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USA – Road Trip – Santa Cruz / Monterey – 4th/5th... →

We left our hostel fairly early so we could get to Monterey as we could see that the weather was better up the coast. En-route we stopped by along the coast next to the surfers museum…

Oct 27th

Thailand – Bangkok – 16th March →

A relaxing day in Bangkok exploring the streets and canals on foot, we picked up a few essential items for the wet weather which seemed to be imminent including umbrella’s and a decent dry pack. We…

Apr 15th

Thailand – Bangkok – 14th/15th March →

Today was to be our sightseeing day with a half day stint at the Grand Palace. We took the boat again to Tha Chang stop not far from the Palace area and followed some of the Lonely Planet’s…

Apr 11th

Thailand – Bangkok – Chatuchak Market – 13th March →

We started off the day by eating a fairly good breakfast included in our accommodation at the hostel, we’re not sure how 4 mornings of eggs and toast would go down! We spent a short while…

Apr 9th

Thailand – Bangkok – 12th March →

We stayed at a great hostel in Bangkok called Hostelling International Bangkok, it’s around half and hour from Khao San road heading up river. It’s a little tricky to find, especially at 5 in…

Apr 8th

Thailand – Pai – 5th-7th March →

Oh oh beautiful Pai! How we loved our days camping in our wonderful boutique style tent with views across the valleys…not to make people jealous but we really were spoilt and all for as little as…

Apr 6th

Laos – Luang Prabang – 25th-1st March →

We opted for a minivan to take us to Luang Prabang, it cost 110,000 kip as opposed to the 90,000 kip fee for a VIP bus, we’d heard that the roads are very windy indeed from Vang Vieng and we…

Apr 4th

Yangshou – New Years Eve – 31st December →

When we arrived in Yangshou we’d heard that the main cooking school ‘Yangshou Cooking School‘ offered some great half day classes so we booked this for the first part of the day. We had a pick up…

Jan 31st

Yangshou bike ride – 30th December →

We had breakfast at the hotel in the form of muesli and fruit before going off on bikes for the day. At Bamboo they have a good choice of mountain and city bikes (we opted for mountain bikes of…

Jan 29th

Yangshou – 29th December →

We were picked up at 8am by the taxi to take us to the tour bus in the centre of Guilin where we were met by a coach and several other tourists waiting for a little adventure. Our tour guide was a…

Jan 28th

Guilin – 28th December →

After a much needed lie in we got up and enjoyed a Wada breakfast eventually getting out at around midday to see some of Guilin’s sights. We booked ourselves onto a boat tour to take us to …

Jan 24th

Travel from Hong-Kong to Shenzhen to Guilin – 27th... →

We packed up and were ready to check out at around 11am. We’d read that we could leave our bags in luggage storage at the MTR station at Kowloon’s Hung Hom so that we could make the most of…

Jan 22nd

Lamma Island & a beach! 26th December →

Boxing Day is traditionally a time for eating the left overs from Christmas day, watching some great films and playing games with family and friends. However this year we wanted beach, sand and sea…

Jan 21st

Kunming Day 2 – 15th December →

As the weather and temperature was so good in Kunming we thought it would be a great chance to hire some bikes and get out and about. We made a packed lunch and hired the bikes from Cloudland…

Jan 9th

Helen Roscoe Photography - Three published shoots... →

Oct 14th

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Sep 28th

Sell Sell Sell →

Hello all. Im looking to sell my camera gear to fund yet more camera gear for the big travel trip. If anyone is interested then please get in touch and let me know. Ok here’s whats up for grabs,…

Sep 27th

Travelling… →

I am leaving work. The notice is handed in and I only have a few days left. I’m looking forward to my leaving party, it will be good to see new and old faces. Why am I leaving boxer? Helen and…

Sep 18th

JRP Website →

Jan Roscoe Publications asked me to create a new website for them to continue the new brand look and feel that I set out in the 2010 brouchure and mailshot design. Simple and miminal was the…

Sep 6th