View from the hotel, once you get bored with the white artex interior....

July 2nd 2011
Is this what we cool travellers do then - sit in a foreign hotel-room in the middle of the afternoon hooked up to the wi-fi and telling the world (well, maybe a couple of close friends) what cool adventures we have been having? This is supposed to be our "out-of-our-comfort-zone" test run for the Big Trip in September. Well, I can't tell you the troubles we've endured so far. Now I know ... read more

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Bill Gibbon

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"Elliam" - it's a clumsy amalgamation of Elaine and William - although no-one ever calls me William, I'm Bill. So a pretty rubbish name really, but hey, that's what we've got and there's no changing it. The lovely wife Elaine and I are taking time out to see something of the world by travelling through SE Asia, Oceania and S America, starting Sept 2011. We've done some tourist travel before, but this is our first proper travelling adventure. And to be honest, it's quite disconcerting for a couple who's combined ages are 117 to be stepping so far outside their previous comfort zone. There wi... full info

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