Sally T - Sally Taylor

So.. Here we go then. Little me, Sally T off on an adventure - a one way ticket to New Zealand with hopes and plans for countries far and wide. I plan to update this here 'Blog' with my tales and give you some insight into what I've been up too so you can calm your worries (mother) or just sit back and imagine the sights I've described and feel like you're here with me (I wish).

This blog is instead of those nightmare 'group emails'... it will allow you to read up on my whereabouts at your own wish, rather than me forcing it upon your inbox! I'll be sending some personal emails out also... but please PLEASE feel free to email me with your own adventures in the meantime.

Love to all!

Sally T xxx

PHOTOS may be under the wrong album as am rushing and the computer is being mean and not doing what it is told..... so apologies if they make no sense in connection to blog. I'll sort it out when I get chance!

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By Sally T
November 15th 2009

The one In Kolkata and the enlightenment of Marmite! Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata

We spent last weekend in Siliguri waiting for our departure time to Calcutta! After a relatively better Jeep journey down from darjeeling- not so squished or bumpy, we arrived in the evening to the small town, a place you wouldn't want to spend longer than 24hrs in and is used b most tourists as an overnight transit point. Our train wasn't until 8pm Sunday and so we spent the day in 'Science City'... a small park with 'science-esque' contraceptions dotted around. We passed on the science and spent the day instead reading our books in the shade. We arrived at the [View Full Entry]

By Sally T
November 4th 2009

The one with the tea, trains and mountains of Darjeeling! Asia » India » West Bengal » Darjeeling

This entry will start with the details of our first Indian train journey experience... Varanasi to NJP (somewhere outside Darjeeling.... West Bengal!) After a auto-rickshaw journey to the station we hurried to find what platform we needed with 10 mins to spare. No one seemed to know what platform we needed, nor did they know what train we were after. We managed to find the ticket office where 4/5 men sat about answering phones (simultaneously) and chatting in a relaxed style amongst themselves. We stood eagerly behind, our ticket in our hands, one eye on them the other on the clock [View Full Entry]

By Sally T
October 24th 2009

The One in Varanasi: A beautiful culture shock! Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Varanasi

We're in India! We arrived after a gruelling 24hr journey over here- 7am bus journey from Pokhara in Nepal, to the border where we were hurried off the bus by rickshaw drivers all wanting to take us to the border, and an elderly couple from Czech who wanted advice on 'what to do'.... Anna and I have learnt to just count to ten, block them all out and just talk to each other! We then managed to lower the fare and were driven to and across the border.... the border was quite underwhelming, a concrete arch and a couple of men [View Full Entry]

By Sally T
October 17th 2009

The one with the Trek! Asia » Nepal » Annapurna

The Trek! 5 days! Naya Pul up to Garapani, sunrise on Poon Hill, Altitude of 3200m and then 3 days trekking back down through jungle, mountain terrain, nepalese villages and alongside a crystal clear river! Epic! And that introduction is basically describing a diamond as a piece of granite.... I don think there is any way of portraying the trek, the scenery or the experience for what it was, my 200 odd photos don even do it justice! But I shall attempt to describe to you how amazing the trek was! We started early on Monday by getting the bus to [View Full Entry]

By Sally T
October 11th 2009

The one in Pokhara and the ultimate Rowday-Friday! Asia » Nepal » Pokhara

Seems odd that this is only my 3rd blog, and will be one of the last... time in Nepal is already nearing it's end, with one week to go I'm swinging from feeling like 'time has flown by' and the feeling like I have been here 3 months rather than 3 weeks and that having Anna by my side was the way I was born! But what a couple of weeks it has been.... ups and downs galore! I left you at the Chitwan National Park feeling guilty for enjoying the elephants! We took the long bus journey back to Kathmandu [View Full Entry]

By Sally T
September 30th 2009

The one in Chitwan National Park Asia » Nepal » Chitwan

Sunday brought with it an early start as we caught the 'tourist bus' to Chitwan National Park, just south of the city of Kathmandu. Tourist buses are exactly that, you pay a little more for the luxury of a private bus, although they still squeeze as many people on as possible and with the heat it's still pretty unbearable... a gruelling 5/6 hours later we arrived on the outskirts of the park and were driven to our resort by the river. We were shown to our little two bed cabin and given the afternoon to rest from the bus journey... the [View Full Entry]

By Sally T
September 29th 2009

The one in Nepal! Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Thamel

And so here is the start of the second chapter.... the wonders of Nepal!! After a long flight to the airport and somewhat of a mission to get my visa sorted.... it really did not have to be so complicated had I looked into it and had the people at the airport been an ounce of help, but after getting money out, exchanging it into USA$ I finally claimed my bag... little did I know that the guy had not stamped my passport with the actual visa, and that I actually needed to take my receipt to another guy for that. [View Full Entry]

By Sally T
September 17th 2009

The last one from New Zealand! Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Central

And so my time here has come to an end! I still can't decide if it feels a long long time ago that I was here in Auckland or whether it feels like only last week... either way the adventures in between have been fantastic and sweet memories that will last forever. So the last few weeks have gone as so.... Charlotte arrived in Taupo on the 3rd of September. I greeted her in the sunshine as she stepped off her teeny tiny aeroplane from Auckland, and set off to the lake for lunch and the long awaited catch up! We [View Full Entry]

By Sally T
August 30th 2009

The one back on the North Island Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo

Back on the North Island..... I left you last in Christchurch where we spent a wonderful weekend with Alex, a good friend from the wonderful area of Dorset. He's living in Australia for a year and so just 'popped' over for a weekend... as you do over here on this side of the world! We picked him up aroudn midnight on the Friday after spending the evening at the cinema watching 'public enemies' and counting down the hours. Saturday we were greeted with warm sunshine once more and so took to the hills for a days walk- Mt. Thomas, steady walk [View Full Entry]

By Sally T
August 20th 2009

The one on the road again.. and what a beautiful road it is! Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

We're back on the road again and we've started it in style I tell thee! We left Queenstown on a high Saturday morning after a few final nights! I had a delicious sushi evening with work folk where we made and consumed a great deal of the yummy little things. Thursday was my last day at work, and although very excited at leaving I was a little saddened to say goodbye to people at work who i'd become good friends with - I really couldn't of asked for a better, more suited job with nicer people! They sent me off with [View Full Entry]

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