Blogs from Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 9

First challenge is setting this thing up! man it's hard!!!... read more

So I'm leaving in about ten and a half hours. And as much as I am ridiculously excited, I am also rather nervous about a trip into the big wide world. In 24 hours I'll be in Dubai, 24 hours after that I'll be in Bangkok and three days later I'll be in Ho Chi Minh City. I've had a really great time trying to get round and say goodbye to most people before I go, but if I didn't get a chance then have a massive cuddle from me and I will make sure that I see you when I get back, on July 12th by the way. Trying to upload a photo of dinner with the family from earlier tonight, but I'm not really sure if it's working. (I promise, I will get the ... read more

I had one day in Hanoi after arriving back from Sapa & saw Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum and palace as well as the temple of literature. I had my walking boots shined to get rid of the mud from Sapa so that I could put them back in my bag & enjoyed my last taste of vietnamese food. My bag, all packed, weighed in at 18.5kg at the airport, which I thought was quite impressive before settng off to Hong Kong. I was impressed with the bus that took me into Kowloon & I was able to find my hotel, looking smart compared to its surroundings. During the afternoon I wandered down Nathan road & saw Kowloon park before reaching the waterfront & the avenue of stars. It was valentine's day & I was the only ... read more

The Surrey Sports Park have helped support me on my trip to Peru. Providing me with essential equipment such as footballs, bibs, cones and t-shirts. Other parties such as Westfield football club have also shown great support by putting out press release (attached) Here is the press release link: url=http://www.surreysportspark.co.uk/news/newsandpress/2011/69758_battley_swaps_computers_for_south_america.htmhttp://www.surreysportspark.co.uk/news/newsandpress/2011/69758_battley_swaps_computers_for_south_america.htm... read more

And so I got to Iceland's Keflavik airport. While in time for the connecting flight, I was actually going to be getting on the same plane anyway. And transiting here was rather odd - I was temporarily in the country. I actually got my passport stamped. Then no more than two minutes later, I received my exit stamp. Weird, really weird. Made me wonder what the point of that was. Feeling a little sleep deprived, I boarded the plane to London Gatwick, a three hour flight away. My friends Jay and Laurie were going to be picking me up at the airport; and when I landed, I was pretty happy, but cautious about the immigration process. I had problems here last time I tried to enter, and I hoped they weren't going to make it difficult ... read more