Blogs from Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Photos of the way from Watford to Rickmansworth...... read more

Ok so I haven’t updated my blog in a very long time! This is because of 2 reasons: I have been ridiculously busy working and I have been ridiculously busy partying. I cannot believe we have been here over 3 months, the time has absolutely flown. We have made some fantastic friends while we have been here and I will be sad to say goodbye. However I will be very happy to get out of the crappy weather that they call 'summer' (queue rain and hail storm), and have a shower that resembles the colour of my eyes (Green for those of you playing at home). Some of the highlights of our time in London include: Seeing Barrack Obama at Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. Travelling over to Turley for Anzac day and listening to the ... read more

Well, this is the first entry from our round the world tour and this one comes from sunny England (Harefield) Unbeknown to Dianna and I a surprise party had VERY sneakily been arranged for the Saturday night (6 June) by Dianna's sister Claire and others and everyone involved did a spot on job of keeping it quiet as we did not have a clue about it until we got there. There was SO many times that people could have let the cat out of the bag but not one person let on and it was definitely a massive surprise! I can honestly say that I (Matt) have never been speechless before until we walked through the door and saw the room full of people we know and love - all there just for us. It was ... read more

Another fantastic day of sunshine with temperatures reaching the mid teens. After a heavy evening, ollie spent his first night on the floor and discovered lots of holes in his socks. Only 3 more days to go!... read more

Just the two of us... There's me, Marc, I'm the one in the photos with no hair and then there's Elliott -he's the one with loads of hair which will probably get longer and longer as we make our way through our trip. Which, for those of you we haven't bored to tears with it yet, is: London to Bangkok leaving on 28/10/07 arriving on 29/10/07 Spending 2 months making our way through Thailand's Sukhothai, Chang Mai, then Cho Chang and the coast road through to Kopanang, Phuket and then Malaysia, Kuala lumpar and Singapore. Singapore to Cairns leaving on 23/12/07 arriving on 24/12/07 Staying in Cains for Christmas and New Year, then taking our lazy ass time with three months to drive down the East Coast. Destinations TBC. Melbourne to Christchurch on 20/03/08 arriving on ... read more