Occasionally we have absolutely brilliant timing, and our visit to Windsor Castle could not have been timed better. On Saturday 18 November we arrived just in time to see the changing of the guard in the area outside St. George’s Chapel. The ceremony lasted a full 30 minutes and I have no idea what any of it Read More »
I had waited forever for the plane to take off. Take off it did…and early! The flight was smooth and long (and non-stop! Go American Airlines!) I woke up around 2 AM my time to discover that I had two hours yet to go. I landed in London. While we were landing, my fellow seatmate Read More »
Today was another beautiful day in Scotland. Karin had a stomach ache and decided to take a day off to rest, so I hit the center of Glasgow on my own. It was interesting to experience traveling solo for the first time, a bit intimidating, but it wasn’t long before I got into the swing Read More »
Our last full day in Seahouses and the wather is not looking good. The boats can’t go out because of the wind and there are showers passing through. Still that doesn’t stop us heading for the beach – albeit for a walk rather than a swim. We are heading north into the cold wind, towards Read More »
Sun May 7, 2006 – I arrived in London Heathrow at 9:30AM. Decided to take the Heathrow express train to Paddington for £14. A little difficult with 2 heavy bags, but not impossible. Reached Paddington station in 15 mins flat. Taxi to Hilton Metropole. Driver scolded me because hotel was 2 blocks away from station and Read More »
It was so tough to leave Pengadaran, even tougher because it meant that we needed to get back on the god awful train. And it was god awful, as before. Luckily, it was only 4 hours, so we survived. Barely… lol I can say that I was honestly a little concerned to be going to Read More »
We’d liked to have written a bit sooner about Dubai, but the place we were staying had all these controls on the internet, and our host was never there for us to get him to relax some of them. So here we are, now in the UK, writing about what we got up to in Read More »
My second day in Dubai was lots of fun. It started with another drive through Dubai. This time Ursh and I wanted to check out some of the souks (markets). The traffic here is terrible though, and it took over an hour to get somewhere that in Sydney probably would have only taken 10 minutes. Read More »
The amazing thing about being a young, single guy studying abroad in Europe with lots of free time and little money is that you get the chance to see the rest of the world, very creatively (this is the part that involves little money). This past week was just such a chance: myself and the Read More »
Day One – Saturday 4th February 2006 We arrived at Ciampino Airport after a three hour flight from Glasgow Prestwick. http://i1.tinypic.com/nef30x.jpg We were met by a pre-arranged driver (recommended for ease and comfort). A forty minute transfer into Rome and it later became clear that the pre and in-flight drinks had dulled us to the motoring Read More »
