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Some new, trip related, content

kincuri — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:55:50 +0000

I have uploaded about 10 new pictures from my trip onto Flickr

Also, I have created a new video of my Sony Rolly, dancing to Justin Timberlake’s Sexy Back:

It was nice to go through some of the pics taken during the trip and managed to find some that were rather decent, but missed the first time through.

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London to Cardiff

kincuri — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:24:55 +0000

Happily, the trip continues to go smoothly, after making the trip from London to Cardiff, where I will spend just less than a week before heading back to London.

I was lucky to be able to jump off the train and walk down to where my accommodation is (right on the River Taff!). The apartment is part of a newly finished development just down from Cardiff Bay, so it’s brand new, fully furnished, and makes for a pleasant change from the student accommodation I had in London (I have my own bathroom and kitchen…)

The view from my apartment

I headed down to Cardiff Bay for dinner, fish and chips again (the meal I think I’ve eaten the most since getting into the UK, all of which have been very good). Taking in some of the Doctor Who/Torchwood sights whilst I was there

Torchwood seems to have taken on a new image, with the water tower donning a strawberry theme.

I had almost forgotten that there was supposed to be a local Rugby match in Cardiff last night! It was pretty good timing, as it was the first game of the season, as well as the first game for the Cardiff Blues at the brand new Cardiff City Stadium, which has around the same capacity, and eventual crowd (around 8,500) as Canberra Stadium. Being more enclosed than Canberra, the crowd came across much louder (and very passionate!) compared to a Raiders match.

It was an exciting match too, with Cardiff only just losing out to Edinburgh by 1 point (22 to 21). The Blues had been trailing by 6 points for most of the second half, but managed to score a try with about 3 minutes to go, but unfortunately missed the conversion.

Similar to the signs around the town, all of the match announcements were made in Welch before being said again in English. Its nice to see that the local language is still being supported.

About to head out to see the Doctor Who exhibition at the Red Dragon centre this morning. In preparation, and for education, I thought I should try marmite for breakfast this morning. Despite it smelling horrible compared to Vegemite, and having a consistency similar to honey, happily it didn’t taste too drastically different from vegemite.

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First Post: Concentrate and make it poignant

kincuri — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:12:25 +0000

Howdy all,

A little over a week from now (and I mean like in 7 days and 3 hours time) I will begin probably my biggest adventure to date! It will be the beginning of a trip I have been planning for a least the last 6 months.

Sparked group of students at my brother’s school (my former college and a group which my brother was a member) winning the right to enter an International student engineering competition (F1 in Schools), I will eventually find myself in London in the middle of September.

For more information on the competition, visit F1 in Schools

Prior to this, I will be making my first venture outside of Australia, starting in Japan, moving on to London, Cardiff, Bangor (Wales), back to London, possibly venturing into France and then back home via Tokyo.

I plan to update this blog as I go, primarily as a way for me to document my adventure, but also to give others who are planning to visit the same places I do into the future an idea of what they are like. I will hopefully be able to post images and maybe video of the places I visit!

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