A quick stop over in Bangkok en route to and from Cambodia! Huge developments in the last 12 years since we were last there! Not least a very smart new airport and a sprawling backpacker area which we found ourselves in on the first night. Headed straight to the border the next day so didn't fully appreciate the city but time wasn't on our side. On the way back we managed to meet up with George and Jib for an amazing meal on the 17th floor of one of the new (and many shopping centres). The food was excellent (as chosen [View Full Entry]

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Travelling with Graham and Lynnie, friends we had met travelling in South America, we made a 3am start to the glorious Stansted. The early morning paid dividends when we arrived at Krakow airport and were greeted with glorious sunshine - yippee! We made our way to our hostel - Elephant on the Moon - which was situated on the outskirts of Krakow town centre. It was more like a B&B with spotless rooms and a gargantuous breakfast awaiting our arrival, complete with tinned Spam and various Polish processed food delicacies which the brave amongst us tried. Not to waste any time, [View Full Entry]

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Following on from a fantastic wedding (we have to say that as it was our own) Sally and I embarked on our shortest longish-haul trip ever - only 6 days in Morocco! Normally we'd have just bought our return flights and worked things out on arrival but as it was our honeymoon we decided to pre book and make the most of the short time we had away. Sally found the most amazing Riad - I would have been happy with a dorm bed in a hostel but had to concede to a proper honeymoon with private rooms and an en [View Full Entry]

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With some of the best pre season snow in years the decision to ski over New Year looked like a good one! Jo, Polly, Sally, Lucy, James, Paul, Dave, Nick and Nick Zveg - headed to Argentiere. Blues skies and sunshine greeted us on arrival with the promise of some new snow mid week and then more sunshine. The apartment in Argentiere had its new third bedroom and was surprisingly comfortable for 10 of us over new year. Check out the link below for more information on Chamonix and details of the apartment which is available to rent at pretty good [View Full Entry]

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Whilst I still have a slight tan and memories from our recent travels fresh in my mind, I thought it best to update this blog...the title reminds me of the Lou Bega classic that also serves well (with a little adaptation) in making a tenuous link to our holiday. Jambo meaning 'Hello' in Swahili and Number 5 referring to the 'big 5' we saw on holiday, anyway I digress (heh, that’s never happened before!) After an overnight flight to Nairobi, we touched down at 6.30am expecting a 6 hour wait for our transfer flight to Dar Es Salam. Luckily we noticed [View Full Entry]

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We're a bit late in publishing this and weren't going to bother but our blog hits are a bit low at the moment so here goes! Back in August we braved the scorching heat of the British summer and decided to go camping. Armed with shorts, T-shirts, Factor 50 sun cream and Mosquito nets we hurtled down the M4 early on Saturday morning in glorious sunshine ready for a great weekend! There was one small flaw in our plan - we were going to Wales, and our campsite was called "Hill Top Farm". Typically as soon as we had crossed the [View Full Entry]

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The second break of the year took us to France to celebrate Lisa and Peter's wedding in Provence. We flew on Friday morning from a sunny Stanstead with the exceptional Ryan Air to Marseille and surprisingly arrived in glorious sunshine - it wasn't to last. Hiring a car along with Betty we drove to Lorgues along typically dangerous French Auto Routes and once off the main road through picturesque villages surrounded by vineyards to our hotel in Lorgues. Parking outside we were a bit dubious as to what Sally had booked - it looked like a typical French town house in [View Full Entry]

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After a quick flight across the channel we were met in Geneva by a very tanned Paul (Nick's cousin) - obviously he had been hard at work being a ski bum. We got to Argentiere, 15 mins beyond Chamonix, and made ourselves feel very welcome in Paul's new apartment by delving into the sauscisson, I resisted the chocolate cookies even though secretly I wanted one but I thought it polite and girly not to scoff all of Paul's food on the first day. We had a couple of beers and then rested our weary heads on the newly washed sheets - [View Full Entry]

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Just a quick weekend break a couple of months ago in an attempt to get some sun over the summer! Great little location in the south of France and very little done apart from eating, drinking and spending time at the beach! If only every weekend could be the same. Thanks L,, J, L and D for putting us up hopefully we can do it again soon. St Tropez - lovely little town ruined by a load of big boats! [View Full Entry]

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Having been back at home for all of 5 weeks it was certainly time for another holiday. We had the perfect excuse, tagging on to Gillie and Gary's wedding in Troon - a week in Scotland. An easyjet flight and rental car got us to our holiday cabin which would be home for the week along with Debbie, Amanda, Dave, Mish, Josh, Jimma, Claire and Huxley. It could have been plucked out of Scandanavia and put down in Ayrshire - complete with sauna too! The setting was perfect and the weather stunning (on arrival) and the holiday spirit easy to get [View Full Entry]

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