Europe 2006

I arrived at Dusseldorf airport to have Pam and Pier pick me up. It was quite late in the evening, and the weather was not the flashest - so we grabbed a quick beer, a bite to eat, and headed back to Pam's place to have a nice long cachup! The next ...

 

Europe Gap Year 2005-2006

Have really enjoyed our time in London. Still feel like we're on holiday even though we have to work. London Weather: Not that bad! Even winter was bearable and the summer days are long and (mostly) sunny. Maybe we struck a good year? Londo...

 

Le Tour Du Mont Blanc 2006

DAY 4 The evening before was interesting; the weather had changed and we were 'treated' to a thunderstorm. Normally that doesn't present a problem, but when you've inadvertently pitched your tent next to an 8ft high metal washing-line pole... The w...

 

My world

Starting 12 May 2006 / Underwater pics of Tioman...

 

Marathon Journey

the Big Apple .. nothing like it ..the city or the marathon.. unbelievable! didn`t quite get the travel right on this one .. arrived the day before, walked across town to the expo and then woke up at midnight to the sound of my alarm.. race day came an...

 

Switzerland

Arrived in Geneva, late Tuesday, crashed and then got up early, picked up the car and drove to Bern via Rolle and Morges (small towns on Lac Leman/Lake Geneva). We had a look around Bern and then headed for Interlarken. After dull weather on the fi...

 

Western Europe 1999

Germany's Black Forest. Looked more green than black to me. Swiss town of Gruyere. Stinky, but tasty....

 

Friends are the family you choose - 2 years in London

I have been asked by a number of people to keep the stories coming. The feedback l have had from many of you has been so complimentary and flattering. I hope l can continue to make you laugh (l would be happy with a smile), sometimes cringe and l know ...

 

Yemen 2007

V.F. plus bas (je vais l'ecrire demain a Aden) Hello, Seen the volatile security situation east of sana'a in the desert, around the town of marib, where spanish tourists got killed in a car bomb about 2 months ago the yemeni police doesn't let to...

 

Shanthi's Excellent (British) Adventure

Comrades, commercialism, castles and crystal were on the agenda this month when Priya, Adnan, Rashida & I hit the gorgeous historical city of Prague, or Praha in Czech. A picture might well tell a story of a thousand words, but pictures of Pragu...

 

FONDUE TO FERRARI

2nd APRIL – 10th APRIL TOUR MEMBERS: Daniella Lang, Sharelle Tulloh, Michael Moir Monday 2nd April, Tuesday 3rd April – Geneva, Switzerland One is very quick to appreciate arriving in Switzerland days before Easter Sunday. Seriously in chocolat...

 

Spring Break 2006: Western Europe

Colina, Melissa, Martin, Andrew, and I travelled for 3.5 weeks around Western Europe during our month long spring break! Our story begins in Italy, where Martin was replaced by Colina's friend Tiffany for the week. We started our long "month&qu...

 

My Semester Abroad

Our weekend in Paris was full of interesting sites and people. Communicating in another language is always fun, especially when you don't know it. And as most of you all know I have a hard enough time communicating my thoughts in English let alone in...

 

Switzerland

Text to follow shortly, need to get all paper journals sorted. :-)...

 

Gap Year 2006

Firstly we left High Wycombe very early to begin our trip to Germany - 2:00am to be exact! We visited Berlin and Hamburg....

 

Lausanne, Switzerland (5 May-25 July 2006)

The Gods of Metal!!! Live ... just 30 m away from the main stage!...

 

Europe 2006

Geneva Arrived late wednesday night in a thunderstorm but had a really good hostel booked. Spent next day looking round the lake and museums in the sunshine but best of all the UN. Watched American Pie in the hostel at night and had dinner with some ...

 

Switzerland

On Friday the 5th of May we caught the TGV (Train Grande Vitesse, i.e. damn fast train) to Geneva. There we found the travel guides to be correct, Geneva is a very organised place. Hopped onto a train and 15 mins later were in the picturesque town of N...

 

Switzerland 2006

 

Mountain Biking in France

Having lived in London for a year without a mountain bike, it was the first thing to get packed when I returned to NZ for a holiday in April. Having managed five rides in 5 months since returning to London we decided it was time for some punishment in...

 

Western Eurotrippin 2006

Coming soon...

 

The Redecoration of Geneva

Geneva. The town that never wakes. 3 days in Geneva and there was hardly a shop open all weekend. Not that we planned on doing any shopping. Checking into the hotel I had booked a room with 5 beds. Based on past form Richie was stoked to be on the t...