http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Essex en-us Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:14:55 BST Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:14:55 BST It's Friday night and it was my last day of work today feels kinda weird but in a good exciting way knowing our big adventure is just round the corner Anyway Michael and I took it in turns to add paragraphs to the poem below can you guess who wrote what clue M wrote the romantic lines Fx Oh won't it be great to stay out late To continue the partyhow I just can't wait To leave far be http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/blog-333015.html Today we visited the Roker's from Essex. We are ancestors of Charles Roker from around 1790. We met Michael Albert Robert Tom Louise Georgia who are all Rokers or descendents of Charles Roker.We had a great time and went to fish and chips and a carnival with them.Cheers Max http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Southend-on-Sea/blog-329002.html Hello just letting you all know that your added to our travel blog u lucky things off on tuesday ahhhhhi also thought i better check it works before wandering offMuch love x http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Romford/blog-328596.html Welcome to our BlogHi Everyone welcome to our blog we are getting ready for our trip away. We are packing our cases today.We are going to miss everyone very much and hope that you will keep in contact with us via this blog. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Romford/blog-328498.html Friday night we turned into Mexicans. Wayne sported a sombrero and poncho whilst I turned cow girl. It was Steversquos 40th birthday. We headed over with a bowl of veggie chilli. A few drinks later and Nisa had mounted the piata and wouldnrsquot let it go It was a lovely chilled out evening.Saturday we transformed into murder mystery characters. I was an archaeologist Wayne a ventrilo http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Maldon/blog-319602.html We had the annual dive club BBQ on Sunday. This meant that we spent Saturday preparing all the salads etc.Fortunately the weather remained good and we all ate lots drank a bit and played rounders. Good fun http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/blog-319601.html We leave tomorrow Thought i better write a quick passage just to remind people. I quit my job last week and have had a week off to preparebe bored at home. Everything is packed and ready to go..it's a very tight squeeze trying to get everything in one backpack. Since the last blog we've been busy getting all our visas. There were no real issues the Russian ones involved a lot of queing an http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/blog-318261.html WHO KNOWSIf someone told me what is gonna happen to me in the next few months about a year ago I fink i would have laughed in there face. Now 2 hours before I leave my house for potentially a very long time Im not laughin no more.But at this moment im still not scared infact im still sittin in my boxers with no stains in. But i really should get dressed. Well at least im packed a http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Romford/blog-316773.html So have decided to write sumfink into my blog. Now before i start if u like good grammar and all that rubbish then i would advise not reading this or probably any of my entries here on. But if you are looking to see exactly how I am feeling over different parts of my trip with pictures of course then please read on and enjoy the many entries I will eventually make.So lets start with my intro it http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Romford/blog-312200.html Times ticking down The trips slowly coming together and yet still so much to do. The flat's being flatpacked the packing being packed and what was our home is slowly being turned back in to its rented shell. There's an orange haze over Buckhurst Hill not sure if it's the sun going down or the orange WAG tanned wannabes coming out to find their football trendy wannabes with their plastic bod http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/blog-311002.html Tommorrow early morning i depart the UK for the somewhat more tropical climate of malaysia. Leaving the chavs and wags of england A 48 hour journey that will take me from heathrow to bangkok. Then from bangkok to kuala lumpur and then onto kota kinabalu in the borneo province of sabah.Fully stocked up by 30 of cheapness spent down my local primark Clothes fit for a king Ready for the mos http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Southend-on-Sea/blog-310426.html 300708Evening before i leave for my travels Very scared yet hugely excoitedI shall make my next blog much more interesting this is merely a test xxxx noomey http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Chelmsford/blog-306478.html Only 37 days to go Frantically writing lists and trying to get ourselves sortedVery excited but in a slight panic at the same time. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/blog-303675.html I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED It's now a one day till buildup day and two days till I leave for central America and I HAVE NOT PACKED ARGHI'm sure I will definitely feel the consequences of my actions later this evening and probably tomorrow morning. I'm so excited to be finally leaving for world challenge the build up and months of preparation are finally coming into fruitionI reall http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/blog-301488.html Sunday afternoon we headed to Southend and sat in the park in the sun eating a proper picnic and drinking pimms.We were at the Jules Holland concert. It was great. The Blues Brothers group were really good and got the party started. Jule and his band came on and we chilled out as the sun set.It was a lovely evening dispite my lack of ability to Rock and Roll http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Southend-on-Sea/blog-300495.html I went to see Mamma Mia with a group of girls from the dive club. It is the only film I have seen where the audience gave a round of applause at the end.It was very amusing lots of singing and dancing. The highlight for me was Pierce Brosnon and Colin Firth in there ABBA suits at the end dancing to Waterloo. BRILLIANT http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Braintree/blog-300404.html Gathering moolah and catching up with the relosgrace was here for 2 and abit months. during this time igrace got a job at the roslin beach hotel doing waitressing and also at premier inn doing housekeeping. although the latter sounds a worse job i liked it more than roslin. at premier inn i met a lovely and FUN girl Meena who was doing it the same reason as me for the money. she made it bet http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Southend-on-Sea/blog-294984.html Well Adam and I are soon to set off to Thailand for our little adventure... Still not too sure what to expect exactly but have a rough idea... plenty of sweaty sleepless nights and copious amounts of 'rice and veg' seem high up on the agenda... Not eating anything after midday in the monastery certainly won't do me any harm 'showering' by use of bucket and water how refreshing sleeping o http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Colchester/blog-292548.html Jan Nisa and Suzanne and I all met at Freeport to see the Sex and the City movie. Suzanne geek knew the series plot line inside out so gave me a refresh before the movie started.I wasnrsquot really expecting much but 2 hours later was amazed how the time had flown.I laughed so much I almost peed and wanted to cry at the sad bits it was a very emotional lsquorollercoasterrsquo film and http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Braintree/blog-285395.html We took my mum out for her birthday. We had dinner at the yummy Italian Wayne and I went to for my birthday and then went to the theatre.We saw the 39 Steps at the Mercury. The theatre was packed out I really enjoyed the play it was very very funny and lots of amusing action. I would love to see the film not funny apparently. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Colchester/blog-285392.html Four of us went to see the movie Sex and the City in the evening on Tuesday 3 June at Freeport Braintree. Its bargin night so could afford to splash out on popcorn and a drink but only just Film was great bringing back all the old characters twisting and turning. Only trouble is it finished will there be another When's it out on DVD http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Braintree/blog-282942.html Returning to England the last thing we expected was a prolonged period of good weather. Not that we are complaining of course We stayed with Trishrsquos parents in FrintononSea on the Essex coast where we hardly saw a cloud in the skyItrsquos always nice to walk along the seafront when the sun is shining. There were some very brave people about stripped down to the bare minimum and sunb http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Frinton-on-Sea/blog-282511.html We decided to go and see Neil and his am dram group in Allo Allo.We were not sure what to expect when we arrived and I imagined the awkward moment when we had to say how good it was thinking what if it isn'tFortunately it was brilliant. We laughed loads and loads. Neil is clearly a closet Italian http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Maldon/blog-280998.html This is my first and last message from England HelloThis is my last night in england i am all packed and ready to go. Iomorrow i fly out to Singapore to the unown and hope for the best. lol.I will apologize for all my spelling mistakes as this web site has no spell check so you might just have to gess.Speak to you all soon from around the worldMark Asbridge http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Colchester/blog-279793.html So were now home and yeah it is good to be home have our home comforts and to catch up and see everyone etc but would I rather be chilling out on some gorgeous tropical island in the middle of nowhere Of course I wouldWe had such an amazing time and like I said itrsquos hard to believe itrsquos over and were back in England My favourite place overall was Thailand the beaches were lovely http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/blog-279786.html 20th March 2008We landed at heathrow back to 7 degree weather it was 6.30am and after 13 hours we were very tired indeed. we were picked up by a taxi company and finally got home about 8.30am. My dad was there but my mum was at work she didnt know we were coming home it was a surprise. Once in and after a nice hot bath I headed straight round to my friend Zoe none of my friends new I was co http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Southend-on-Sea/blog-276551.html As we flew over the Thames I felt rather depressed about having to go back to working again after having such an amazing time traveling. Little did I know how much Heathrow Airport would do its very best to make matters even more unpleasant. When we landed there were not any gates available for the plane to park at so we sat on the runway for the best part of an hour. In the end they allocated u http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/blog-268292.html