It was raining in London when we got back from Venice, but we weren’t too worried about it as we had a busy time in front of us before we headed away again the next morning on our English Summer Road Trip. We went straight from Gatwick to Simon and Anna’s flat where we dropped off the pack we had been carrying and headed round to our old flat to pick up some of the other stuff we had left stored there while we were away. On the way back I was carrying a pack on my back to which I [View Full Entry]

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While flying Ryanair does save you some money, it also means that you have to travel miles before you even get to the airport. To fly out of Paris we had to catch a bus from the central city and travel about an hour north to the town of Beauvais. The airport was about the size of Queenstown’s and with a steady stream of flights coming and going the check in hall and departure lounge was packed with people sprawled out on the floor waiting for their flights. To avoid people crowding round the gates they only announce what gate you’re [View Full Entry]

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The end of the school year in the UK came about in the second to last week of July. This meant that Emma was out of work, and with me already playing the part of unemployed bum, it meant that we had a lot of free time on our hands. It also meant that we no longer had any income, so our dreams of a two month long road trip around Europe, finishing at Oktoberfest in Munich, could no longer be realised. Instead we had to make dramatic revisions to our plans, and cut out all but the absolute must sees [View Full Entry]

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Just a couple of weeks after our Easter trip to Manchester and Liverpool it was time for another long weekend with the May Day Bank Holiday. For this long weekend we had organised a trip to Amsterdam with a few friends. It was another early start to get to Heathrow for an early flight to Amsterdam so as to get as much time in Amsterdam as we could. The flight over the English Channel to Amsterdam’s Shipol Airport was another straight up and down affair, and we found ourselves on the train into the centre of the city in no time. [View Full Entry]

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This is another big one, so I don’t expect anyone to read it. I think this is now more about us having our own record of the trip than it is for keeping you all entertained, so we won’t be offended if you want to just look at the pictures. There are plenty of them too and they tell the story enough. After Singapore we made a quick two night stop in London before heading off again, this time to Ireland. The flight from Singapore to London was interesting. I’d had my fingers crossed that we would be flying in one [View Full Entry]

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When the Easter break rolled around this year we were still recovering financially from our trip home and the road trip through Ireland. As such we had decided that we couldn't afford to do any trips away, but instead would try and do a small overnight trip somewhere in England that we hadn't been. As the break got nearer and we became more and more jealous at everybody else who had planned a trip away we decided that it would be rude not to make the most of the 4 day break and get away for the weekend, so we managed [View Full Entry]

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Hi all Because we checked in so late for our flight we could only get seats on opposite sides of the isle from each other, which was no big deal. However when we went to board we were asked by the cabin crew if I would mind swapping seats with another passenger who was sitting along way from her partner, who I would have been beside. They had assumed I was on my own but I informed them that I was with my partner on the other side of the isle. That didn’t seem to bother them though and they asked [View Full Entry]

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So when we left you last time we had just boarded NZ1 for the 12 hour flight into Auckland. I’m not sure if it was because earlier that day we had endured the worst flight we had ever been on, or whether Air NZ’s long haul service is just really good but that flight was, and still is, the best flight we’ve ever had. The leg room in the 747 was very generous and the seats were the most comfortable airplane seats I’ve experienced which meant it was easy to get comfortable enough for some pretty good sleep (i.e a good [View Full Entry]

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New York, NewYork And here it is. Our final (and largest) entry on our US/Canada trip is the one and only New York City. While we've tried to make the most of our trip to North America by enjoying trips to several of the large, important cities in this part of the world, there is no hiding the fact that this trip was mainly all about our final destination. And we definitely saved the best until last. The bus trip from Philly to NYC is a short two hours and despite being overtired (even after a fairly relaxing time in Philly [View Full Entry]

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Greetings This bus ride from Washington to Philadelphia was more like what you’d expect a Greyhound bus to be like. The bus was full with mainly young African American people traveling the freeways for a variety of reasons. There was a group of dudes down the back of the bus who had been bussing for 46 hours or something ridiculous like that. They had boarded the bus in Houston, Texas and had been travelling through the night, all the next day and through the night again, in and out of Greyhound stops and changing coaches every few hours. I can only [View Full Entry]

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