Leaving London

We have had our leaving do's at work and have had our friends over for a party. Boxes are packed and we are ready to hit the road.

  • 102 days (19 Mar 2006 - 29 Jun 2006)
  • 42633 km (26491 miles)
  • 20 countries
  • 93 entries (21583 words)
  • 1930 photos
  • 4.7 ratings (1862 votes)
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Day Journal date: Country Place Title Distance Media Rating
1 Mar 19, 2006 07:27 United Kingdom London » Leaving London 0 km 4 (5 votes)
6 Mar 24, 2006 18:22 Hungary Budapest » Planes, Trains & Automobiles 1453 km [*] (3) 2.8 (7 votes)
6 Mar 24, 2006 19:27 Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade » Tanks for the Memories 1770 km [*] (49) 3.9 (21 votes)
8 Mar 26, 2006 18:05 Bulgaria Sofia » The worst looking train station in the world 2101 km [*] (4) 2.4 (8 votes)
8 Mar 26, 2006 18:09 Bulgaria Plovdiv » (No) Honour Among Thieves 2233 km [*] (34) 3.2 (8 votes)
10 Mar 28, 2006 17:41 Bulgaria Veliko Tŭrnovo » Big Old Pile of Rocks 2361 km [*] (53) 3.8 (11 votes)
10 Mar 28, 2006 19:23 Romania Bucharest » Palaces & Caravans 2516 km [*] (23) 4.5 (31 votes)
10 Mar 28, 2006 19:36 Romania Sighişoara » I Want To Suck Your Blood But Spare Change Will Do 2740 km [*] (39) 4.8 (50 votes)
10 Mar 28, 2006 20:54 Hungary Budapest » We Rip Off the Tourists and are pretty good at it 3198 km [*] (16) 4.3 (14 votes)
10 Mar 28, 2006 22:03 United Kingdom London » Back To Blighty 4651 km [*] (5) 4.7 (15 votes)
12 Mar 31, 2006 00:27 Poland Warsaw » Biala i Czerwonym, Tylko Polska 6100 km 3.9 (7 votes)
20 Apr 07, 2006 16:40 Poland Warsaw » The Warsaw Ghetto 6100 km [*] (17) 4.8 (43 votes)
21 Apr 08, 2006 20:36 Poland Ełk » Land of a Thousand Lakes 6299 km [*] (7) 4.6 (20 votes)
22 Apr 09, 2006 20:43 Poland Gierłoż » The Wolf's Lair 6363 km [*] (29) 4.8 (65 votes)
22 Apr 09, 2006 20:55 Poland Ełk » Last Night in Smetek 6427 km 3.5 (9 votes)
26 Apr 13, 2006 21:00 Poland Warsaw » The Long Road to Warsaw 6626 km [*] (11) 4.7 (18 votes)
33 Apr 20, 2006 13:00 Poland Warsaw » Back in the U.S.S.R 6626 km 4.2 (5 votes)
33 Apr 20, 2006 19:59 Poland Gdańsk » 3 Cities for the Price of One 6907 km [*] (18) 4.9 (50 votes)
34 Apr 21, 2006 13:36 Poland Sopot » Poland's Premier Beach Resort 6920 km [*] (6) 4.9 (37 votes)
34 Apr 21, 2006 14:56 Poland Gdynia » A Shopping Centre on the Postcards???? 6926 km [*] (3) 5 (15 votes)
35 Apr 22, 2006 10:22 Poland Gdańsk » The Free City of Danzig 6945 km [*] (23) 4.8 (30 votes)
35 Apr 22, 2006 21:35 Poland Warsaw » Gdansk to Warsaw by Train 7226 km 4 (3 votes)
36 Apr 23, 2006 18:51 Poland Ostrów Mazowiecka » Grandma's Old House 7313 km [*] (9) 5 (12 votes)
36 Apr 23, 2006 19:06 Poland Warsaw » Warsaw Again 7400 km [*] (2) 5 (2 votes)
39 Apr 26, 2006 12:26 Poland Warsaw » Pawiak 7400 km [*] (3) 4.6 (7 votes)
40 Apr 27, 2006 12:42 Poland Warsaw » Back in the U.S.S.R, Part 2 7400 km 5 (3 votes)
42 Apr 29, 2006 12:00 Poland Ostrów Mazowiecka » 100km in Four Hours 7487 km 5 (2 votes)
42 Apr 29, 2006 15:30 Poland Suwałki » In Segny & Suwałki 7648 km [*] (1) 5 (4 votes)
43 Apr 30, 2006 10:53 Lithuania Vilnius » NEVER MIND THE BALTICS....Here's Lithuania 7816 km [*] (11) 5 (89 votes)
43 May 01, 2006 06:07 Latvia Rīga » NEVER MIND THE BALTICS....Here's Latvia 8080 km [*] (8) 5 (14 votes)
44 May 01, 2006 09:40 Estonia Tallinn » NEVER MIND THE BALTICS....Here's Estonia 8359 km [*] (35) 5 (46 votes)
45 May 02, 2006 10:18 Finland Helsinki » Are we Finnish? No we only just began... 8443 km [*] (17) 4.7 (41 votes)
45 May 02, 2006 10:43 Russian Federation Vyborg » From Russia with Bureaucracy 8661 km [*] (3) 5 (8 votes)
45 May 02, 2006 14:08 Russian Federation Saint Petersburg » They Think of Everything! 8784 km [*] (1) 5 (4 votes)
46 May 03, 2006 09:17 Russian Federation Saint Petersburg » St Petersburg, Petrograd, Leningrad, St Petersburg 8784 km [*] (85) 5 (93 votes)
47 May 04, 2006 09:31 Russian Federation Saint Petersburg » I could get used to this! & a lucky escape 8784 km [*] (63) 5 (5 votes)
47 May 05, 2006 00:46 Russian Federation Saint Petersburg » Last Day in St. Pete's 8784 km [*] (30) 4.2 (32 votes)
47 May 05, 2006 03:01 Russian Federation Pskov » Mustang Restaraunt, One Horse Town 9039 km [*] (7) 4.4 (15 votes)
48 May 06, 2006 06:30 Poland Suwałki » Like... 4 Borders in One Day 9574 km 5 (2 votes)
48 May 06, 2006 06:44 Poland Warsaw » So tired that we couldn't even sleep. 9817 km 5 (3 votes)
53 May 11, 2006 07:29 Poland Warsaw » Last Days in Warsaw 9817 km [*] (1) 4.9 (25 votes)
54 May 11, 2006 21:33 United Kingdom London » Last Day in Europe 11266 km [*] (3) 4.3 (11 votes)
55 May 12, 2006 13:10 India New Delhi » Goodness Gracious me! We're in India 17985 km [*] (7) 4.9 (21 votes)
56 May 13, 2006 13:10 India New Delhi » Good Horn, Good Brakes & Good Luck 17985 km [*] (6) 4.8 (12 votes)
57 May 14, 2006 17:03 India Agra » It Ain't half hot!! We're Melting! 18506 km [*] (40) 4.9 (46 votes)
57 May 15, 2006 08:19 India Fatehpur Sīkri » Ghost Town, No Cowboys, Just Indians 18859 km [*] (18) 4.9 (22 votes)
58 May 15, 2006 15:24 India New Delhi » Nice & Tidy Delhi 19033 km 5 (2 votes)
59 May 16, 2006 14:39 India Old Delhi » The Black Hole of Old Delhi 19041 km [*] (13) 3.5 (7 votes)
60 May 17, 2006 14:54 India New Delhi » India Post, Post Cards, New Wallet & Saved a Baby 19049 km [*] (3) 4.9 (5 votes)
61 May 18, 2006 13:02 India Panaji » Goa, Goan, Gone 20550 km [*] (6) 4 (5 votes)
62 May 19, 2006 10:17 India Goa » Old Goa, Viceroy's Arch & a ban on Plastic 20560 km [*] (19) 5 (3 votes)
63 May 20, 2006 13:29 India Margão » The Tour From Hell 20580 km [*] (26) 3.8 (11 votes)
64 May 21, 2006 12:29 India Panaji » Going Shopping 20604 km [*] (1) 5 (1 votes)
65 May 22, 2006 16:36 India Panaji » Dolphins, Sao Tome & Vegetarian Restaraunts 20604 km [*] (18) 3.4 (2 votes)
65 May 23, 2006 07:46 India Goa » 3rd time unlucky & a View from the Hill 20614 km [*] (5) 3.7 (7 votes)
66 May 23, 2006 16:03 India Anjuna » You Wanna Smoke, I Have Really Good Stuff!!! 20636 km [*] (16) 3.5 (7 votes)
67 May 24, 2006 15:51 India Anjuna » The Anjuna Market Experience 20636 km [*] (18) 5 (4 votes)
68 May 25, 2006 15:49 India Anjuna » Help Me!! I'm Choking!! 20636 km [*] (5) 4.1 (10 votes)
69 May 26, 2006 18:17 India Mumbai » You could use some exotic booze,we cant afford it. 21026 km [*] (4) 5 (2 votes)
70 May 27, 2006 15:43 India Mumbai » Parcels, Touts, Caves & Litter Louts. 21026 km [*] (22) 4.8 (10 votes)
71 May 28, 2006 10:43 India Mumbai » Chowpatty Beach, Hanging Gardens & Dhobi Ghats 21026 km [*] (22) 5 (6 votes)
72 May 29, 2006 18:33 India Mumbai » Waiting Around 21026 km [*] (17) 4.8 (8 votes)
72 May 30, 2006 02:06 Singapore Singapore » Scissors in the Hand Baggage 24941 km 5 (2 votes)
73 May 30, 2006 09:20 Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh City » Missed Saigon! 26039 km 5 (2 votes)
73 May 30, 2006 12:57 Viet Nam Ða Năng » Safe Landing!! 26830 km 5 (1 votes)
74 May 31, 2006 11:59 Viet Nam Hội An » Go On My Son! 27168 km [*] (40) 4.6 (9 votes)
75 Jun 01, 2006 13:18 Viet Nam Huế » Citadel Hue & Other Assorted Annoyances 27271 km [*] (48) 3.5 (3 votes)
76 Jun 02, 2006 13:35 Viet Nam Khe Sanh » The Last Bus Out of Hue has almost gone 27365 km [*] (41) 4.4 (24 votes)
77 Jun 03, 2006 14:25 Viet Nam Huế » Bring It on, Hue(y) 27459 km [*] (60) 3.8 (12 votes)
78 Jun 04, 2006 10:18 Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh City » Business Class? Us? 28104 km [*] (32) 3.8 (13 votes)
79 Jun 05, 2006 14:13 Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh City » Cho Ben Thanh, & tickets for Cambodia 28104 km [*] (8) 4.3 (22 votes)
80 Jun 06, 2006 13:20 Cambodia Phnom Penh » Day Zero in Phnom Penh 28315 km [*] (21) 4.7 (16 votes)
81 Jun 07, 2006 13:54 Cambodia Phnom Penh » The Killing Fields & Toul Sleng (S-21) 28315 km [*] (100) 5 (86 votes)
82 Jun 08, 2006 13:13 Cambodia Siem Reap » Don't Hit a Cow, Man! 28549 km [*] (45) 4.9 (34 votes)
83 Jun 09, 2006 10:47 Cambodia Siem Reap » One Dollar, Cheap Price, Where you From? 28549 km [*] (95) 5 (79 votes)
84 Jun 10, 2006 11:08 Cambodia Siem Reap » Temples of Angkor 28549 km [*] (116) 5 (67 votes)
85 Jun 11, 2006 11:19 Thailand Bangkok » The Thai Torture Chamber 28913 km [*] (21) 5 (21 votes)
86 Jun 12, 2006 13:23 Thailand Bangkok » The Man who Stole Our World 28913 km [*] (2) 4.8 (6 votes)
87 Jun 13, 2006 14:39 Thailand Nong Khai » Apocalypse NOW!! I thought Yesterday was bad! 29431 km [*] (6) 4.4 (16 votes)
88 Jun 14, 2006 13:49 Laos Vientiane » A Welcome Respite/Day Trip to Laos 29450 km [*] (38) 5 (81 votes)
89 Jun 16, 2006 06:10 Thailand Bangkok » One Night in Bangkok (If we ever get there) 29970 km [*] (4) 5 (12 votes)
91 Jun 17, 2006 11:42 Thailand Bangkok » Ooh Suits You Sir! 29970 km [*] (18) 4.9 (40 votes)
92 Jun 18, 2006 12:18 Thailand Ko Samui » From VIP to Beach Hut 30449 km [*] (8) 4.8 (20 votes)
93 Jun 19, 2006 16:39 Thailand Ko Samui » Big Budda & an Elephant Trek 30459 km [*] (100) 4.9 (135 votes)
94 Jun 20, 2006 16:55 Malaysia Penang » Going Round and Round in Circles 30920 km [*] (11) 5 (21 votes)
95 Jun 21, 2006 13:55 Malaysia Penang » Just When We Fort We Were Alone 30920 km [*] (52) 5 (147 votes)
96 Jun 22, 2006 10:56 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur » So Where are all the Koalas Then? 31213 km [*] (50) 4.6 (8 votes)
96 Jun 23, 2006 05:40 Singapore Singapore » Another Bumpy Flight & Bumpy Landing 31531 km 5 (7 votes)
98 Jun 24, 2006 11:04 Philippines Manila » A Tale of Two Cities 33928 km [*] (2) 4.9 (10 votes)
99 Jun 25, 2006 12:16 Philippines Manila » A Lake in a Volcano in a lake inside a volcano 33928 km [*] (97) 5 (13 votes)
100 Jun 26, 2006 12:24 Singapore Singapore » Socceroos defeated at the Eleventh Hour 36325 km [*] (2) 4.6 (8 votes)
102 Jun 28, 2006 12:28 Singapore Singapore » Singapore- the Fine City, Has anyone got Wrigleys! 36325 km [*] (28) 4.8 (10 votes)
103 Jun 29, 2006 10:59 Australia Sydney » No matter how far or how wide we've roamed.... 42633 km 5 (6 votes)