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Travel Blogs from Hounslow, United Kingdom

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Houston...we have lift off!!, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Houston...we have lift off!!

A travel blog entry by mitz24

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For the majority of you it's been 3 years since the crazy idea of me going to work/live abroad first came up in my head, 2 years since I've been dabbling with the idea of where exactly to go and do this said galavanting and in the last year (my favourite ...

The 'oh god i havent written in a month' one 1/2, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

The 'oh god i havent written in a month' one 1/2

A travel blog entry by samrowles

Sorry I haven't managed to write in nearly a month, I'm afraid that it seems to be the closer we get to the end, the busier and busier it gets. More annoyingly, the more I have to write about, the less time I have to write about it! This is going to be a ...

The ten day itch, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

The ten day itch

A travel blog entry by samrowles

... some very unpopular obscenely hot chilli! We also were told our work partners, and work placements so... I am working in the Hounslow Youth Participation Team, with a girl name Des (short for Desiree), who is kindly letting my type this up on her laptop ...

My ski drug, Datchet, United Kingdom travel blog

My ski drug

A travel blog entry by amybing

You know the junkies, the drug addicts. They go on day by day constantly high. It doesn't matter what the date is, or the time. They have no concept of what time they go to sleep or where they end up sleeping if in fact they do sleep. The days just ...

The one where I ate everything!, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

The one where I ate everything!

A travel blog entry by samrowles

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... the Heartbeat hike, a short walk around Hyde Park to raise money for PHAB centre's in or around London! Representing the Hounslow Phab, the event was a roaring success, winning both best team fancy dress and best individual! Then off to Morden Park, for ...

The 'oh god i havent written in a month' one 2/2, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

The 'oh god i havent written in a month' one 2/2

A travel blog entry by samrowles

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... and summer activity clubs! This was great because it gave us an opportunity to talk to kids, find out there feelings and views about Hounslow, having lived there for up to 16 or 17 years, as opposed to our 2 months! Thursday was sadly our last day at the ...

Liquid Leisure, this is Amy, Datchet, United Kingdom travel blog

Liquid Leisure, this is Amy

A travel blog entry by amybing

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Summer plans: Liquid Leisure Ski School,(just west of) London, England. Boat driver, coach, bartender, waterskier. Nice, eh. It's my last summer before I become a college graduate and have to act semi-responsible! Sounds perfect, doesn't it! ...

Half of half time., Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Half of half time.

A travel blog entry by samrowles

... up the lodge, and then boarded the coach back to smoggy Hounslow where, suprise surprise, it was raining! We were trapped in Hounslow Youth Centre for about 3 hours, trying to spare our bedding from the rain, before we finally braved it and sprinted to ...

Own little world?, Datchet, United Kingdom travel blog

Own little world?

A travel blog entry by amybing

Well, I haven't updated in a while. It's kinda hit or miss if the internet decideds to work here. I was just thinking the other day of how I should write in my travelogue but decide it might just get complicated. It was easy when I was living in Spain ...

Day 0 - The Prequel, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Day 0 - The Prequel

A travel blog entry by fruss

Right, have to start somewhere, so lets start with Irish airlines and cockney cabbies.  Donīt intend this blog turning into a moan-fest, but thatīs the way it starts. You would think getting from Dublin to London would be ...

Day 0 - The Prequel, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Day 0 - The Prequel

A travel blog entry by fruss_copy2

Right, have to start somewhere, so lets start with Irish airlines and cockney cabbies.  Donīt intend this blog turning into a moan-fest, but thatīs the way it starts. You would think getting from Dublin to London would be ...

Day 1 - Titchfield to Heathrow, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Day 1 - Titchfield to Heathrow

A travel blog entry by queripel

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After the hectic last day of a hectic last week (actually last couple of weeks) at work, it was time to head home and get on with the serious business of packing - whoever said we leave things until the last possible moment?! Our initial ...

Thrown in at the deep end!, London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Thrown in at the deep end!

A travel blog entry by pdoughertyvsogx

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Good news! none of the 4 people I share a room with snore! win! Today we were up early for an activity at redlees park. To be honest I had no idea what we were going to be doing when we got there and to make matters worse we arrived late because we ...

Robo cop reporting from Richmond..., London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Robo cop reporting from Richmond...

A travel blog entry by rachelkitty

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... / we looked beautiful and had lovely spicy food, singing from the Scout group, dancing from the Filipino community of Hounslow, which featured outrageously cute kids performing traditional dances, and a speech about The Butterfly Effect Project from the ...

Community Carnival Commencement, London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Community Carnival Commencement

A travel blog entry by pdoughertyvsogx

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Apologies for the title I am not feeling very imaginative. Any hows today was the culmination of lots of boring meetings of planning for a carnival event in the community, the same meetings in which I was called pauline. Early start up at 6 to attach ...

Zumba Dancing, London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Zumba Dancing

A travel blog entry by pdoughertyvsogx

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Tonight me, Neil, Mark and Chris went Zumba dancing with our host home! It was hilarious fun Zumba dancing is a mesh of samba, salsa, indian and hip hop dancing I think. Anyways it was good fun but bloomin knackering I had no idea how tiring attempting ...

London Heathrow, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

London Heathrow

A travel blog entry by bertrand.jenner

Looks old, but good ...

While eating rice and cheese..., Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

While eating rice and cheese...

A travel blog entry by bridgetgx

... I am in the 'social' team with Karl, Des and Neil. The four of us are getting together tonight to organise the scavenger hunt around Hounslow, that we plan to do on Sunday. This is going to end in a massive Sikh temple that me and Des see every day on ...

First entry! Sorry it's so late, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

First entry! Sorry it's so late

A travel blog entry by davidt998

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... to serve as a sort of unoffical headquarters for the team. Lorna, the manager there, made a great first impression of Hounslow. Following training we split for our host home destinations though for me, Toni, Michael and JoEd this meant a hostel ...

Leaving for the PHILIPPINES!!, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Leaving for the PHILIPPINES!!

A travel blog entry by bridgetgx

... team when we were so ready to lose! Overall its been an absolutely FAB couple of months which i didn't really expect to have in Hounslow Wishing you all the best and i'll try and update this a lot more in the Philippines, promise!! ...

SUN!!!, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

SUN!!!

A travel blog entry by bridgetgx

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... Effect Project (www.thebutterflyeffectproject.com) and performances from the scouts group and the Filipino community centre in Hounslow. The Filipino little girls and boys were unbelievably cute!! Made me think of the street children that we are ...

Heathrow...arghhhhhh!, Heathow, United Kingdom travel blog

Heathrow...arghhhhhh!

A travel blog entry by davidlucy

meh ...

Hounslow, and settling in, London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Hounslow, and settling in

A travel blog entry by neiltt

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  Hey everyone.    I have settled into my host home in Hounslow and have had several days of orientation into the community.   On the sixth I was paired with Mark on the Filipino team as my counterpart for the six month program.  ...

First few weeks in Hounslow, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

First few weeks in Hounslow

A travel blog entry by dsempers

... theme of disability has taken on a whole new meaning within the team :) we've been 'banned' from frisbee and football now! Hounslow is a really vibrant multicultural place, so there's plenty of delicious food around, and it's nice that no members of the ...

Moving In :D, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Moving In :D

A travel blog entry by bridgetgx

Hey everyone! I thought I'd leave off the essays for a while and try to update more often instead! So since arriving in Hounslow we have had a little explore around Hounslow Central and the High Street. The youth centre has been our base where we meet up ...

PHABulous fun on crutches, London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

PHABulous fun on crutches

A travel blog entry by rachelkitty

... British food from the shops on the High Street and played associated music before asking groups to draw a cultural map of Hounslow and to describe their own cultural identity - with interesting results! Many people talked about their culture as the way ...

Refugee week! Refugee Council Event, London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Refugee week! Refugee Council Event

A travel blog entry by pdoughertyvsogx

This week was refugee week! Celebrating the diversity refugees bring and the right to asylum. Today was the Refugee Council Event at Manor school which over 150 refugees attended. Our team was involved in helping organise and set up the event, with me ...

Sights of London, and Global Citizenship Day, London Borough of Hounslow/London Central, United Kingdom travel blog

Sights of London, and Global Citizenship Day

A travel blog entry by neiltt

  Hello and greetings once again.   Its been yet another busy week, and I we are fast approaching the Mid Phase Review which marks the program being a quarter finished!   Last Sunday we trekked about London and saw most of the sights ...

Week 1 - Hounslow, Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Week 1 - Hounslow

A travel blog entry by renatadegroot

Hello everyone! I have 5 minutes and counting to describe the million things which have happened in the last week. Whilst in Birmingham I was matched up with my counterpart Marvie (short for Margarita Victoria) who is absolutly lovely. We have been ...

Plastic surgery on me thumb!, London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom travel blog

Plastic surgery on me thumb!

A travel blog entry by pdoughertyvsogx

Well its been on a long time since my last blog partly because of lack of internet access and because I very cleverly trapped my thumb in the door whilst playing football, proof if any was ever needed that I am indeed incapable of multi-tasking! What ...

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