Croft Hotel Leicester

Wow - only one week to the day before we make our way down south to London town to stay in the very affordable 'heathrow' travel lodge.

Liz in in Manc saying goodbye to friends and family and i'm sorting the last bits out for the fresh box before we go.

Just wanted to say thank you to Ron and Sue for ...

... now in Northampton, tomorrow we leave for Dover, and on Friday morning we board the ferry for France. Hurrah! If all goes according to plan :-) We'll let you know how we get on of course.

Having got our hands back on everything we own, we're now able to upload some pictures we took of our time in Norfolk, in case anyone fancies a look. They're below.

Hopefully the next entry will come from France, please cross fingers for us.

Finally worked out my route.

Fly to Armenia, travel through Georgia to Turkey and fly from Istanbul to Mumbai. Work my way across to Calcutta and fly to Bangkok. Through Thailand and Cambodia to Vietnam, then onto China.

I am setting off early September 2010 and aim to be in China early December, maybe.

And then I have to get back...

... transportation IC card, for future use in the subway is not a problem.
The reason why so sure, because the current public transportation IC card has a strong capacity for expansion. "As long as connected with the subway ticketing system, you can achieve the brush IC card, which is no technical problem." Qiuen Jun also said that the safety of public transportation IC card is also very strong anti-forgery features, like ...

... t pull their finger out and we can’t get in to decorate and make the necessary representations to the council for approval for sub-letting? Do we try to do it from abroad paying someone else to decorate or do we delay departure and potentially mess up our convoy with friends and volunteering plans? We haven’t decided yet what we should do and we are just hoping that it will all play out in time ...

Tow truck 3, turns up at 20:30, we get loaded up and set off at 20:45 only to find out that the AA have sent me a driver that needs to take his 45 minute break in under an hour. So I waited an extra 1.5 hours for him to arrive and then I have to wait ...

... who has come to return us to normality.

Normality? Whatever’s that going to be? The stay in Portugal may have offset any kind of celebratory homecoming or did it help to ease us gradually back down to earth, after what has undoubtedly been the adventure of a lifetime? We’ve seen fantastic sights and experienced amazing things that will stay with us forever. This was a trip that was only in our dreams and was never ...

... bad either, the horses in that field near the traffic lights were still eating grass, and looked in good health. Today's security guard was that skinny chap who smiles a lot, he let me in before i'd even stopped, so so far he's doing better than the fat blond bint, who made me stop and wave yesterday. i'd give todays trip a 8 out of 10, as the weather was not perfect, and my tooth still didn't feel ...

... places with my own eyes. And, amazingly, despite years of planning, looking at maps, false starts (5 years before I eventually went, I'd even got so far as to obtain an Australian tourist visa before having to give it up) and saving all my spare cash, once we finally left the country... it all worked out. We saw everything we planned to. We saw many things we'd not planned to (which, errr... was also kinda the plan!). We didn't get ill or injured (or at least ...

... biscuits are provided by the organisation. The break is only 15 minutes. If nature calls, we just go to the bushes. We continue working until lunch time. Every volunteer unpacked their own lunch box. The weather is lovely, after eating we have some times to chat between us volunteers. Since this is voluntary work, the group who come is changing all the time. The rules is not rigid, anyone can contribute to whatever time they have. One thing for sure ...