Holiday Inn Aylesbury

How many pairs of socks? Can my underpants survive several iterations? Is it safe to wash them in the Tonle Sap?

So many questions and no simple answer.

Planning is something best left to Project Managers ... or boring people. I prefer to let my bag pack itself. But there are some things one should always remember for a jaunt in the crazy land of Khmerdom. I have about 10 days to remember what they are!

Saint Albans, England, United Kingdom monkeydelaney

It's scary how close our trip is now,the "to do" list keeps growing. We have new suitcases,new passports,new clothes for Immy,borrowed clothes for me,housesitters booked,jabs done,school n Melbourne booked,Borneo booked,KL booked but boy-the "to do" list keeps growing.

Not told Immy yet as it is so far away for a 4yr old ...

... are all just people with no clue like me. Even the guard wandering around, doing nothing, was just a guy who may be thinking the same as me - the trains had arrived, all must be ok; if there is a problem, someone will know and be taking care of it; if something is really wrong, they'll tell us. So, stupid as it may have been, I used my ticket again, which was meant to be for getting out at the other end of my journey, to leave Victoria station. It would have been ...

... but not as much as the dude in the Barber's shop, but that is another story) and signed up for a lovely 2 bedroom place WITH A GARDEN. Yes, who would believe that Ms MacKay and I found the perfect compomise? - our place is big, with a southfacing (ie sunny) garden, is near a pony club and a canal via which we can run/ride right into Paddington (all that should keep R happy) AND we are on 5 train lines, 15 mins walk from ...

... The greenhouses are truly special, both containing sets of spiral staircases leading to aerial walkways that allow you to walk suspended above the canopies of the palms and other enormous, exotic trees. Oh, there was another highlight of the gardens that should not be overlooked - lunch! Our chicken and tuna salad sandwiches were tasty indeed, but truly to-die-for were the lemon drizzle cake (an incredibly moist, lemony, syrup-soaked ...

... be then. The options I've considered are: Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Avenue Q, and Monty Python's Spamalot. I realised today that I only bought myself one souvenier(sp?) on this whole trip, so I think I'm due something else nice before I go! Well, I'll update again tomorrow, as I've found a library with free internet access during the day, and it may let me upload some pictures! Either way, I love you all! - Kristen

Hello, in Heathrow at the moment using this spare time to add my first entry during my last hour in England, the weather is rainy....for a change. Flight went smoothly from Manchester. Feeling very tired now due to no sleep. sure i will sleep well on the flight to Sanfracisco. Hope your all o.k, let me know how you are. Talk when we are in Sanfrancisco....bye for now. Love Ralph.x.

... oriented (possibly not true) Christmas means nothing to us, and so at midday on the day our Lord was born (not Archer!), we won't be wondering out of morning mass having just woken up in a pew with the church brigade, we'll be heading for the worlds busiest airport, ready to board a plane to Istanbul. Istanbul? That's not India.... Right, but, it is halfway there! And what other place to be on Boxing Day? Since it's ...

... a live guide. While waiting for the next bus we decided to have a quick coffee in the 'biggest bookshop in England". Big mistake! The coffee only took ten minutes but it took the BOSS a further hour to drag me away from all the books. And she only let me buy ONE! We completed another full circuit of the town with a live guide - but he was a bit dreary with a monotone voice so I think we were better off with the prerecorded ...

... there with our hands out, ready for her to give us another one. It was only when she and the long-suffering bloke next to us, were looking at us like we were stupid, that we realised she was collecting them, not giving us new ones (D'UH) I then proceeded to 10 mins frantically searching for the TV remote, which I thought I'd lost ("Oh my god, they're gonna make me pay for a new one!"), before Nic politely informed me that it was attached to my seat by a huge lead (D'UH)