Hotel La Tour St. Aubin

As a luddite response perhaps to our fast modern age, more travellers are trying to travel without stepping on a plane, or taking two years to travel a distance they could in an overnight flight. And now in London . . . Millions of Londoners are being urged to try swapping their frenetic lifestyles for a much slower and relaxing way of ...

... our way through the Sunday crowds on Southbank - particularly heavy crowds around the London Eye - it wasn't cold out the sun had been in and I left my big jacket back at the bike shop; I had a thermal long sleeve top and a shirt over that and a Collingwood Scalf. Our first point of call was Westminster Abbey and Big Ben - we checked out the view from across the Thames; we moved on and rode through Buckingham Palace and checked out ...

... to Everest Base Camp we didnt really think it would be really difficult.. We still think that but I was walking quickly to the shops the other day while talking on the phone and after about 5mins I was out of breath.... Nat can do a 10km run and I cant walk to the shops...So I hope that I will not just be looking at Nats pics. Catch yas all in East Africa....

... so closed my eyes and thought about Authur's Seat for a couple of hours, which helped. By the time I was feeling well enough to open my eyes again, we were surrounded by snow-capped mountains, and there was one fleeting view I managed to see of a small body of water, hills close on all sides, with a plane flying low in between. It may sound "that's nice", but let me assure you, it was incredible! It is something that you don't ever really see, only ...

... each country I visit, with the country's name on it, and keyrings are as good as any, if I decide they're no good I'll make up some story to my sister Bianca that I collected them especially for her. The flight to London was about 11 hours, I slept for another 4 on this one, and spent some time chatting with the cute 19-year-old air hostess. If Sammi the Air Hostess checks the details of the person in seat 75G, she'll find she spent much of the flight chatting to a Mr. David Larish

... the British Museum to "bone up" on their history. The British had literally stolen artifacts from all over the world during the time they were the leading world power, and much of it is still housed in the British Museum. We went to see the section on Egypt and all the mummies that were there, along with the sarcophagus and burial information about the mummies. Then we went to view the statues of ancient Egypt. After that we went to the early Rome days and ...

... Market looking at the various bits and bobs on sale and continued to query each other's level of hunger, both of us looking for an excuse to try some of the food on offer. We grabbed a lamb curry - possibly not the best of choices since Carsten had just arrived from India so it was never really going to impress him. I bought some new guitar strings, then we trekked across town and jumped on the bus back home since by this point I was practically falling asleep standing up.

... mild state of panic starts to take over my being. Who the hell are these people? Where are we going? Am I about to be the victim of one of those careless traveller stories? "Young innocent traveller gets taken hostage. . . ." (Don't worry mum and dad - allow me a bit of dramatic license here x) As my mind proceeds to travel down this rather dramatic route, we pull up outside an unremarkable apartment on a dark ...

... check out a bit of that action too. It was a little hard to try to get a shot of the cyclists in action, but here's a quick little video clip I took: You'll have to look hard but there is a cyclist followed by his support team. Just a word of warning, these video files take a little while to download so after you click on a video file, you'll have to wait a few minutes before anything comes up. The flights ...

... going on, just loudly enough so you can't hear the English dialogue. - Also met two girls who have been working in Moldavia. Regret to say that I didn't know this country even existed except in the minds of Santo Cilauro and friends. Berlin - overnight 4, 5, 6, 7 8 March Accommodation at The Circus Hostel in Mitte. Great cafe bar and commom area on the ground floor and then several floors of rooms. More space in the rooms than nearly anywhere else, and ...