UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 2 Jan 2007 | Views [232]
Well, the Hogmanay that wasn't actually. The street party in the centre of Edinburgh was cancelled due to "adverse weather conditions" (the general theme of my holiday...), being 60+ mph winds, rain and bitter temps. Aside from that (and ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 29 Dec 2006 | Views [235]
Back in this beautiful city ... cold out there tho. My overnight train was uneventful, if a little too warm, but a cabin with meals included in the ticket price (yoghurt and bread good, not so keen on miscellaneous pate and salami) and I had nice cabin-... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 27 Dec 2006 | Views [421]
I got a blink-and-you-miss it tour of St Petes thanks to Roman, the "On the Go" tours manager, driving around the heart of the city, so I have seen the outside of the Hermitage, St Isaacs cathedral, cathedral of spilt blood, some (now very salubrious) ... Read more >
Tags: Snow
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 23 Dec 2006 | Views [258]
The British media generally lack imagination. Every serial murderer is dubbed the someplace-shire ripper. Politians never have affairs, only steamy romps. And when Heathrow is virtually closed by fog, it is nothing short of "travel chaos" and the TV breakfast ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 12 Dec 2006 | Views [211]
The Christmas trees are up on each office floor now and very prettily decorated with lights giving off a cosy glow when its dark at 4pm! We had the joint office party last Friday (there are 2 offices in London) at Claridges Hotel - I've put lots of ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 22 Nov 2006 | Views [269]
It's been nearly a year, time to dust off the old journal and post some more adventures. Unfortunately, life in London boasts few adventures of the travel variety, although there are plans afoot for a Russian Christmas, and also a trip to the Continent ... Read more >
Tags: Work
CHINA | Friday, 23 Dec 2005 | Views [342] | Comments [3]
I've spent the last few days on a bit of an eclectic tour of Beijing owing to extreme coldness - today and yesterday have been marginally warmer, which is great as I've lost my third pair of gloves so far this winter, and my hat also! The Forbidden ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Friday, 23 Dec 2005 | Views [301] | Comments [3]
Here are a few details about transport, departure times and costs from the trip from Korla to Beijing - I found that much of the info in the guidebooks was out of date. The prices are for the low season, and are in RMB, and the times are correct as ... Read more >
Tags: Budgets & money
CHINA | Tuesday, 20 Dec 2005 | Views [302]
I have just arrived in Beijing and will go to see the Forbidden City in a moment, but before I do ... Spent yesterday in Xi'an on the 'Eastern day trip' to see the Terracotta Army. It was amazing, so big, and so ancient. The site is enormous, with ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Sunday, 18 Dec 2005 | Views [309] | Comments [1]
Well, I survived the train - managed to upgrade to a hard sleeper in Lanzhou, 12 hours into the journey after crouching on my backpack in the aisle being stared at, tripped over and peed on (almost) by an infant (and its mother was encouraging it to ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
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