McDonald Duncanhalgh Blackburn

Hey Everyone... if you're reading this then it means we remembered to hand out the log on details for our blog and you're missing us already, enough to have bothered to log on before we're even left Manchester! ; )<br><br>As most of you are aware today, Tuesday 1st December, at 6:45pm Paul and I will embark on our 'BIG ADEVENTURE' with a BA flight to Heathrow, London!<br ...

Last brief entry, just to say we are safely back home, arriving yesterday with Sue picking us up at Manchester airport.<br><br>We've had a fantastic trip - very memorable! Thank you for following our trip. Hope it hasn't been boring, certainly hasn't for us.

... the CHANGE. I don't particularly like change, but I like to take myself out of my comfort zone sometimes and see what I can handle. Keep challenging myself.<br><br>Keeping this short, otherwise it will get VERY boring. More time for fun stories and escapades then! xox

... coach ride home. It was funny, we left in plenty of time, but the traffic on the motorway was TERRIBLE! WE actually parked the car in a bus zone, ran across the road to the bus station and just made it in time for my departing bus...ahhh my adrenalin was definitely pumping!! Fun fun =]<br> Oh, I nearly forgot: Haggis is delicious, but apparently i was cheated out of real Scottish haggis (according to Dave and Alex)... which has left me deeply confused. Mine ...

After 3 years of saving we are finally set to go travelling to Eastern and Southern Africa. We will arrive in Uganda and head to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Victoria Falls and possible Madagascar before flying back in June 2010.

We are sitting with a huge pile of travel guides, maps, notebooks, post it notes and general accumulated info in front of us wondering where to start!<br><br>The itinery is almost sorted out in terms of countries and cities. We've got the MASTA health brief and the FCO no go areas. We think we've got Visa requirments in hand and the boring (but necessary ...

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... past our alloted take-off time and it was obvious we were sat on the apron waiting for a free slot, which luckily did show up about 20 mins later. The flight itself was fine and short. The aircraft was full of people of a certain age and older plus a large man of the cloth. It turned out this was a church congregation returning from a pilgrimmage to the Holy Land. I noticed a woman across the aisle praying as we lifted off and as we ...

... other roads also called M6 join up at other times.... we had to keep our concentration. Our NavMan was brilliant but we had to keep turning it off to save the battery, as our hire car had no power source for it. We had to do mental gymnastics to make it available at the most needed times, till we got back to the motel of a night to charge it up again via our computer.<br><br>The town of Bowness -on-Windemere was just great - really quaint - the type ...

Our Itinary for the trip.... Sat 6th Dec - fly from London to Sydney Sun 7th to 10th Dec - Sydney Thurs 11th Dec - Ayers Rock Fri 12th - 13th Dec- Darwin Sun 14th &amp; 15th Dec - Kakadu Tues 16th Dec - Cairns Weds 17th -20th Dec - Whitsundays Sun 21st Dec - 23rd Brisbane Weds 24th Dec - 27th Coffs Harbour Sun 28th Dec - 30th Monington Penininsula Weds 31st Dec - 2nd Jan - Sydney 3rd Jan - London