The Railway Hotel Appledore Ashford

Well I'm getting quite excited now! last night I met Colin, Wendy, Leigh and Sarah, 3 of the team that will be riding with me. They were all really nice and Wendy had even made me a leather waistcoat but I might have to cut down on the doughnuts as it was a little snug! <br><br>It was good to meet them all and we discussed the trip, what gear everyone was taking and what the weather would be like. I told them that the sun always shines up North! but I don't think ...

Two days left - still can't really believe we're going. Excited and also a bit nervous - how will we get from place to place especially around Cambodia and China?<br><br>Working our way through our final to-do list and just hoping not to have any last minute panics!!<br><br>Suppose it won't sink in until we're on the plane:)<br><br>Viv xx

Well, I arrived down in Kent safely yesterday and have now settled in to my new home for the next couple of weeks before we set of on the trip. <br><br>I went out last night with Martyn and Jackie to get kitted out with my new biker gear! don't know about the pants but I like the ...

... bus from Satara to Panaji<br>Night on bus<br><br>Tues 29:<br>Arrive in Panaji at about 8am <br>Take bus to Calangute &#8211; 45 mins<br>Night in Calangute/ Candolim<br><br>Wed 30th:<br>Visit Calangute<br>Depart for Madgaon<br>Depart from Madgaon to Jog falls OR<br>Depart from Madgaon to Ernakulam (Train &#8211; 14hrs)<br>Night on train/bus<br><br>Thurs 1st Oct:<br>Visit Backwaters - Allepey <br>Depart for Coimbatore (Train &#8211; 8-9 hours) bus? <br>Night in Coimbatore ...

... 3 hours 45 mins to get to Pune(a mere 100<br>miles). This is when I start realising that possibly half of this trip<br>might be spent travelling. <br><br>But that doesn&#8217;t bother me one little bit. On the contrary, it gets me<br>more excited and anxious. I have always wanted to see India but not<br>from a Limo window or from an aircraft window. I want to see India &#8216;Up,<br>Close &amp; Personal&#8217;.<br ...

Here we go......<br><br>I recently watched a movie called 'Julie &amp; Julia' starring Meryl<br>Streep as Julia Child and Amy Adams who plays a character called Julie<br>Powell. Julie turns 30 and has nothing interesting in her life. She<br>doesn't enjoy her job and wants to do something that she enjoys. She<br>loves cooking and is an avid fan of Julia Child who has written a<br>cookbook for servantless American women! So Julie then decides that she<br>is ...

... cake... so depending on your daughter's maturity level.... What father would not be proud to get his 14 year old this birthday cake on her birthday. Did we mention there is a slight problem of teen pregnancy here?<br> <br>Life in England is good. Still perturbed by the language though not as often. Steve was watching highlights from NASCAR and neither one of us can remember exactly how they pronounced Pocono but ...

... the agenda is to teach Beth how to drive a stick....on the wrong side of the road. That should be fun! So here are a few fun tid-bits. We went up to a pub in Canterbury called the Blind Dog. Beth told us that the last time she was there a man walked in with two dogs (can't wait to take Lily to the pub!). Beth was petting the dogs and asked the man, "Are they blind?" ....The man looked at her like she was crazy. I guess Beth humor is not well ...

OK so obviously I haven't updated enough, this will be my first post since I arrived in Italy so I have a lot of catching up to do with everything that has happened since. I have to catch the bus to Rome soon so I'll just have to type as much as I can with the time I have. I'll try and keep the overview brief and post plenty of pictures. So i guess I have to start at the beginning. After some chaos at SFO (getting lost, flight delayed...the usual) I successfully ...