St Andrews and the Highlands

Greetings from Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. It is beautiful here and we've been having a good time. Our journey didn't start off so well, though! Yesterday, from the moment we woke up in Edinburgh until into the evening, it poured down rain. And I mean poured! This was no gentle British mist, but full-on Oregon-style rain.[...]

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by Jour ~ Thursday, September 30, 2010 0 comments

On the wall of an Indian restaurant in Kowloon

I understood the true meaning of  being "world famous " while looking at these posters in an Indian restaurant - Woodlands - Celebrity Rajinikanth is apparently big here too as tickets for Endhiran are sold here..Did I hear someone say Move over Bollywood &nbs[...]

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by Jour ~ Thursday, September 30, 2010 0 comments

290910; Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

After a girls night out, I just came back home. It was so much fun!Seeing my girls for the last time before I will leave them for 11 weeks.The whole night we drunk prosecco, prosecco and yes more prosecco...Swinging our hips around and most of all: enjoying the night....We girls just[...]

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by Jour ~ Wednesday, September 29, 2010 0 comments

Melrose to Edinburgh

Edinburgh is one of my favorite cities and we've been here for three days, so buckle up, this is a big one!Melrose and RosslynSunday morning in Melrose we had our first "full Scottish breakfast," which includes all the usual suspects of the "full English" (ham, sausage, eggs, tomato, mushrooms) plus a potato scone, haggis and black[...]

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by Jour ~ Tuesday, September 28, 2010 0 comments

Durham to Melrose

Now that I have some free time in rainy Edinburgh, I want to share the fun we had on Saturday, a really busy day during which we visited no less than six great sights. Here's the route:View Larger MapDurhamWe slept great in our Radisson BLU Durham and had a delicious buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant. The bus-girls were so[...]

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by Jour ~ Monday, September 27, 2010 0 comments

Hats off to Bali

Outside a temple in Bali[...]

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by Jour ~ Saturday, September 25, 2010 0 comments

Chinese Lanterns in Kowloon

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by Jour ~ Saturday, September 25, 2010 0 comments

240910; Fall Approve

Shearling: check. Brown: check. Wedges: check.My new shoes are definitely fall approve.I actually wasn't allowed to buy any new items, to save money for the trip. ..But how could I resist these beauties?!They are made for walking and its definitely a great item for this fall season...Brown[...]

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by Jour ~ Saturday, September 25, 2010 0 comments

Nameri National Park

Here is another guest post by Arun Bhat , as he shares his experiences at Nameri National Park , located in  North East India.The one thing that I will always remember about Nameri is the story that the manager at Nameri Eco Camp told me. ‘We had two birders from Europe who were[...]

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by Jour ~ Saturday, September 25, 2010 0 comments

Beverley to Durham

Beverley, cont.It was another full day today! But I think that will be the case pretty much every day, so you can just assume that from now on. But first, here are the other photos of Beverley I wasn't able to post last night.Beverley has cream-colored phone boxes instead of the usual red, because they are municipally sponsored[...]

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by Jour ~ Friday, September 24, 2010 0 comments

A day in Anegundi , Hampi

Anegundi lies across Hampi on the other side of the Tungabhadra. This village is older than Hampi and is said to be the other of the Vijaynagar empire and is believed to be the mythical Kishkinta or the monkey kingdom of the RamayanaFor more beautiful skies across the world, click hereIm[...]

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by Jour ~ Thursday, September 23, 2010 0 comments

Norwich, Lincoln, Beverley

Lots of good stuff to share in this post so it's a bit of a long one, but I've included as many food photos as possible!Yesterday morning in Cambridge, we got up at 6am, David made another cooked breakfast, and we got on the road by 7. The 1.5 hour drive was fairly good, but there was a lot more traffic than we expected.Based on[...]

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by Jour ~ Thursday, September 23, 2010 0 comments

220910; FALLing Into Pieces

Since yesterday it's officially fall. But Fall seems to be gentle with us, for a day or two. Probably the last warm days for September in The Netherlands and I'm enjoying every minute of it!With the sun shining today I couldn't resist to wear a dress with bare legs. And what do I need[...]

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by Jour ~ Wednesday, September 22, 2010 0 comments

Eagle Nest National Park

Blogger and photographer Arun Bhat will be sharing some of his unique experiences in this post as he travels to the Eagle Nest National Park in Arunachal PradeshMy introduction to Eaglenest National Park happened through a forwarded email. It was the first time I was hearing about this[...]

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by Jour ~ Wednesday, September 22, 2010 0 comments

Canterbury to Cambridge

Yesterday morning we went inside Canterbury Cathedral as soon as it opened at 9am and started in the crypt, which was closed last time we visited so was great to see. It is the biggest crypt I've ever seen, stretching nearly the whole length of the cathedral. It's also the oldest part, dating from the early 1100s. That means it's[...]

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by Jour ~ Tuesday, September 21, 2010 0 comments

Lakshmi Sharath and her three bears

This is no fairy tale, but the setting definitely is like one . I was staying at the Sloth Bear Resort in Hampi-Kamalapur run by Jungle Lodges and Resorts last weekend. And I spent three hours in Daroji,Wildlife Sanctuary watching the bears fight each other while a  mother protects[...]

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by Jour ~ Tuesday, September 21, 2010 0 comments

200910; You Make It Real For Me

The last day of my long weekend break I spent together with my bf. We slept till noon and had a delicious breakfast.After eating our stomach full, we got dressed up with a comfy outfit and we went out in the city of Rotterdam.Spending hours in shops and drooling over all the beautiful[...]

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by Jour ~ Monday, September 20, 2010 0 comments

Brussels to Canterbury

We are back in the UK and so happy to be here! It's kind of strange in a way - everything is so familiar that it seems like returning to the USA was all a dream and soon we'll drive back to our place in Oxford. We've revisited several of our favorite things already: Marks & Spencers, Pepsi Max (even more delicious than I remember),[...]

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by Jour ~ Sunday, September 19, 2010 0 comments

Leiden to Brussels

Tonight I am so tired I can barely keep my eyes open! And it is only 8:30. Sad. Hopefully we'll get a good night's sleep tonight and be done with the jet lag.This morning we were both wide awake at around 3:30am, so we went down to the hotel restaurant with our computers until around 5. David got a little more sleep after that,[...]

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by Jour ~ Saturday, September 18, 2010 0 comments

170910; Weekend Break

Weekend has started and I'm off work for four days.I want to relax now and hang out with my family and my love.Dress up and party a little bit.....Enjoy your weekend!..Black Leather Jacket; AsosBlack Worker Boots; EbayFur Circle Scarf; DIYKnotted Skirt; AsosWhite Blouse; H&am[...]

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by Jour ~ Friday, September 17, 2010 0 comments

The Eagle Has Landed

Greetings from the Netherlands! We are really tired but happy to be here. Our flight was very smooth and really could not have been better (in coach anyway). It was scheduled to depart at 1:30 and we backed away from the gate at 1:29. Impressive! We had good seats in the front just behind first class (although that means we had[...]

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by Jour ~ Friday, September 17, 2010 0 comments

My weekend destination - Hampi-Daroji

I am heading out for the weekend , thanks to Jungle Lodges and Resorts who have opened a new property in the heritage town of Hampi , close to the sloth bear sanctuary of Daroji. Have a great weekend folks[...]

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by Jour ~ Friday, September 17, 2010 0 comments