http://www.rachelmacdonald.org/blog The clan around the Globe Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:53:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi just thought I would update folk on our whereabouts! We are home and settling back in to Southport. Hamish is working three days a week..and I am looking for paid work at the moment. Hasn’t Britain got even more expensive in this last year! We have been doing lots ... http://www.rachelmacdonald.org/blog/archives/2008/06/10/settling-in/ Final pictures from India, and our arrival home  Hello all...I am writing this from my parents house in Plymouth..feeling rested..well fed and glad to be home again!We spent our last night in Delhi in a revolving restaurant which was lovely..and made it to the airport on time.We said our tearful ... http://www.rachelmacdonald.org/blog/archives/2008/05/06/to-delhi-and-home/ More pics of journey. Well we survived the 36 hour journey to Delhi..the train was an hour late but arrived 2 hours early..tell me how that works! Delhi has lovely green parks grand buildings and feels very different to Mumbai...but the general traffic chaos is the same. We saw some ... http://www.rachelmacdonald.org/blog/archives/2008/05/02/train-to-new-delhi/ Hello all..Here are some of Seth’s photos he has taken along the way..Mostly animals..hope you like them. Well...soon we get a train in the middle of the night to Delhi..It is 36hours..Providing there are no delays (very unlikely in India!).Once in Delhi we will have a 4hour drive to the ... http://www.rachelmacdonald.org/blog/archives/2008/04/26/seths-pics/ Hello all..well we continue to be amazed by India..I will start with interesting news clips(the news and papers here are most entertaining).In our first week here there was a story of a baby who was born on a train and slipped right through the toilet onto the train tracks of ... http://www.rachelmacdonald.org/blog/archives/2008/04/21/india-strange-and-bizzare-news/ Click picture below for album Hi, a little spare time to keep you updated of our adventures, the children are watching a film and are quiet (a rare moment) oh they have just come through..asking for food(tea was only an hour ago!) and tell me the movies over. Why do kids ... http://www.rachelmacdonald.org/blog/archives/2008/04/16/more-india/ Sunset over Mumbai Check out the pics Hi blog readers..We had a safe trip to Singapore for our onward flight to India...we had planned to sleep in the airport but ended up being amused by all the wonderful things in this superb airport..football on the floor with a laser moving football..doing ... http://www.rachelmacdonald.org/blog/archives/2008/04/04/goa-mumbai/ Well we have spent a week here and it has been wonderful would love to come back some day.Kuching(cat city) is so pleasant and you can walk everywhere which is great.It is a laid back safe place, and wandering down the river is so pretty especially in the evening.The highlights ... http://www.rachelmacdonald.org/blog/archives/2008/03/21/kuching-sarawak-borneo/ Well off we went for a lively couple of days in Kuala Lumpur, a vibrant city..walked around in awe of huge buildings..interesting mosques...and general chaos of a large city. We headed to the west coast to Terengganu for a few wet days!!Darcy wasn't too well with a cold sinus trouble..so ... http://www.rachelmacdonald.org/blog/archives/2008/03/14/finding-nemo-in-malaysia/ More from Australia. uluru(ayers rock) Alice springs and Australia Z00 Click pic below for loads of pics. http://www.rachelmacdonald.org/blog/archives/2008/03/14/australia-2/