This isn39t as good as I had hoped it would be I had such a blast in the Philippines that I waited until I was back in the UK to write it... Think that says more about the Philippines than I ever couldWe were in Baguio when the typhoon hit. We were hoping to see the Ifago rice terraces but none of the buses were running because of the weather and now we were stuck. I didn39t want to

Moving to Jinja I sometimes feel I have been taken to the world that I heard about in stories from my parents and grandparents as well as the one I left nearly a year ago. Surrounding me are remnants from a Britain of 50 70 or 100 years ago and now. A traditional Britain is in the classroom where a teacher stands at the front and dictates to children parroting what is said and are caned if they

After a rush to the bus stop at 9am in the morning after sleeping in from watching an amazing band called Cellar Door from the night before at Cyprus Avenue in Cork we were on our way to Kinsale. We had visited the small seaside town only 2 weeks ago but we desperately wanted to visit Charles Fort After the 50 minute bus trip and a long read of our Music Film magazines we were finally there. W

Wednesday night4day weekend Its Dusshera tomorrow well technically today as I have begun writing this at past midnight and the next day so we have Thursday and Friday off as well as the weekend. And it cant come soon enough..it feels like an age since the summer holidays..Anna and I are continuing our onceamonthgetaway from Bangalore by making a trip to see the Ellora Caves and an

Sitting in my Emergency Exit Oman Airways 470 return to Bangkok flight on the second leg of a journey taking me from the recently Autumnised She Bush to the heat and humidity of Bangkok the lady in the seat next me and I started a conversation. I recall it was over the breakfast served after we hit 42000feet in the skies above Muscat and at about 5am UK time. She was travelling from

after reaching our first destination what was only 15 km away from home and for me the first time ever staying in a 5 star hotel we got welcomed with a nice bottle of prosecco in a junior suite at the 12 floor of Manhattan Hotel Rotterdam after settling in we got to our dinner appointment and got spoiled by the kitchen and the wine selection Mr. Boudewine had to offer to us later completly s

After weeks of beautiful French sunshine the weather has suddenly taken a turn for the worse. On Friday I witnessed my second day of Alsacian rain which is worse than Welsh rain because at least when it rains in Wales it brings some warmth. But here it rains and the temperature dramatically drops yesterday it was 10 C On Monday we were enjoying temperatures of 27 C but I39ve been told it do

Parijs 5 oktober 2011We hadden al een paar maanden op voorhand onze tickets geboekt met de bus naar Parijs. Opstap in Gent Dampoort. Onze tickets kosten 12 per persoon 3 extra administratieve kosten. De rit duurde een goeie 4 uur want de bus had wat vertraging.Busmaatschappij Eurolines de bus heeft verschillende opstapplaatsenBij de stophalte van Eurolines moet je de metro nemen. Alles

Vliegtuig en aankomst in Nieuw ZeelandOm 7u30 namen we de Orlybus vanop het plein DefertRochereau richting ParisOrly. De rit duurde een halfuurtje.Aangekomen in ParisOrly konden we onmiddellijk inchecken. We vonden geen plaats om onze bagage te laten inpakken in plastiek dus de rugzak ging zo op de band.Aan de balie was er eventjes bij mij paniek want de baliebediende vond het vreemd dat

My one week stay in Manila with Miss Kim as she is known to the locals has encompassed a little bit of luxury a lot of delicious food a smattering of culture both Filipino and expat and of course shopping.It39s hot but not unbearable its got Spanish influences and national heroes that died for the love of their country. It39s got 1 cocktails 10 massages and exquisite restaurants b

The cockerels crow at some ungodly hour but I manage to drift back to sleep until half nine I blame the time difference. Show dress and head out. Fist stop internet to see what my plans are for the couple of days. I find a plaza with cafes and unsecured wifi.It39s a slow connection that39s not helped by me being on battery power. Netta is still in Jakarta and looking for a good man may

Mentioned in this post Caryn Liza39s Christchurch roommate and Nelson cohabitant Derek Chris Ashley University of Canterbury classmatesOur time in Nelson has come to an end and on Saturday morning October 1 we were on our way to Wellington to see Canada take on the All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup. In true Nelson fashion the taxi driver stopped to let us pick up Caryn and run an

So its October already and today Ive been here 3 weeks........in reality it feels like Ive been here for more like 5 or 6 weeks.....wow. Every day is jammed packed with things happening and each week is full to the brim so days and weeks feel long in a good way but on the other hand it feels like time is racing by and I cannot believe that I only have 6 weeks left in Phnom Penh

Hi EveryoneWell we have had a busy week since arriving in Uzs and that doesnt include the town itself which we have hardly seen. On Sunday we went to see the Pont de Gard. I was expecting just to rock up and see this bridge over the river but they have done up the whole site. First you pay 15 euro to park the car but this includes access to a few things. You walk down a way to the us

Day one can39t promise any degree of regularity but if intentions count then start counting. House is locked up all the power switched off no gas to remember to switch off and on the occssion of my friend Nonee39s brthday the journey begins by fleeing Toy Town for points South. Flight about to be called so more from Bleak City and the splendor of the Q lounge with the possibility of some

It39s Sunday morning October 9th and it has been such a busy week. All day last Wednesday was our excursion to the Hakka houses and then we were teaching Thursday and Friday. Yesterday Saturday I went to the gym and Joyce and I went and had manipedis at a local salon get this for a little under chaching 16.00 Wow I could get used to that every week. Our internet connection has

Hello. We are back in Mount Beauty. It is good. We got a bit wet at the Glenelg river so we did not canoe and drove straight home. Thanks for reading my blogs. This is the last one. Bye. Jarrah

Late night on Friday so straight to bed to try to catch up on sleep so this might cover a couple of days or so.Friday was our Statue of Liberty day. We had prebooked tickets so that we could do the whole thing that is walk up the Statue to the Crown. They only allow apparently 240 people a day to walk up to the crown and they told us yesterday that 2011 had been completely booked out by June

When I eventually woke up this morning we went for a swim at the local country club where Sarah is a member of. We spend a good hour or 2 swimming around while taking turns looking after Hannah and Micah.We had buns and yummy salad fillings for lunch then we spent the next few hours mucking around home. I attempted to Skype Mum but the connection kept cutting out so that didn39t end up happenin

Namaskar I keep waiting for this feeling of excitement and wonder to overcome me the way it did when I first came to India but I am beginning to realize that it probably won39t happen everything here is familiar from needing to haggle with rickshaw drivers and fruitsellers to the taste of curried okra and naan bread. It39s a great feeling absolutely but not one where I am hyper over