Blogs from Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

Geo: 50.8209, -0.139846 Brighton is in Sussex and it is weekend getaway for Londoners since many years, it takes less than an hour from London to Brighton station by train. Places to see are the Royal Pavilion, Brighton beach, Brighton pier, the lanes, museums. Also it is popular with young people for clubbing, sports etc. We arrived early in the morning to Brighton from London Victoria, bought a day bus pass and took the bus 12x to Eastbourne via Beachy head, this ride is lovely as it passes the coastline with brilliant views of the cliffs, sea, Beachy head. We walked the pier at Eastbourne and then took the bus 12x back to Brighton Pier. We walked the Brighton pier, had chips, ice cream and we took the bus 77 to Devil's Dyke. It is very ... read more

As you look out of the train windows, it looks to me like what I imagine the densely populated landscape of somewhere like Rio to look like- there are just masses of houses piled upon hills and upon each other. And because the landscape is not flat but undulates, the effect is that much more dramatic because the eye can take in more. Sometimes the early morning sun rises with the houses and it's really quite something to watch. You then enter Brighton station. This is one of my favourite train stations (stay with me, this is going somewhere, promise...) It is, for some reason, romantic. In my mind it is from a time long ago, when getting on a train meant a long absence, and you really meant 'goodbye.' I see steam and bags of ... read more

Hi all, Last blog because I said I would write one more and so that I didn't end on 13 blogs but 14 instead! I have now been back just over a week, it's lovely to be back in the UK. I have done a lot of travelling i the last week, 7 flights! My last day in Gambia was a nice day but a bit disappointing as the weather wasn't so great. I had been hoping for sunshine so I could spend my last day on the beach but it was pretty grey. I went to Bakau one last time to pick up my bag from the tailor this time it was finished thankfully. I then spent most of the day packing before meeting everyone to go out for dinner. We went to a restaurant ... read more

The Journey begins way before I received one-way ticket on the 12th of September from the American Express on behalf of the World Bank. The Journey begin in 2011 when I decided that in 2012 it will be nice if I can further my studies somewhere overseas, Spain, UK or even Australia who know. To cut the long and administration depressing story short, today I find myself sitting at a small part of UK, hour 30 minutes from London, Brighton or East Sussex, at the University of Sussex. How did I know about this place, laugh out loud (lol), "Dream deferred", Former President Thabo Mbeki studied here. Anyway, back to why I decided to write this blog today, well I would like to believe there are few people who would like to know how are things ... read more

4pm, 1st March - 3rd March: Heathrow to Mumbai (or somewhere near) George:(Written in the present (continuous?) tense, in homage to Private Peaceful by Michael Morpugo and Antony Browne’s “The Shape Game”). We get in a taxi and Max wants to come; Dad claims he only wants to come so he can steal his hat. We get on a few trains that will take us to Heathrow; at Heathrow we board a plane with three aisles instead of two. The plane takes us to India, Mumbai. A taxi-man takes us to a hotel called Manoribel on the edge of town – on the journey there are plenty of multi-coloured lorries and hooting – the hotel is wonderful and it has a great playground. We go down to the sea, we splash about in the waves ... read more