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Photo-shoot
Take a look at these!!! How hilarious! As a part of a voucher thingy I went to a professional studio today and had my hair and makeup done and then had my photos taken. I had to take a few outfits from my incredibly up-to-date designer, mega ...
The day before the day before we go!!!!
DOMINIQUE HERE : The leaving parties are over and a great time was had by all. Thanks to the team at the Nuff...had a lovely time on Sunday :-) Although there definitely is a nervous curiosity growing inside me about the Himalayas....since I couldn't put ...
Getting ready to go again
Well hello to everyone. We are heading away from Belfast again on 3rd September. In our time back we have done our best to catch up with everyone possible and will do over next few weeks. If we don't, i am sure you all realise we are up to our eyes ...
D-day cometh [aka Must. Pack. Argh.]
I have not packed, not even started, and my room is a complete tip. Ahh, nothing like the adrenaline rush that comes when you think you have some vital object safe in a box somewhere, only to discover it's nowhere to be found... In other news, what with ...
Lavender and Mint Steam, Anyone??
... rooms for detoxifying the body. This bath house had 4, enclosed by floor to ceiling glass, with varying aromatherapy fragances united by a refreshing open group shower in the middle of the room. You could inhale mountain pine, frankincense, lavender or ...
End of a very good chapter
... Lanta. From here we headed across to Ko Phi Phi to enjoy the paradise island. Plans then took me back to Bangkok where i re-united with Gary where birthday and reunion beers were combined resulting in a mamouth session! For the next 2 months Gary and i ...
Explore home first
Hi everyone and welcome to our first entry. It's just over a week to go and we've been getting in training. Starting with the Pennine Way, it wasn't easy but we managed five days of walking with full backpacks. The hardest day was the Monday walking ...
The wettest April and a murderer on the loose!
Just advising you we are here in the UK experiencing the wettest April in England and Wales on record since they started keeping records. Our time on the Internet has been limited so the blog inevitably has suffered. We have had to cut our trip in the UK ...
hadrian's wall
Did we conquer it? For the most, I suppose, in jumps and spurts, bits and pieces. If you glue them all together I think we must have managed to cover most of it. In a - disorganised - fashion, but that was to be expected. Funny thing is, we all thought ...
It's a mini adventure!
!!!!!!! HORRRRRRAAAAAAAAYYYYYY !!! Finally - I'm off! There's been so much toing and froing, and so many changes to the original plan even me, the mastermind behind the trip, was getting confused. I was starting to settle to the idea that this ...
I'll Take The High Road
It's 10:30pm and I just took a photo and it's still daylight. I forgot that it is so light so late in this neck of the world. I've been in the Southern Hemisphere for such a long time, I'm having trouble adjusting to the sun cycles here in isles off the ...
The End?
Wow, back in the UK, weird! Fantastic to see family and friends again and share our stories and catch up on the gossip. Starts to feel a bit like we've never been away which is a bit scary. The last 16 months have been absolutely amazing and we ...
Home away from Home
Heading out from Wales up to England, I drove through the American style motorway to my cousin's house in Leigh, between Liverpool and Manchester. Having fun reminiscing with my cuz, we head out to explore the area. I drive us to Chester, a gorgeous ...
In London
Leaving do Im pretty sure this pic is from Dinesh's leaving do. Though it could have been Cobus's as they left around the same time! L-R Some guy. Becs Cobus Adrian Me Dinesh Nat ...
Mission Statement
With a week to go I wanted to provide an insight to what I think about life in general and more specifically travelling and why exactly I'm looking to go and face the world and what it offers and put this al in some context. I'm likely to say ...
Those pesky Romanians
With the Romanian embassy clutching onto our passports, and seemingly no chance of finding them anytime soon we ended up in Scotland. Having all taken two weeks off work and excitedly prepared ourselves for Romania, the embassy lost our passports. Its a ...
We definitely aren't in India yet...
Posted by Genevieve After a nine hour overnight flight and approximately 30 minutes sleep each, we began our descent into London Heathrow. We had been praying for a dry day in the city but the thick cloud blocking our view of the landscape below ...
A Discovery
We decided to go here as we found ourselves in Edinburgh again, and there is only so much you can do in Edinburgh as a tourist... so after seeing a megabus fare for about £2 each that was the decider (the £2). We went on a Sunday so the whole town ...
The Last Day
God..... One Day, less than 24 hours to go. I wanted to write a lot of stuff. Some kind of great inspirational yet heartfelt, tender even chat about my last few days in this country. Lots to say, no time to say it. So let's just pretend I ...
Our plans for the next 12 Months
Hi everyone Below are the details of all flights along with where we will be traveling to: Wednesday 15 February 2006 Today we leave sunny Huddersfield, Family and Friends behind for 365 days!! We will fly from Manchester to Heathrow at 0620. ...
And back to the beginning.....(plus hacking fun!)
Well, after a few weeks of visiting family down south, we finally complete the journey full circle and end up back "home". We were planning on seeing some friends on the way up, but Emma wasn't feeling great last week and had a stint of antibiotics to ...
Yet more old friends and children
Stopped off near Oxford to see Dave Hart (ginger Dave to those that know him) and Rachel plus Lorna (2ish) and their new-born Lily. Dave went to school with Dave and they still haven't shaken each other off yet. Again a good catch ...
Ski Fields
Tracey and Brad worked the ski fields of Scotland - the lure of free ski hire and free accommodation was too much to resist! shame about the snow hey guys..! Fort William is a sweet little town in the Scottish Highlands. On our last trip to Scotland ...
Farewell BBQ
For those of you who wanted the recipes for my mother's Tikia and my sister's Banana Loaf I shall type them up here if I get a chance before I go. Just in case I don't get around to it and you want to have a go, keep in mind the following: Top Tip ...
