Belgrave Hotel Chester

Well I am happy to report that despite postal strikes I have my passport back and a multiple entry visa stamp inside.<br>I was so relieved to have the passport back.I really do not like to be parted from it.<br>All I have to do now is get through the next 4 weeks at work.Oh well I am sure I will manage.<br>Bye for now.

We headed back into Liverpool today and to an enormous park. It is called Sefton Park. In Sefton Park there is a boating lake, a Victorian glass house (The Palm House), a bronzed statue of Peter Pan, a ...

... man)<br>So anyway.I got the photos done.filled out the forms then raced off to the post office to send everything to the Royal Thai Consulate.Had to be done this weekend as I am trying to avoid the massive postal strikes that are rolling out across Britain at the moment.<br>So hopefully next week I will have my passport back with my new visa in it and the last 5 weeks of work will hopefully not drag too slowly.<br>Thailand awaits.<br>

... done up like a vampire as well. Quite disconcerting - and it was most unsettling. The taxi driver said the place really goes crazy at Halloween and he hates it. He wasn't looking forward to the night ahead at all. Poor thing. Houses, shops, pubs, along the streets, all displayed symbols of death and horror. I don't think I've ever seen such a display before. We were glad to leave Wigan and the feeling of desperation we sensed.<br>

... details and then all was well.<br>Actually no.All was not well.I am sorry said a very polite woman at emirates,your bank has blocked your card.NOOOOO.<br>Oh well I would have to contact my bank.<br>I got straight onto the phone,one of those premium numbers that cost a fortune and of course while I was waiting to speak with a person who could help me my phone ran out of credit.No worries I would just have to top it up using my,oh ohhh card.<br ...

Afetr and early start thanks to a wake up call from 'Freinds', we headed off to Beeston. We visited Beeston Castle courtesy of the Poyntons.<br>Spectacular veiws from the hill top and castle site.<br>Later we drove to theShady Oak pub for a pint and food (in the ...

... with Matthias. On occasionally some one want to join us, to smoke a cigarette. And for once almost everyone were awake, reading, thinking, hanging in the back lounge for some music and fooling around.<br><br>At some point I went back for a beauty nap, and Eddie woke me up: coach service, with shower also for ladies.<br><br>So I took a looong shower &#8230; and washed my hair &#8230; and they had to wait for me, I think I had not got the bus curfew &#8230; and we made a joke for JP. He had ...

... is the place to enjoy it. Night-flowering jasmine (India) Producing an exotic fragrance that is as strong as it is alluring, this is not a smell for those with bad allergies. It's used in Spain to deter mosquitoes, but most people use it for more aesthetic reasons - in India they weave the flowers into their hair. Durian - the 'king' of fruits (Thailand) Highly rated by southeast Asians, this distinctive smelling fruit has been described by others as ...

Chester, 11-05-2005 The women's house is chaotic all morning. 1bride, 4 friends and 1 bathroom. We are all ready at the very last moment. Colin is at the door at 13.30 to pick up his bride. Sophia looks beautiful in her red wedding dress, and Colin is looking good in his kilt. We are all going to the meeting place, the stand for the busses, by taxi. And there is Jeroen......... wearing a suit!!! This is ...

... Mugabe was thought-provoking and rather troubling. Unfortunately as there are no oil supplies to be gained there, this form of terror continues unabated without international intervention. <br><br>Back in Liverpool, we spent the evening in a couple of pubs around Mathew Street and the Cavern Club, getting the full appreciation of the Beatles cashing-in that is going on in the city. I wonder how much more cultured this milking could possibly be come 2008.