Days Inn Hotel Leicester

... dinner last Saturday - it was fantastic! And to say to my mum - can't wait for our second christmas dinner this Sunday - woohoo!

Very excited at the moment about going on our adventure - but going to miss all our fantastic friends and family!

Ash

Ps won't miss the cold mind. brrr.

A quick update. Things have moved on, including us. We're pleased to report that a few days ago Brian the van was declared healthy, after some serious re-constructive surgery!

On Monday we left Norfolk and began a series of public transport journeys that would take us from Norwich to London, London to Cheltenham (to visit with friends for a couple of nights) and then Cheltenham to Birmingham to finally pick up our beloved Brian. We ...

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...

... 39277;machine, IC card spending machine, the water control system,售饭system, canteen credit card machines, induction card of water-control machines, radio frequency card售饭machines, canteen credit card system
Ability to expand
Brush the future, take the subway IC Card
"Transit IC card is 'city card' in a sub-system," Liu said, "In the future, Shenyang subway, residents pay water ...

... time to go travelling we are hurtling towards departure day with many things yet to sort out.
To-do lists grow despite striking things off. “Highest priorities” is a pointless consideration as there is nothing that can be left undone. There are three main categories: van modifications, paperwork including insurances and accounts, buying and readying the flat for rent. We could have fully ...

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 ...

... was released just before the crazy winter mentioned above. © Universal Studios - All Rights Reserved The picture itself is from Back To The Future Part II, which came out in 1989, during which Marty and "Doc" Brown have to go to the future, 2015 to be exact. Now this is a long, and obscure way, to getting round to some of what I have been intending to post about, but if you were to go back to the late ...

... or the positive approach to recycling and renewable energy, and even the noticeable lack of litter and crime. It wouldn't be a country for everyone - it's certainly very quiet, and there aren't always the academic and career opportunities available that there are in other 'Westernised' countries - but for me, it presented a quality of life and a work / life balance that most other nations would do well to replicate. Would you do it again? What would you do differently ...

... take some more work though. Leicester is a really nice city, it's smallish, you can walk to wherever you want to go in about 20 minutes, the architecture is really nice, they are literally up to their necks in castle like structures. Leicester is also very diverse, their are loads of immigrants for the middle east, India, and northern Africa. When I walk around the downtown I pass so many different languages and evidences of a richly ...