Annabelle Village Hotel

... to the village in small groups to sit and talk to family groups about their lives and hope for the future.  Dan L, Annabelle and I were fortunate to talk to Champa a remarkable lady of 40 years who had been integral to the community mapping process ...

... books and on the internet were things like spas and temples and the Fort, it was not a place blessed with things to see. Annabelle was feeling a bit squiffy again which we thought was linked to her being bitten by bed bugs as her middle finger had swollen ...

... a stunningly decorated cake was brought to the table for our 2 birthday girls. Tansy had her birthday yesterday and Annabelle's birthday is on Tuesday. It was a wonderful celebration - all students singing happy birthday and other restaurant ...

... , perfectly carved and fitted together.  The sheer size of some of them was also pretty incredible and they practically dwarfed Annabelle as she posed for a photo.  As we explored the ruins further Annabelle was busy papping away and managed to ...

... it reminded us of our younger days which led us on to the conversations of what films/music we remember.  Annabelle starting shuddering at the thought of two particularly disturbing memories ... Labyrinth (with David Bowe) and that ...

... spotted a male who was waiting for his breakfast.  We shuffled into the best spot we could find and Annabelle immediately started papping away.  We were both instantly captivated by such a majestic animal as he moved effortlessly between the ...

... hissing and jumping at him.  Chris then did a hop, skip and jump and yelped, 'Oh god' as he threw himself forward toward Annabelle whilst waving the bottle at the monkey to warn it off.  Scared of a 1 foot monkey … whatever next!  As ...

... leisurely breakfast and slapped on the sun cream as we had decided to spend the morning back at the beautiful Radical Bay.  Annabelle had also read a place called Geoffrey Bay where it was easy to see Rock Wallabies so we thought we would start our ...

... is 8.30pm, we are in Bodrum, Turkey and it is stinking hot! Mark, Tom and I have just returned from dinner whereas Annabelle stayed in the apartment as she wasn't feeling well. We left Rodos early this morning, another hot and sunny one. The ferry ...

... to spend our money visiting the Amber Fort instead, after all we could not afford everything could we.  En route Annabelle papped a few camels who were mooching along the road carrying supplies and some of them taking tourists for a quick ...

... the indigenous village of Guano, famous for making carpets.   It was a very beautiful and tranquil village with a very pretty main square.  Annabelle was quick to take a picture of the trees that had shaped and very much resembled ...

... were concerned as to where where we were going to put the beasts when we travelled by train – problem averted!  Annabelle set about locking them to the railings to prevent any light fingered passengers taking off with our while lives … ...

... and be so kind, a lesson and a memory we will take away with us. With our new found optimism for the village we walked back to our hotel greeting everyone as we went and everyone we met were similarly very polite.  It was one of the nicest places we ...

... for the time of your life! Till the next time, and there will be one! Ant & Annabelle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Toutes les bonnes choses ont une fin, on le savait bien, mais on s'est quand ...

... ), bar and other social areas. Upon check in we were told that we would have cabana type buildings which were 4 sharing.  Annabelle quickly grabbed Sigrid and Rhona straight away to make up a four and we headed off to our accomodation.  ...

... to Khajuraho, Erotic Temples Jan 31 - Fly back to Delhi then on to Bangalore (with a really dodgy airline so hope that's gonna be OK). Feb 1 to 3 - Annabelle's house, Jungle Retreat, Mysore temples Feb 4 - Return to Delhi and drop dead with ...

... were searching for the boy for days but never found his body.  The theory is that the girl pushed him over the side, Annabelle smiled and politely warned Chris she may do the same if he ever steps out of line...    After around 20 ...

... ; Beautiful views and fantastic food at great value of money.   We shared Calamari and a Seafood Bruschetta.   Annabelle then had Lobster Ravioli with shrimp, scallops and clams, whilst Chris had Shrimp Scampi on a bed of Linguini, ...

... shanty-town areas, but we stayed only one night as we had a deadline to get to Nairobi to meet Paul's parents. We left Annabelle behind and with 5 cyclists, cycles and kit we ventured south. It was all pretty much constant driving and we took 2 days to ...

We woke up at the back of our scary house and gathered our things together to take a shower. Chris stripped off and Annabelle dropped the $2 into the box to turn the hot water on.  He then jumped in, but the hot water did not start which left him ...