Waterside Bed and Breakfast London

... their treats for us continued. The Ledbury (http://www.theledbury.com/) is a Michelin star restaurant; winner of several awards, including the Which Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year, and is outstanding; very good value for such superb food. We tasted each other’s courses, as we do, except for Alison’s mixed fruit sorbet – she polished it off quietly and efficiently before we could get a look in. The restaurant deserves its ...

... Avoiding Israel as it is not worth the headache when traveling in Islamic countries.

Then once in Africa Egypt - Sudan - Ethiopia - Kenya - Tanzania - Malawi - Mozambique - South Africa. This i Merely a route that I know will work and have every intention of stopping off along the way and diverting from the route.

My only pre-conception going into this trip is that Africa is not as bad as they say it is.

... hand technique and kick and feet technique. They displayed various weapons including the famous shaolin stick.They broke pieces of wood with their bare hands, smashed swords in half over their heads and popped a balloon with a needle through a pane of glass. They also performed movements representing animal behaviour, e.g. tiger, snake, dragon and monkey. Burning incense filled the temple grounds. One temple houses 500 Buddha statues painted in garish ...

... happened. Our tour leaders, well the good ones anyway. The poeple who read our blog, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed writing it. To God and all the fluffy animals and little children. STA, cheers Ian and Dave. Darren for looking after the house, fish, cars, bike and picking us up. As a great person once said , "climb every mountain ...

... again as I stepped off the bus and got my first look at the town center. It is beautiful here! None of my adapter plugs are Swiss so I am going to run out of power on everything I own shortly. Hopefully the hotel can hook me up. Internet is ridiculously expensive here so I will have to upload photos later when I am feeling rich and have more power left on the laptop. Thanks everyone for your emails and comments! I will keep you posted on the two-day interview!

... taxis. The ride was not very long and cost 7.10 Euros. It was a taxi I was glad I had gotten; traveling is such dirty work and who wants to haul a suitcase around a foreign city looking for a hotel? I was dropped off in front of my hotel--Hotel Paris France on the Rue de Turbigo near the Republic--and happily was shown my room. The whole hotel was done in a blue/gold style with a sleek-looking rounded elevator that could just barely hold one person and one suitcase. My room was ...

... does do currency conversion but rips you off, and its easier to do it in the city (the Royal National has one). The ferry accepts Euro and Pounds but gives change in Pounds. Its recommended to switch over there as on the Whirl the first rest stop does not have an ATM and only accepts Euro (although I later saw the bathroom DID accept pounds but was slightly higher in fee).

And the Contiki dream began the next morning when we departed at 6am to the white cliffs of dover ...

... after the discount were still around $300 US dollars. Good Lord! I guess I could live it up and just not pay rent for the next year.....not such a good idea. After we'd had enough of racks of overly expense brands that you only hear about on Sex and the City we decided we'd find our way to Hyde park. We had planned on finding Kennsington Palace, the Royal ...

... driven by religion. Not sure if the Pope picked up the phone during those few years, but he should have been long and loud in his complaint. Nice digs they have though. London was also a chance to meet up with my cousin Sarah, who joined us from the British Riviera: Bournemouth. Sarah has seen plenty of the world herself and it was nice to meet up with someone who wanted to hear all about it after months we have spent being guarded in our stories ...

... MRI should be done tomorrow !!! He said that my blood is now also with the infectious diseases department because of the countries I have been to. It kind of makes me feel better that some things are being done. I know it's not fast, but at least people are on the case. Also Simon came to visit in the early evening. It was great to catch up and hear about the weekend he just had. I have actually enjoyed myself today. The amount of phone calls I received from my friends ...