Destination: United Kingdom

From Dolce Vita to a Bonny Life

Tue, 29 May 2007 | By tracy_r | Views [595]

When last I wrote, I was in (and around) the coast and Islands of Naples, enjoying the sun and seas. After Naples I headed over to Rome, where I spent a day there sightseeing Rome on a hop-on hop-off bus, and generally getting a (very exciting) feel ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Bonny Scotland

Tue, 29 May 2007 | By tracy_r | Photo Gallery

Half Empty or Half Full? Pt.1

Tue, 29 May 2007 | By edd_powell | Views [566]

Greetings again to the now 70 or so people who have been reading up on my adventure. My travels have taken me to Bridgwater - home of all that is good and pure through blurred spectacles. I have divided this entry into 2 as I like to keep it short so ... Read more >

Tags: Good Times!

The Holiday is OVER

Tue, 29 May 2007 | By kristinandchris | Views [252]

Today I went to work for the first time in almost 3 months.....i have a 3 week temp job at Arcadia (the parent company of Top Shop, Miss Selfridge etc etc etc). It was somewhat of a shock to the system to have to get up and be somewhere ontime ... Read more >

London...welcome to a heatwave!

Tue, 29 May 2007 | By lyrebird | Views [435]

The picture many travellers have of London is of a cold, dark, drab & dreary city shrounded in mist and fog.....eternally dank. Nothing could've been further from the truth as we emerged from 20,000 feet, touched down and walked into what was a ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Pictures!

Tue, 29 May 2007 | By lineh | Photo Gallery

Before take-off!

Tue, 29 May 2007 | By lineh | Views [1167] | Comments [14]

Alright guys, here we go. Here you will be able to read about and hopefully view pictures of our adventures. We have both spend the last week in our respectable countries seeing friends and eating mommy’s food. Now we are spending ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Bank Holiday Monday

Mon, 28 May 2007 | By wick | Views [572] | Comments [2]

The next day is freezing with a forecast high of 8 degrees! This is supposed to be summer. If it is actually 8 degrees today it will set an all time record for the lowest high ever in May. We’re off to shop for wellies as the weather for the first ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Jenny's Place

Mon, 28 May 2007 | By wick | Views [624]

For the past few days we’ve been staying at Jenny’s (a friend we met on a train in Thailand and few years ago). It’s a neat place in Putney with loads of character and plenty of space. We’ve had her flatmate’s room for a few nights but I think ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Vinny the Van

Mon, 28 May 2007 | By wick | Views [1385]

After a couple of days of trekking all over London, chewing up pounds on our Tube Oyster cards, we finally found a suitable van – Vinny the VW. He’s huge!! We were looking for a Self Propelled Metal Tent and ended up with more of a Self Propelled ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

London

Mon, 28 May 2007 | By wick | Views [557]

We’d prearranged to meet Sam at a pub in Finsbury at a certain time and were near enough to it that he’d only got through ¼ of his first pint. It was a lovely warm day (actually a bit too warm for carrying packs). After a nice BBQ that night and ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Flights

Mon, 28 May 2007 | By wick | Views [542]

After some frantic last minute packing and cleaning we said adieu to Wendy’s Ma and Pa and did a few last jobs in Christchurch. The most fun of these was spending the Kathmandu vouchers we’d both been given by our workmates. We went mad and they kept ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Living in an Monopoly Board

Mon, 28 May 2007 | By kristinandchris | Views [333]

We have arrived in London! Arrived to a very bleak day with rain and only 10 degrees, not ideal after the heat of Rio. But we were glad to be here none the less, in fact it actually feels like coming home as everyone speaks English and we have a few friends ... Read more >

Leaving Party London

Sun, 27 May 2007 | By lionel14 | Views [676] | Comments [1]

Thanks everyone for coming. Had a fantastic time! Check out the pictures in the photos gallery. Going to Guanabara i realise that there is quite a learning curve ahead to impress on the brazialian dancefloors haha! See ya. Merci a tous ceux qui ont ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Gallery: Leaving Party May 2007

Sun, 27 May 2007 | By lionel14 | Photo Gallery