A year from the real world

A chance to fulfil a lifelong dream of travelling around the world for a year, experiencing new lifestyles, cultures and people and best of all not working.

  • 231 days (30 Jul 2002 - 18 Mar 2003)
  • 53063 km (32972 miles)
  • 10 countries
  • 76 entries (32337 words)
  • 281 photos
  • 4 ratings (881 votes)
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Day Journal date: Country Place Title Distance Media Rating
1 Jul 30, 2002 20:52 United Kingdom Pen-y-bont » Needles and shopping 0 km [*] (1) 4 (130 votes)
2 Aug 01, 2002 18:41 United Kingdom London » And they're off.... 266 km 5 (1 votes)
3 Aug 02, 2002 18:55 Germany Frankfurt am Main » And in a waiting room in Frankfurt... 903 km [*] (1) 4 (130 votes)
4 Aug 03, 2002 18:58 India Mumbai » Welcome to India sucker!! 7479 km [*] (3) 4 (130 votes)
6 Aug 05, 2002 13:35 India Anjuna » Chilling out in Goa 7869 km [*] (2) 4 (130 votes)
7 Aug 06, 2002 13:55 India Panaji » Panaji 7884 km [*] (1) 4 (130 votes)
11 Aug 10, 2002 12:56 India Hampi » Lizards, snakes & Hampi 8168 km [*] (8) 4.4 (37 votes)
15 Aug 14, 2002 19:20 India Pune » Poona - Home of the Osho Commune !!! 8619 km [*] (1) 3.7 (14 votes)
18 Aug 17, 2002 12:50 India Ahmedabad » The Dusty City 9137 km [*] (1) 2.9 (16 votes)
19 Aug 18, 2002 13:03 India Udaipur » The Venice of the East - Licence to kill 9733 km [*] (5) 4 (130 votes)
21 Aug 20, 2002 13:22 India Jaisalmer » The Golden City 10195 km [*] (4) 4 (130 votes)
23 Aug 22, 2002 13:37 India Jaisalmer » Nizar - The desert nomad?? 10195 km [*] (11) 4 (130 votes)
26 Aug 25, 2002 15:53 India Jodhpur City » Jodhpur - The blue city 10418 km [*] (7) 4.7 (16 votes)
27 Aug 26, 2002 16:44 India Jaipur City » The pink city (they do like their coloured cities) 10704 km [*] (7) 4 (130 votes)
30 Aug 29, 2002 11:02 India Āgra » Agra - Agro more like!! 10924 km [*] (12) 4 (130 votes)
33 Sep 01, 2002 11:10 India Delhi » Delhi Belly 11108 km [*] (7) 4 (130 votes)
37 Sep 05, 2002 17:22 Thailand Bangkok » Suit you Sir!! 14031 km [*] (11) 4 (130 votes)
47 Sep 15, 2002 13:00 Thailand Chiang Mai » Chiang Mai - Home of exotic food and exotic women 14616 km [*] (1) 4 (130 votes)
50 Sep 18, 2002 14:38 Thailand Pai » Motorbikes, elephants & rafts 14697 km [*] (7) 5 (1 votes)
54 Sep 22, 2002 14:29 Thailand Pai » In a raft somewhere between Pai and Mae Hong Son 14697 km [*] (2) 4 (130 votes)
56 Sep 24, 2002 14:18 Thailand Mae Hong Son » The Trek 14752 km [*] (4) 4.6 (12 votes)
58 Sep 26, 2002 12:08 Thailand Ayuthaya » Nizar - the new Buddha?? 15367 km [*] (6) 4 (130 votes)
61 Sep 29, 2002 13:15 Thailand Bangkok » Here we go again 15434 km [*] (1) 5 (1 votes)
63 Oct 01, 2002 13:46 Thailand Kanchanaburi » Bridge over the River Kwai 15545 km [*] (5) 5 (14 votes)
66 Oct 04, 2002 12:57 Thailand Koh Phi Phi » So good they named it twice 16254 km [*] (6) 5 (21 votes)
70 Oct 08, 2002 12:39 Thailand Phuket » The viagra squad 16293 km [*] (6) 3.6 (6 votes)
76 Oct 14, 2002 13:32 Thailand Hat Yai » So this is Hat Yai??? 16541 km 5 (1 votes)
78 Oct 16, 2002 12:54 Malaysia Kuala Lumpor » Touristy stuff 16991 km [*] (13) 4 (130 votes)
81 Oct 19, 2002 14:18 Malaysia Melaka » Thats enough touristy stuff 17115 km [*] (5) 4 (130 votes)
84 Oct 22, 2002 04:26 Malaysia Penang » Chinese food - yummy 17532 km [*] (5) 4 (130 votes)
89 Oct 27, 2002 04:55 Thailand Surat Thani » Erm - the boat goes from here! 17960 km 4 (130 votes)
90 Oct 28, 2002 05:27 Thailand Koh Samui » Beer, scuba and more beer 18035 km [*] (15) 3.4 (41 votes)
107 Nov 14, 2002 11:35 Singapore Singapore City » Four floors of whores 19014 km [*] (13) 4.2 (5 votes)
113 Nov 20, 2002 09:56 Australia Adelaide » The barmy army 24430 km [*] (3) 4 (130 votes)
118 Nov 25, 2002 10:18 Australia Ceduna » The great Nullarbor drive - part I 24984 km [*] (1) 3.7 (3 votes)
119 Nov 26, 2002 10:40 Australia Kalgoorlie » The great Nullarbor drive - part II 26152 km 5 (6 votes)
120 Nov 27, 2002 05:33 Australia Perth » The great Nullarbor drive - part III 26704 km [*] (12) 3.7 (21 votes)
135 Dec 12, 2002 11:30 Australia Fremantle » A chilling town 26719 km [*] (3) 4 (130 votes)
138 Dec 15, 2002 11:53 Australia Margaret River » Chilling on the beach 26940 km [*] (7) 4 (130 votes)
140 Dec 17, 2002 11:51 Australia Pemberton » Tarzan 27045 km [*] (8) 4 (130 votes)
141 Dec 18, 2002 12:59 Australia Albany » The blowhole incident 27227 km [*] (4) 4 (130 votes)
142 Dec 19, 2002 09:20 Australia Williams » Here we come Nullarbor - well almost!! 27469 km [*] (1) 4 (130 votes)
143 Dec 20, 2002 09:52 Australia Perth » Here we are again 27625 km [*] (4) 4 (130 votes)
146 Dec 23, 2002 09:27 Australia Sydney » Some more boozy nights 30923 km [*] (22) 5 (6 votes)
165 Jan 11, 2003 12:30 Australia Byron Bay » The munchies 31548 km [*] (8) 4 (130 votes)
169 Jan 15, 2003 13:17 Australia Surfers Paradise » Believe it or not 31623 km [*] (2) 4 (130 votes)
171 Jan 17, 2003 07:05 Australia Brisbane » A lesson in pool 31692 km [*] (2) 5 (1 votes)
177 Jan 23, 2003 04:55 Australia Noosa » Yep more partying 31817 km [*] (2) 4 (130 votes)
179 Jan 25, 2003 08:21 Australia Fraser Island » Sand, sand and more sand 31996 km [*] (8) 4 (130 votes)
182 Jan 28, 2003 01:19 Australia Airlie Beach » A life on the ocean waves 32663 km [*] (19) 4 (130 votes)
185 Jan 31, 2003 18:16 Australia Cairns » The dive 33138 km 4 (130 votes)
187 Feb 02, 2003 01:36 Australia Cape Tribulation » A walk on the wild side 33244 km 4 (130 votes)
189 Feb 04, 2003 02:42 Australia Cairns » Time to get organized 33350 km 4 (130 votes)
190 Feb 05, 2003 08:43 Australia Alice Springs » The Dreaming and aboriginal stuff I wouldn't fancy 34802 km 4 (130 votes)
191 Feb 06, 2003 08:29 Australia Ayers Rock (Uluru) » The Rock, the heat and the flies 35137 km 1 (1 votes)
195 Feb 10, 2003 09:20 Australia Alice Springs » More partying 35472 km 4 (130 votes)
198 Feb 13, 2003 09:12 Australia Sydney » Guess who's back, back again..... 37503 km 2 (1 votes)
201 Feb 16, 2003 01:18 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Queenstown » The adventure capital of the world 39449 km [*] (3) 4 (130 votes)
201 Feb 16, 2003 16:19 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Milford » Time to chill out 39527 km 4 (130 votes)
204 Feb 19, 2003 05:53 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Dunedin » How did I end up in Scotland? 39769 km 4 (130 votes)
205 Feb 20, 2003 06:27 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Queenstown » Just passing 39933 km 4 (130 votes)
207 Feb 22, 2003 06:34 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Franz Josef » A big lump of ice 40142 km 4 (130 votes)
210 Feb 25, 2003 07:10 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Christchurch » Chilling 40340 km 4 (130 votes)
211 Feb 26, 2003 08:00 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Kaikora » There she blows 40862 km 4 (130 votes)
212 Feb 27, 2003 08:59 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Wellington » Lord of the Rings 41082 km 4 (130 votes)
213 Feb 28, 2003 09:29 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Taupo » Welcome to my office 41394 km [*] (1) 4 (130 votes)
214 Mar 01, 2003 09:18 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Rotorua » Maori culture? 41469 km 4 (130 votes)
215 Mar 02, 2003 06:52 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Waitomo Caves » Tom Cruise looky-likey 41554 km 4 (130 votes)
217 Mar 04, 2003 09:14 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Tauranga » Never ending hill path 41668 km 4 (130 votes)
218 Mar 05, 2003 12:23 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Auckland » Taking a break 41822 km 4 (130 votes)
219 Mar 06, 2003 13:35 Fiji Nadi » Hot weather at last 43961 km 4 (130 votes)
221 Mar 08, 2003 04:55 Fiji Sigatoka » Bula Vinaka 44017 km 4 (130 votes)
222 Mar 09, 2003 10:54 Fiji Suva » The adventure 44073 km 4 (130 votes)
226 Mar 13, 2003 11:38 Fiji Nananu » Finding Nemo 44121 km 4 (130 votes)
226 Mar 13, 2003 13:34 Fiji Nadi » Back in Nadi 44243 km 4 (130 votes)
232 Mar 18, 2003 22:59 United States San Francisco » Lets do the time warp again 53060 km 4 (130 votes)
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