Esseborne Manor Hotel Andover

Hello everybody <br><br>We are still alive and well. We are in Cambodia at the moment. Apoligies for not sending any travel blogs for a while. As we're are trying to do 2 blogs at the same time it has become too much to keep both of them going simultaneously, so this one has been neglected for a while. If any of you are interested in our travels I can add your email ...

Sophia&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>Right it is Wednesday the 11th November we'll be departing in a few days!!!! Realy getting excited and a bit nervous now just thinking this time next week i will be on the other side of the world!!! Busy time now though ahead last jabs tomoz as well as seeing katie and lexie for the last time till i get back!! Then the evening ...

... along the east coast from Brisbane to Melbourne. From there I'll be getting active in Tasmania, with visits to mountains, forests, beaches and cultural sites. Along the way I hope to write and document my experiences, so I hope you'll drop in from time to time and see how I'm getting on?!

Hello once again,<br><br>Thought we'd better back track and update from the last entry of Budda!<br><br>So we got back to Reading without any problems and picking up our hire car at Gatwick airport in the pouring rain. Drove back early in the morning and arrived back at Mat and Jo's around 11am.<br>The rest of the day was basically spent recovering from getting up at 4am to catch the flight back from Budda. Although we did manage to drag ourselves out of the house to go and watch the ...

At around 06:00 Arcadia slowly approached the Ocean Terminal berth and our Cruise was nearly over. We enjoyed one last breakfast in the Belevedere and waited for our disembarkation at 09:15. We sat and reflected about where we had been and all the facilities that the ship offered. My favourites where the Crows nest which is a bit like "Ten Forward" on the Enterprise "D", the Palladium ...

... instead.. lol. I still can't get over that they don't have huge shopping centres, everyone still has to walk between shops in the wet!<br><br>While I was there I had to work out how I was going to get from the railway to the catch the bus to the New Forest. My next port of call!<br><br>Southampton is also famous, well in the olden days ...

... just like that and that I was lucky he didn't bite my ass like he did with everyone else. At least there would have been more padding there, I thought! Anyway, about 10 minutes later I felt my arm swelling up and sure enough, I am developing a killer bruise. I have two indentations from the fangs and although they say they don't have it here, I am concerned about the rabies. Ten minutes later, the stupid thing had ...

... jump when I hear the flap drop. Appliances: The thing about culture shock is that it's the little differences you don't anticipate that really humble a person. When you are going to another industrialized, "westernized" nation, you don't think that things like using a vacuum cleaner would be all that different. I knew that if I wanted to bring my own appliances, I would have to get an adapter, but I didn't want to bother with ...

... Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Singapore Unknown, Indonesia (transit between singapore & bukittingi) Bukkitingi, Indonesia Siberut Island, Indonesia Bukkitingi, Indonesia Danau Toba, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia Georgetown, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Singapore Perth, Australia Unknown, Australia (transit between Perth & Broome) Unknown, Australia (transit between Perth & Broome) Port Headland, Australia Broome, Australia Derby, Australia Various Kimberley ...

After the uneventful plane ride, (save for the exceptionally rude British Air staff) I trained my way over to Andover just in time for a fancy dress Christmas party at Andy's work. Sonya picked me up and since we were running late I had to change in the car. I wiggled my way into a fairy godmother costume all the while listening to select tunes from my favorite Canadian bands. Thank you DJ Sonya. Oncoming cars kept letting us pass and flashing their lights at ...