Comments [1]

So this is finally it... I'm about to leave heathrow for Tokyo... managed to sleep in by an hour this morning (luckily I had been so paranoid about everything that might go wrong, I had planned to get up seriously early!!!) And now I can relax in the ... Read more >

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Piers and Proposals

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 | By sean_and_liana | Views [1111]

This weekend is definitely going down in history as one of the most memorable, and thankfully not for disastrous reasons as one may expect from a trip to the UK’s most famous coastal town in the middle of winter! After another unsuccessful attempt ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

disturbing the work week in london

Fri, 7 Dec 2007 | By asakitfield | Views [557] | Comments [1]

Well Finally post numero dos... Stop two, London England. I certainly picked a weird time to go see henri, one of my longtime drinking buddies and old roommates. I showed up on monday and left thurs. morning. plus the poor kid is finally working ... Read more >

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