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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Heathrow Airport October 11th 2011

So after 10 months of waiting the day was finally here and I was off on my travels. I had all my stuff ready to go the day before so it was just a case of have a bite to eat, say goodbye to my dog for a year, hide the fact that I was a little choked up and jump in the car. The drive to Exeter wasn't too bad, I sat quietly in the back on my phone (facebook) saying goodbye to everybody and getting a last bit of banter in with my mates. We arrive in Exeter bus station and hung around in the smeary perspex cage that is the dedicated non-smoking area and wait for the bus. Once it arrives theres the usual scramble of people and game of sardines as people ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Heathrow Airport October 6th 2011

Greetings from the Heathrow airport once again - this time we area waiting for our flight to Vancouver and home. We had a leisurely morning getting all our things packed up and ready to go. We took some photos of the kids in their school uniforms as they were heading off to school. We enjoyed a very nice fish and chip lunch at a nearby pub with Carol Ann, then we headed to the airport. It is about 4:30 now and we are waiting at our gate for our 5:15 pm flight. It's about a 9 1/2 hour flight to Vancouver. I can't believe that we will be home tonight! Well, tonight Vancouver time, tomorrow London time. It seems too soon to finish our trip! Our amazing adventure is over already. I could travel longer - ... read more
Jacob in his school uniform
Lavinia and Susan
Harry in his school uniform

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Heathrow Airport September 17th 2011

ITS LEAVING DAY! - it's finally come - i'm all packed - dressed like a hiker and looking fresh, which probably won't last long.... Nan's filled me with food (as expected) and i'm on the way to the airport to meet rachel with dad... it'll be the last trip in the bad ass clio - such a shame to be letting it go after 5 long years... flight leaves at 9 onward to mumbai..with the suspect JET airways which i believe is an abreviation for cramped, smelly, unattended dangerous plane in the sky...but time will tell..... The forecast in mumbai is 27c no clouds and a light breeze ...which suits me...um .. pretty perfectly me thinks lol.. oh and it only gets better throughout the week too.. heading to the travellers inn in Fort in south ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Heathrow Airport September 14th 2011

We've made it to Heathrow! It's about 12:30 pm local time. The flight was long (around 9 hours) and I couldn't sleep at all so I'm really tired now. Because we ended up on the earlier flight, we didn't have our pre-selected seats and we were in the middle section. I had thought that British Airways would be a nicer airline, but I'm not impressed with them, particularly because they rescheduled our flight to the next day without even addressing the fact we had a connecting flight. We can't find a lounge to spend our 6 hour layover, so we are trying to snooze on a hard bench, in this cold, loud airport (there are constant annoying announcements). Susan called her family in London, and we later had a cup of tea in a cafe. I ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Heathrow Airport September 5th 2011

Well the time for telling everyone about our plans and ideas has gone, it’s now time to say our farewells and embark on our adventure around the world. Prior to departure there were a few re-packing episodes as we tried to lose 16kg (most of that was actually from Will’s case!) and a last minute search for Will’s driving licence, before we left for the airport with our parents and Jo. It was an emotional goodbye at Heathrow and the tears started to flow! But we picked up our backpacks, hand luggage and travel pillows, waved goodbye and heading on through to our adventure! As we boarded the flight we realised there was a couple of children sat near us… one of whom definitely wasn’t enjoying the take off, but they soon seemed to tire themselves ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Heathrow Airport August 31st 2011

Before I get into this whole blog thing I just wanted to again thank everyone who has supported me in my journey to get over to Ethiopia. This experience means a lot to me, and I'm so grateful I have such a strong support network back home and abroad(which will come soon). Back to my update though, just arrived into Heathrow and completed part one of my trip. Of course I put my Euroconveter in my checked bag so I can't use my labtop, just paid 3 pounds for a half hour of internet! Not too much else to report on, laid over in London for 11 hours, not really sure how I am going to kil the time without being lured into one of the airport money traps. I think its about 6:00 a.m. back ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Heathrow Airport August 28th 2011

Well, I've made it to Heathrow. Staying at the Easy hotel which to be fair was quite easy to get to but dick head here got off the bus at the Red Lion instead of the White Hart (not far off) buuuut in my defence when I asked a passing motorist where the White Hart was he pointed at the Red Lion. Which only proves one thing... either we are both stupid or it was an easy mistake to make... and I prefer to believe the latter. Anyway had quite a trek as I got off at the wrong stop, and i wish now I'd have payed attention when my brother was trying to tell me how to pack my bag... its bloody heavy. Also had a bit of a leakage with the old hair conditioner, ... read more
my very orange hotel
gatecrasher key
ellie 001

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Heathrow Airport August 26th 2011

26 August 2011 2230 (London, 0930 NZ) Thursday (25 Aug) was our second & final day in LA! Early start so we could jump on a tour around the city saw us getting ourselves showered, dressed & packed within 45mins – much better than we had been expecting!! We finally made it on to our tour bus after a trip on a hotel pick up bus which left us all feeling ill after spending an hr or so looking through sign written windows – no breakfast in our stomachs either so prob not ideal I guess! Anyway, we get out our tour & head around the city – a quick stop on Avenue of The Stars then we got as close to the HOLLYWOOD sign as your allowed since the fire back in 2007 (?), our ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Heathrow Airport August 22nd 2011

Ok, at Heathrow airport waiting to board the plane to Bangkok. Just said bye to mum and dad which was sad but I promised them I'd keep in touch! Excited and nervous about the adventure ahead of me.............. read more
Me and Dad


This is it, i am on the road now, a dream has come true, and i feel a whole mixture of feelings all at the same time. Not to mention the emotional and sad departure from roasting hot Brussels today. Who knows if if what i am doing is right, but i certainly didn't want to miss out on this chance to travel over several months, and be able to take my time to enjoy whats along the way. So determined as i am, i have taken the plunge into the open and lets just see where i land and what happens next. Here is just a little piece of how my day has been so far... once I boarded my flight in Brussels and with the help of some very friendly BA staff (aren't we ... read more




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