Pilgrims Hotel Canterbury

After a good nights sleep, we all woke up to a strange object beginning to break through the clouds....the SUN!! I must say that after 5 days of rain, it was a very welcome and just goes to prove that it doesn't always rain in Wales!

Once everyone had packed & sorted themselves out, we set of for Cardiff in bright sunshine. I even had to put on my shades!

At ...

... believed me.

We now have all the accomodation for the trip sorted thanks to some generous family members and one of the cheapest Motel deals in the UK!

Today we got a call from the local newspaper, confirming that they will be running Colin's story next week and Colin's justgiving site reached over £1600 which is great. Well I better sign off for now as Jackie is trying to watch the "X Factor" and the Jam Doughnuts are calling me!

... amp; sun glasses.

This morning the sun was shining, so I went out to look at one of the motorcycles that will be taking me around the UK and even managed to get my photograph taken. Only 16 days to go, I can't wait. Should be meeting the other riders early next.

... 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)

... 3 hours 45 mins to get to Pune(a mere 100
miles). This is when I start realising that possibly half of this trip
might be spent travelling.

But that doesn’t bother me one little bit. On the contrary, it gets me
more excited and anxious. I have always wanted to see India but not
from a Limo window or from an aircraft window. I want to see India ‘Up,
Close & Personal’.
Ramsgate, England, United Kingdom kartik_bhudia

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 ...

... food was nice. Chicken, fish, etc :) I ate a lot. I also went to the Walmart (forgot its name) before dinner (uncle dropped me off). I bought some chocolates and looked around. The fruit and veggies section look different from those in the US. Other things look reasonably similar. I also bought a stupid ball (I thought it was a toy..) for 1 pound.... Anyway, Emily came picked me up after I shopped ...

... the landscape as we blazed onward toward the cathedral. In Chaucer's day, the pilgrimage would have probably taken three or four days by foot. Pilgrims flocked to the Cathedral to pay homage to Saint Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (1162 to 1170), who was murdered in the Cathedral allegedly by four knights at the King's demand. As we made out way on this journey, I couldn't help but imagine ...

... habitat, and can be identified by their baseball cap, gold 'bling' medallion style jewellery (fake of course) and tryhard Addidas tracksuit. They love cars, usually the hotted-up customised Ford Fiesta type. A Chavette is also recognised by her velour tracksuit (think footballers wife, Sporty spice) and two or three toned hair. Both sexes of the species dot their speech with 'Innit', which to my lasting shame, I have heard myself uttering on a couple of occasions. Happy ...

We saw Canterbury Cathedral on a tour from London. We enjoyed it very much, and probably our only disappointment was that we didn't get to spend more time in the town itself. The cathedral was amazing. I had never seen such intricate, yet incredibly old architecture before (this was my first trip to Europe). I was in awe. We spent quite a lot of time roaming around the inner sanctums of this great building looking at the details and workmanship that went into it.