Author Archives: James

Lima – where Marrakesh meets Bangkok

Tue, 6 May, 2008 – 8:49 PM MDT

We had an extremely long day yesterday. Starting at 4:30am from Heathrow we didn’t get to Lima until around midnight GMT. Not surprisingly we were a little tired. Being a bit spaced out we were glad not to be driving through the manic roads. Lima seems like a cross between Marrakesh and Bangkok. There were [...]

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Going, Going, Gone

Sun, 4 May, 2008 – 5:48 AM MDT

Today is our last full day in the UK. We are both a little sad to be leaving but Susan is also quite worried about packing and the lack of toilets on the Inca Trail.
Saturday we travelled back to London and we visited work friends of mine and Susan’s. After that zipped into the city [...]

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Saying Goodbye to the Rellies

Fri, 2 May, 2008 – 5:45 AM MDT

For the last few weeks we have been travelling around the country. We managed to clock up 2200 miles and have been saying goodbye to my family before we go back to New Zealand.

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Isle of Skye and Inverness

Sun, 20 April, 2008 – 5:46 AM MDT

Continuing our epic trip we went as far north as we have been in the UK. We stopped at the UK’s most photographed castle and duly took loads of pics. Scotland was still looking very much like New Zealand. I wondered if all the Scot’s who emigrated in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s felt [...]

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Stirling and in Search of Nessie

Fri, 18 April, 2008 – 5:43 AM MDT

This morning we visited the Falkirk Wheel which was a mildly interesting. They built the Wheel to overcome 11 locks which were needed for canal boats to move between two Scottish canals. It does this by lifting the boat up to the higher level, apparently using such a similar amount of electricity that it takes [...]

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Travelling to Scotland

Thu, 17 April, 2008 – 5:36 AM MDT

Today we left the Yorkshire Dales but before we could leave we needed to get our customary fridge magnet and obligatory tweed peak caps. We decided to stop at Hawes which was home of a Wensleydale Cheese factory and overload on cheese. We are both feeling a little stodgy after all these B&B fired breakfast [...]

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