Blogs from Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 25

2 years ago (in Nov 2005) I posted a blog on travelling from Vancouver, BC to Seattle, WA for only USD$4. Today, I have a similar acheivement. I managed to travel from Slough to Bluewater, Millenium Dome and Thames Barrier for only £3! This trip is very similar to my Vancouver-to-Seattle trip 2 years ago because this time I made use of public buses extensively again. I'm very grateful to Transport for London because of the oyster daily price capping for buses. (If you use the oyster card "pay as you go" to make multiple journeys on buses from 04:30 to 04:30 the next day, the cost of all journeys will be capped at £3.) Thanks to the price capping, I could travel from Slough (the western end of the London bus network) to Bluewater (the ... read more

September 27, 2006 Nice day trip to Windsor today. The age of Windsor Castle was more grand than its exterior, but the history was quite impressive. Hundreds of years of royal history behind the stone walls of this castle - whew! My favorite room was the Great Hall. The ceiling has the shields of hundreds of coat of arms from royalty around the world. Walking around in a hall that so many royals have for hundreds of years really was amazing. Saw the Queen Mum's tomb as well as many others in the chapel. The town of Windsor is so cute! I love it! We headed back on the train and then spent 1.5 hours at Leicester Square for the movie premiere of "Click." Saw Adam Sandler, David Hasselhoff, and Kate Beckinsale. We then walked through ... read more

It has been 1 and a half months since I lived in Slough, and for the past few weekends I either stayed in Slough or went to London. This weekend, I decided to go to somewhere new. In the end I decided to go to Reading because 2 of my friends happened to be going there. Reading is the largest town in Berkshire and according to my colleagues it is good for shopping. My 2 friends (Ying Yi & Wen Seen) and I took a train from Slough to Reading. From Reading Station, we walked around the historical part of the town. We stopped at the Town Hall & Museum to pick up some maps and brochures, had a nice stroll in Forbury Gardens, explored the ruins of Reading Abbey (one of the most important abbeys ... read more

Well the last two days have been fun .... I now have my visa, medical and flight tickets .... plus a double dose of more shots than I care to think about ... Doctors advise is to stay away from dogs and cats while out there and not even let them lick me ... (I am sure some of you will have a comment on that one!) Well the Porsche is now in storage .. and I am running around in a Astra for a few days. It's blue, has a button on the dash that says sport, but alas when you press it all that happens is a light comes on and nothing else ... Started to pack last night before the draw of the bar took over again ... It is amazing how I ... read more

Right, To save sending you all emails and updates, I have started a Travel Blog ! ... Ok so I am not really on holiday (though some of you may well think that is true) I will be putting up some updates (And Photos, Video etc) here, you will all get an email to let you know when there is an update, so when you have time in your own busy lives you can log in as see what I have been upto. Here goes first update: I now have tickets, for leaving on the 13th (what a great date that is to pick) September. I am off to a Kazakhstan, for anyone of you who did not know. Thanks to some of you who have updated me on the country, culture and places, as I ... read more

As most of you will know, I'm about to head off on another adventure (on Tue 22nd August), this time spending a year touring around Central and South America (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize, Mexico, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela) and then New Zealand, Australia and Canada. So I'm setting up this blog which will hopefully keep everyone informed, entertained, and maybe insanely jealous, along the way. I'll try and add some pics too. Every time I update this site, you'll get an e-mail with a link to the new page, so it's pretty easy to use. You can write messages below - it will be great to hear from you when I'm away. Even if you think you don't have any exciting news, it's nice to keep in ... read more