Leicester Marriott Hotel

Finally worked out my route.<br><br>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.<br><br>I am setting off early September 2010 and aim to be in China early December, maybe.<br><br>And then I have to get back...

... transportation IC card, for future use in the subway is not a problem. <br> The reason why so sure, because the current public transportation IC card has a strong capacity for expansion. "As long as connected with the subway ticketing system, you can achieve the brush IC card, which is no technical problem." Qiuen Jun also said that the safety of public transportation IC card is also very strong anti-forgery features, like ...

... certainly have all the gear, including a solar panel charger for all things electrical, (thanks to JT for that), a torch/smoke dectector/emergency signal (thanks to RW for that one) and enough medical supplies to kit out a small hospital (having doctors as friends is most useful). <br><br>So one 55l rucksack, a lot of tears and tantrums later and I am ready for the off...<br><br>P.S - Does travelling business class count as cheating???

... I'll probably initially feel homesick when I arrive in strange surroundings, but hopefully that will soon pass.<br><br>I'm so excited ... new places, new people, the sun - a complete adventure - bring it on!<br><br>Back to reality for now, and back to organising storage, insurance, membership cancellations etc.<br><br>Ciao for now<br><br>xxx

... but Anthea (spoilt-sport) seemed to think she might need her left leg at some point in the future... ?<br> <br><br>Our next free weekend was spent enjoying the sights sounds and tastes that Birmingham's nightlife has to offer and without going in to too much detail, it was good fun. Unfortunately that meant the rest of the weekend was written off due to a slow recovery. <br><br>the next road trip on the agenda was a drive to Worcester, home of ...

Started today by presenting in the cabaret theatre at the Kongo casino. First time I have done that type of gig but it was a fun thing to do.<br><br> As always I feel a little sad at leaving Ljubljana, it is a lovely little city in parts. Mainly the centre which is small and medieval and a delight to walk round or just sit and watch the ...

... enough, the plane had about 20 people on board and was uneventful, landing around 10pm at Birmingham. Which thankfully was where it was planning on landing.<br><br> As I gazed out of the window at the apron where the plane stopped by the terminal I suddenly felt very tired. The thought that I would be back here in 2 days on another plane to fly out again did not help.

There&#8217;s a picture of Laura and me taken about a year ago, standing in our pyjamas on the morning of our wedding with the event location owner. We were deciding the pudding menu for the reception that evening and I was yet to pick what I was going to wear for the ceremony and the party. So with that sort of attitude to organising our own wedding, it&#8217;s not surprising that despite a year&#8217;s ...

Yet again my directions failed me. Or rather, I failed my directions. Either way, they were of no help after the first 8 (of 32) steps. But I was able to make my way to Seb's place, so I was quite proud!! Again, I ended up going an extra 10+ miles.... and perhaps the last 5 steps of the directions also helped, but either way, I was ...

... freezing cold night in the Australian bush, staring at the amazingly bright stars without any light pollution, or a single thing to interrupt the horizon. * Drinking Singapore Slings at Raffles, the poshest hotel I will ever set foot in, wearing cutoff shorts, one of only two t-shirts I possessed, and a pair of walking sandals. What was the most unexpected thing you found? How easy it was, in the end. And how very, very glad I was to have done it. No regrets :-)