http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Greater Manchester en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:33:19 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:33:19 +0000 Hi allTo view the story go to blog.mailasail.combundeena and check out my facebook address. Changed plans due to teh weather and other influences. The adventure continues but at the moment in unknown directions.Cheers.Paul http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/blog-449897.html With only 2 minutes left on the meter i've gotta be quick about this...Goodbye everyone for 6 months i am actually coming back believe it or notThanks for everyone being so supportive towards me going awayMum and dad i'll ring you at 5ishAnd all is well http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-449720.html I returned to my hostel after 5am and carefully opened the room door so as not to wake up my roommates. After having fun for a night I only slept for four hours and my eyes were so dry that I couldn't wear contact lens. I had a simple breakfast in the pantry where I learnt from a Taiwanese girl that there were expensive tickets selling outside the stadium yesterday I could have watched an e http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-442345.html hahahaha...well i haven't even left yet but i wanted to test out this bloging malarky im excited yet nervous i have all my jabs now...the only real thing that needs to be sorted is money. so travellers cheques tomorrow and maybe a cool fixed card that doesn't actually charge you to remove money abroad.excellent. i think i should sleep now. the next time i write in this will probably be from i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-438899.html I went away in 2007 for 8 months. Saying goodbye was an odd affair goodbye for so long but not forever. The worst goodbye was my parents. I'd already said farewll to my Big Brother when we dropped him off and it was such a mad and confusing affair that goodbye was pretty quick and pretty uneventful. Saying goodbye to my Mum and Dad while they waved from the doorway to the Departures lounge was t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Didsbury/blog-435079.html It was then off to Manchester a shame to leave our relatives so soon as a fantastic time was had. We managed to score a great 2 bedroom apartment for dirt cheap in a suburb full of Rabbirsquos. But Jen was happy as there was a TESCO right around the corner. Luckily the car never got stolen. A tour of the Manchester United Stadium was a must with the Super Store so large we nearly all got los http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-434676.html hi allits hannahjust wanted to say safely in manchesterradisson hotelairport.did covered in bright blue skybridge from terminal direct to hotel.betta go 4 breakfasthannah http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-434494.html Well it's just 2 weeks to go and so much to sort out.jabs visas a good backpack and insurance would be start I guess.Heading to Tokyo first to hook up with Kengo who runs BabyBoom Japan for us see some of the artists we have been working with there.Over to Osaka to catch up with Massa a fanatic Man City fan who will want all the gossip on all things Manchester.After 6 weeks with really good http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/blog-433806.html Some photos that got chopped off the previous blog... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-433354.html The past week has gone by so quickly and has been full and exciting Of course it hasnrsquot been without its dramashellipas one would expect when you are across the other side of the worldhellipbut as my granny used to say ldquowhat doesnrsquot kill you makes you strongerrdquo so cheers to thatThe Edinburgh Fringe Festival was fantastic and the city was absolutely lsquoheaving http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-433348.html Since Greg is on vacation for a few weeks we decide to go up north to visit his parents and visit the near by cities. Our first stop in Manchester. Nothing spectacular it's a regular cosmopolitan city much to my disappointment. Mind you we didn't visit the whole city.... We basically went to the shopping area of Manchester. The weather was so nice so instead of walking in the Biggest mall in Eng http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-430145.html Hopefully we will be able to keep our blog up to date using the marvels of mobile technology. This update was done from my XDA SerraAndrew Wood http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-428098.html Hey everybody Well yesterday I went to Manchester really early in the AM. I met Greg my old roommate from Vernon. I used to rent a room at his house and he's recently moved to Manchester for a period of time to work. One of his other friends from Vernon came along as well he'd just arrived off a flight at 7am So it was a bit of a tiring day but we had fun...it didn't rain all day long bu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-424590.html Well ive decided to write a blog of the preperations we are putting into place for what is being known as the eppic journey Lets start at the beginning where everything starts. Shaun Hickey made the initial statement to myself via a txt message do you fance doing an italian job it read..... my initial reaction was that of panic however after a long and now important phone call we di http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Wigan/blog-421453.html When the Easter break rolled around this year we were still recovering financially from our trip home and the road trip through Ireland. As such we had decided that we couldn't afford to do any trips away but instead would try and do a small overnight trip somewhere in England that we hadn't been. As the break got nearer and we became more and more jealous at everybody else who had planned a tr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-418220.html The build up to this journey has created a curious number of lists and countdowns for both of us. The lists are numerous and scattered all over our house some being added to daily some just being rewritten every so often in neater script thus providing us with a sense of doing something while actually just internally procrastinating. The countdowns however are proving more interesting emotion http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Oldham/blog-417189.html Here we are two passionate people in search of an adventure. This a story taking us from our little house in Manchester to far flung and wonderful places that we had so far only dreamed about. It's a story where we find out more about ourselves as individuals and where our limits may or may not be as well as story of two people coming closer together than they thought possible.Unlike many stories http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Sale/blog-416598.html SO......we have three weeks to go and loads and loads of things still to buy and organise so we are expecting our hard earned savings to deplete somewhat over the next 21 days in the run up to our departure. Still ... woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo only two and a half weeks of work to go thats about 13 actual work days and then we are off into the unkown for 6 months of adventure. Who knows what http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Didsbury/blog-416163.html Saturday 27th JuneThe Theatre of DreamsEveryone knows what The Theatre of Dreams is and where it is located......donrsquot youWell for the unintiated and those who donrsquot follow football or soccer as we in NZ know the name of the worldrsquos greatest gameeven to a small degreeit is the home stadium of the worldrsquos greatest football club...Man United or as the large red sign on http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-413984.html Well..... its over. Our travels have reached their conclusion the adventure has come to an end and we're now back on the same landmass as you guys. However this blog is far from finished despite being home for nearly a month there is still much islandhopping volcano climbing temple visiting and dodgy transport riding to catch up on from our final 6 weeks in Indonesia and Malaysia. This l http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-412205.html