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claireandmarc - over the hills & far away

Hailing from the sunny village of Coventry, England, 23 year old Marc & Claire hatched a cunning plan in the summer of 2004. Twas plan so cunning in fact you could literally brush your teeth with it: To conquer the world via the medium of travel! It then took about a year to actually do anything about organising it (boo to the "o" word), but now Leeds uni maths graduate Marc, and Swansea uni geography graduate Claire, ask you to come hither to their blog of comedy events through India, Asia and finally New Zealand. We salute your coming to visit our photos and anecdotes. In addition this blog now has the glories of South America and although Claire sadly no longer contributes, the name lives on. Finally to those new to the bolg Marc now finds himself in the grand old US of A enjoying the last few moments of a momentous year away from home. I get home on 3rd December, just under 13 months from departure.

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By claireandmarc
August 11th 2008

Back for technical reasons in spain Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

Howdy folks, i don´t imagine anyone still tunes in wildly hoping that i´ll write another entry ç. However i got an email from the folks at travelblog and didn´t want them to close off the old account. so...seeing as i´m in el la spain. i though i drop in this pointless and short blog that keeps my account open and all you hungery for proper news of travelling wondering why you bothered to read this. sorry. i guess i can report that i went to touristy faro in prtugal which was perfectly pleasant and perfect for those looking to sit on [View Full Entry]

By claireandmarc
December 8th 2006

Coventry - an idylic corner of the world Europe » United Kingdom » England » West Midlands » Coventry

Whittle Arches

Well, here we go. Who would have thought there'd ever be a travel blog for Coventry. Given its grey nature, anonomous character and....hang on. Do you know what, i confess that i was all up for a bit of Coventry bashing in this blog. Not because i dont love the place, i truely do, and anyone who's met me will agree. But, in fairness, apart from coming from dear old Coventry, i've always known at the back of my mind, theres not much going for it. Well, that was before i got back and started wandering around. Now, i'm not going [View Full Entry]

By claireandmarc
December 3rd 2006

Touchdown UK Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Heathrow Airport

The chap that got me home

Oh my..oh my. Well. Crumbs. Basically this blog is only to let you know that i am back on British soil safely. At present words are not happening. If you want to get inside the head of Marc create mass panic and shock then add a large amount of rather naughty and expletive words. My plan is to soon get the Claire back on board for one last blog full of our thoughts, highlights and opinions on travellig. For now i'm stunned and apart from seeing family and real tea (both perfect and very very much causes for happiness) not overly [View Full Entry]

By claireandmarc
November 29th 2006

Winding down in the windy snow North America » United States » Minnesota » Minneapolis

View from Foxy

Ok, yes yes yes. I havent done a blog entry for ages. After all the excitement of the blogs in California i'm sure you were all expectring the fireworks and the such to continue right back till blighty. Well, as it worked out on 24th November i flew 2 Frontier airlines flights from San Fransisco - Denver - Minneapolis. Respectively these were with Larry the Leopard and Foxy the Fox (all the Frontier airline planes are mascoted by animals. As you can see the brainstormers ran out of ideas when naming the fox plane - just a bit). So what have [View Full Entry]

By claireandmarc
November 24th 2006

Climbing in Joshua Tree North America » United States » California » Joshua Tree National Park

Generic Joshua Tree Photo

Those trees are indeed Joshua Trees. Just when i thought it was impossible for my trip to keep on getting better and better, it goes and does just that. For the last 3 glorious days i've been having a fantastic time in Joshua Tree National Park, 9 hours drive south from San Francisco (many many thanks to Uncle Nick for the driving - about 1100miles in all). In short Joshua Tree is not just a slightly overrated U2 album (oooo risky comment), it's an area of desert east of Los Angleles 558,000 acres big. It's one of 380 US National Parks. [View Full Entry]

By claireandmarc
November 18th 2006

Yosemite National Park: A Forced March North America » United States » California » Yosemite National Park

At the top of Liberty Cap

Since leaving the UK, often has been the case when i've been forced to try and make things sound awe inspiring, fantastic, all that jazz. I think in the early days me and claire kept on finding places that were clearly like paradise. Well, i'm nearly going to be home soon (and i think, although i'm extremely fond of dear old Coventry, paradise it ain't). Hence it seems only fitting that i got to go there once more. Yosemite National Park, is without doubt one of the most scenic, picture perfrect, and downright lovely places i've been. The trip began with [View Full Entry]

By claireandmarc
November 17th 2006

Haight and Ashbury North America » United States » California » San Francisco

Hippy Logic

Another day in San Fran, and this time a mission of discovery. Firstly it's worth pointing out that seeing Golden Gate bridge yesterday turned out to tbe one of the all time great plans, because today was gloomy, misty, rainy, grey...getting me ready for a return to England me thnks. Anyway seeing as all was looking bleak I decided to go and see Golden Gate park (bad idea), and then look around the birth place of the hippy movement in the 60's - Haight Ashbury. A very cool district and lots of fun just looking around at the shops and all [View Full Entry]

By claireandmarc
November 16th 2006

San Francisco Welcomes You North America » United States » California » San Francisco

Me and the bridge

There's no doubt you know that you're in the USA when you get here. Having been in South America for so long, at times it's a mystery as to what time zone, what currency, what day, heck, what country you're in. However here in the US of A you're left in no doubt as to where you are. Things started slightly..'interestingly' as i had no address for Uncle Nick here in San Francisco. This meant the authorities decided to double check everything about the floppy haired Brit arriving from El Salvador..."why are you here ?", "why would anyone want to travel [View Full Entry]

By claireandmarc
November 14th 2006

Taking it on a technicality Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » San Salvador

Waiting at San Salvador

Ok, my stop in El Salvador was in fact only 49 minutes while waiting for my connecting flight to San Francisco. However i did play a song on ye olde guitar to a rather bemused collection of American business travellers and some El Salvadorian airport workers. Hence i feel i'm allowed to blog the place. Also i managed to nearly get arrested in the airport despite my breif stay for.. carrying toothpaste. Yep, apparently although taking umpteen TACA airline flights before, because this one was bound for the states, all of a sudden we were not permitted to "..gather in groups [View Full Entry]

By claireandmarc
November 14th 2006

Zipping thorugh Monteverde & Bye Bye CR Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Monteverde

One of the zip lines

After slight dissapointment at the Volcano experience (although i keep forgetting the aceness of the thermal spa) in La Fortuna, Monteverde had a lot of work to do. After arrival last night we had lengthy discussions as to what was the best course of action (we incidentally is still myself and Emma, the girl from the Valparriso blogs in Chile) for the next day. Monteverde as an area pretty much offers the lot in terms of activities that a Marc might be interested in. There's a cheese factory that offers tours (i'll forever regret the fact i couldn't fit this in, [View Full Entry]

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