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I give a pottery demonstration and we visit a magnificent Chinese temple

Next we visited a pottery workshop. The potter gave us a display of his talents of ‘throwing a pot’ (= when you make a pot using a pottery wheel). I’d done some pottery at school,...

Angela M wrote a blog post 4 days ago

Our visit to a village on stilts and a beautiful Chinese temple

On our first day we set off early to visit Mengkabong an interesting village set above water on stilts (= wooden legs to keep the houses out of the water). I certainly didn’t feel safe traver...

Angela M wrote a blog post on 04 March 2010

Our first experiences and sights of Borneo

We arrived in amazing Borneo after a rather hair-raising (= terrifying) flight. We’d flown into Kuala Lumpur from London and had enjoyed shopping in the great airport there. However, on the s...

Angela M wrote a blog post on 20 February 2010

A visit to Rock and Padstow

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Angela M wrote a blog post on 18 February 2010

The Eden Project and Boscastle

Another brilliant, environmentally green project to visit in Cornwall is the Eden Project. This incredible project – looking rather ‘space age’ with its domes (called &lsq...

Angela M wrote a blog post on 07 February 2010

The Lost Gardens of Heligan

Cornwall in the south of the U.K. has some amazing countryside and coastline. If you are a lover of nature you could do no better than to visit the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Before you enter ...

Angela M wrote a blog post on 28 January 2010

Our journey and arrival in Cornwall

My friend was very excited about our trip back to Cornwall because we were going by helicopter – a form of transport she’d never experienced before. It wasn’t such a treat ...

PHANTOM2009 left a comment on 31 January 2010

AMAZING TRIP i never ride helicopter before ,,,,,,,,,are there any flights available ??iam so excited about travel on helicopter ,,, i can take panoram view from the sky ,,,,, wow it will be wonde...

Angela M wrote a blog post on 26 January 2010

A trip to Tresco

I had really been looking forward to visiting Tresco because I’d heard so much about its botanical gardens. The gardens were stunning as you can see. . The birds we...

Angela M wrote a blog post on 24 January 2010

A trip to St Agnes and Gugh Islands

The weather turned glorious for us. We set sail over blue seas for the tiny island of St Agnes. The sun was hot as we walked around the island, but we took our time and treated ourselves ...

Angela M wrote a blog post on 21 January 2010

Arrival at St Mary's

We boarded the ferry (named Scillonian III) and set off for St Mary’s. We were all hoping the weather would get better – it was windy and raining and not the holiday weather we had pray...

Angela M wrote a blog post on 20 January 2010

Fogged in!

We enjoyed our evening meal at a traditional English pub and checked into our Bed & Breakfast accommodation at the comfortable Leworthy Farm in Holsworthy. By then we were tired from our journey an...

Angela M wrote a blog post on 14 January 2010

A fleeting visit to Stonehenge

In 2007 I was very lucky to be invited by a friend to go on holiday. We were going to visit Devon, Cornwall and the Scilly Isles - a group of islands off the coast of Cornwall and referred to as &l...

Carmen left a comment on 15 January 2010

Angela M wrote a blog post on 12 September 2009

Meeting an Egyptian family and my night-time visit into the desert…

I returned to the hotel and got ready for my evening out. I felt rather uncomfortable at the prospect of going somewhere with someone I didn’t really know, particularly when no one kn...

Samantha Yuan left a comment on 09 January 2010

Admire your trip, hope i could meet a lot of lovely people when I am traveling!

I LOVE CATS left a comment on 13 September 2009

ok i think Egypt good country too

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Angela M wrote a blog post on 10 August 2009

Last day in Luxor

The next day I spent a relaxing time in the morning near the pool. After lunch I walked into town. There were some attractive houses which had been decorated by paintings on the outside: ...

Angela M left a comment on 02 September 2009

Hi white horse - I've travelled to many countries all over the world but it's true that Egypt is a beautiful and fascinating country. This was one of my favourite holidays ever!

Brave Horse left a comment on 15 August 2009

I am egyptian . I advice any one if he want to enjoy , relax or know any thing great ,he must visit egypt not only luxor but all over egypt . egypt is the greatest tourist country in all over the w...

Angela M wrote a blog post on 04 August 2009

Visiting Denderah temple

I had decided to have a relaxing time in Luxor and I spent a day being lazy with just a stroll into Luxor. There was one place, however, that I wanted to visit and that was Dendarah temple ...

Release Manager left a comment on 15 December 2009

the pics are ver y nice

Angela M wrote a blog post on 01 August 2009

A wonderful balloon trip, a quiz and a final party dinner…

This time the balloon trip was a success! It was a relaxing and blissful (= supremely happy) flight. The views were awesome. We flew over the Valley of the Kings. From our great vantage poi...

dagoflores left a comment on 03 December 2009

Quite interesting history, hope to see more like this.

Angela M wrote a blog post on 01 August 2009

Karnak Temple Sound & Light show …

After visiting the temples we were taken to the Sheraton Hotel. At the door we were greeted by jovial, smiling musicians. We had a late lunch and, feeling complet...

Angela M wrote a blog post on 27 July 2009

Ballooning and a visit to Karnak Temple…

Balloon trips are always scheduled for dawn in the desert so that means we had to get up when it is still as black as pitch. I looked rather pale and wan ( = tired) at breakfast after havin...

Khan left a comment on 28 July 2009

realy we got great information from your trip

Angela M wrote a blog post on 27 July 2009

End of the Nile cruise and arrival in Luxor…

The next evening it was the turn of the crew to provide the entertainment. All of the kitchen and waiting staff were dressed in their finery to perform Nubian style and, of course, we had t...

Khan left a comment on 23 July 2009

yeah really your trip is very successful and we also take good information from your trip

Angela M wrote a blog post on 22 July 2009

The Pyramids, the Sphinx and a camel ride...

Our flight took us to Cairo. It was a teeming, busy city and showed great diversity ranging from spectacular mosques and historical buildings to warrens (= a built-up area where the living ...

isis left a comment on 01 January 2010

thats great u enjoyed egypt my lovley country &welcome anytime &please come again :)

mustafa left a comment on 10 October 2009

wow it is my country , i love Egypt and i hope that you spent excellent time here and i hope to see you soon here .. my best wishes Mustafa

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