Cardiff, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Castles, Cakes and Camping in Wales
Jun 25, 2009 (5 photos)

... the castle but much of it is still in a ruinous state which allows you to use your imagination really well. We wandered around Cardiff city centre had a look at the exterior of the Cardiff Castle and the sports stadium as well as trying Welsh cakes at the ...

Cardiff, Wales
Jun 17, 2007 (7 photos)

... and checked out their local market.  We sampled the welsh cake and saw lots of faggots (see picture). We moved on to Cardiff castle for a tour.  It was ... Well a castle with much history. We then went in search of the bay as once again ...

England, Ireland, Scotland, WALES
May 14, 2005 (7 photos)

Thank you megabus for your crazy cheap fares, we finally made the effort to get to Cardiff (for about £5!) its only about two hours out of London! Even though its right next door it took me almost a year and a half to make it across to Wales, meaning i ...

The Hospitality's Great Mate
May 12, 2005 (37 photos)

After more than two months on the road, a home-cooked meal and comfortable bed are simple pleasures that actually make you giddy (like schoolgirl giddy). And then when one of those comes your way, you have to resist the urge to try and pay for it. After ...

whales
Mar 8, 2004 (5 photos)

... library (free Internet!). I went and saw the castle and was going to view the national gallery, but it's closed today. Cardiff Castle I spent the weekend in Manchester at Jayne's. It was nice to stay somewhere besides a hostel for a couple nights. I ...

Wales - Trials and Tribulations
Sep 17, 2008

... didn't make it to, so we are going to try and get our money back from the rail company for that as well. Cardiff is beautiful.  The buildings are all whiteish in colour and gardens everywhere.  There is one street that has a metal cutout ...

Our Day in Wales
Jun 23, 2006 (3 photos)

... better walking drunks I have seen in a very very long time. The best part was it was only 11:00 AM in the morning. Beyond this Cardiff has only two true sights. One is a castle, which we didn't go to, as we were a little castled out. The second was ...

A grand day out.....
Dec 27, 2006 (4 photos)

My friends arrived down from Newcastle for a long weekend visit.  Huw and I mapped out a fab weekend of trail riding for us, taking in some of the most beautiful parts of South Wales, throughout Gwent: Monmouthshire, Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent, ...

Tour 9001 / 0808 Day 8
Aug 15, 2007

... history lessons and we are on our way again. We headed into Wales and through the valleys of Brecon Beacons  and into Cardiff. The coach trips vary between 45 - 120 minutes without a stop but everything is very well planned and the comfort ...

D-Day!!!!!
Jan 20, 2006

... also random items like solar powered battery chargers and 200 pencils! As I drove with my parent's, sister and boyfriend from Cardiff to Heathrow, a mixture of excitement, fear, anticipation and curiosity overwhelmed me. Making a quick call to my best ...

Wales v France
Mar 18, 2006 (1 photos)

Look, you can buy a pink Wales hat or a beret! I love the enterprising businessman.

Don't the Welsh speak English?
Apr 14, 2007 (42 photos)

... went back out for some fun. Took some crazy photos in the hotel and, tipsy on the cider, headed out for some cardiff nightlife. hahaha Taking photos in the hostel, slowly getting tipsy on the cheap cider First stop was the Walkabout for a ...

Welshcakes
Feb 18, 2006

Sorry I didn't have a functioning camera on my tour of Wales. But have a wealth of tales to tell.. Beautiful country and people...

El's concert
Mar 27, 2006 (3 photos)

Pictures from El's concert in the WMC of Karl Williams' The Armed Man...

Preparation and Medical elective info
Jul 24, 2006

Preparation & Elective info Jambo, habari gani? (hello, how are you?) 16 days to go..... We leave the UK on August 10th and fly out to Nairobi, Kenya via Doha in Qatar. With over 2 weeks to go it seems impossible that visa's have arrived, ...

Traveling
Oct 21, 2006 (4 photos)

... a tin roof, and schadenfreude kicked in as we watched 30 poor sods muck around on a field that was quickly becoming a marsh. Final score: Cardiff 26 to Glamorgan 11. Lucky for us, the rain had stopped by the end of the match, so we had only a damp stroll ...

Wales - Cardiff
Apr 29, 2006 (34 photos)

Just a few pics of Afeez and my trip to Wales, visiting Cardiff Castle. Cardiff is the capital of Wales.

The clan arrive
Apr 13, 2006

The rest of the Ballinger siblings arrived in Cardiff on Thursday night, all ready and prepared for the Bank Holiday weekend. We had a couple of glasses of wine and chilled out having a chat. Amy was tired having driven all that way in a hire car, and the ...

Wales
Jul 2, 2008

Update coming soon.

Leaving Cardiff
Sep 5, 2007

Leaving home.

Starting from the end!
Jun 24, 2005

It is almost a year since I left Tanzania and I can honestly say I think about it every day. This may be because of the huge number of photos and ornaments covering my walls and bedside table, but also because when I decided to take a gap year I never ...

walk to work
Mar 16, 2006 (1 photos)

Picture of the day from my walk to work this morning...

The Traveller's Rest
Jun 3, 2008 (3 photos)

We are home!

Caerdydd
Dec 26, 2005 (8 photos)

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Online Taxi Fare Calculator
Apr 23, 2009

I have visited many many countries and found getting a taxi for a good price very difficult. I then decided I would write an online taxi fare calculator Why not have a look at www.taxiroute.co.uk

Rugby World Cup
Sep 15, 2007 (15 photos)

... and waving their flags.  Some good Aussie, Aussie, Aussie . . . oi, oi oi chants were screamed from many a car. Cardiff seemed to be a pretty cool city with a good vibe.  Very good time to get inside the stadium.  Well our timing ...

Cardiff - All Blacks vs France
Oct 7, 2007 (10 photos)

... So, given that we were all kiwis anyway, we thought we would go see the All Blacks trounce France instead at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. It seemed a whole lot more appealing that viewing England's dying gasp against the wallabies. But on both counts ...

Orca... I mean Wales
Feb 5, 2008 (14 photos)

... because she's from California and had never seen them before so she was fascinated by them. We then wandered the streets of Cardiff window shopping at stores and peeking down the little streets. There was a game going on in the afternoon Wales vs. London ...

Wales the mammal no the country fool.....
May 30, 2008 (3 photos)

So we are now in Cardiff Wales staying with one of Robby's friend Gemma from the ship. This morning we got to go and check Castle Coch in the sheep filled hills of Cardiffe. Randomly as we walked up to the castle a wedding was going on. The bride was ...

So close but yet...
May 14, 2007 (2 photos)

Well this one does actually come from Quito but only just.  Hughes turns up to Cardiff airport Sunday after saying his farewells. The time of the flight comes. And goes. No movement on the little screen at all... not a good sign this. The announcement ...