Around the world in 86 days

_Julia_ Tuesday (8th May 2007). Sam & Jenni had arrived, so the dangerous drinking stakes had just got higher for Craigles. We went to meet Ani, the wedding coordinator at Manuia Beach hotel, who I had months emailing and organising with. We fin...

 

Europe Summer 2005

My friend Anna and I decided that we needed to get away straight after the exams and so we headed for Europe. The plan was to see as much as possible whilst spending as little money as possible. We didn't get to see everything we would have liked to bu...

 

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 ...

 

London 1995

After a night in the upstairs room of a pub with an Australian girl called Corrina and a bottle of tequila I am smitten. She leaves a few days later to work in a pub in the Gambia. I book a ticket and fly back to Africa for the first time since leaving...

 

What Sound Does A Horse Make When It Hits A Train??

Well we are currently on the train from Zurich to Innsbruck. Beautiful scenery. We are now in an compartment train with two other girls who can't be any more than 16 and are smoking. That is one thing I don't think I will be able to get used to. Almost...

 

European countries and cities 2001-2006

I have visited the following countries and cities in Europe since I started traveling. Once again, so many memories and photo's hopefully I will be able to upload everything one day soon with descriptions and advice....

 

RIJKS Museum

We visited the RIJKS Museum. What a delight it was to see the famous The Nightwatch and other masterpieces We were surprised that a pricelss painting such as the Night Watch and other paintings were allowed to be viewed up very closely and it wa...

 

2005 plus

Side trips...

 

Central Europe and Korea

Because Denmark is so small and we had all day, the next morning we drove north to see the coast and Helsinger (where Hamlet's castle is) on our way to visit Daphne, Karin's mum, who lives in the south near where we'd take the ferry to Germany. Through...

 

Europe and Asia Extravaganza 2006

Hi! I have skipped over this entry temporarily. I have someone anxiously waiting on news about Ireland. I will come back to it as soon as I can. Best wishes from Yangshuo, China, Tiff...

 

the netherlands summer 2005

Participants: Sara Gavin, Ben Gavin, Erin Gavin, Quent Hietpas This trip was fantastic!!!!!!! It was kind of unexpected and I was frantic to renew my passport on time, but it all worked out. Highlights: the revamped Rembrandt House, Van Gogh mus...

 

The Summer of 06

Oh my god, right now I find Rome THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY in Europe. I don't really know why, but all the monuments and the renaissanse buildings and remains from the antique really made a big impression. a MUST SEE is the Trevi fountain and Forum Roman...

 

Contiki

Well back in London now after an awesome 15 days on contiki. It certainly wasn’t a holiday though. Average 4 hours sleep a night and 6 hours travel a day. You soon learn to sleep on the bus. Accommodation was in hotels and cabins in camp grounds. No...

 

Travelstan2007

On Saturday the 18th we boarded an overnight train from Kashgar to Turpan - an oasis city (famous for its grapes) on the northern edge of the Taklamakan desert. Within a couple of days we went from camping above 4000m to an elevation of 150m below sea ...

 

Barcelona- Berlin Connection

All evolves and all will pass. I've spent two months on meeting this girl secretly ever time her boyfriend was away. When one of my best friends here decides to go back to Spain and leave, she decides I can't go home alone that night. She comes with...

 

Life in the Netherlands

We decided to head to Belgium to spend a weekend in Bruges/Brugge - it's not a long drive from Holland. We left on the Friday (James was conveniently sick) and on the way stopped off at Madurodam. It's quite cheesy but also cool to see - there ar...

 

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...

 

2003

Sin city! ...

 

Interrailing 2005

Arrived in Berlin at 5 am!...

 

It begins... Europe 2006

After arriving in Valencia by air... a strenuous 45 minute flight... I managed to sit next to a friendly, yet mildly annoying american girl on the way over... we chatted for most the flight (well she did anyway, so that was okay) and then shared a cab ...

 

Post exam travelling!

So I had the good fortune to visit Switzerland for 5 days in mid-June. The first thing that struck me was - this country is expensive..the hotel room I had in zurich was decent accomodation but way more expensive than it would be in any other city. Wh...

 

Holland

We have just returned from Amsterdam – another country down, many more still to go! The weather was not the greatest, and we found it to be even more unpredictable than London’s weather! On arrival we dragged our suitcase down the main street of Ams...

 

Amsterdam

on april 6th me andy and rachel left our beloved dorm and took a long bus to london where we took a plane to amsterdam. when we arrived we found our hostel, the flying pig. it was a really amazing hostel with a huge area with pillows to sit on and a po...

 

"If I See Another Baroque Church, I'm Going to Scream and Then Puke"

Took a daytrip to Bratislava, Slovakia, with my friends Melissa and Jessica. Saw the local sights, but otherwise not a whole lot to do. Cheap though!...

 

Europe August-September 2005

The night train to Florence was one of the highlights of the trip for me. I tried to get some sleep early on because I was scared of missing the stop, but it was all too exciting. Changed at Pisa at 3:30am and fell asleep, woke up then nearly got off...

 

Mexico Ride

Well, I had to skip the US for a bit to renew my VISA, what better way than a quick visit of the gang in London, over to Paris to see the sites and then onto Amsterdam to um, sleep. Flew back into New York and spent a few days in New Jersey for work....

 

Toby, Koby and I @ Amsterdam, August 2006

 

The World Cup

Still too upset, pissed off, etc. to write this... Over it now, actually no, but enough to continue on. Let's just say that if this were handwritten last night, there may have been some smudging. Had my first alcohol free day on Sunday since...

 

Amsterdam

We went to Amsterdam and what a great place it is. The hotel we stayed in is right in the city centre. They are doing major building works on the very beautiful Amsterdam Central railway station. Every street and every shop is so interesting. ...

 

Ukraine 2004

Our plan landed in Kiev in the early moring. Our train ride to Simferopal didn't leave till dusk so we had the day to tour the city. I was awstruck to look at a city over five hundred years old. In the United States, the oldest cities we have are on...