http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , East Sussex , Eastbourne en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:10:36 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:10:36 UTC My last day at Anjali House was really nice...we spent the morning playing games and dancing and in the afternoon we watched Finding Nemo. My last English lesson was good too. Because we were still doing the letter G I made it a bit more interesting. You see games start with G and Hangman has a G in it so that's what we did for an hour. Then I gave them some smelly pens as a little goodbye pressi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-329378.html Hello everyone it's Beeny rabbit here. She has packed her cases and I am wondering if she is going to put me in the rucsac or a case. I like peeking out of the rucsac can't stand being in the hold its b freezing in there.I like going on these trips with her she let me sit on the dash in NZ when we were driving the camper van. I think they call them RVs in Canada and I have seen a pict http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-324616.html Hello to all friends and familyMost of you know that I have been travelling here and there in the last 18 months since the big trip to Down Under. That was the first time I used Travelblog and it was a great way to keep in touch as well as record all the happanings.Well on Thursday I will be flying off to Calgary at the start of a 6 week trip in Canada. For the first 2 weeks Suz and Tracie will http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-323925.html Keenen family blogSorry not much to write just some cool pics of us at the Eastbourne airshow. Keenen http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-323548.html Sat in the Ballroom for the entire morning and the first portion of the afternoon going through more orientation things. Apparently there's one more series of sessions tomorrow and then an out trip on Sunday yayThere was free time for basically the rest of the day which we decided to take advantage of by sharing a taxivan to Eastbourne. I didn't really have a purpose for going down there ot http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-320270.html Shane Summary Still in Eastbourne just catching up with aunties chilling out. Public Acknowledgement Big public thank you to Catherine Thorne Cath Milner for moving all our furniture into Dana Street. Thanks girls Apology Answer Forgot to give you the answer to my teaser in the last blog. The other British city that has World Heritage City status is Edinburgh. Interestingly that is under http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-319696.html Eastbourne is a large town and borough of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The area has seen human activity since the stone age and it remained one of small settlements until the 19th century when its four hamlets gradually merged to form a town. Assisted by the arrival of the railway Eastbourne became a prime Victorian seaside resort. It has since suffered from the general trend away http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-317355.html Hello.A slower update than anticipated.The Shane Summary Catch up on some stuff I missed in the last blog. Did a 13 day bus tour of Ireland Scotland. Hired a car drove from Edinburgh to Eastbourne staying in Cheshire on the way. Had a great time.The News in fullCath Thorne was the first correct answer to the quiz. Winchester Cathedral was recorded by the New Vaudeville Band forgo http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-309285.html Hello all here's some pics from Eastbourne lots of zimmer frames and little old ladies. Just kidding it was very nice Carols' friend Keith who lives in Eastbourne was our tour guide for the day. We caught the train from Lancing changed at Brighton trains that is. On the pier there is a camera obscura built in the late 1800's and it's still working amazing. We had a fish and chip http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-301018.html Being in 6th Grade I had to decide if I wanted to be part of a School exchange to Eastbourne England or not. I myself decided yes my parents agreed. First of all you have to be sure of one thing Being on a School exchange does not mean holiday. In fact you have to live the life of an english pupil 247 Or in my case 2414 I had to spend 14 days in a bording school with some of my class mates http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-300951.html We left Nounsley and arrived at Battle at 3pm. We had a late lunch and looked around the Abbey and battlefield. It was beautiful very educational and well worth the visit. We continued to Eastbourne where we had booked to stay the night we arrived and found nowhere to park. Then got a call http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-300497.html Hi to all on this site. Today we have gone live on the new Blog site at httpblog.mailasil.comlibertad This site will be a direct link wth Libertad and the Iridium voice and data links.You can follow our progress on a daily basis from the 20th July with posted LatLong .You can also email us at libertad at mailasail dot com note the encryption to prevent spammers picking up on the site. Ple http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-297657.html Hi to all following our blogLibertad is straining at her moorings desperate to set her sails and head west and south since my last entry we have completed some sea trials .It was intended to sail to Dieppe but the French fishermen had other ideas blockading every French port from Dunkirk to Cherbourg protesting about the cost of fuel the price of Gitanes and the plaugue of English tourist inf http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-290461.html Hi all As most of you know we are raising sponsorship for Macmillan Cancer Support through our participation in the ARC Transatlantic Rally for Cruisers onboard Libertad in November 2008. I will email you all a sponsorship form asap so please get friends family strangers to sponsor us on this passage and try and raise as much money as possible for the charity. Any questions or queries abo http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-284744.html Hi allAs most of you know we are raising sponsorship for Macmillan Cancer Support through our participation in the ARC Transatlantic Rally for Cruisers onboard Libertad in November 2008.I will email you all a sponsorship form asap so please get friends family strangers to sponsor us on this passage and try and raise as much money as possible for the charity. Any questions or queries about http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-284742.html Only 9 weeks to go before my 9 month adventure begins. Flights are booked Injections done shopping started and only a few more things to pay for. It's all becoming very real and exciting. Even my leaving party organisation has begun8 Weeks Volunteering in a Cambodian orphanage and then 7 months in an African one. And all on my larry What have i let myself in for Hopefully the experience of a http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-279616.html Libertad Libertad relaunched on Tuesday 18th March after her refit. In preparation for our Atlantic cruise this year we have removed and inspected the rudder and quadrant fitted Hydrovane self steering and installed extra fresh water tank capacity. Libertad has been surveyed and the rig checked to ensure everything is okay. Now we are back in the water we hope to commence seatrials for our down http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-259567.html Paul sails out of Sovereign Harbour in Libertad a Halberg Rassey 42'. He works in the Oil and Gas industry as a fast rescue boat instructor and sea safety auditor. First joined the RNLI as a Sea Safety volunteer working with Seacheck. To promote Seacheck he sailed Libertad around Britain in 2002 with RNLI crew. Paul is a shore helper at Eastbourne lifeboat station. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-259566.html Libertad Atlantic and Caribbean Cruises 20082009 Contact Paul Huntley if you would like to book a berth or have any questions on paulhuntleywaitrose.com or Tel 01435830329 Mob 07798873508. If you wish you could sponsor your passage for the R.N.L.I. or any other personal charity. Sponsor forms can be made available. Leg 1 20 days Cost 650 Eastbourne to Cherbourg to La Coruna Spain. Departure http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-259565.html Friday 91107Keenen Family BlogWe have learnt a few things todayhelliplike the word learnt. The Keenens took their first road trip in a rented red skoda polish POS. After going to the bank and finding out that the transfer rate from USD is 2.25 today and that it will take 48 weeks for my check to clear we decided to head to Pevensy castle. The adventure began with me learning how to progra http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-218755.html I went away with some more divers. I stayed in a lovely BnB sharing with my two favourite girls Jan and Hannah http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-198511.html Well what a weird weekend.After working for only 3 days a week I felt a break was needed so took Friday off.It was my old school pal Kesh's 25th Birthday so I headed to Brighton to help with the celebrations. Tamsin Kesh and I met at Kesh's flat. Very Brighton studentesk lots of stuff everywhere and arty. After a chat we headed to town to 'bumble round'. We discovered some interesting fac http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-198264.html On Friday afternoon we were suppost to be leaving for Eastbourne. However the traffic news told us the M25 was closed So we left several hours later and arrived in Eastbourne later than planned.Our first day diving we had to meet earlier than breakfast so missed out. We stocked up on crossants juice and sandwiches at Asda and headed to the boat. The sea was flat the sun shined... perfect http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-192649.html Friday 10 August Left work early but due to horrendous problems on the road decided not to leave until later to avoid the large queues. As I was already at Waynersquos Stella and I watch TV and got pizza ready for us all to have before leaving. Ricky and Ian joined us and we all travelled in two cars arriving about 9.30 pm. Had jelly babies and hariborsquos to munch en route. As we ate http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-192346.html Hi everyone This is my first blog almost packed ready to go on Saturday. Plane leaves Heathrow at 18.30 and we arrive in Singapore on Sunday afternoon.Hope there are lots of good films on the plane and of course there's my mp3 and even a book and I can always play Sudoku on my phone.One of our ex Dubai friends now lives in Singapore and she is picking us up at the airport...thanks Cher http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-142525.html physical contact with the man i love good sushi and good oriental food in general chinese japanese thai vietnamese... watching the sea reading good books art that compels your soul... love things like rothko the idea of fairies wearing really big hoodies when you've had a bad day twix chocolate bars seeing new places and interesting things giggling with my best friend piercings http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-131711.html during my gap year i went to peru... and gained some weight and made friends and had an amazing time. despite frequent minor earthquakes and a national state of emergency which meant tanks and armed guards on our streets and curfews. which was all part of the fun as far as we were concerned although my mother wasn't so amused... the state of emergency had a massive drawback it made thing http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-131706.html so another year another time for dreaming... so things i want to achieve this year body mods i need a tattoo it's an actual craving... it's got to happen and a few more piercings might repierce my eyebrow and get a few more interesting ear things. travelling. i need to leave england i'd love to have a brilliant holiday somewhere a plane ride away even if it's only short hmmm bar http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-118228.html I looked back to my family and I sighed so hard could not breathe. I was 21 years old 9472and now I would say too late even9472 when after a depressing time and with the help of one of my best friends Susana I decided to go to United Kingdom where was going to be the story in Eastbourne.I was going to England as much people I guessed with no knowledge at all but it was the way to go http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-4225.html