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... t get mossie bites so Jade is gonna bite me instead".<br><br>We just wanna get on that plane......Not too long till we leave for Heathrow wooooppp. Jade looks brown already, im minus pale so may come back looking a little less white like.<br><br>Peace and love, <br>xxxxxxx<br>

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 ...

... there's pretty much just the locals. The locals in Brighton are a varied and interesting bunch. There is a huge Gay scene here, and it seems there are Uni's and Colleges everywhere. It is Student heaven, there are nightclubs live venues and pubs, hippy shops, piercing shops, second hand clothes, music, and vegetarian shops everywhere you look. The people here have embraced every sub culture known to man, and drinking is the favoured past ...

So I first heard about Brighton from my colleague, Benjamin. My friend Oksana had also been there, and spoke about how beautiful it was too! My friend Maia was studying abroad in Brighton, so I figured I'd crash at her place and check out the city. I was a little afraid that with all the high expectations, that I would be horribly disappointed when I arrived. No, Brighton is a beautiful, MAGICAL, city on England's coast. On my ...

... by the time I had reached the Seven Sisters NP I had to seek refuge to wait for showers to pass, my back against a wooden shed at the low of a steep hill yet to climb. It is an important note to me that I managed to stay dry all through the 33 ...

... s remains were found on. After more details about their trip, they mentioned having driven to a certain point on the island that I recognized, and I interrupted to say that I had stayed at a tiny bungalow hotel in that area called the Bulan Baru (New Moon). There was a moment of surprise on my new friend's faces and they exclaimed that they had stayed at the same place. Small world, indeed. What a difference it makes to have shared some obscure, rare or offbeat experience. Our social ...

... a day ( i still don't have internet in my flat!) i have also started to check the recipe of the day from Rachel ray ). Yesterday while shopping at the market I found Jiffy peanut butter which was amazing - for my first few weeks in england I could not find any peanut butter at all! Apparently Jiffy is seen as a specialty food item ( i was in a nearby store called bona foodie looking for cooking ingredients!) Last night the Holy Cross girls had a dinner party ...