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Kingston upon Thames Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
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Thames Walk, Day 10
This is a top pick! ... ever before, we could catch a bus home, plus knock a bit more time off, maybe !!! Day 10 Start - Finish Windsor - Kingston upon Thames Distance - 38.4 Kilometres GPS Link of our walk - Click Here Arriving in Windsor at 06:50, we had the castle to ...
The wedding of the year
This is a top pick! We left Sotogrande on the 20th July to return to the UK to partake in and enjoy Andrew and Harriet's wedding in Somerset. We decided to drive to Santander and take the ferry rather than running the whole wy back home through France. The road ...
Mandarin/Cantonese - English Dictionary
Bei {m} : North Bei Jing {m} : North Capital Bye bye {m}: Goodbye Char Siew Bao [Char Sheuw Boh] {m/c}: Steamed white bread with bbq pork inside Dor jay {c}: thank you (for a gift or item) Er {m} : One Hai: Yes Har Gau/Kau {c/m}: Prawn in rice pastry, ...
3 weeks to go!
Although I don't actually finish working here for another 10 days I have officially given up working. I have spent the whole day planning bits and and bobs and struggling to find cheap accommodation for Carnival. It's driving me mad, I just want to be on ...
Malay - English Dictionary
Air: Water Airnuin [air-neu-in]: Air Asli : Nature/Natural Awas: Caution Ayam [eye-am]: Chicken Bas Persiaran : Private Bus Batu [bah-too]: Rock Beratur [beh-rah-tur]: Queue Buah - Buahen: Fruit Daging [Dah-ging]: Beef Dan: And Dilarang Merokok : No ...
About the car!
Ok, guys. Here's an update on our vehicle and what we’ve done to it and what's on board to help us make it to Cape Town. We bought the Toyota Landcruiser 80 4.2l TD GX in January 2007; she fitted what we wanted in an overland vehicle, so our ...
The Championships
Michael is a big tennis aficionado so of course we had to stop by at the home of one of the Grand Slams in Wimbledon. Wimbledon is just south of central London but still located in the Greater London region. You can visit the Wimbledon ...
Pumba heads south!
It's the 24th and the day has FINALLY come to head off! Car is fully packed and when I say fully I mean it's pretty full, but we've got it all in! ...
Thai - English Dictionary
Korp Kun Ka/krap: Thank you [f/m] Sa-wat-dee Ka/krap: Hello [f/m] Tom Kha Kai: Chicken and coconut soup Nam Pla: Fish sauce, usually with added chillies ...
Japanese - English Dictionary
Arigato {Ah-ree-gah-toe} : Thanks Arigato Gazaimas : Thank you Arigato Gazaimashta : formal/past tense version of thank you? Used in shops and on trains a lot Buri : Rice bowl Domo : Ta/Cheers Domo Arigato Gazaimas {Gah-zeye-muss}: Thank you very ...
Is there snow hope?
Just a brief entry to a) get the pin in the right place to show the full journey, and b) to show you the scene of destruction when we left New Malden that day. We knew flights were leaving Heathrow, albeit delayed, the question really was: could we get ...
Home Is Where Your Heart Is
"When home becomes a more relative term and I reflect upon my time in Malaysia" We landed around 5:30am and due to us wearing walking boots (weight reduction exercise), it took a bit of time to get the shoes back on and out the door. It did mean we were ...
Wimbledon what a blast!!
Our day at Wimbledon began at 8.30am when we boarded the coach. We drove around the edge of Wimbledon Common but didn't spot any Wombles! We arrived at the coach parking area at 10.20 and joined the cue for entry with gates opening at 10.30am. This was ...
Up close to the deer
Paul and I went to Richmond Park today. We saw many deer and had the chance to photograph them close up. ...
The Preparations
My God! Would you believe how much preparation is required for a holiday like this? So far we've had all manner of different vaccinations... Typhoid, Hep A, Tetanus... and the Malaria... oh the cost of the anit-malarials!!!! The ...
Farewell fancy-dress frivolities!
This is really just a quicky so I can make sure I still remember how to use this thing, to add a few new contacts and also to allow anyone who doesn't have facebook to access photo's of last weekends drunken antics! Next time you hear from me I'll be ...
What's about to happen and friends...
My head is absolutely pounding following a heavy drinking session in Clapham last night and I'm sat in the living room surrounded by boxes, our whole life in Wimbledon packed away into about a 20 boxes of various shapes and sizes. I hadn't really been ...
6 Weeks To Go
Well, here we are on a Sunday morning with exactly 6 weeks to go until we set off on our trip. We have put the flat on the lettings listings with various estate agents, found our storage unit for the big flat pack up and are busy selling everything that ...
Let the Packing Begin!
Q: How many gadgets do you need for an African safari and dive holiday nowadays? A: Take a look at the photo. And that's not even all of it! Today is packing day. Despite having three days left before we leave, work is going to take up most of our ...
The Big Trip
This is the start of our big trip to the USA. Bags are almost packed for the three month trip - choosing what to take was mind boggling to say the least. So, providing the London traffic doesn't hamper the first leg of our journey we ...
A long weekend south of the river
... over for the whole weekend (poor guy), but we ended up having a lovely time! We had a nice long walk along the Thames from Kingston to Hampton Court, although I did complain almost the whole time because my feet were hurting. We saw lots of baby Geese and ...
Back For Work in London (ish)
... back there someday, but for now I'm working in a pretty adorable town on the Thames River about 15 miles outside of London. Kingston upon Thames, for those of you who want to google it. It's adorable. Lots of theatre, lots of eating on the riverside, ...
Week Number One!
... or not on the roads (Sorry mum, i promise that i was being sensible) I am currently located on campus in Kingston so i feel as though im a REAL University student... Although im dreading the fact that i have no where to store food or keep ...
Things we should have in the UK
1. Milky Way Midnight Dark - Dark chocolate around that lovely white nougat with caramel 2. Lime juice - by the vats (12% lime juice) 3. Sweet Potato Fries in salt and rosemary 4. Vanilla Granola 5. Cinnamon Wheats 6. Coloured sugar crystals for ...
Life so far...
So the end of classes are a mere two weeks away and they seem to be taking their sweet time. I probably should be focusing on the essay, presentation, 2 syntax assignments and my journal entries at the moment but of course I am ...
Easter Egg Hunt, Wimbledon Village
It was another slow Sunday morning at the Hotel Sulimirski after another great "Adults Only" night out. Eddie, Edwina, Richard and I headed out to the Lighthouse restaurant in Wimbledon Village for a beautiful dinner. We started with a ...
Planning, Prepping and Procrastination...
The last time I checked, I had a good 6 months to plan everything and get myself organised. I now have less than 7 weeks and, my heavens, I have a lot to do! I found myself a shiny 80 series Land Cruiser before going back to South Africa over ...
The start.
So after two weeks on annual camp in Germany with OTC, I made it back to the UK and came to Maria's house. We haven't seen each other in ages so it's been nice to catch up. This evening however, I have a flight to catch, one I've been excited about ...
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