Chalk Lane Hotel Epsom

... British boarder controller, with realllly bushy eyebrows, shaking his head in frustration at a poor chinese lady and her family.

'Well if you've been here three years maybe you should learn the bloody language' he barked at the poor lady. After ferociously stamping her passport, he unceremoniously directed her to the medical checkpoint. I thought to myself, god, lets hope we dont get this guy. As if on cue, 3 ladies walked from the staff area, smiling ...

... decided to stop at covent garden to see what kind of performers were there today and get something to eat. I got some paella and watched yet another act on an 8 foot unicycle...this time the guy was in a tu-tu. I turned around the corner, and what do you know, another guy on a unicycle...this time with knives!!!! so i guess unicycles are the thing. they aren't so amazing anymore. I ...

... graduate has ever left Jo'burg. Needless to say, I was paying them out about their South African-ness. I could do this cos I know South Africans can take it, they tend to have big egos.



Deutsch and I are planning a big day tomorrow, it's the last day our London Pass is valid and we have a fair bit of tourist cramming to do. The weather's been typically miserable so far, hopefully it will pick up a bit tomorrow cos we're gonna experience some great views.

... I honestly have no knowledge or understanding and at times no appreciation for it I thoroughly enjoyed my time there.... I saw things that were a tad racy at times (a room where you saw many pictures of self mutilation etc etc) and then also many other abstracts with different material...like old desks from Mexican school house... needless to say I think I saw absolutely everything under the sun used in some form... After I finished I wondered along the Thames and ...

... circle and there used to be a round-about here, but now there are traffic lights. Most tourists come here to take a photo with the huge Wall St style advertising monitors in the background, there is also an impressive fountain. Leicester Square is cinema central and there are about 5 cinemas located in this area. If there was going to be a red carpet premier in London, this is where it'd be. You can also pick up cheap West End theatre tickets here. Trafalgar Square is ...

I'm going to be shattered by the time I start my "Big Trip" ... It would all be fine if all I had to pack was my stuff for going away, but a) I'm "Packing light" - no mean feet for me ... and b) I'm packing up a whole house and putting it into storage. a) "Packing light": hmmmm. I think I'm going to be able to do it you know. (Please, no sharp in-takes of breath from those you have travelled with me in the past ...

... to visit me (and take some of my mass accumulation of 'stuff' home). Tomorrow the 'work' segment of this working holiday will end. On Saturday my other sister will join the foray and together the Hardy's will head to Prague on Sunday until Tuesday, on Wednesday I will have my going away party and on Friday my mom, Devon and Kersten will fly back to North America and me and Lisa will board a plane to New Delhi to begin a 25 day tour of India. On ...

Well one month, 2200 miles, and 3 countries later (well sort of) and we are still talking : ) We have spent 24 hours a day together and it has been a breeze. We have seen some wonderful things in some incredible places on this island. The history of this place alone demands the greatest respect. Virtually every little village and practically every other highway exit had signs to a historic site or castle with each one meriting the attention. Most ...

... Nicholas Sparks The Silent Lady; Catherine Cookson The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz Stillness Speaks - Echart Tolle Monday Mourning, but we forget who by.... Coffee we Have Drunk recently: some of the baristas take huge pride in the piccie. A few take great pride in their coffee. We think we do pretty well in NZ in the flavour stakes.

... t move in until 1st April. At least we have something and it's secured. So now is the grueling task of doing the photo album and deciding which one's out of the 7,500 photo's are going to make it into the book.....let's just say it will take a few months. We're in the process of compiling a 100 or so of our best photo's for you to look at so once we have this will email them on so you can check out our trip through our eyes. Now.....where to next....?????