Destination: United Kingdom

Day #16 (1-Apr-2007)

Mon, 2 Apr 2007 | By phoebe2007 | Views [786] | Comments [2]

  Day #16   Breakfast   Oops! We woke up too late for our "free" breakfast (part of the room charge).   These (st/d)ody British wouldn’t give us a discount in a fit.   When we mentioned that the clock they provided wasn’t set for summer ... Read more >

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Day #15 (31-Mar-2007)

Mon, 2 Apr 2007 | By phoebe2007 | Views [647] | Comments [1]

  Day #15   Walk around York   This hotel does not server breakfast which makes things easier for us.   We get up late   and starting exploring York.    We first go to the Post Office to unload.   While there the public phone box inside rings ... Read more >

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Day #14 (30-Mar-2007)

Mon, 2 Apr 2007 | By phoebe2007 | Views [542]

  Day #14   Breakfast Breakfast at this place was just a continental breakfast, in fact it was mini-packets of cereal that you opened yourself.   They did however make tea + toast for us so it wasn’t too bad.   We were in rush to get the 9:26am train ... Read more >

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Home Base: London

Sun, 1 Apr 2007 | By athousandmiles | Views [2909] | Comments [6]

London is a hub of culture, excitement and good times so it seemed like the best place to base 'A Thousand Miles'. If you've ever been to London then you'll know that it is a melting point for lots of cultures, hundreds of languages and millions of ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Gallery: Singapore

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 | By jamesanddan | Photo Gallery

Day #13 (29-Mar-2007)

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 | By phoebe2007 | Views [523]

  Day #13   Breakfast We woke up and went down to the Dining Room for breakfast.   It was a nice affair and we had the usual bacon+sausages+eggs+baked beans+tomato (it is just starting to get a little boring now).     Amy decided to indulge and ... Read more >

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Day #12 (28-Mar-2007)

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 | By phoebe2007 | Views [569] | Comments [2]

Day #12 (28-Mar-2007) Leaving St Buryans We got up early (5:30am) because our train was leaving Truro for Bath at 8:26am.  Amy cooked scrambled eggs for breakfast (the best I have tasted so far in England - I have eaten quite a bit of it - I am ... Read more >

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Day #11 (27-Mar-2007)

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 | By phoebe2007 | Views [544]

Day #11 After the disturbed nights sleep we wake up at about 9am reasonably refreshed.  Because we had to self-cater for breakfast (holiday speak for "made it ourselves" ;)  we just had some toast and then hit the road looking for castles.... Read more >

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Poop

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 | By mradventure | Views [634] | Comments [5]

You're probably wondering why the hell the title of today's entry is poop, well let me tell you. Today has been a poop day for the kids, two days ago was a poop day for Zach. He's going to be embarassed as hell if he reads this some day. Two days ago, ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Kruger National Park

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 | By reachteam | Views [454]

We headed from Jo'burg to Kruger National Park were we stayed in self catering huts.  A 4.30am start for a safari ensured that we saw 4 of the big 5 (missed the lion) and also giraffes and zebras.  We then relaxed in the afternoon and headed to Nelspruit ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Day #10 (26-Mar-2007)

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 | By phoebe2007 | Views [610] | Comments [1]

Day #10 Leaving Mousehole It is a shame to have to leave this place so soon, It was a really nice place to stay at.  I think it is good to move around though when on holidays because we were starting to get used to being at this place and once that ... Read more >

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Back in London

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 | By mel-halden | Views [415]

I'm back in London and I am awaiting my eruope tour which starts very soon. I have met up with old friends and made some new and I did more tourist type stuff. Buckingham palace, Jack the ripper walk and a Davinci walk. I also shopped relaxed and took ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Day #9 (25-Mar-2007)

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 | By phoebe2007 | Views [561] | Comments [1]

Day #9 We had breakfast at the Pilchard Press again,   We get all the local gossip off the guy who works there, who is friendly (and also worldly having already toured Australia).   We enlightened him on the Aus-NZ rivalry (he was already aware ... Read more >

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Day #8 (24-Mar-2007)

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 | By phoebe2007 | Views [559]

Day #8 Breakfast We had breakfast at a place 2 doors down from us called the "Pilchard Press".   Shops here (and in London too) are in buildings that look the same as the residences.   So if you took the signs off them, you wouldn’t ... Read more >

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Photo gallery

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 | By bombers | Views [678]

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