Blogs from Bury, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Europe

With the onset of another cold, damp and depressing UK December, a discussion commenced not more than five weeks ago with a very good friend of mine, Eilidh. After coaxing and egging on we talked each other into a trip to Thailand. With a short time the flights were booked and our fate was sealed. So two complete fraggles will now be arriving in Thailand on the 3rd December. The fun times will be had by all. Today I have finished packing. It is a small collection of stuff as we are travelling very light. I have set up a couple of gadgets to test for the journey, which I will report on as the journey progresses. I will be having my trusty Nokia N95 8Mb. The main feature newly installed is the Nokia Ovi Maps ... read more

Well its official I am now technically homeless although I do have a roof over my head. It is 35 days till I jet out of this country for Canada and I only have 14 days of work left after today I am just left sat wondering when it is feasible to start counting down the hours before I leave =;0) I have had a productive few weeks and have been able to lay down a few more definite plans for my venture. Sharon came to visit and we were able to plan the part of the journey we will do together. I have now booked my round the world flight and following my 5 weeks back in the UK I leave Manchester on the 4th May 2009 (subject to BA not canceling any more flights ... read more

Well, we made it back home in one piece and I have survived my first two weeks at work.I got to thinking about the many things we saw and did during our six weeks. Accommodation: We switched accommodation 14 times. Worst (and cheapest): Bunga Raya Hostel, Kota Bahru Best: Rambuttri Village Inn, Bangkok Most expensive: Trekkers Lodge, Kuala Lumpur Cutest: Symphony Huts, Perhentian Islands Food:Best: Sheila: Mushroom Omlette at Mawar's, Tioman (when there was no power!) Best: Stan: Chicken Curry, A.B.C. Restaurant on Tioman Worst: Sheila: Vegetable rice at the roadside, kota Bahru Worst: Stan: Chicken curry at Palm Tree 2, Longbeach, Perhensions Strangest: Sheila: White fruit with little black dots in served up in my museli on... read more