Apr 2007

Quoting "Tim Hayes"

Travel destroys the monotony of everyday life.

It removes the security of familiar surroundings and challenges you to struggle with strange customs, exotic people and new ways of looking at the world.

It can make you feel vulnerable and helpless.

Yet ultimately, travel invigorates your soul and leaves you feeling more alive than ever.

Okay, this is just plain nuts.... Gadling has a post up on the fact that BA has decided to cut/airbrush out parts of the new James Bond flick, Casino Royale, that show Richard Branson and a logo of his airline Virgin.

Someone at BA should take a long hard look at the negative publicity they are going to generate on such a tiny detail, undoubtedly lost on 99.9% of their travellers anyway! Okay, so you obviously don't like the competition you are getting from Virgin. Suck it up and drop the movie from your entertainment altogether if you have a problem with it....

And to Sir Richard, if you are reading this, can I now also get a free flight in return for the promo? Come on, 007 got one!!

Every woman's worst nightmare; on a photo with the entire TP gang.... (from left to right - Dmitry, Sam, Bec, Eric and Peter). Sorry Rebecca for saddling you up with this photo

Yesterday was a big day for Eric. Not only did we let him out of the Travellerspoint dungeon for a whole day , he also took the opportunity of being out to get married!
Congratulations Eric and of course Rebecca (no, we don't know how he managed to find a good looking girl like that crazy enough to marry him either LOL)

Bao Xishun is the world's tallest man, measuring up to a mighty 2.36 metres (or 7 feet 8.95 inches if that's the way you prefer your measurements). In his native Mongolia, he's a herdsman, but since January 2005, when Guiness World Records announced that he's a whopping 2mm taller than the previous world record holder, he's been a busy man: last December, he saved the lives of two dolphins by pulling plastic from their gut; and now, he's married!

Now I may not be 2.36 metres tall, I may not be a herdsman and I may never have stuck my hand down a dolphins' throat, but I'm pleased to announce that I will be getting married.

This Thursday in fact

So as you can imagine, I won't be around to post in this blog for the next few weeks. That said, I'm sure Sam can pull out the occasional humorous YouTube video to entertain you.

As for me, I'm off and away!