Prince Regent Hotel Brighton

How does Jade feel? "Like we're going on holiday for a year", "This tea is really nice" "Hoping to see a naked man running through the airport with a banana"<br><br>How does Alice feel? "Gotta make the most of everything whilst we are away", "Can't wait for the sweating", "I ...

Two days left - still can't really believe we're going. Excited and also a bit nervous - how will we get from place to place especially around Cambodia and China?<br><br>Working our way through our final to-do list and just hoping not to have any last minute panics!!<br><br>Suppose it won't sink in until we're on the plane:)<br><br>Viv xx

Camping in Barnes Green was good fun. We set out for the night to test the new tent, awning and cooking gear. It was very cold and we eneded up caught in a thunder storm, but I'm glad to report the tent was suberb. It was dry inside and our sleeping bags also did the job. We were nice and snug inside and we had a big fry up for breakfast, so all in all a success! <br><br>We got our carnet yesterday, so we're pretty much ready to go! Roll on December 24th!

Well, what can we say! What a send off from the villagefolk at Lindfield. It was coincidentally Guy Fawkes night which is also a pretty big deal in England.<br>A grand parade of burning torches and witches led up to a bonfire and fireworks extrordinaire.<br>To top it off, a display of Morris dancing by the local chaps outside the White Lion. Wow, the locals really love us. Tomorrow we depart for Queensland.

... as we all observed a minute&#8217;s silence. The irony of seeing poppies &#8211; the symbol for the men who died trying to prevent fascism and bigotry &#8211; and &#8216;No Popery' banners side by side was striking. There are also effigies of more contemporary unpopular figures that are carted through the streets in mockery. The bankers had their turn this year (symbolised by a fat cat) as did disgraced Jacquie Smith, holding a massive cheque with an equally massive sum. All would finish ...

... a friend's suggestion, I bought some chocolate covered cornflake bites from Marks & Spencer, which are VERY GOOD.   Brighton was quite cold and windy when we got out of the car, and it started raining a little bit when we were on the seafront.  We braved the rocky beach and I went down to touch the water.  It was FREEZING!  Then we got on one of those city hop-on hop-off sightseeing buses, which proved to be very worth the money.  Then we went back to the Brighton Pier ...

... and after making some British friends in my classes) we went on a pub crawl. Since most of the pubs and clubs are A LOT cheaper during the week and you don't have class every day (I only have class 3 days a week), that is when most students go out. We went to 3 pubs in Brighton: Rikki Tika, The Pavilion Tavern (aka Pav Tav) and King and Queens. King and Queens was having karaoke night (which I guess is every Tuesday) so I was definitely singing. It was really fun...a bunch of guys ...

... side by side through 12 countries on our bikes, today sees the departure of Pierpaolo back home to Italy. All the exotic bits of the trip, the unknown elements, have all been enjoyed and catalogued - everyday life now awaits us both, and the unnerving reality of riding alone back home, in search of a job land heavy on the mind. So its goodbye to the guy who has shared countless ****** rooms and mud floors with me, along with all the usual banter and funny stuff that happens ...

... friends, cant really be bovered doing it all over again. and as usual i have no idea what my next step is, i know i will not be taking my flight home in march as there are still things i want to see and do over here, plus i do not want to miss another summer. rough plans are work/party till may, maybe find a resort job on the Mediterranean for summer then grape pick in france in august and sep. . . . thrown in there is a 4 day trip to amsterdam late ...

... back to the car along the tiny back streets. Shorehavn-by-the-Sea Bramber & Steyring - two beautiful little riverside towns Stopped at "The Pot" in Earls Court for dinner The Scarsdales until closing Dropped Marg & Tony back at Tony's place