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... Velindre hospital we were given a great welcome by the fund raising team, who made us tea, coffee & kindly posed for photographs with me.

Next stop, Bristol via the new Severn bridge.

Thanks to Lyndsey's hard work, we were given another great welcome & supplied with hot drinks and more great photo opportunities with the staff.

I'm now back at ...

Well I'm getting quite excited now! last night I met Colin, Wendy, Leigh and Sarah, 3 of the team that will be riding with me. They were all really nice and Wendy had even made me a leather waistcoat but I might have to cut down on the doughnuts as it was a little snug!

It was good to meet them all and we discussed the trip, what gear everyone was taking and what the weather would be like. I told them that the sun always shines up North! but I don't think ...

... br>Take Train to Jaipur

Wed 14 Oct:
Visit Jaipur
Night in Jaipur

Thurs 15 Oct:
Jaipur to Agra
Visit Agra
Agra to delhi (late evening)
overnight train to Amritsar

Fri 16 Oct:
Arrive Amritsar
Spend day at Amritsar
Depart for Dehi

Sat 17 Oct:
Full day in Delhi
Depart for Mumbai (Flight)

Sun 18 Oct:
Depart for UK

APPROXIMATE DISTANCE PLANNED TO COVER IN INDIA: 8,274 km! (5,142 Miles)

... and starts drinking it and the train begins to take off
again. There’s something about this scene that makes you understand,
that no matter how hard you try, you can take a boy from his home but
not the home from the boy! (words used in the Bon Jovi song – Who says
you can’t go home)

Anyway, the planning has begun. I can’t describe in words how anxious I
am to get ...

Here we go......

I recently watched a movie called 'Julie & Julia' starring Meryl
Streep as Julia Child and Amy Adams who plays a character called Julie
Powell. Julie turns 30 and has nothing interesting in her life. She
doesn't enjoy her job and wants to do something that she enjoys. She
loves cooking and is an avid fan of Julia Child who has written a
cookbook for servantless American women! So Julie then decides that she
is ...

One weekend, I actually got off my butt and did something useful. I went to pretty little Canterbury. The olde towne of Canterbury tales. It's about an hour outside London by train.

Canterbury is an incredibly cute...and touristy...little town. It's ridiculously old; I think the oldest building in use was built in the 1400's. It's great for walking around because there are no cars and ...

... Amazon, Brazil: A few days in Parque Nacional de Amacyacu (Colombian Amazon rainforest) living and breathing and talking to the animals, before boating to Manuas, and then on to Belem. From there the amazon part ends, and Brazil properly begins with... Brazil: our first 36 hour bus trip from Belem to Salvador, hoping to arrive just before the Carnaval begins. and following that another bus to Rio de Janeiro to meet the The Great Redeemer. A shorter bus trip to Foz ...

Hi all, So the last day and a half Steve and I have been touring around Kent with our "local expert". We have explored everywhere from Whitstable around the coast to Dover and inland to Canterbury and a few other small towns. We have looked at some housing of different varieties. Some good, some not so good (one Steve couldn't even stand up in ...

... get on the next flight to London and outta there...we left the very next evening from Newark airport. So, since we have been home we have been so so busy, weve had loads to sort out, we have had 2 trips to London, and queued at embassies to get visas, we have booked our flights and sorted our rough itineraries and dates and all that kind of stuff...we have made time to see friends and family and have had a nice time back home. Its hard to think that ...

... am really sad to be leaving behind this most amazing time of my life. If I could go back to day one and do it all over again, I would jump at the chance. Argentina and Chile are beautiful and very like Alaska and Canada. I loved those countries so much that it`s been a real treat to go almost full circle and see the same landscapes. Alpine mountains, fresh clear rivers and stunning sights such as the granite pillars of Torres ...