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Cycling in Norfolk
Holly and I went cycling in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire this weekend. It looked like rain and my back had been sore on Friday so we didn't do the planned Colchester to The Wash ride. Instead we headed…
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A week in Devon and Cornwall
Holly and I got back from a week in Devon and Cornwall on Saturday night. Very fun, though the weather was a bit crap. The week started with us hiring a car in London. Holly can only drive automatics…
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Brummy land weekend
Holly and I went to Birmingham, the UK's second largest city. Largely underrated due to its Midlands location, this city was the heart of the Industrial Revolution which probably caused more social up…
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Heading off to Devon and Cornwall
Tomorrow night we're heading South-West to a manor house from the Landmark Trust with about 16 others. Should be rather nice! After that we're heading further down into the SW corner of England to see…
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A little bit of snow...
It snowed last night here in London, which is quite unusual. It was really more of a blizzard at work in NW London, with about three inches dumped in only a few hours. Of course this meant there were…
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Raining in Hoi An
Well we're in Hoi An, the shopper's paradise. In this townm you can get a suit whipped up in a few hours for US$20, or anything you can find in a fashion magazine or photo. I've spent US$115 so far on…
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Still raining -- time to bail
Well it's still pouring down with rain here in Nha Trangh. It's quite sad as our plan for here was to spend three or four days lying on the beach sipping cocktails. Instead we've been wandering around…
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Raining raining raining
We're in Nha Trangh and it's been raining all yesterday and today. Looks like it might clear up by tomorrow, thank Bob. Not much to do in a beach town in the rain. Apparently there's a storm (typhoon…
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We love Vietnam!
It's funny how bad experiences contrast so readily with good. Last night we arrived in Dalat, the internal tourist capital of Vietnam. All the Viets have their honeymoons here. It's strewn with tacky…
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Dalat limerick
Initially quite dodgy Dalat We warmed to the people and all that Tourist Mafia is bad And poverty is sad But the motorbike tours are down pat
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In Dalat
We're now in Dalat. Not much to report except seeing lots of beautiful countryside on the 8 hour bus ride here. Dalat is the main tourist destination for Vietnamese. It's much cooler than Saigon, whic…
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Bad poetry
We've taken to writing limericks while sipping yummy Vietnamese beer about our travels. We'll do one or two poems a day about our travels. 2/10/2000 We jumped on a cyclo in Saigon And went "what the h…
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Snow!
It snowed this morning. Must have been a couple of inches at least, judging from the amount piled up on cars in the street. Not quite a white Christmas but nice nonetheless. Rachel called us at 5:30am…
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Holidays at last!
We're in Saigon and loving it. Apparently Saigon is the worst place in Vietnam, so it's only going to get better from here. Vietnam is an incredibly interesting place to travel. A communist country, i…
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Update time
Well it's been almost a month since I last told you what we're up to. Been a bit slack, I guess. I never thought I'd appreciate evergreen trees so much as being in London in Winter. The trees were a g…
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I'm an uncle!
Just got this email from my brother Anthony: At 11:15pm on Tuesday the 14th, Laura gave birth to a 4.175kg baby girl by C-Section Wahoo. Looks like I'm an uncle and Anthony and Laura are now parents.…
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Welcome to Sunny London
Well here we are in London at last. Our week in Paris was, of course, fantastic. Had lots of yummy cheese, met some excellent people and did a small amount of sightseeing. I guess I should talk about…
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Why do I love France?
I've been thinking about why I love France so much. It could be the food, the cheese, the wine, the peoplem the history. But really it's the lack of the anti-intellectual cultural cringe you see in Au…
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Halong Bay and off to Paris
We're back in Hanoi after 3 days going to Cat Ba Island in Halong Bay. We timed it perfectly and got beautiful sunny weather. That meant we got some swimming in. First off the boat and then at the bea…
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J'adore Paris
Spent the day today wandering around Paris. We have a weekly ticket on the Metro and travelled to the Arc de Triomphe and then wandered down the Champs-Elysee towards one of Paris' department stores.…