AndyP77

After leaving Heathrow (UK) at 8.30pm Monday, I arrived in Bangkok at midnight Tuesday/Wednesday. It was an arduous journey, seriously testing the mental breaking point. I was suffering from 'man flu' which I developed before leaving the UK. Due to suffering acute Labrynthitis (inner ear inflammation) several years ago, when knackered i find concentration hard. This is not helpful when you plan to read and watch movies for 24 hour, i ruled out sleep as i tend to struggle on planes, although i do have the knack of falling asleep whilst landing. How annoying! Anyway, I flew Air China landing into Beijing. I am not sure whether it was a particular hazy day or it was the smog that i could see, regardless it was very murky. I did ponder how i would get through 6 ... read more

Another late start, 9.30am and after a shower I went with Sam to Fulham to get some freebie house stuff from his course mates. We went to a good burger joint and had monkey nuts as an entree, they are almost as much fun as eating prawns. I did like Sam's homemade onion rings as well. Nice area Fulham.After returning on the bus we then took the furniture to pieces to speed up moving the next day. After this it was time to buy a few Friday afternoon pints. Before this I had to buy myself a new pair of trainers. The employees face was a picture when I tried a pair on and as a result threw the old pair I was wearing in the bin, all or nothing when it comes to shopping. I ... read more

After a slow start to the morning Sam and I ventured into the centre of the city to go and visit FIGO. We departed the train at Victoria station, which is one of the main stations in London. As you walk out of the station one of the first buildings that you see is the theatre that performs Billy Elliot. FIGO is located very close to New Scotland Yard. FIGO was fairly quiet as it is the party conference season here at the moment. It was good though to catch up with Colin and James. Whilst anything is an option at the moment, i am hoping to change my flight back to the FI from the 18th to the 22nd December, the result being i am not weight listed. It was also very good to see ... read more

After waking up early and blogging day 1 I was far too excited to go back to sleep and daylight was sneaking through. Strangely at this early hour I reflected upon rural development, in that I was in London, a global technology hub and boiling a kettle on the gas stove. Last time his happened to me I melted an electric one staying with friends in New Zealand. Of course Sam and Anna are aware of electric kettles, they are just in the process of moving house! I often get excited about the tiniest of things, today's first excitement was utilising ITV player over the Internet (unlimited broadband I may add). What a great app along with BBC iplayer. X factor and a cup of tea it was, does it get more British than that! ( ... read more