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Week 21 – Roxanne – Chiang Mai, Thailand

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:47:01 +0000

After performing in an elephant show, Roxy gets a surprise visitor. She later learns about her now infamous punishment…

South Africa Lion Park

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:48:09 +0000

i-to-i travellers describe the delights of working with some of the world’s most beautiful animals at the Lion Park in South Africa. If you’d like to go on the same trip check out www.i-to-i.com

Week 25 – Andre – RAF Honington, UK

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:55:08 +0000

We return to RAF Honington in the UK to put Andre’s fitness and intelligence to the test.

Week 1 – Andre – Bangkok, Thailand

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:51:17 +0000

Andre arrives in Bangkok, Thailand, and immediately hits the town to make “friends”…

Keith Lemon, BBC Six Music With George Lamb – part 1 of 3

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:48:37 +0000

Classic Keith with George Lamb 22/01/2008

Jonathan Swain just manages to avoid swearing live on GMTV while bungee jumping

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:11:17 +0000

As one bungee jump went horrendously wrong for a gap year student, watch Jonathan Swain as he makes the terrifying leap himself

Week 7 – Andre – Vientiane, Laos

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:55:50 +0000

Andre leaves Laos and takes a relaxing tube ride down the river.

Year Course Visual Arts Track 08-09

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:50:44 +0000

This is a compilation of some of the work and the event which it was shown at by our very creative Visual Arts students

Building Homes in Honduras

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:54:17 +0000

The building project in Honduras started just after Hurricane Mitch. Hurricane Mitch was one of the most powerful hurricanes on record and wiped out homes for a large portion of Honduran people. If you’d like to help check out www.i-to-i.com

Hummus Curry – Israelis in India (part 4 of 6)

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:47:17 +0000

A popular joke amongst Israelis traveling in India goes like this: An Indian asks an Israeli backpacker, “So how many Israelis are there?” The backpacker answers “Around 7 million.” The Indian then asks, “And how many in Israel?” Around 50000 Israelis visit India each year – mostly backpackers, a large proportion of whom are on a gap year between the end of their army service and the beginning of the rest of their lives. They comprise only a minuscule proportion of the total number of foreign visitors to India each year, but Israelis are the only ones who have a tendency to travel in packs, and to cluster in certain places. In Delhi they stay at the Hare Rama, one of the grottiest guesthouses in Pahar Ganj, a seedy area near the train station. In Goa there is Tel Aviv Beach, and during the summer Israelis stay in spots around Himachal Pradesh (HP), most notably in a little village called Bhagsu Nag, near Dharamsala. The presence of Hebrew-speaking backpackers is so overwhelming in these places that they have come to resemble little Israeli colonies in India. Some speak of an Israeli invasion, and one Israeli woman wrote her doctoral dissertation on the phenomenon. The locals who run the restaurants and guesthouses often speak a bizarre version of idiomatic Hebrew that is notable for its hilarious syntax. Hebrew signs for various services – from internet cafes to rickshaws – are posted everywhere, and the restaurants serve falafel in pita, hummus, shakshouka and jachnun …