NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [468]
November 1-6 We eaten a lot of great meals while we've been in NZ and while at Ian and Louise's. When we were in Aukland that first week I got addicted to kebabs either lamb or falafal with yogurt and sweet chili sauce. I've eaten more meat in the ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [471]
October 24-31 Where has the time gone? The days have been just flying by. The weather has been mostly windy with gusts of rain here and there, chilly at night but when the sun comes out it really beats down on you. I went for a jog one day and after ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [313]
October 23 - Monday It was bright and sunny just a few moments ago but now it's dark, completely overcast and, I think, it's hailing. THe sheep have left the field below, for shelter, no doubt and our little caravan is swaying a bit from the wind ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [323]
October 20 - Friday It was nice sleeping in our new tent. It'll take some getting used to but it's really reassuring to have the bikes in the porch so we know they're safe - especially since we don't have a window that we can just peek out of to see ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [246]
October 17 - Tuesday Auckland, NZ A beautiful sunny, albeit windy day. We were going to take our bikes for their first real ride today. Jon and I were both itching to go riding and had missed pedalling while we were in Asia. Tortured with the bikes ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [358]
October 16 - Monday Auckland, NZ It was like we were back home in Seattle. The weather was completely overcast there was no hope of the sun breaking through these thick gray clouds. I was up and paid for "one more night" at the guest house ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [379]
October 15 - Sunday Auckland Still no word about our bags so we paid for another night. The "breakfast" that came with our accomodation fee consisted of bread, butter, and vegemite. I tried vegemite while at Rory's house in England - he ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [378]
October 14 - Saturday Auckland, New Zealand We slept in until noon. I have a vague recollection of vacuuming in the hall outside our door and someone using an electric saw at the construction site next door. "Whoa, it's really late." - J I've ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [467]
October 13 - Friday Auckland, New Zealand Oh my god. I have never been so glad to be somewhere. Finally, we are at our destination. Five countries, five time zones, two different airlines and several foil-wrapped meals later, we're here. But not ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [339] | Comments [1]
October 12 - Thursday Singapore Auckland, New Zealand We slept in a bit. Check out time wasn't until noon and we were in that room until the last minute still trying to shave off a little more weight from our luggage. The bike boxes said they were ... Read more >
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SINGAPORE | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [288]
October 11 - Wednesday Hong Kong International Airport Bangkok's new International Airport Singapore Our flight out of Hong Kong left around 0900. We were up and heading for our gate around 0700. I hurt everywhere and from the looks of Jon's face ... Read more >
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CHINA | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [221]
October 10 - Tuesday Seoul, South Korea Hong Kong International Airport We spent the morning doing last minute research on the internet, downsizing as much as possible to fit as much as possible in the carry on bags and as little as possible in the ... Read more >
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SOUTH KOREA | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [311]
October 8 - Sunday Seoul We had the best brunch in the mezzanine level of the hotel this morning. I had waffles with actual, honest to goodness imitation maple syrup. It was really good. The entire spread was pretty impressive with salads, omlette ... Read more >
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SOUTH KOREA | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [292]
October 1 - Sunday Seoul I braced myself against the idea of another long day. My uncle wanted to take us to some island that he though we would enjoy that was north of Seoul so we trooped out again and met him, my cousin and her two kids at the Anyang ... Read more >
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SOUTH KOREA | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [246]
September 29 - Friday Seoul It felt really good to be in Korea again - more than I thought it would. It was also good to see my parents and sister but strangely, for that first day in town, I felt more homesick being around them than I had when we ... Read more >
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SOUTH KOREA | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [267]
September 28 - Thursday Seoul We were up bright and early. Jon, Mary and I were sharing a room across the hall from mom and dad. Mary was able to get a laptop computer for our room. Mom had the day planned, she had some things to accomplish while ... Read more >
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SOUTH KOREA | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [221]
Septeber 27, Wednesday Seoul What a whirlwind! I'm doubley glad we kicked back and took it easy in Thailand because we've been going virtually nonstop since we arrived in Korea at 0455 last Tuesday morning. I had slept most of the way from Hong Kong ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [248]
September 20 - Wednesday It's interesting how the US has all of these legal standards/codes that must be met and maintain by businesses. For example medical facilities, restaurants/food service areas and building and construction. The buildings across ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [412]
September 24 - Sunday Karon Beach, Phuket Our last full day at the beach. I'm at a coffee shop looking out over the Andaman Sea. It looks like we'll be seeing some more of monsoon season today. The horizon is dark with cloads, the horizon starts ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006 | Views [368]
September 19 - Tuesday "Is today Tuesday?" - S "Hang on." - J as he checks the day feature on his watch. "Yep. Tuesday. I can't believe it." - J We're losing track again. We moved residences today after two nights ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Friday, 22 Sep 2006 | Views [204]
Hello We're still in Phuket and are reading the emails about the coup. We've actually been a little ignorant with no english news channels and of the two english speaking tv channels we do have (HBO and Cinemax) they don't exactly interrupt with "... Read more >
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THAILAND | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [322] | Comments [2]
September 14 Kata Beach Staying in one location and using it as a base camp has some advantages I didn't foresee. Take yesterday for example. The monsoon season was rearing its ugly head with the rain just pouring down, so Jon and I holed up in our ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [301]
September 12 Kata Beach, Thailand "Enjoy your days, enjoy the gift that is your life. Life is short, but the work goes on forever." I just read this in a National Geographic that's from October 2005. I'm in the Summer Coffee House just ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [255]
Kata Beach September 11 I was able to get up early today and go for a job along the beach. I don't know why I kid myself into thinking that if I sleep in, I'll exercise later in the afternoon. So there I was with a handful of other joggers on the ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [261]
September 8 It's hard going down when you've been up. We had to find new accomodations since our days of luxury coming to an end . It was glorious while it lasted - and we haven't left yet but by this time tomorrow we'll be someplace ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [325]
September 11 The Beach There is something about airplanes, trains too I've learned since starting this trip, that just lulls me to sleep. We were up early at at the airport for our flight to Phuket. We didn't have an actual flight ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [413]
Early September After about our third day in Bangkok the shine was starting to wear off and the jet lag just wasn't going away. It's hard to make a baht in this city. Taxi and tuk tuk drivers are aggressive walking right up to you and tapping Jon ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [269] | Comments [1]
September 8 friday One thing that Bangkok taught me was that I am definitely not a city girl. The shopping in Bangkok was great and after the initial shock and awe that comes with first time exposure to the markets and shopping malls of ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [352]
September 7 - Thursday We flew into Bangkok on the first of September after over 12 hours of travel. Just over six hours of flights between London and Dubai and Dubai to Bangkok. We had a three hours lay over in Dubai which was cool except ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [312]
My Autobiograghy Hi. My name is William Robert Peake, but I like to be called Will or Peakey. I live in Twyning, which is near Tewkesbury! Yay! I have just changed schools this year, from Twyning School to Pates ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [256]
August 31-September 1 Thursday and Friday We thought we had everything planned out to leave for the airport. Tickets and departure times were checked and double checked. Rory was kind enough to drive us the couple hours all the way to the airport ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [199]
August 30 - Wednesday Poole and Portland Rory was feeling a whole lot better this morning and suggested we go down to his family's chalet d on the coast. Jon and I had heard a lot about this place and were excited not only that Rory was feeling better ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [288]
August 24-29 Friday - Tuesday Poole Rory's house Catherine was kind enough to take us to Slough to catch a train to Poole where we would be staying with Rory until we left for Thailand. It's been a wonderfully relaxing, laid back last few days. ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [375]
August 22-23 Chalfont St. Giles and Wendover Catherine was kind enough to take us sightseeing at Windsor Castle. We went all over the castle except actually into the castle itself. Both Jon and Catherine had been in before and I didn't feel like spending ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [265]
August 21 - Monday Twynings to Chalfont St. Giles via Stratford-upon-Avon We were up and packing and repacking trying to get things organized and consolidated as much as possible. We had gotten things down to the backpack, two and a half small bags, ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [209]
August 20 - Sunday Twyning It was a working day today. We woke up to a gray overcast day there was no rain in the morning so we went for a jog along the river. We went through flat pastures with sheep grazing. The sheep weren't quite sure what to ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [225]
August 18 Friday Twyning We didn't get downstairs to breakfast until around 0930-ish. Jon had made us a couple of big bowls of porridge. We were meeting the boys and going to Ledbury and the Malvern Hills. I had done a little homework the night ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [307]
August 16 - Wednesday Our alarm went off at 0715. We were determined to get the most out of our ฃ54. "Let's get up and pig out" - J Not really sure what a proper Scottish breakfast included we got dressed and went to the dining room. It ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [287]
August 15 - Tuesday St. Monans to Glasgow We were out of camp by 0730 and had about 20 miles to get to Kirkcaldy to catch the train to Glasgow. It was overcast and slightly chilly. The terrain had some rolling hills. Jon and I had a talk and he said ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 27 Aug 2006 | Views [211]
August 14 - Monday St. Monans I woke up completely under the covers of the sleeping back - I thought it was still dark outside but when I turned over and was blinded by the bright sun I realized that I was camping again. Where was this sun yesterday?! ... Read more >
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