http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Kent en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:38:57 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:38:57 +0000 Welcome to my blog where I will be posting all my news and let you know everything I'm getting up to whilst out in India.I'm going to be placed at Madurai YMCA a home and school for orphaned boys aged 7 to 16. There are about 40 boys there. Its only a short bus trip from the big city of Madurai where I should be able to get a regular internet connection to keep this updated. I don't know a whole http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Canterbury/blog-464147.html I love living in Kent and working in London. I get the best of both worlds.London is noisy smelly dirty and unfriendly most of the time but also has brilliant theatresparksclubsrestarauntsbars which makes it more worth while spending 8 hours a day 7 days a week at work here in Clapham.But I love to go home every evening and I love where I live. In my little village of New Ash Green it is http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/blog-461795.html HelloIts Alex from kent EnglandThis is my blog and I'm going to be putting picturesof me and where I go on holiday.I'm 12 and at the moment its freezing in England Kent http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/blog-460861.html Im sitting here at work rather bored and day dreaming about our trip of a life time away...again Ive worked out it is152640 minutes2544 hours106 days3 monthsUntil we leave my mums in Kent and fly off to Malaysia sounds quite a long time but since my last blog 3 months ago the time has flown by. Everything is going well with the rental of our flat the tenants that are in the there at the mom http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/blog-460615.html Last weekend Karen and I went to Dover. We left on Friday night after I got off from work since we wanted to maximize our time there. The BB that we chose was fantastic. A husband and wife own the place and the wife has Celiac's. We had sworn we would never stay in another place where the owner needed to be eat glutenfree. However I guess it is more prevalent here. Anyway this meant that Kare http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Dover/blog-459725.html This past weekend I went to Canterbury with Karen and one of her friends from school Lora. None of had ever been so we were all looking forward to the trip. They took the bus from Oxford on Saturday morning to come to my place. I was very thankful since I had returned from Romania the day before and didn't feel like getting up really early. We then headed out and had a nice drive. The traffic w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Canterbury/blog-456261.html So last minute preperations have been waylaid by a bout of apathy. In much the same way my reply to most things these past few weeks have been its not my problem when discussing deadlines and such. But these week its what the worst that could happen which seems to succesfully save me from doing anymore preperation. Its not like I need to know where Vancouver is. I paid a pilot for that. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Dover/blog-453697.html Melke kaks kuukautta oon jo ollu tll. Arki on jo paljo helpompaa ku aluks. Ja alkaa jo itekki tottuu tn perheen arkee ja hommat sujuu paremmin sek nopeammin. Lasten kanssa on paljo helpompaa. Ku nyt tiet mist ne tykk ja mitk asiat on ongelmallisempia. Tytn kanssa on aina ollu vaikempaa ku ton pojan. Mut nyt ei senk kaa oo en nii vaikeet ku aluks. Kavereit alkaa olla jo enemmn. Muih http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Canterbury/blog-447185.html Would you guess another day off work Decided on a trip to Deal for the day. Somewhere none of us had been so mum dad and I went down for the day Andrew had to work. Had a look round Deal Castle first then into the town for some lunch. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/blog-445818.html Since I started work Andrew has found a job also in fire systems similar work to what he did back in Australia. He started with a week over in Staplehurst staying at Bargate House B B in Cranbrook. It will be a month till he gets his work car time enough for them to work out that we will be around for awhile. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Cranbrook/blog-444995.html Having been back in Stockholm for less than 2 weeks I found myself back on the BA779 headed for Heathrow en route to the almost annual family weekend. This year there was extra cause for celebration as my cousin Neal turned 40 Congratulations old man In trying to avoid the logistical nightmare that was getting from Heathrow to a hotel outside Maidstone in under 3 hours I'd hired a car so of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-438570.html The nice lady presenting the weather declared that there was ldquo...autumnal...rdquo weather on the way. Autumnal indeed Rain and wind greeted me on my return to England following 30 consecutive days of sunshine throughout Europe . I was only boasting yesterday that I had had sunshine every day of my holiday however today it is bloody awfulI really enjoyed my time in Ireland. Ballybunion m http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/blog-436849.html Dear allIt's been weeks since I last wrote and although I am not writing from an exotic location I thought that it was about time to let you all know how I am doing. Coming back has been easier than I thought it would be in some respects and some other small things have taken a huge amount of getting used toI am now back at work teaching at a Special Needs school and although I was exhausted fo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Tunbridge-Wells/blog-436553.html Eli lhin matkaan 28.8. Helsingist. Lento meni iha hyvi vh jotai ihme turbulenssei oli loppuvaihees muttei sen kummempaa. Sitten ku oltii laskeuduttu Lontooseen jouduttii odottamaan ett kone ps sille varatulle parkkipaikalle koska joku toine piti sit paikkaa eik pssy lhtemn ukkosmyrskyn takia. En kyl mit myrsky nhny vaan auringonpaistetta joka oli pieni jrkytys. Luulin ett t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Canterbury/blog-435753.html Podr380owanie to zawsze 347wietna zabawa a szczeglnie ekscytuj261ce s261 podr380e po Europie. Je347li wybra322e347 ju380 cel podr380y ale nie wiesz jaki 347rodek lokomocji wybra263 mog281 Ci281 uspokoi263 w internecie czeka na Ciebie mnstwo opcji. Na pewno znajdziesz szybki i bezpieczny sposb 380eby dotrze263 do wybranego miejsca. B2 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Dover/blog-435680.html Just packed.superly duperly scaredmuchly excited tooflight is at 10 but wont get to cusco till around lunchtime tomorow http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Canterbury/blog-435431.html I backdated this entry. Noone will ever know...mwahaha...oops. In May which is now it's not September now at all...and I am not a lazy bugger with writer's block I took a little trip. I started out in London made my way through Kent to Dover where I got on this huge boat. More on that later. Our story ok my story. I'm just trying to be nice my making you feel included starts in...Reykjav http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Dover/blog-435205.html This past weekend was a bank holiday weekend here in the UK. This means we had Monday off from work. It was a nice break for me. I decided to do a lot of sightseeing and even picked out a nice bed breakfast so I could have more time for sights. I ended up spending my time mainly in Kent and a little bit in East Sussex which is in the south east of England.I started out Saturday morning by goin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/blog-433334.html 4 weeks to the off and neither of us is fit enough yet to walk at altitude on the punishing climbs of the Salkantay trail which reach heights of over 4500 metres for six hours a day in order to reach Macchu Pichu. In order to overcome this slight disadvantage we went for a walk in deepest kent. 12 miles by Faversham along the Saxon shore way. Ok it was only 5 hours and the highest altitude we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Faversham/blog-432733.html We got up early on Friday morning to catch the Eurostar back to Ashford England. At least that was the plan Unfortunately the train didn't stop and the trip between Ashford and London that took 20 minutes by Eurostar took 2 hours and three different trains back to Ashford.Tomos one of Hywel's brothers took us to the wedding venue a cute little church in the country so we could help set up http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/blog-431498.html