http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/JK---Rach/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from JK Rach en-us Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:14:29 +0000 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:14:29 +0000 Hi AllWe hope this blog finds you well and that you have had a great 2007We are sorry we have not been in touch as often as we would like. We have not been utilising the travelblog as much since we are no longer travelling Regardless we wanted to take this opportunity to say hi give you a quick update on us and wish you all the best for Christmas and the New Year.Where to start...... Th http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Australian-Capital-Territory/Canberra/blog-229014.html Hi Everyone Well it's been a while coming but we have managed to get something written about our travels on the way home from London to Australia. We got carried away with the amount of writing so we have split it into 3 seperate entries 1 India 2 Nepal 3 Thailand. As usual if you can't be bothered reading the text just skip to the photos which speak for themselves. On to India where we s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/blog-137086.html Here it is....the last entry from our trip back from London to Oz in MarchApril. Ko Samui in Thailand proved an amazing end to our travels. Tuesday 10th April On the plane to Thailand we were casually reading the local tourist magazine and discovered that we were going to be in Koh Samui for the Thai New Year Songkran. The Songkran Festival was due to start on the 13th April and last for 3 da http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Samui/blog-177106.html Here is the 2nd installment from our travels home to Australia in MarchApril......enjoy Thursday 22nd March To Pokhara There were no buses leaving the IndiaNepal border for a few hours so we hired a taxi for 1800 Nepalese Rupees 38 AU to take us to Pokhara. This was an interesting drive to say the least. Respective parents should skip to the next paragraph It was a butt clenching 5hr dr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/blog-161849.html Well its finally time to leave this dark cold place that we have called home for the last 2 years. Whilst we are looking forward to our upcoming travels getting away from this weather and heading back to Oz we are experiencing a feeling of sadness and loss. There is pleanty we will miss here. Life over the past 2 years has been like a Choose Your Own Adventure book. But alas it is time t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-126318.html Hello AllWell just when you thought it was safe we have found time to fit in one last little trip before departing London. As we have the pleasure of Stacy and Erin's company who are 'fresh off the boat' we thought we would take the opportunity to explore some of Southern Ireland together as neither of us had been.Friday 23rd Feb 2007We decided to avoid the citys and opted for more scenic and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/blog-133368.html On Shrove Tuesday we Lesley Chris Paul and Rach an AXA Insurance team entered into the Great Pancake Race. The race was held at the Tower of London a gorgeous backdrop for such a prestigious event. Our trusty cheerleaders Stacy and Erin cheered our team Les Crepes Toussers through our fist heat which we narrowly won. The final was another close call but our training paid off in the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-131474.html Christmas in LondonOur Aussie orphan Christmas was a ball13 Aussies Simone Chelsey Brooke Amy Katie Loz Nicole Sally Olivia and us along with 1 token POM Rob and 1 American Chad all stayed the night at Kennington Simone's house. We ate we played games we drank and boy were we merryNew Years EveThis time round 10 of us started the new year as superheroes at a fancy dress party i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-116133.html Hi AllFirstly Merry Christmas to you all. I hope Santa was kind to everyone.For those of you who don't know I Justin recently travelled back to Australia for my mate Stacy's wedding to his lovely girlfriend Erin. It was a bit of a wirlwind tour with only 11 days in total in Australia of which only 4 full days were spent at home on the Gold Coast. The Bucks and Wedding were all in Sydney s http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-111118.html Just a quick blog on what we have been up to besides working hard we attended the London Pillow fight. Let us explain a little......there is a club you can register with online and they organise quirky flash mob activities around the city. The day before the event they email the time activity and place and hundreds of people turn up to join in. The activity can range from pillow fights like th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-111917.html Hello EveryoneBE WARNED this is a long blog so if you want to go straight to the pictures please do so we wouldThe first thing we noticed arriving in the States was how friendly helpful and multicultural the people were. San Fran was a standout for this. Everywhere we went people were always willing to give us directions or just have a chat. Wersquore not sure if this was emphasised by t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/blog-99055.html Hi AllThis is a blog dedicated to Trish Justin's Mum who came and visited us from 3rd September through till 8th October. We had heaps of fun showing her around London and also fitted in a short trip to Paris. Mum loved Paris so much she ended up going back for a 2nd visit We also had the chance to see the Phantom of the Opera visit Harrods a few times and the Ritz stroll through the par http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-99053.html Hi AllWe hope this blog finds you all wellA few weeks back we embarked on a 2 week 'holiday' up to 'sunny' Scotland. We decided to make things interesting by travelling on our motorbike Needless to say it turned out to be a challenge particularly with regards to packing. Regardless we had an adventure that we will long remember. An account of our trip is outlined below......or you can just http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/blog-82530.html Hello PeopleWe hope this blog finds you all fit and well. This is a brief update from us about what we've been up to over the last month or so. We have had a bit of a dry spell with regards to travelling but we have still been keeping busy with all sorts of weekend activities. Below are 3 activities in particular which were quite exciting for us.....1. Cambridge UniversityWe headed up to the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-77429.html Myself Rach and a few colleagues from AXA Insurance Lance Ashley and Laurent decided to do a mini triathlon hosted by JP Morgan. Don't ask me why we just thought it might be fun.....It was held out at near Windsor at Eton college where the princes went to college also the 2012 Olympic rowing site. There were about 120 competitors split into 3 waves.We were all provided with wetsuites for http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Berkshire/blog-73742.html Watching a match at Wimbledon is a once in a life time opportunity and hence it's very hard to come by tickets. Extreme cases call for extreme measures we lined up for 16hrsFriday 30th June 2006Brooke Aaron Amy Megan and us promptly left work on Friday afternoon equipped with tents sleeping bags mats picnics eskies and an overnight bag. We found our way to the end of the que at around http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-70081.html We'll keep this blog short as we have sent a few of late......We made a last minute decision to head up to the British round of the Moto GP on July 2. We rode the bike up to Donnington 3 hours and had a fantastic day. Bearing in mind this was the very next day after being at Wimbledon so it really was a sportpacked weekendWe saw the 125's 250's and of course the open bikes. These things http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-71265.html We had been looking forward to this trip for 6 months. We had high expectations.....and they were all met. Warm weather cheap seafood and swimming in the clear Adriatic Sea at exotic islands What more can you want Read on........or just look at the photosWednesday 7th June 2006We assembled the troups at Luton Airport at the usual early hour that is required for cheap flights. This time w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/blog-64397.html Royal Ascot was a hit We really made a weekend of it. We started the day with a champagne breakfast at Megan and Ian's house on their massive verandah in Chertsey. The weather was amazing and the champers was flowingThe girls Megan Amy Brooke and myself donned our hats and sourced dresses...some all the way from Australia and joined the beautiful people for a day of drinking watching horse http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-69400.html We have wheels Yes we have bought ourselves a motorbike. Our main aim is to tour the UK on it specifically Scotland in August this year. But we'll also use it for weekend trips as much as we can during the summer. For anyone who knows bikes it's a Yamaha Fazer 600 1999 model. We have gradually bought all the kit that we need including enough luggage for our trip well it's enough if Rach http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/blog-62926.html