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Following the Summer around the world

  • 430 days (08 May 2006 - 12 Jul 2007)
  • 85507 km (53132 miles)
  • 18 countries
  • 134 entries (130463 words)
  • 1494 photos
  • 4.7 ratings (964 votes)
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Day Journal date: Country Place Title Distance Media Rating
1 May 08, 2006 19:35 South Africa Johannesburg » Leaving Las-Joburg 0 km 3.3 (24 votes)
1 May 09, 2006 02:00 Hong Kong Hong Kong (historical) » hong kong 10725 km 4.3 (19 votes)
1 May 09, 2006 12:18 Thailand Bangkok » tears on arrival 12452 km [*] (2) 4.4 (22 votes)
2 May 10, 2006 01:44 Thailand Bangkok » jetlag and bio-rhythms 12452 km [*] (5) 4.9 (14 votes)
5 May 13, 2006 11:30 Thailand Phitsanulok » charming 12797 km [*] (4) 4.8 (12 votes)
6 May 14, 2006 03:05 Thailand Sukhothai » Wat City 12847 km [*] (8) 5 (15 votes)
8 May 16, 2006 08:30 Thailand Phitsanulok » Off to the mountains 12897 km 4.7 (12 votes)
9 May 17, 2006 10:10 Thailand Chiang Mai » The house of Boo Boo 13152 km [*] (1) 4.2 (17 votes)
10 May 18, 2006 04:08 Thailand Chiang Mai » Chi talky much loom an laymon glass 13152 km [*] (9) 4.2 (18 votes)
10 May 18, 2006 13:04 Thailand Chiang Mai » Column - The wonderful Thai people 13152 km 4.6 (11 votes)
13 May 21, 2006 12:59 Thailand Pai » When the moon hits your eye... 13235 km [*] (4) 5 (13 votes)
17 May 25, 2006 10:00 Thailand Pai » Groundhog Day 13235 km [*] (12) 4.4 (13 votes)
18 May 26, 2006 09:45 Thailand Pai » learning Thai 13235 km 5 (8 votes)
20 May 28, 2006 06:04 Thailand Chiang Khong » Good Pai 13466 km [*] (7) 4.7 (11 votes)
24 Jun 01, 2006 06:19 Laos Nam Tha » The gibbon experience 13594 km [*] (14) 4.8 (19 votes)
31 Jun 08, 2006 04:50 Laos Nam Tha » Attack of the killer leeches 13594 km [*] (16) 5 (9 votes)
31 Jun 08, 2006 05:31 Laos Luang Prabang » The Sleeping Princess 13736 km [*] (13) 4.9 (10 votes)
35 Jun 12, 2006 10:43 Laos Luang Prabang » Welcome to Luang Prabang, hope you enjoy your stay 13736 km [*] (21) 4 (22 votes)
40 Jun 17, 2006 12:20 Laos Vang Vieng » Friends 13848 km [*] (11) 5 (11 votes)
42 Jun 19, 2006 12:00 Laos Vientiane » hustle, bustle: vientiane knows not these things 13957 km [*] (11) 5 (9 votes)
48 Jun 25, 2006 12:47 Laos Paksé » Smoking is bad for your health 14422 km [*] (18) 3.9 (26 votes)
53 Jun 30, 2006 04:45 Laos Don Det » Water, water everywhere... 14550 km [*] (14) 4.5 (21 votes)
55 Jul 02, 2006 06:12 Cambodia Phnom Penh » Have sense of humour, will travel 14843 km [*] (6) 5 (9 votes)
58 Jul 05, 2006 06:06 Cambodia Phnom Penh » Heart of Darkness 14843 km [*] (13) 4.6 (15 votes)
63 Jul 10, 2006 07:29 Cambodia Sihanoukville » Beach bums and freak shows 15029 km [*] (10) 4.9 (10 votes)
64 Jul 11, 2006 14:04 Cambodia Sihanoukville » My joy summer vacation tropical sunshine girls 15029 km [*] (3) 4.8 (11 votes)
69 Jul 16, 2006 07:00 Cambodia Siem Reap » Churning of the milk 15336 km [*] (15) 4.8 (11 votes)
77 Jul 24, 2006 04:37 Thailand Bangkok » A homecoming of sorts 15700 km 5 (9 votes)
85 Aug 01, 2006 05:27 Thailand Ko Phangan » I 1 16153 km [*] (11) 5 (10 votes)
86 Aug 02, 2006 05:37 Thailand Bangkok » not the best last day ever 16606 km 5 (8 votes)
92 Aug 08, 2006 04:45 Hong Kong Hong Kong » It's all gone horribly Hong Kong 18334 km [*] (15) 5 (10 votes)
92 Aug 08, 2006 04:47 Philippines Manila » The one where Ter has surgery and meets a hobbit 19448 km [*] (7) 5 (11 votes)
96 Aug 12, 2006 06:53 Philippines Banaue » Elvis was a friend of mine 19739 km [*] (17) 4.5 (11 votes)
96 Aug 12, 2006 10:33 Philippines Manila » Quick stop 20030 km 5 (10 votes)
100 Aug 16, 2006 12:09 Philippines Puerto Princesa » Flying: Still the safest way to travel 20625 km 4.8 (11 votes)
100 Aug 16, 2006 12:11 Philippines Sabang » The Virgin Mary 20681 km [*] (4) 5 (11 votes)
103 Aug 19, 2006 09:28 Philippines El Nido » Nesting down - for a small fee 20803 km 5 (10 votes)
108 Aug 24, 2006 06:26 Philippines El Nido » Sweet forever 20803 km [*] (14) 4.9 (14 votes)
109 Aug 25, 2006 06:28 Philippines Puerto Princesa » Butterflies and Belgians 20980 km [*] (6) 5 (10 votes)
110 Aug 26, 2006 06:26 Philippines Manila » Attack of the third world furies 21575 km 5 (8 votes)
113 Aug 29, 2006 10:34 Australia Sydney » More 27853 km [*] (23) 5 (7 votes)
123 Sep 08, 2006 02:15 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Auckland » They will see us freaking at such great heights 30011 km [*] (5) 5 (3 votes)
126 Sep 11, 2006 09:08 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Waiheke » Island life - dance a jig, eat an oyster 30042 km [*] (5) 5 (8 votes)
126 Sep 11, 2006 10:09 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Rotorua Lake » Hell's Gate 30219 km [*] (12) 4.4 (5 votes)
127 Sep 12, 2006 01:26 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Auckland » Last breath of New Zealand 30409 km [*] (1) 5 (4 votes)
127 Sep 12, 2006 17:34 Chile Santiago » Jetlag Death 40089 km [*] (1) 5 (4 votes)
128 Sep 13, 2006 18:07 Ecuador Guayaquil » Up and down like an elevator 43702 km 5 (3 votes)
132 Sep 17, 2006 18:10 Ecuador Quito » The worrisome demise of Lola de Muerte´s offspring 43970 km [*] (1) 5 (4 votes)
132 Sep 17, 2006 18:47 Ecuador Quito » Exploring the old city 43970 km [*] (15) 4.7 (13 votes)
138 Sep 23, 2006 00:36 Ecuador Otavalo » Ecuador: not just a shopping destination 44027 km 5 (1 votes)
139 Sep 24, 2006 02:07 Ecuador Quito » Elusive English music 44084 km 5 (2 votes)
140 Sep 25, 2006 02:11 Ecuador Papallacta » In hot water 44129 km [*] (2) 4.9 (3 votes)
145 Sep 30, 2006 01:32 Ecuador Quito » Have a heart 44174 km [*] (6) 5 (3 votes)
154 Oct 09, 2006 00:30 Ecuador Puerto Ayora » Thank God for evolution 45491 km [*] (44) 5 (17 votes)
154 Oct 09, 2006 00:32 Ecuador Quito » Quitting Quito 46808 km [*] (1) 5 (2 votes)
158 Oct 12, 2006 22:03 Ecuador Latacunga » wwoaaarrrrrgggghhhpp! 46889 km 5 (4 votes)
160 Oct 15, 2006 15:45 Ecuador Quilotoa » The sky fell into the crater 46924 km [*] (8) 5 (4 votes)
163 Oct 18, 2006 02:10 Ecuador Baños » Which way´s the loo? 47006 km [*] (12) 5 (4 votes)
163 Oct 18, 2006 02:29 Ecuador Riobamba » The Devil´s Nose 47045 km [*] (8) 5 (4 votes)
172 Oct 27, 2006 17:27 Ecuador Guayaquil » Awful again 47197 km 5 (2 votes)
172 Oct 27, 2006 17:33 Ecuador Puerto López » Tumbleweeds 47319 km [*] (6) 4.9 (5 votes)
172 Oct 27, 2006 17:41 Ecuador Isla de la Plata » Return of the boobies 47365 km [*] (5) 5 (3 votes)
172 Oct 27, 2006 17:44 Ecuador Machalilla » Rain forest, only less so 47410 km [*] (11) 5 (3 votes)
172 Oct 27, 2006 17:49 Ecuador Montañita » Surfers of the world, stand aside... 47499 km [*] (2) 5 (2 votes)
172 Oct 27, 2006 17:58 Ecuador Montecristi » Oh my hat! 47548 km [*] (4) 5 (5 votes)
176 Oct 31, 2006 15:54 Ecuador Cuenca » Cuenca 47825 km [*] (5) 5 (5 votes)
176 Oct 31, 2006 16:03 Ecuador Vilcabamba » Little Girls 47980 km [*] (13) 5 (6 votes)
180 Nov 04, 2006 06:16 Peru Chachapoyas » Land of the Incas 48249 km [*] (7) 5 (4 votes)
183 Nov 07, 2006 15:55 Peru Chachapoyas » Riding onions in Northern Peru 48249 km [*] (18) 4 (5 votes)
186 Nov 09, 2006 20:26 Peru Trujillo » The mud brick capital of the world 48585 km [*] (12) 4.9 (3 votes)
186 Nov 09, 2006 20:36 Peru Huaraz » Red Tape 49158 km [*] (12) 5 (5 votes)
194 Nov 18, 2006 14:49 Peru Lima » When life gives you Limeños 49444 km [*] (4) 5 (6 votes)
194 Nov 18, 2006 14:54 Peru Huacachina » And when there was no crawdad... 49711 km [*] (15) 5 (5 votes)
199 Nov 23, 2006 02:31 Peru Nazca » Doing lines in the desert 49832 km [*] (10) 4.5 (7 votes)
199 Nov 23, 2006 02:54 Peru Cusco » Inca city sitting pretty 50185 km [*] (13) 5 (5 votes)
206 Nov 30, 2006 15:02 Peru Machupicchu » Call Me Jimmy and the Camino del Inca 50258 km [*] (46) 5 (10 votes)
215 Dec 09, 2006 14:05 Peru Cusco » More famous than Tom Cruise 50331 km [*] (11) 4 (4 votes)
215 Dec 09, 2006 14:07 Peru Cusco » The Ministry of Silly Hats 50331 km [*] (25) 4.5 (9 votes)
215 Dec 09, 2006 14:09 Peru Arequipa » Get thee to a nunnery 50656 km [*] (14) 5 (7 votes)
218 Dec 11, 2006 22:51 Peru Chivay » El condor pasa 50741 km [*] (12) 4.4 (6 votes)
218 Dec 11, 2006 23:25 Peru Arequipa » The Lobsters are lowing 50826 km [*] (2) 5 (4 votes)
227 Dec 21, 2006 15:22 Bolivia La Paz » Mountain City 51188 km [*] (2) 4.2 (5 votes)
227 Dec 21, 2006 15:29 Bolivia Rurrenabaque » Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Otter 51423 km [*] (39) 4.9 (5 votes)
232 Dec 26, 2006 00:14 Bolivia Copacabana » Mama Noel 51672 km [*] (18) 4.9 (8 votes)
237 Dec 30, 2006 20:11 Bolivia Isla del Sol » The water is as blue as the sky 51689 km [*] (22) 4.5 (6 votes)
238 Dec 31, 2006 20:14 Bolivia La Paz » And it was all yellow! 51809 km [*] (24) 4.8 (4 votes)
240 Jan 02, 2007 21:48 Bolivia Potosí » It`s the black lung... 52236 km [*] (22) 5 (1 votes)
243 Jan 06, 2007 14:27 Bolivia Uyuni » Painfully significant 52386 km [*] (43) 5 (1 votes)
248 Jan 10, 2007 22:38 Chile San Pedro de Atacama » Channelling David Attenborough 52694 km [*] (48) 5 (1 votes)
252 Jan 14, 2007 19:34 Chile La Serena » On the Beach 53529 km 5 (1 votes)
254 Jan 16, 2007 19:16 Chile Pisco Elqui » Pisco 53602 km [*] (14) 5 (1 votes)
258 Jan 20, 2007 20:56 Chile Vicuña » It´s in the stars 53621 km [*] (4) 5 (1 votes)
258 Jan 20, 2007 21:36 Chile La Serena » Japonese Jardin 53676 km [*] (6) 5 (2 votes)
259 Jan 21, 2007 21:32 Chile Valparaíso » Floating Cloud 54028 km [*] (19) 5 (2 votes)
262 Jan 25, 2007 13:54 Chile Santiago » Waiting for the humans to walk 54126 km [*] (19) 5 (4 votes)
262 Jan 25, 2007 14:40 Argentina Uspallata » The blue and yellow, purple hills 54276 km [*] (20) 5 (4 votes)
268 Jan 30, 2007 22:38 Argentina Mendoza » Malbec Country 54333 km [*] (7) 5 (4 votes)
271 Feb 03, 2007 14:55 Argentina Bariloche » Chocolate Profundo 55280 km [*] (8) 4.9 (3 votes)
275 Feb 06, 2007 22:00 Argentina El Bolsón » Hippy haven 55373 km [*] (18) 5 (2 votes)
281 Feb 13, 2007 01:38 Argentina Bariloche » The dangers of cream-coloured mussels 55466 km [*] (20) 5 (1 votes)
291 Feb 23, 2007 14:13 Argentina Perito Moreno » You killed my father, prepare to die... 56074 km [*] (11) 5 (2 votes)
291 Feb 23, 2007 14:19 Argentina El Chalten » The world´s most difficult climb 56411 km [*] (25) 5 (1 votes)
291 Feb 23, 2007 14:24 Argentina El Calafate » Whiskey on ice 56532 km [*] (30) 4.2 (3 votes)
299 Mar 03, 2007 14:55 Chile Puerto Natales » When hell freezes over 56689 km [*] (46) 5 (1 votes)
301 Mar 05, 2007 14:48 Argentina Río Gallegos » In the Patagonian dumps and Chile´s finest hours 56918 km [*] (2) 5 (3 votes)
303 Mar 06, 2007 20:01 Argentina Puerto Madryn » Is it a penguin, is it a seal, no it's a stripper. 57954 km [*] (9) 5 (3 votes)
306 Mar 10, 2007 13:29 Argentina Buenos Aires » The city that started all the trouble 59020 km [*] (46) 5 (3 votes)
316 Mar 20, 2007 17:44 Uruguay Colonia del Sacramento » Smuggler's Paradise 59097 km [*] (19) 5 (1 votes)
317 Mar 21, 2007 17:48 Argentina Buenos Aires » Round 2 59174 km [*] (24) 5 (1 votes)
326 Mar 29, 2007 20:59 Argentina Buenos Aires » Till death do us part 59174 km [*] (16) 5 (2 votes)
328 Apr 01, 2007 17:38 Argentina Iguazú » The roaring of demons 60253 km [*] (24) 5 (2 votes)
330 Apr 02, 2007 23:19 Brazil Foz de Iguassu » Foz do Iguassu wasn't fozzy, was he? 60256 km [*] (6) 5 (1 votes)
335 Apr 08, 2007 08:16 Brazil Campo Grande » Ain´t fashion funny? 60824 km 5 (1 votes)
335 Apr 08, 2007 08:17 Brazil Pantanal » Tachuka. Bless you. 61359 km [*] (23) 5 (2 votes)
338 Apr 11, 2007 08:28 Brazil Campo Grande » Return to the Big Field 61894 km 4.5 (3 votes)
339 Apr 12, 2007 19:29 Brazil Salvador » Engagement bling 63800 km [*] (11) 5 (2 votes)
341 Apr 13, 2007 23:03 Brazil Salvador » The Whipping post 63800 km [*] (12) 5 (1 votes)
341 Apr 14, 2007 18:35 Brazil Morro de São Paulo » Noble war-bicycle 63861 km [*] (27) 5 (1 votes)
343 Apr 15, 2007 23:33 Brazil Rio de Janeiro » Jesus in the mist 65017 km [*] (2) 5 (3 votes)
344 Apr 16, 2007 23:44 Brazil Ilha Grande » Clueless 65124 km [*] (20) 5 (1 votes)
345 Apr 17, 2007 23:46 Brazil Rio de Janeiro » January River 65231 km [*] (17) 5 (3 votes)
363 May 06, 2007 14:42 Brazil Rio de Janeiro » Nick's holiday 65231 km [*] (14) 5 (2 votes)
364 May 07, 2007 18:53 Brazil Rio de Janeiro » Schuite 65231 km [*] (12) 5 (2 votes)
365 May 08, 2007 18:28 Portugal Lisbon » City of views 72957 km [*] (14) 5 (1 votes)
378 May 21, 2007 14:37 Portugal Sintra » A weekend in the country 72981 km [*] (11) 5 (1 votes)
386 May 29, 2007 16:40 Portugal Évora » When the graveyards are full. 73069 km [*] (8) 5 (1 votes)
386 May 29, 2007 16:41 Portugal Lisbon » Not Eiffel 73160 km [*] (7) 5 (1 votes)
386 May 29, 2007 16:42 Portugal Porto » The Bishop and the Jew 73532 km [*] (15) 5 (1 votes)
386 May 29, 2007 16:43 Portugal Coimbra » I'm a Gnu 73735 km [*] (4) 5 (1 votes)
400 Jun 12, 2007 18:54 Portugal Lisbon » Among friends 73912 km [*] (4) 3.9 (2 votes)
401 Jun 13, 2007 17:55 United Kingdom London » Silent Disco Dancing 75499 km 5 (1 votes)
427 Jul 09, 2007 11:52 Ireland, Republic of Dublin » Thomas Conway, Irish man of mystery 75963 km 5 (1 votes)
428 Jul 10, 2007 11:55 United Kingdom London » How does it feel? 76427 km 5 (1 votes)
430 Jul 12, 2007 10:57 South Africa Johannesburg » 44 5th Street 85507 km 5 (2 votes)
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