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Sorry it's been so long! Here are some pictures of my trip to China. Enjoy, lots of love xxx... read more

In a moment of madness last weekend I decided to sign up for the sponsored Amnesty International bike ride from London to Brighton in Spetember. I realise that something this active is incredibly out of character (in fact the response i've got from EVERYONE i've told has been 'oh really...so how drunk were you?' The answer to that question is not at all thankyou very much.) Anyway, my friend Naz organised an Amnesty write for rights event before christmas, in which we all got together to write letters to governments regarding cases of human rights abuses and messages of support to people currently imprisoned for political 'crimes'. I believe this is an incredibly worthy cause, and especially important at the moment. Also, a bike ride in September will stop me from coming home and sitting on ... read more

Hi everyone! Sorry it's been so long, it's been a crazy month. So as you probably know, Hannah ended up coming out early and ended up coming to the Philipines with us which was amazing! It was one of the best holidays i've ever had, I didn't realise how stressed i'd been until I was sat in the hammock on our terrace with a San Miguel. I love Hong Kong, but it's a stressful place to live, always busy, always on the go, so it was lovely just to stop for a while. Before I got to the hammock though there was a night stop over in Manila which was not the nicest city! We spent an hour going through it on the bus before we got to our hotel and decided that was enough so ... read more

So in 3 weeks time it will be Christmas day, i'll be waking up in my own bed, opening presents with mum, dad and the grandparents, and then spending the day in Thirsk with the nutters. I'll have friends spending their day on beaches in Bali, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, but honestly - I wouldn't want to be anywhere but Thirsk (now there's something I never thought i'd say!) It's been a great few weeks since my last entry, the highlights being a party on a tram and a trip to Disneyland! The tram party was for our friend Will's birthday, as was the trip to Disneyland (not that we needed an excuse!) Basically we just hired out 2 trams for 2 hours and made our way round Hong Kong island getting through the drinks we ... read more

Hello everyone! I'm afraid this will be a poor blog in comparison with Jess's entertaining entries! As you may have already heard, we are having a brilliant time. Hong Kong definitely lives up to the hype - it is an amazing city and its been full on since I arrived. I've added a few photos so you can see some of what we've been up to. We went over to Macau today which is a 1 hour trip on the jetfoil. Fortunately, the ferry is very comfortable and more like being on a plane than a boat. Fortunate because Jess forced me to go out in Soho last night, the haunt of wealthy expat bankers (well it rhymes with bankers), and full of bars. I staggered back to the hotel about 2 am, which wasn't the ... read more