Burlington Folkestone

... ribs) where there was a rather amusing urinal (see picture).

We left Calais and headed for a campsite which wasn’t the greatest and didn’t have very nice bathroom facilities but at least it was a gorgeous night. We spent an hour or so with our heads sticking out of the van and enjoying the stars. Love those nights! The next day we made our way to Boulogne to see the sights (see next ...

... 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.

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 ...

It's 4.15 and guess who can't sleep? Woke up at 4 in a bit of a panic after only going to bed at midnight because packing took so long. Ended up taking about half of my stuff out of my rucksack (mainly clothes) but I'm sure I'll get by. It hasn't actually hit me still that we are going, or how much I am going to miss even just hot showers and being in my bed, seeing my parents everyday etc, let alone how much I am going to miss all my people ...

... 9 Oct:
Take Train – Bareilly Express to Abu Road
Departs 15:40. Arrives 23:41
Take cab to Mt Abu – 27kms
Night in Mt Abu

Sat 10 Oct:
Visit Mt Abu
Mid afternoon take RSTC bus to Udaipur – 4 hours
Visit Udaipur
Night stay in Udaipur

Sun 11 Oct:
Leave for Jaisalmer via jodhpur
Night stay in Jaisalmer

Mon 12 Oct:
Visit Jaisalmer
Night stay in Jaisalmer

Tue 13 Oct:
Visit ...

... br>There’s an excellent take in the movie ‘Swades’ where Mohan (Shah Rukh)
is on a local train that comes to a halt in some village in Northern
India. On the platform, there’s a little boy who’s running and
screaming, ‘water for twenty five paise’! Up until then, Mohan hadn’t
touched anything but bottled mineral water but for some reason he buys
the ...

... to cook 560 odd recipes from Julias book in 1 year(365 days)
and will blog about her progress.

I've always thought about blogging and sharing my experiences with
people out there but have never got round to it. This movie has somehow
convinced me to start one! (and you too Vishal!!) and what more than to start blogging about
my journey to India!(Exactly 2 weeks from now, I'll be flying out to
Mumbai!...for the very first time!)

... 1 litre every 40 seconds and we took almost 50 litres. 30 minutes I had my finger presses to that damn "fill" button! So we are on this ferry, now heading back to Dover for reasons as yet unknown!!


- Injuries

It turns out we damaged an crew member on our departure so return to drop him off with A&E!
On our way again, 45 mins late

Nach einem entspannten Wochenbeginn waren wir am Donnerstag und Freitag zum ersten Mal an unseren Schulen. Wir sind rund um Canterbury verteilt, Eva und ich sind in der St. Martin's Primary School in Folkestone (Von der Schule darf ich keine Bilder ins Internet stellen, die zeige ich euch dann wenn ich wieder daheim bin!). Wie ihr auf der ...

... Dan. Small w*rld. We have a dry**. We b*ught a vacuum. We b*ught a TV due t* be deliv**ed *n Wednesday. Feels m*re like h*me ev**yday. Steve had an int**view at Pfiz** (*r Pfiz**s if y*u are a l*cal) last week. He saw an ad f*r an events manag** f*r a "maj*r pharmaceutical c*mpany in Kent".....hmmm, w*nd** which c*mpany that c*uld be??? S* aft** s*me craziness he was asked in f*r an int**view. Ev**ything l**ked ...

... re away with work, you still think about it, because whatever you do in the evening the fact that you're where is about work and it can define you, so however much you kid yourself, you don't switch off. The mind doesn't get the downtime it needs. But then, to take the downtime at weekends would be to give in totally to the whims of a job and to deny your freedom. If this is self-indulgent hole digging on my part, rather than ...