East Lee Guest House Dover

... is 'Voiture contre Nature' - 'Cars against Nature' in English.....but I think 'car park' is clever so I'm going with that) which had a bunch of old cars and car parts turned into art in a small park. Quite quirky and a bit different, so I liked it.

After having a bit of a wander round, we met up at the Le Bureau bar for registration and to sign our lives away on the safety disclaimer form, then had dinner and a bit of a chin wag with the other ...

Boulogne is a town that seems to have grown a lot. Its old city center is still surrounded by its old fortress walls. The city that sprawls outside of this is somewhat drab and uninspiring but within the walls there is a great feel for what it used to look like with its cobbled stones and old city hall building. We stopped at a small café to warm up and then we walked along the walls of the city enjoying the view of the city ...

Next stop was Calais, sort of. We didn't really stay in Calais but we kept getting drawn back there for one reason or another. It is the closest city to the U.K at just 34kms of water in between the two. We first decided to stop there to stretch our legs and grab a bite to eat. The city isn't huge and besides a few nice buildings there wasn’t too much to see. We got some good food at a restobar ...

... 9 Oct:
Take Train – Bareilly Express to Abu Road
Departs 15:40. Arrives 23:41
Take cab to Mt Abu – 27kms
Night in Mt Abu

Sat 10 Oct:
Visit Mt Abu
Mid afternoon take RSTC bus to Udaipur – 4 hours
Visit Udaipur
Night stay in Udaipur

Sun 11 Oct:
Leave for Jaisalmer via jodhpur
Night stay in Jaisalmer

Mon 12 Oct:
Visit Jaisalmer
Night stay in Jaisalmer

Tue 13 Oct:
Visit ...

... the site. A protective hill fort was constructed by the local inhabitants during the British Iron Age (around 500 BC) by creating enormous banks and ditches surrounding the hill. The Romans, came next AD 43 and AD 410, held the site as a military station, strategically placed near the convergence of five important roads. The ...

... 1 litre every 40 seconds and we took almost 50 litres. 30 minutes I had my finger presses to that damn "fill" button! So we are on this ferry, now heading back to Dover for reasons as yet unknown!!


- Injuries

It turns out we damaged an crew member on our departure so return to drop him off with A&E!
On our way again, 45 mins late

... 5 miles away) and didn't know where the train station was.  THAT'S how big London is!

The young woman's name was Harry, and I ended up riding with her and her friends to Dover.  Three of the four were grad students in chemistry, so we discussed the similarities and differences between the way Master's and Ph.D.'s are set-up in the US and the UK.  Generally speaking, students in the UK get the Bachelor's and Master's together, and then have a ...

... in Denmark was a much better example of the type of castle used to guard against sea invasions. And the castle ruins on Bornholm were much more well...ruined castle looking. The bigger attraction is the tunneling system under the chalk cliffs. During World War II, these tunnels were where the evacuation of Dunkirk was carried out from. As Dover was heavily bombed, the cliffs ...

... if you are in the area. From the castle we make our way along the coast to Folkestone - when in Rome......... and all that - it's the seaside, so fish and chips are dish of the day. We go into the most unlikely looking fish and chip shop, as we've been in before and the chips are delicious - and we end up eating in there because the rain that's been holding off all day finally starts to fall. Trip Statistic: 451.3 kilometres

With a 08:30 departure we were on our way with an easy start along the A14 to Huntingdon then Cambridge & then down the M11 & M25 to our first pit stop at Thurrock Services. Coffee & call of nature and a couple of bottles of water and 30 mins later we were paying our £1 toll to cross the Thames via the Queen ...