Ann's House Canterbury

... believed me.<br><br>We now have all the accomodation for the trip sorted thanks to some generous family members and one of the cheapest Motel deals in the UK! <br><br>Today we got a call from the local newspaper, confirming that they will be running Colin's story next week and Colin's justgiving site reached over £1600 which is great. Well I better sign off for now as Jackie is trying to watch the "X Factor" and the Jam Doughnuts are calling me!<br><br><br><br>

... about the same time as I spied Big Ben I saw the banners. As I moved closer, I could see the individual activists and the crowd below. <br><br>When I first arrived, there was not much activity on the roof. One or two were asleep, lying across the roof peak. Apparently, I had missed a rally earlier in the day. Most of the crowd took pictures. I admit I took a great many, mostly because I'm not sure ...

... br>Friday 2nd Oct:<br>Visit Coimbatore<br>Visit Ooty if possible <br>Night in Coimbatore <br><br>Sat 3rd Oct: <br>Depart for Mumbai (Flight) <br>Depart for Pune <br>Night in Pune <br><br>Mon 4 Oct: <br>Visit Pune &amp; Mumbai <br>Night in Pune <br><br>Mon 5 Oct: <br>Arrive Mumbai <br>Meet Mom and Dad <br>Visit Mumbai <br>Night in Mumbai <br><br>Tue 6 Oct: <br>Go to Bhuj <br>Night in Bhuj <br><br>Wed 7 Oct: <br>Night in Bhuj<br><br>Thurs 8 Oct: <br>Night in Bhuj <br><br ...

... trip started. I&#8217;ve waited a long time for this and I<br>still cannot believe I&#8217;m actually going! 11 days to go!!(Not that I&#8217;m<br>counting!)<br><br>All these years of hearing about India. From friends and family to<br>Michael Palin! Seeing it on documentaries and seeing it in Bollywood<br>movies. Finally my time has come!! <br><br>Will post Itinerary as soon as it&#8217;s anywhere near stable!<br>

... to cook 560 odd recipes from Julias book in 1 year(365 days)<br>and will blog about her progress.<br><br>I've always thought about blogging and sharing my experiences with<br>people out there but have never got round to it. This movie has somehow<br>convinced me to start one! (and you too Vishal!!) and what more than to start blogging about<br>my journey to India!(Exactly 2 weeks from now, I'll be flying out to<br>Mumbai!...for the very first time!)<br>

I'm sitting in Heathrow airport in London as i write this. No hotels available in the area due to a convention or something. Its the middle of the night, and the other hundred or so lucky souls are trying to get some sleep with a construction crew going at it right accross from us. To make matters worse, the benches are designed not to allow people to lie down. So rather than try to sleep, I'll bring you up to date on Canterbury Tales. My brother Dave is quite busy ...

... beautiful hot sunny day, we had a good laugh, sold loads, and made almost £200!! So, it was a VERY GOOD DAY! Once we finish work on Friday, we can start packing our backpacks, sorting out our foreign currency and travellers cheques, travel insurance and first aid/medical bits and bobs...because with work we still have not managed to get these done yet! We cant believe that its so close now, in a couple of weeks we shall be in Istanbul, having the time of our lives! We cant wait ...

... day was just lectures, and a little boring, but we had to be really nice, as they gave us lots of money for the trip. The second day, though, we got this awesome tour of the plant, and their liquid molecule storage system. They have 20 million molecules to sort through when they are looking for a certain shape of molecule, and the system is really cool to see. Their new robot cost £12 million, about 24 ...

Headed to Canterbury on the train and had a nice few days checking out the sights. While there we stayed in a B & B run by a lovely couple, the woman was Irish, the husband English and their permanent boarder Barry who was very hard to understand but knew all these cool tours of London you could take. He was a cabdriver and knew his way around Canterbury obviously too. Had lunch one day at a pub called the Slug and Lettuce which sounds so ...