Blogs from Bristol, Bristol County, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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Well, this is the second kind of test blog. I tried to get my dad to log on to the first one this morning to check that it worked. I am not sure if this was successful or not (and neither is he!). D did the last of the shopping - got the NeetDeet Insect repellant from the Nomad store in Park Street. Have now booked a return flight (so we are coming back). We return from New Delhi via Moscow on the 11th April. Got the final price and Itinerary for Inda this morning. We are going on the sleeper train and Judy is going to get us some packed lunches (in cork boxes) for the journey.... read more

Well, this is kind of a test blog to see if everything is ready to go! We have got our visas for India, have booked six nights accommodation in Malaysia and hired a car. M is too fat to fit in most of her posh clothes and burned a few calories taking all the too small stuff to the charity shop. Still waiting for the itinerary for Inda and are in negotiations about our Bagan trip in Myanmar. Looks like an overnight sleeper train - that will be an experience! Hopefully everything will be in place before we leave next Tuesday. M's uncle Les is taking us to the airport. We will leave Bristol on Saturday 18th Feb and visit D's daughters Jenny and Lucy and the grandchildren Larry and Georgina, then we will go and ... read more

ENGLAND-WALES-ENGLAND... The guy organising our breakfast at the Hotel in Chester was French, I was wearing my black NZ Football shirt – he was very keen to talk to me about the World Cup (especially the last one!). Generally the RWC isn’t featuring over here although now the final squads have been announced it might get some more press. Not surprisingly England cricket has captured the limelight at the moment, although nothing compares to coverage of football –it’s great! Today we left Chester and headed back into Wales, our first stop was the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. The Aqueduct is an amazing feat of engineering especially when you consider it was completed in 1805 – it is the longest and highest Aqueduct in Britain and carries the Llangollen Canal over the Valley of the river Dee. The structure ... read more

Just testing this blog thing actually works and I can use it easily! Only a week to go now. Just enjoying some crackers and cheese, yum yum.... read more

Just testing this works. Already crashed internet explorer trying to add on photos! just munching some crackers and cheese, yum yum!... read more

We will be setting off on our trip on 17 September 2011, flying to Nairobi, in just over a month's time. We are putting together our bags and preparing ourselves for approximately 280 days on the road. We will publish blogs and upload photos when we can to keep anyone that's interested informed. Looking forward to seeing the sights and experiencing life as backpackers again.... read more

Not in Bristol!!!... read more

Its the day before we leave and final preparation are being made, including Steve getting me sorted out on creating this Blog. We leave home tomorrow at 3.30 and I've not yet packed anything!!... read more

I didn't sleep much at all Thursday night because I was soooo nervous and had horrible sicky feeling. Plus I didn't want to sleep much because I wanted to sleep loads on the extremely long flight to Lima..! So about 3am I woke up and started trying to finish everything I needed to do (including rearranging my case so that it wasn't over the weight limit..). After about an hour I finally made my case the right limit (with my parents help). Felt really ill all the way to the airport, and had several moments of what the hell am I doing?! Quite surprised that I've actually done this on my own but I'm a lot braver than even I thought :P After checking in my bag I said goodbye to mum and dad and started ... read more