Blogs from Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 814

First weekend I was in town, Nix and Alistair took me to their local club for a night out. Was pretty quiet in there and we got talking to some of the DJs and the door girl and they invited us along to another couple of regular nights they worked. I decided a couple of weekends later to pop along to a gig over in Whitechapel. Nix and Ali werent up for it so off I wandered into the London night! Was a really good night! Got in cheap cause Kristina was on the door, Zaki and Georgia were playing in the 2 rooms, music was cool. Got chatting to some people on the dance floor and ended up hanging out with them the whole night, which was cool. When we were leaving Monkey (aka Craig) ... read more

Well here I am about 10% excited, 10% daunted and about 80% worried that I am am not going to have sorted all the things I need to do before leaving. These gap year students have it easy, no house to worry about, no council tax, water, electricity, gas, house insurance to get sorted before they swan off round the world. Bloody students - soap dodgers! Try and get the Indian visas done tomorrow, a very unused to early start is in order to get to Aldwych for 8.30am. Leaving the Thai and Nepal visas for another time. Got the plumbers and a tiler coming on Thursday to try and finish the bathroom before I leave. Why oh why did i wait 4 years to do and finally get it sorted a few week before I ... read more

A great weekend in Lowestoft and Beccles with Uncle Cyril, Auntie Ena, Cousin Hillary, Barry, Cousin Melanie, Chris and the sweet twins.... read more

Spent the first couple of weeks here doing the sight seeing thing, trying not to spend money. Sleeping for the first week was interesting, no Gena to cuddle up to, damn hot and muggy, (30deg days and 22deg nights), and Niki and Ali's flat is right above a busy North London St, buses screaming past, local boozers yelling shit all night long. First day went down to Islington and Angel for a wander, grab a phone card, use the internet. 2nd day went into Oxford St for a bit of light shopping and a wander through Hyde Park. Really great sunny day, people sunbathing, eating icecreams. Did all the majors from the outside during these weeks; Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Millenium Bridge, St Pauls, Parliament Buildings, both Tate's, the ... read more

Only 7 weeks to go! We've bought a Round-The-World ticket for the first 6 months, covering mainly Asia and Australasia, we've still to finalise the second half of the year, but it will include South and Central America, and the Caribbean. Our itinery will look something like this: 1st Oct - India 30th Oct - Singapore 2nd Nov - Thailand Overland through Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and China, then we fly to Australia on 8th Feb 15th Feb - New Zealand 22nd Feb - Cook Islands, South Pacific 22nd Mar - Los Angeles, USA 28th Mar - Back in UK for about 2 weeks April 2005 - Argentina May - Bolivia June - Peru July - Guatemala Aug - Cuba Sept 2005 - Home!... read more