CAMBODIA | Saturday, 12 Sep 2009 | Views [488] | Comments [3]
Since I last wrote, a lot has happened, including pretty much every form of transport and entry into a whole new country! Right now I am sat in the capital city of Cambodia (Phohm Pehn) and watching children playing in the monsoon puddles in front of ... Read more >
THAILAND | Sunday, 6 Sep 2009 | Views [574] | Comments [1]
The sleeper train (or lack of sleep train as we came to know it) was actually really good fun and a real novelty experience. At 9:00 a train conductor came and converted our seats into bunk cabins, complete with privacy curtains. Whilst most of the train ... Read more >
THAILAND | Friday, 4 Sep 2009 | Views [554] | Comments [2]
I managed to meet the boys yesterday (thank goodness)and it was time to take on Bangkok city centre. We managed to find a good youth hostel (Siam Oriental); well, it has beds and a/c at least! The hostel is located on Khao San Road, which can only really ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Thursday, 3 Sep 2009 | Views [615] | Comments [2]
Well my trip to South East Asia took a typical Lucy turn as I leapt down the stairs and onto my sisters laptop plug...ouch! My grandma immediately began to freak out with the possibility of gangrene in an open wound, and it was down to mum to raid her ... Read more >
GERMANY | Wednesday, 26 Aug 2009 | Views [1168]
For my last day in Germany Danny had a real treat planned; we were to visit the fairytale castle of every little girl's dreams, Neuschwanstein. This is the castle which features in Chitty chitty bang bang, and upon which sleeping beauty's Disney castle ... Read more >
COSTA RICA | Saturday, 1 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery
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GERMANY | Saturday, 25 Jul 2009 | Views [495]
Reliant as ever on the weather to decide on our plan of action, the scheduled rain seemed like a perfect opportunity to make the pilgrimmage to Dacau. The holocaust had always seemed so distant, told in school history lessons as a warning to all humanity ... Read more >
Tags: concentration camp, germany, travel
GERMANY | Friday, 24 Jul 2009 | Views [3393] | Comments [1]
In an entirely uncharacteristic move Danny woke up pretty early (10ish, virtually daybreak by student standards) and we prepared to go into Munich city centre. My encounters with public transport continued as we travelled from Danny's home in Neubiberg ... Read more >
Tags: bike, city, munich, shops, travel
GERMANY | Thursday, 23 Jul 2009 | Views [570]
Travelling on a student budget it is always of prime importance to research the cheapest travel methods, with every penny counting towards the next trip. With the emergence of wonderful airlines such as ryanair and air asia the world has suddenly become ... Read more >
Tags: air, budget, delay, germany, travel
COSTA RICA | Friday, 2 Jan 2009 | Views [987]
http://www.travelmag.co.uk/article_1440.shtml The brutish animal stamped her foot and glowered at me with resentful eyes. The humidity was stifling, with moisture rising in waves from the mud and causing my t-shirt to stick to my back. The farmer ... Read more >
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