Jon Jolly

my life and youth work…

Entries Tagged ‘Travel’

Going Away

Tidal River

Originally uploaded by bobweasel.

Today I’m off to Brecon in Wales for my last residential with The WIRE. The last two years we’ve been to the same place and I’ve always been stunned by the beautiful scenery. I’m on the lookout for more over the next few days!
We’re taking 9 young lads with us to [...]

CoffeeTea

This picture is of a billboard on the main highway outside Kuala Lumpur. Kirsty and I travelled past it a few times during our holiday and just had to take a photo as it took us a long time to work out the product it was advertising. Take a close look. Yes, it does actually [...]

Photos

DSCF0535

Originally uploaded by bobweasel.

I’ve been very economic with taking photos this trip because I borrowed a friends digital SLR and it only had a 128MB Compact Flash card. Today I found a good internet cafe that put all the photos onto CD for the grand price of a quid which means I can empty the [...]

Sabah (Northern Borneo), Malaysia

This is the first time I’ve managed to get to a PC while we’ve been away - my other two posts were done using my cameraphone! It’s surreal that I can get full internet and upload photos while standing in the middle of lush virgin rainforest surrounded by Orang Utans (and Kirsty)…
We flew into Kota [...]

Crazy Danes

The last 2 days, The WIRE have hosted another group of Danes who have come across the water (via Stansted at 1am) to witness our shining example of community work The guy leading the team was none other than Peter Senholt who until recently was a teacher at Skovbo Efterskole.
The last time I saw [...]

Long Overdue

This past week Kirsty and I have started booking our 2 week holiday to Malaysia. It’s been uncertain whether we would be able to go due to buying a house recently, but Kirsty has managed to pull it off on the cheap. That’s the advantage of being married to a Travel Agent!
We go really soon [...]