I'm starting my journey in lovely Cornwall. This is where i am living at the moment before i head off on my travels. Afterwards i will be off to Winchester to start another journey - University! [View Full Entry]

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Here are some pictures of our Trip in Newquay. Newquay is located on the south west coast of England. It was a three-four hour drive from our house. The weather was really nice, but COLD and very windy. We spent a lot of time driving around. Our favourite stops were St. Ives, Lands End (kind of cheesy, but nice coastal walk), and The Lizard. The Lizard was my favourite, because it was the most southern point. There was hardly anything there except a small cafe, an old rescue station, steep cliffs, and really blue water. Mark and I seemed to hike [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone Hope you all had a nice Easter break and managed to soak up some sunshine. The weather here wasn't that great - we were lucky to get blessed with gale force winds (oh sweet memories of home) down in Cornwall, and ended up missing out on the snow that fell in London. Boohoo :-( But I wouldn't give up snow for the beach that's for sure!! We drove down to Trevone Bay near Padstow which is a very well known fishing village on Thursday night in our zippy little Nissan Note that we hired, along with Tim's friends Anton [View Full Entry]

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Hi guys, I'm just finalising my packing and fully realising what I'm about to undertake. If you're reading this it's probably because I just added you to my mailing list - I hope you're interested in what I'll be getting up to but if you're not you can always unsubscribe =] I'm flying to Beijing on Tuesday (18th March) and have a couple of days on my own before I join up with my group to go all over China. You can see what I'll be doing here. It's going to be one big adventure... [View Full Entry]

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Time was winding down for me in the UK, and I was feeling restless. Our trip to London a couple of weekends before was great fun, but I needed to see some more country side before travelling back to the US. My colleague Noshela and I hopped in our little red car for a trip to Cornwall. We could not have asked for better weather; once again the sun was shining, not a cloud in the sky. We loaded my small back pack in, along with Noshela's friend and all of his belongings--we were dropping him off in the coastal town [View Full Entry]

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Beezer of a visit with gang!Fantastic pad, genial company and super slick car service meant that I could enjoy a local outing to a city farm/craft type complex 10 mins walk away.After many photos of livestock,buildings with dovecote and farm machinery I wandered along to pottery - bad mistake.Now carrying loads of pottery (for use in new house) made by relative(quarter)Tofts family heritage so definatly quality in the blood.200Eu's worth and I'm delighted. That night (29) we went down to the Potzdammer Platz Xmas market complete with ski slope and ice rink and loads of small stalls. After a [View Full Entry]

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This message is really jus to try and explain to my mum how this blog thing works before I go!! Im sure shes jus pretendin to understand!! Our plane leaves this Sat at 10pm for Delhi, India! Neither of us is packed!!!! (obviously!) Rachel xxx [View Full Entry]

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Sunday October 21st This morning we were away soon after 7am as the mist sat above the meadows. The countryside was amazing with an early morning frost evident in some places and the sun rising over the misty fields. Timing was absolutely perfect, reaching Stonehenge, England's most famous prehistoric monument, just 5 minutes before opening time at 9.30am. Just as well,as the buses quickly started to arrive after this. I think we were second through the gate so almost had it to ourselves for a while. We were handed an audio tour as we entered so were able to walk around [View Full Entry]

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Rainy day in Penzance although the train ride to and from Penzance from London was beautifully sunny. [View Full Entry]

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If you haven't been, you should plan a trip to Tintagel. If you've been lucky enough to visit, then like me, you probably hope to return one day. It's just that sort of place. When I started planning my travels, a friend gave me very firm advice to visit. The castle had made such an impression on her that I was intrigued, and never having heard of it, looked it up in my guidebook to learn more. Very shortly it was high on my "must see" list. It was a bit of a mission to get to without a car - [View Full Entry]

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