Jennifer Calvert

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Jennifer Calvert




Europe » France » Nord-Pas de Calais » Calais February 18th 2011

The real adventure still to come... The day had finally arrived when we would set off on an adventure of a lifetime, a chance to travel to places that until now I could only dream about. All the research and reading of the Lonely Planet Travel Guide cannot completely prepare you for the wonderful experience of travel. To be free of everyday life and having no restrictions on your time is one of the most pleasurable experiences one will ever know and with the freedom of travel also comes the prospect to liberate yourself of the materials that consume us. And so the adventure begins... The van, it is to be our new home for the next seven months. It is little inside, with a thin foam mattress, a sink and a gas plate and a ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Acton February 15th 2011

London is more than what you read in a travel guide, London is exciting, busy, wet, overcast and historically rich. The streets are overcrowded and if you attempt to catch a train in peak hour traffic...good luck! The London Tower is impressive and full of history. We spent hours wandering around the historic castle were the crown jewels are kept. On a guided tour from a ‘beefeater,’ I was intrigued to learn that the beefeaters are locked in the London Tower every night, I couldn’t think of anything worse than being locked inside the most haunted place in England. A place of execution, death, and imprisonment the London Tower is one place I would not want to be at night, it is defiantly an eerie place. ... read more
The Beefeaters
The White Tower
The Tower of London

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » Stanley Park February 15th 2011

Next stop...Canada Arriving in Canada, we were greeted with snow. Little houses with snow covered pine trees lined the streets of Vancouver, snow falling heavily upon them, like a picturesque scene from a movie. We meet friends in Vancouver and stayed in North Vancouver. Coming from the sub tropical climate of Queensland Australia where the temperate on average is between 20-28 degrees. Rugged up quite literally to the eyeballs, we could not believe how cold it was there. For Christmas we joined our friends in Sechelt Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, bordered by the waters of Trail Bay and Sechelt Inlet. Sechelt is a small community of breathe taking beauty and spectacular scenery. We stayed on a house boat surrounded by snow capped mountains and an ice cold lake. No need for a fridge, to keep our ... read more
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The Totem Poles
The Canadian Rockies

North America » United States » Hawaii » Oahu » Honolulu February 14th 2011

The First stop It had always been a dream of mine to travel the world. I wanted more than the daily nine to five rut, which we can easily get court up in. In 2007, the dream became reality. My partner and I set off on an around the world adventure. Our goal was not to work whilst away; therefore we saved as much money as possible before we left. We sold our car and packed up all our belongings and moved from the Gold Coast Australia to Port Macquarie Australia, with all our belongings jammed into my parent’s spare bedroom. My dream adventure was about to begin and I was very nervous. ... read more
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