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Kenya to Tanzania

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 | By jeffbrad | Views [3847]

Sunday 15th July - day 1 of overland tour that will take 49 days to get from Nairobi to Cape town. For the first few days there is a bit of changing around as people who started in Uganda join the tour and others not doing the full tour leave in a ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Baby Steps towards Tony’s Kili adventure (guest blog)

Tue, 8 Sep 2015 | By tony_mattravers | Views [1139]

STOP PRESS: Baby Mattravers has arrived safely! Another milestone reached, pretty much on schedule… I met Tony Mattravers about two years ago when he was in the midst of losing weight in order to go wing walking. It didn’t take long ... Read more >

Tags: fundraising, helping others, kilimanjaro, planning, preparation, trekking

December 29th update!!

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 | By l-a-u-r-e-n | Views [946]

Woooo chocolate brown hair!!! im happy coz this is my first sofar successful attempt at dyingmy hair away fromits natural blondeness. dont get me wrong, i like blonde, but its so boring to me, especially since its been the same since 1990. so today i ... Read more >

What, Where, Why, How?

Sun, 17 Jan 2016 | By wanderlustgail | Views [799] | Comments [3]

I wanted to write earlier, but this week has been an emotional roller coaster, and I could not bring myself to put much into words. Who knew that following a dream could make one so sad, afraid, anxious, guilty, and full of self-doubt? I did not expect ... Read more >

Tags: sabbatical, solo, travel

Day 7 - Orton to Kirkby Stephen

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 | By anijensen | Views [793] | Comments [2]

We got up in Orton this morning to rain falling and wind blowing. We got ready for the day, made it downstairs to breakfast only to find that the help had not shown up to make it! The poor Manager came staggering out of a back room to a room full of ... Read more >

The Adventure Begins!

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 | By joshmarktom | Views [755] | Comments [1]

With all the ash clouds finally clearing it looks like we will soon be airborne and on our way to New Zealand. I cannot wait! This will either be 13 of the most incredible months of slumming it or 1 wild month of non-stop partying!! I will try and ... Read more >

Tags: heathrow, langport, uk, volcano

Jackets in Jersey

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 | By drmitch | Views [633]

A week to kill and a friend who came from Jersey Island, a little island much like my home island of Wiaheke, was too much of an opportunity to pass up. So in July I joined her for a trip to the island of Jersey, slap bang in the channel between Britain ... Read more >

Tags: durrell zoo, france, gorilla, jersey island, st malmo

Seeing the Sights

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 | By whiteelephant | Views [596]

It has been a few weeks now and I am starting to get into the swing of life in London and learning all the little details you need to know about living in a new country. There will always be things that just seem wacky, like why is it perfectly ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Holding On

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 | By tizleilani | Views [569] | Comments [5]

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up -- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had. We're all on ... Read more >

London 2018

Sun, 9 Sep 2018 | By irenecabay | Views [554]

Greenwich We took a day trip to Greenwich to see the Cutty Sark and Royal Observatory. On my last trip to Greenwich, I discovered the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, that links the Isle of Dogs to Greenwich. It was built to replace the unreliable ... Read more >

Parties, Politics and Pestilence

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 | By sophinda | Views [516] | Comments [1]

Well hello from a pleasantly sunny McLeodganj! What a time I've been having. Have been blighted by cold and pestilence since I last wrote, but have also hooked up with a bunch of fabulous likeminded internationals (most of whom are leaving over the ... Read more >

Tags: work

Day chillin' with Kaff

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 | By braynroni | Views [401]

Kaff had today off but the morning was taken up with her flu jab and a visit to the dentist which left both sides of her face numb. We headed out after that to visit the Raemoir Garden Centre and Cafe after a whirlwind driving tour of some of ... Read more >