I've been living in the UK almost 2 years now.. Close enough to say it's home. It's summer again and with all the tripping around I can't really say that I have seen the UK properly! My grandfather always use to say that you shouldn't really travel until you have seen your own country so in Mackenzie tradition I popped over to what some would call 'Gods Own' - Cardiff, Wales. The welsh were nothing short of hospitable and they turned out to be everything they s...

After a uk winter-fill of rain and coldness... i decided to take action and do what only a true brit would do in my case... plan a european mid winter summer break... Well to be honest i threw the idea out to Josie who intrue best budd form planned a fantastic week holiday away to the Canary Island ... Tenerife Baby!! The island was a british haven filled with very few spanish and loads of english even though it was off-season.. we spend the week soaking up the s...

Italy done and dusted .. so where to next huh ??? well secretly (at no discredit of my previous travels) but the best is yet to come!!! Leaving Italy... after experiencing the beautiful coastline villages of the Chinqua Terra .. literally meaning 5 villages.. need i explain more??? Baked in sun and well rested particuarly thanks to convincing one my fellow backpackers who just happened to be a head chef for a top celeb LA resturant that it would be JUST great if...

Lyndall is a backpacker!!! Finally... is more like it !! Finished up my four month contract at wexham park hospital.. sad to leave... but not sad enough to keep me away from euro summer 08 baby!!!... of course. After much group organising (Thanks girls!) organising being group not because a group of us are traveling ... only group effort because it turns out that lyndall at the age of 24yrs can not make an alone decision when it comes to traveling! But we finally...

From Beautiful Bath in England to Luxurious Les Get's in France... i some how ended up in Slough just outside london... how did it all go so wrong...?? :) Wait let me start from the beginning (it's a very good place to start.. for all those fans of sound of music) After my few months of exploring denmark and ireland i decided it was time to head back sunny ol' england (in the non sunny sense.. that is) But to turn each postive into a negative .. i didnt just h...