Blogs from Dartford, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

My dream to go to Japan is now 7 years old now and stronger than ever after I met a special someone on the internet, he’s Japanese and we talked and talked forever- 4 months later we meet and have a strong love- now I am aiming after my second year of college to go to university in Osaka. I have had many ideas of what I would like to do for a job as well as visit temples, shrines and even bustling cities; English teacher, model, tour guide but now I am contemplating studying the language in more in-depth out there. I am hoping that in a years time I will be more closer to achieving my dream, and I will do more research on how to apply and gain advice on where to search ... read more

Day 33 Sunday I can't believe that we are on our way home! Left the hotel in Singapore and it is 32C. Flight was on time so 13 hours later we landed at Heathrow and it's 32F!!!!! Bit of a shock to the system but we were prepared - fleeces, jeans, jumpers and 2 pairs of socks. Sam and Andy picked us up and we were home by 8.30 which sounds great but our bodies thought it was 4.30 in the morning so we thought we'd have an early night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... read more

Well that's it after a round trip of just under 26,000 miles in 26 days we arrived home safe and sound but extremely tired after the last leg from Honolulu to home via Los Angeles and Newark. Our round the world journey took in 10 diferent stops, some unforgettable, some not so, some fleeting and some with a bit of time to enjoy, but we have enjoyed ourselves and made some new friends. Who knows we might do it all again in another 25 years. We hope you enjoyed our blogs and that you saw and heard about places that you might one day want to visit and on that note we say farewell.... read more