Blogs from Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 813

1er tit message avant de partir, direction Kilimanjaro. Les sacs sont pas encore prets, mais le visa est tamponne sur nos passeports, les billets d'avion en evidence sur la table (depuis un mois..) et la trousse de medocs pour fanny... Bon bah encore 2 jours, et on se retrouve vue sur le Kili... c pas beau la vie! En tout cas on espere vous avoir avec nous virtuellement lors de notre voyage. Gros bisous... read more

Mid week here. Pretty good weekend just gone. Work drinks Friday, then shot up to North London to catch up with Kara whose over on holiday from NZ. So stayed up there a while with Nix and Ali and Kara's mates. Sat morning woke up and talked to Ma & Pa, great to hear their voices! Headed up to Portobello Markets for a wander, bought a few knick knacks for the flat, not much else. Markets were pretty big really, (most of them are here, already spent a day discovering Camden Markets with Alistair a week or so ago), Portobello though runs right up into Notting Hill and through all the Antiques stalls, walked for ages. Sat night Matt called and I yarned to him for a while, caught up on all the goss and such. ... read more

Went to Scribe last night at "Neighbourhood" for Alistairs birthday. Was just like being at home! Room full of mainly kiwis, Montieths behind the bar (ooh that goes down so well!) and NZ hip hop blasting on a mega sound system. P-Money and Scribe were in FINE form, it made for an awesome night. Couple too many tequilas though which I felt this morning, but when you start at 9:30am, most of the hangovers gone! Quick update here on my flat. Moved into a place in Chiswick about a week ago. Nice, clean, warm place, right price. Set in a pretty quiet area about 15m from the Thames. Living with 3 others, 1 kiwi guy, Lee, 1 Aussie girl, Ayesha, 1 Frenchman, Ben. Nice enough crew, should be ok. Works only a 40 min trip when ... read more

Date: 04.09.2004 Destination: London, England Day: 1 London baby.. Finally after months of planning, ticket booking and head-banging, I am going to Great Britain. Basically, the trip is plan by me but the people going there are 4. So, you know how headache it is trying to find the cheapest flight, cheapest accomodation, cheapest ticket, cheapest everything.. The flight to London was from Dortmund Airport using Easyjet. One of the main budget airline in Europe. But the time flight was a bit out of shape. 10.00am. It took only 1 hour to reach there but because of time difference, it took us just few minutes. Ha! At last, we touched down at London Luton (also a small airport). We took a bus to Central London and the first impression is that London look a lot like ... read more

Well it's finally come around. After months of planning, next week we leave the UK behind for 6 months.  We can't wait! Our itinery is: Sep/Oct - Brazil, Bolivia and Peru on an organised trip (details here) Early Nov - Easter Island and Tahiti Mid Nov to Mid Dec - touring New Zealand in a campervan Mid Dec to End Jan - Australia - Sydney, Melborne, Adelaide, Alice, Perth and some of the bits in between Feb - Thailand and Cambodia Mar - home via Hong Kong and Egypt That's the plan anyway.  Unfortunately, it does mean that we will miss the winter (and budgets) but I'm willing to endure some hardships. We'll try and keep you posted as we go along but I'm not making any promises!  Drop us an email or use the contact V n ... read more