Destination: United Kingdom

Photo gallery

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 | By bombers | Views [704]

Hi everyone, I think I ( and Justin) have finally worked out how to include some photos on this website. They come from Scotland and Ireland and there are a couple from our flat (excuse the mess in one of the shots - we were moving in!) When computers ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Read this!

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 | By mradventure | Views [746] | Comments [8]

Ha, I got your attention didn't I. I've got new pics up under Merry Ole England. Check em out. I have to say though people, I'm a little disappointed. My typical viewing has gone from over 200 to less than 100. Is my writing gettting bad? Am I not interesting ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Day #7 (23-Mar-2007)

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 | By phoebe2007 | Views [614] | Comments [1]

Day #7 Leaving Islington Time to up and move again.   This is the downside of travelling, having to drag suitcases around.   Amy's suitcase weighs nearly 30kg and I have had to carry that up several flights of stairs at various times (expect ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Day #6 (22-Mar-2007)

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 | By phoebe2007 | Views [592] | Comments [1]

Day #6 Woke up at about 6am and ready for breakfast at the refectory (or whatever they call it).   They have rules here about how many things you can for breakfast (6 serves total, up to 2 serves per item).   This is a typical university "... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Day #5 (21-Mar-2007)

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 | By phoebe2007 | Views [498]

Day #5 Leaving Earl's Court Checking out of Earl's Court today.   I wanted to go for a final walk to "discover" Earl's Court before we left.   One thing about London (so far) is that there are no supermarkets anywhere.   No Coles, ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Some of our volunteering plans

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 | By athousandmiles | Views [481]

'A Thousand Miles' is in the planning phase right now so things are a little crazy (no thanks to Jessica who was off on holiday this week!) but it seems like a good idea to be a bit more specific about what we're actually doing on our trip. So here ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

What a weekend we had!

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 | By worldnomads-on-tour | Views [6048] | Comments [2] | Video

Well after much detailed planning (mostly on the back of a fag packet), we finally reached the set up day for the Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show ( www.theoutdoorsshow.co.uk ) 16-18 Mar 07. Thankfully, the UK team consisting of the one and only ... Read more >

Tags: backpackers, expo, free t-shirt, Los Angeles, work, world nomads

Gallery: The Outdoors Show- NEC 16-18 March 07

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 | By worldnomads-on-tour | Photo Gallery

Edinburgh

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By mel-halden | Views [377]

After a few days in london I was on my way to edinburgh!! Once again I am soo excited then I found out I have a 10 hour bus drive. Time for a good book and a fully charged ipod so I was set!!  What can one say about edinburgh! The place is cool! I saw ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Why World Nomads?

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By athousandmiles | Views [461]

When we decided to take up the challenge of 'A Thousand Miles' we knew we wanted to use a blogging platform to follow our travels. That way, people all over the world could follow our travels with a few clicks of the mouse. Problem is ... there are ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Pre Departure

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 | By michael_chan | Views [651]

First and Foremost, welcome to Michael's Small World, my foray into the world of Blogging...Huzzah!! So here it finally is. It's 3.30, and I am due to be up in about 4 Hours. I'm actually quite tired right now but find myself caught between that zone ... Read more >

Tags: Packing & gadgets

Meet the team

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 | By athousandmiles | Views [467]

Whilst it's far from finished, we've started creating a page called ' Meet the Dows Team '. The 'Dows' team will be the people responsible for keeping this blog up-to-date and taking on the challenge of volunteering all over the globe. We will be updating ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Welcome!

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 | By athousandmiles | Views [525] | Comments [1]

First of all, thanks for stopping by! It's great to see you. As a fellow traveller I'm sure you understand what it means when we say that we love to travel. Some people travel to get away from it all. Others travel because their boss told them to. ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Day #4 (20/3/2007)

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 | By phoebe2007 | Views [331] | Comments [2]

Day #4: Ok, London people are definitely not as friendly as Australians (they don’t smile at each, and they don't smile at you - that is until you strike up a friendly conversation and then they are as friendly as).  I think the cold weather doesn’t ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Day #3 (19/03/2007)

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 | By phoebe2007 | Views [490]

Day #3 Arriving at London Ouch!  13-14 hours on a plane, what a killer.  Thank God (again) for the movies-on-demand.  It seems now that people don’t measure flights in hours but rather how many movies it takes to watch (I watched "Stranger ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures