I found some writing I did in my thought book about Scotland. It describes the atmosphere a lot better then what I wrote previously. I did this while drunk, so it's going to be a bit of a weird entry. The mountains gaze over me. Warn down. The rivers that were once on them have run dry. The sun opens and shines upon trees on the horizon. The road infront of me is long. I pass stone walls, rock formations and ruined architecture. So desolate and depressing. The mind wonders about the stories they could tell if they could only speak. [View Full Entry]

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So here I am at the shitty internet cafe across the road from where we're staying again, attempting to write update my adventures on this prehistoric piece of shit. Glen Ord Distillery Before we went to Loch Ness we went to a Whiskey Distillery called Glen Ord. It was a lot more informative then Talisker (the distillery I previously went to) and I got a better understanding of how everything is brewed. Tried a few whiskeys there, starting to understand the different tastes and starting to appreciate it all a little more. Loch Ness If it wasn't for the [View Full Entry]

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So here I am, sitting in some budget as fuck internet cafe that has what appears to be 28.8kb internet. Everything is working fucking slow. The screen infront of me is a CRT from what appears to be invented in prehistoric times. I keep waiting for a sabre tooth tiger to jump out from the toilet next to me and bite me.... AH!... na it's cool, it's just some old lady with false teeth. Updating this journals going to start getting a bit harder as my internet access is quite limited. I'll try and remember what happened, but it's tricky when [View Full Entry]

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Jorvic Viking Expedition We caught the bus in and headed to the Jorvic Viking Expedition. Vikings had ruled York from 866 AD to 954 AD . The English briefly took control from 927 AD to 939 AD, but the last Viking King, Eric Bloodaxe was expelled in 954 AD and the town became a part of the new kingdom of England. Eric Bloodaxe, what a sweet name. Maybe I should change my name to Geoff Murder Bow or something.. The Viking Expedition cost £7 ($18). I actually got in for cheaper because the guy realised I was young and I was [View Full Entry]

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Ripon So today we went on a road trip to York with Dom and Christoph which is about 2 hours drive from Newcastle. On the way, we stopped off in Ripon which has a massive cathedral... which according to Dom in comparison to others around the place, is actually incredibly small. The town itself was small and all the roads were real narrow. We struggled to find somewhere to park, but eventually we managed to get to the Cathedral. The place as massive. It was amazing to imagine this had been built by humans. It was so big I had [View Full Entry]

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"We're not balling We take it back to the days of yes y'all-in' We holding onto what's golden On a stage I rage and I'm rollin" - Jurassic 5 - What's Golden - I've been listening to heaps of Jurassic 5 since I've been here. No-one has got me into it or anything, I just got that song 'Freedom' stuck in my head and now I'm forever on You-Tube/Myspace listening to them. Might buy me a CD. Wallington Manor Yesterday Mark took us out to Wallington Manor, which is about an hour north of where I'm staying. It's pretty close to [View Full Entry]

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Warkworth Castle Yesterday was the first day I've been here and it was sunny. Despite it being sunny, the weather was still cold. I finally understand how my people (haha I sound like a bit of a Nazi saying that) got so pale. Even when it's sunny, you still need to wear a hoodie. After a conversation with Raph at the bar last night, she told Dom that he HAD TO take me to see a castle. So we went to Castle Warkworth which is about 40 minutes drive from where I'm staying. The first part of the Castle was built [View Full Entry]

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Didn't really do much yesterday, woke up at 3am, lay in bed until 6am then went on the computer until about 1pm. Went to sleep for 2 hours, then Raph got home. She took me out to see a castle briefly and just show me around the area. (Photos below) I then went to the pub with Raph and met up with her friends. Englands drinking culture doesn't appear to be like ours (maybe it was just the people I was with?) but everyone goes to a pub and has a couple of drinks. Every kilometer or so you seem to [View Full Entry]

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Journey Commenced 16th July 2008 at 5:45pm NZ Time. Melbourne Airport (Transfer) The flight from Auckland to Melbourne wasn't too bad. I tried to keep awake in the hopes that I would fall asleep on the Dubai Trip. At the Melbourne airport, during the transition period I ordered a vegetarian pizza. The girl at the counter told me she would call out to me when it was ready, so I sat down and started reading my book. After about 15 minutes or so (I'm guessing here as I didn't have any way of telling the time) an announcement came across asking [View Full Entry]

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