So I didn't do nearly as much today. I am really suffering with my allergies, which I think has to do with lack of A/C, open windows, greenery everywhere, and lots of gusts of wind. After signing off here last night, I headed back to my room and discovered that it wasn't too bad a walk in the dark. Not too many people, but lots of streetlights and only about ten minutes to reach the residence. I decided that maybe I would wash some things by hand, and so spent the next little while washing some things in the sink in [View Full Entry]

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today it was the last day...sozusagen.wir haben ausgeschlafen und dann hat chris uns zum tower gebracht. da war es zum glueck nicht so voll und wir mussten nicht lange anstehen. Oben war es gar nicht so hoch wie Line gedacht hatte. irena kannte den tower schon.wir waren nicht lange da oben weil es a bit boring war. also sind wir zu fuss nochmal zur commercial road gelatscht weil Line sich unbedingt eine tasche holen wollte. allerdings musste sie sich erst zwischen 2 entscheiden. zwischendurch haben wir uns in pizza hut gesetzt. danach haben wir den bus nach hause genommen und da [View Full Entry]

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Of course we had to see the great “estuary” (a word as frequent as “quay” in this place) from a closer distant. Together with my schoolmates and K we hired Dan to take us around the harbour and up the river. We got to see the jetties where the china clay is loaded on big boats, and several others “point of interests”, according to Dan. For instance the place where Led Zeppelin recorded some of there greatest albums, among other artist. A recording studio in the middle of nowhere! Well, near the river, and just a couple of hundred yards from [View Full Entry]

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but not as dangerous as playing football. Why? Well - after three days putting slates on our roof - our roofer played football - couldn't have been for more than 90 minutes and he managed to break his leg. Commiserations to Ally who has been great. Fortunately the 2 young guys have managed perfectly well without their boss and finished the north side of the roof and started on the south side. What else - well Carrie and Frank finished putting bales in the north wall, then at the weekend, supported by volunteers Tim, Alan and Margaret, we started on [View Full Entry]

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Day 1: 25th July - Train to Heathrow Fly to New York Fly to Lima, Peru Fly to Cusco, Peru 26th to 28th July: Aclimatising!! 29th July: Start our Overland Tour. 'Wilds of the Altiplano & Pantanal' Week 1: 29th to 5th Aug.: Peru, Inca heartland. Trecking the Inca trail plus community project. Potentially white water rafting down the Urubamba river. Week 2: 6th to 13th: Bolivia & Peru. Lake Titicaca, La Paz & Potosi. Week 3: 14th to 21st: Bolivia & Argentina. Jeeps onto the salt flats & visiting the city of Salta. Laura's birthday........21 again!!! Week 4: 22nd to [View Full Entry]

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I woke up at 06:00 in order to do last minute-minute tidying up, give away my still fresh fruit and veg to my student neighbours, do the last dish wash and wash my hair! Wash my hair? Well you never know!! We took the local bus to the Berlin Main Train Station ( Hbf ) and after hugs and goodbyes went on the Regional Train that had a stop-off at Schönefeld Airport. We arrived there a little after 12 Noon and after slight bag adjustments for the benefit of security control, went through with no problems at all. My belt didn't [View Full Entry]

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Hey, my first entry. Thought id keep a blog because: 1) itll keep my parents happy im still alive 2) I can post photos and stuff upto it 3) it'll give me something to do in my spare time. Im off to Australia on the 27th at 22:00 and arrive on the 29th 06:00 (local time) 23 hours of flying, fook! Well excited about it all, got loads of plans , loads of ideas, might stay in oz, might hit up south east asia, all depends how it goes really, Oooh i am excited actually... [View Full Entry]

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Well...we’re almost ready to head off again as ‘travellers’, and have spent the last couple of days packing up our life in London. Since my last update, we have been to Cornwall on the South West coast of England, and have to say that it is one of the most beautiful places we have seen in the country. We hired a car with Ben & Verity and stayed in Newquay for three nights. We visited Lands End, Penzance, St Ives, Perranporth, Padstow, and an amazing castle ruin in Tintagel which had some of the most stunning coastline I have ever seen. [View Full Entry]

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I have not left yet but my adventure is soon to begin. I leave in a few days, so for those who are following my travels check in later for some great photos and fun stories. My first stop will be in London where I will spend the day trying NOT to sleep. I do not like flying and I will probably spend that first day in a bit of a haze. Actually I will be doing Europe on a coach tour and may not have access to the internet so this blog will lay a bit dormant till I can [View Full Entry]

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The Millennium stadium in Cardiff towers over the centre of the city, and would have to be the most incredibly placed major stadium in the world. When the train pulls into Cardiff central you are right in the heart of the Welsh capital, and all a traveller needs to do is walk out of the station exit and there she is! This monster of a stadium seats 72,500 people and was the home of the FA cup final while the long delayed Wembley stadium was being sorted. Er, I must note that an Australian company was in charge of building Wembley, [View Full Entry]

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