Blogs from Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 28

Hmmm. Just found my rucksack after a long search and after sending my Dad up into his loft searching for it. Not off to a great start! Just spent a torrid 2 hours ironing although in the heat and dirt of Beijing I think this will have been wasted! Got my Mandarin phrasebook this morning so I'm good to go. China- bring it on! ... read more

Hi everyone, Last month I left my job and decided I needed to see something of the world before I get too old! I've always wanted to visit South America but wasn't really sure how best to use the ten weeks I have available. After spending a lot of time trawling through travel guides and web sites and generally being indecisive I finally came up with a vague plan of where I'm going to go. I'm leaving the last few weeks fairly open - I prefer it to be that way in case I get recommendations from people I meet and decide to change my plans. So my loose itinerary is this: *Fri 26th May - 2 weeks in Ecuador. Leave Manchester headed for Quito, Ecuador. Here I will spend 2 weeks taking an intensive one ... read more

I have set this up quite early as i don't go for another 5 months but i like to be organised and thought it would be a good idea to make sure there are no problems before hand. I am working full time and i am also at university at the moment but the countdown has now started. I still have several things to sort out such as visas and travel insurance but i am slowly getting there. My itinerary is: Japan - China - Cambodia - Vietnam - Laos - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore - Borneo - Australia - Tasmania - New Zealand - Fiji - Ragotonga - Tahiti - USA - Bermuda ... read more

Using my almost god-like train riding abilities I scored a free train ride to Manchester from Liverpool. Rule #1 of train travel, if they dont ask, dont fill out your Brit Rail pass :-) Not really too much to say, just putting up some pics for y'all... read more

Hey People!!!!!!!!!!!! Well Ali has finally arrived!!! I was so excited!!! Her plane was delayed by 2 and half hours and then I get called up by immigration to say there was some problems with Ali getting into the country, so yeah I had a mini heart attack at Manchester Airport....But with the stress over Ali got in and we headed of back down to the hostel........' Its been an interesting couple of days so far.........Took Ali out to Bury yesterday to go and check the markets out.......We went all out buying loads of cadburys chocolates cause they are dirt cheap...... Tonight we are homeless.....we were supposed to have been in Scotland tonight, but all the coaches were fully booked!!! We weren't going to catch the train because its bank holiday weekend and they are mega ... read more