London to the rest of the world

The first leg of our trip takes us from London, UK to Havana, Cuba. Two weeks in Cuba and then onto Mexico City to start the Central American leg. From CA to South America and then a hop skip and a jump to New Zealand, stepping on Rapa Nui and Tahiti on the way. From NZ to Fiji, then the east coast of OZ, then South East Asia, before flying back home from Hong Kong.

  • 366 days (30 Sep 2006 - 01 Oct 2007)
  • 78701 km (48903 miles)
  • 25 countries
  • 151 entries (29381 words)
  • 890 photos
  • 4.6 ratings (179 votes)
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Day Journal date: Country Place Title Distance Media Rating
1 Sep 30, 2006 01:00 United Kingdom London » Depature for Havana 0 km
2 Oct 01, 2006 18:36 Cuba Havana » Arrival in Havana 7501 km [*] (3) 3.4 (3 votes)
3 Oct 02, 2006 23:41 Cuba Havana » Looking around Havana 7501 km [*] (3) 5 (2 votes)
5 Oct 05, 2006 00:05 Cuba Santa Clara » Santa Clara 7761 km [*] (3) 5 (1 votes)
7 Oct 07, 2006 00:29 Cuba Trinidad » Trinidad 8039 km [*] (4) 3.2 (3 votes)
11 Oct 11, 2006 00:47 Cuba Cienfuegos » Cienfuegos 8343 km [*] (3) 5 (4 votes)
14 Oct 13, 2006 01:05 Cuba Havana » Back in Havana 8570 km [*] (3) 5 (2 votes)
17 Oct 16, 2006 02:19 Mexico Mexico City » Mexico City 10358 km [*] (3) 5 (1 votes)
20 Oct 19, 2006 23:17 Mexico San Cristóbal de Las Casas » San Cristobal de las Casas 11109 km [*] (4)
21 Oct 20, 2006 15:44 Mexico Palenque » Palenque 11220 km [*] (4) 4.9 (3 votes)
23 Oct 22, 2006 16:25 Mexico Bonampak » Yaxchilan and Bonampak. 11349 km [*] (6) 5 (1 votes)
26 Oct 25, 2006 03:31 Guatemala Flores Petén » Flores, Guatemala 11479 km [*] (2) 5 (2 votes)
28 Oct 27, 2006 03:34 Guatemala Tikal » The Jungle trek to Tikal 11521 km [*] (4) 5 (1 votes)
30 Oct 29, 2006 19:17 Guatemala Flores Petén » Tikal and then back to Flores 11563 km [*] (3) 4.9 (3 votes)
30 Oct 29, 2006 22:19 Guatemala Cobán » South through Guatemala 11733 km [*] (2) 4.5 (1 votes)
31 Oct 30, 2006 22:36 Guatemala Guatemala City » Stuck in a Guat 11831 km
33 Nov 01, 2006 22:27 Guatemala Antigua Guatemala » Antigua 11855 km [*] (4) 4.9 (2 votes)
35 Nov 03, 2006 06:00 Guatemala San Marcos La Laguna » Las Pyramides - San Marcos La Laguna 11915 km [*] (4) 5 (4 votes)
36 Nov 04, 2006 06:33 Guatemala Antigua Guatemala » Back into Antigua, ready for Honduras 11975 km [*] (3) 4.2 (3 votes)
37 Nov 05, 2006 13:31 Honduras Copán Ruinas » Copan Ruins, Honduras 12151 km [*] (4) 4.2 (3 votes)
38 Nov 06, 2006 13:43 Honduras La Ceiba » La Ceiba 12423 km 4.2 (2 votes)
39 Nov 07, 2006 14:00 Honduras West End » West End, Roatan, Honduras 12539 km [*] (8) 4.9 (11 votes)
45 Nov 13, 2006 17:06 Honduras West End » Finished our Open Water diving ticket 12616 km 4.2 (4 votes)
56 Nov 24, 2006 20:21 Honduras Tegucigalpa » Tegucigalpa 12865 km 4.9 (2 votes)
58 Nov 26, 2006 03:21 Nicaragua Granada » Granada, Nicaragua 13143 km [*] (5) 5 (1 votes)
60 Nov 28, 2006 04:05 Nicaragua Isla Ometepe » Volcanic island 13206 km [*] (4)
63 Dec 01, 2006 04:20 Nicaragua Rivas » Rivas, Nicaragua 13235 km [*] (1) 3.8 (3 votes)
65 Dec 03, 2006 04:42 Costa Rica San José » San Jose, Costa Rica 13490 km [*] (2) 4.3 (2 votes)
66 Dec 04, 2006 14:49 Costa Rica Tortuguero » Frogs in the Forest 13586 km [*] (6) 4.9 (2 votes)
68 Dec 06, 2006 15:44 Costa Rica San José » Back in San Jose 13682 km 5 (2 votes)
69 Dec 07, 2006 16:04 Costa Rica La Fortuna » Obscured by Clouds 13770 km [*] (5) 5 (1 votes)
72 Dec 10, 2006 16:40 Costa Rica Santa Elena » Zip lines and Armadillos 13828 km [*] (4)
73 Dec 11, 2006 14:11 Costa Rica San José » Back in San Jose one last time 13961 km
73 Dec 11, 2006 16:13 Ecuador Quito » Quito, Ecuador 15250 km [*] (11) 5 (1 votes)
82 Dec 20, 2006 23:11 Ecuador Galapagos Islands » The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador 16587 km [*] (45) 5 (1 votes)
90 Dec 28, 2006 00:27 Ecuador Quito » Quito for Christmas 17924 km [*] (4)
90 Dec 28, 2006 18:05 Ecuador Riobamba » Riobamba 18087 km
91 Dec 29, 2006 23:48 Ecuador Alausí » El Nariz del Diablo 18151 km [*] (4) 5 (1 votes)
93 Dec 31, 2006 00:19 Ecuador Cuenca » Shoe Shopping in Cuenca 18229 km [*] (8) 4.3 (2 votes)
94 Jan 01, 2007 15:33 Ecuador Loja » Dancing in the Streets 18356 km 4.1 (1 votes)
96 Jan 03, 2007 15:59 Peru Piura » In to Peru. 18563 km 4.5 (2 votes)
98 Jan 05, 2007 13:20 Peru Huaraz » Deserts, Oases and Mountains 19155 km [*] (8) 4.5 (2 votes)
103 Jan 10, 2007 21:20 Peru Lima » Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones 19441 km [*] (3) 5 (1 votes)
105 Jan 12, 2007 19:21 Peru Huacachina » Cigarettes and Alchohol 19708 km [*] (6)
107 Jan 14, 2007 04:50 Peru Nasca » Lines and lines and lines and lines... 19803 km [*] (9)
110 Jan 17, 2007 01:12 Peru Cuzco » Gringotown 20179 km 3.5 (2 votes)
111 Jan 18, 2007 01:30 Peru Machu Picchu » Machu Picchu 20248 km [*] (14) 4.8 (1 votes)
111 Jan 18, 2007 23:36 Peru Arequipa » Town of the moon 20766 km [*] (14)
114 Jan 21, 2007 00:14 Peru Puno » Floating Islands and Woolly Hats 20935 km [*] (6) 5 (1 votes)
115 Jan 22, 2007 23:22 Bolivia Copacabana » Island of the Sun 21043 km [*] (3)
116 Jan 23, 2007 23:26 Bolivia La Paz » Highest capital city in the world 21151 km [*] (6)
118 Jan 25, 2007 23:28 Bolivia Rurrenabaque » In the Jungle 21386 km [*] (35) 5 (1 votes)
119 Jan 26, 2007 23:30 Bolivia Madidi » Really in the Jungle 21598 km
122 Jan 29, 2007 23:31 Bolivia La Paz » The death road that never happened 22045 km
123 Jan 30, 2007 11:59 Bolivia Uyuni » Train ride across the altiplano 22508 km
125 Feb 01, 2007 04:49 Bolivia Salar de Uyuni » Fart smells and Pink Flamingoes 22600 km [*] (15) 5 (4 votes)
127 Feb 03, 2007 03:51 Chile San Pedro de Atacama » Chile is country number 10! 22893 km
131 Feb 07, 2007 00:58 Chile Santiago » Just passing through 24090 km
132 Feb 08, 2007 01:00 Chile Punta Arenas » Penguins mate for life 26284 km [*] (4)
134 Feb 10, 2007 01:04 Chile Puerto Natales » Prep for Torres del paine 26476 km [*] (7)
141 Feb 17, 2007 20:56 Argentina Ushuaia » The bar at the end of the world 26918 km [*] (4) 5 (1 votes)
146 Feb 22, 2007 12:59 Argentina Buenos Aires » Big walks, big roads and big steaks 29289 km [*] (8) 3.2 (1 votes)
149 Feb 25, 2007 14:53 Chile Santiago » The Market from Birmingham 30403 km [*] (5) 3 (1 votes)
151 Feb 27, 2007 15:13 Chile Pucón » The Lakes District 31061 km [*] (2) 1.8 (1 votes)
155 Mar 03, 2007 21:11 Chile Santiago » Final stop on South American mainland 31719 km
157 Mar 05, 2007 21:16 Chile Easter Island » Lord of the Flies meets Stonehenge 35484 km [*] (12) 3.1 (1 votes)
164 Mar 12, 2007 03:36 French Polynesia Moorea » Tahiti and Moorea 39766 km [*] (13) 3.7 (2 votes)
168 Mar 16, 2007 05:50 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Auckland » Campervan time 43843 km [*] (2)
170 Mar 18, 2007 05:52 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Goat Island » Glass bottom boat! 43910 km [*] (1) 3.6 (1 votes)
172 Mar 20, 2007 06:07 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Poor Knights Islands » Diving the Poor Knight's Islands 43996 km [*] (2) 3.9 (2 votes)
172 Mar 20, 2007 21:51 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Paihia » Bay of Islands boat trip 44062 km [*] (8)
174 Mar 22, 2007 06:36 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Cape Reinga » Cape Reinga, top of the World! 44223 km [*] (5) 3.2 (1 votes)
175 Mar 23, 2007 06:57 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Dargaville » Kauri Forests 44425 km [*] (3) 3.2 (1 votes)
178 Mar 26, 2007 22:58 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Auckland » Steve and Sharon's place 44556 km
179 Mar 27, 2007 08:34 New Zealand (Aotearoa) HaHei » The Coromandel Peninsula 44649 km [*] (3)
181 Mar 29, 2007 08:43 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Rotorua » Fart smells and Museums 44802 km [*] (8)
184 Apr 01, 2007 08:55 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Taupo » Taking the Plunge 1 44864 km [*] (38)
185 Apr 02, 2007 21:53 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Wellington » Ready for the South Island 45176 km [*] (2)
187 Apr 04, 2007 06:05 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Picton » On the South Island at last! 45241 km
188 Apr 05, 2007 07:06 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Nelson City » Nelson 45303 km [*] (2)
189 Apr 06, 2007 09:30 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Motueka » Motueka 45334 km [*] (5)
192 Apr 09, 2007 09:30 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Tapawera » Tapawera 45370 km [*] (6)
193 Apr 10, 2007 09:28 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Murchison » Murchison 45431 km
194 Apr 11, 2007 09:26 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Greymouth » Greymouth 45551 km
195 Apr 12, 2007 07:18 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Franz Josef » Ice to meet you 45684 km [*] (6)
196 Apr 13, 2007 07:19 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Haast » Haastalavista 45790 km [*] (3)
197 Apr 14, 2007 07:13 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Queenstown » Falling with style 45922 km [*] (13)
199 Apr 16, 2007 07:11 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Doubtful Sound » Sounds good to me 46068 km [*] (6)
200 Apr 17, 2007 07:08 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Dunedin » Albatross chicks are fluffy... 46360 km [*] (2)
202 Apr 19, 2007 04:00 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Cook Peak » Cookie Time 46614 km [*] (13)
203 Apr 20, 2007 04:14 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Christchurch » It's England but not as we know it... 46814 km [*] (1)
204 Apr 21, 2007 04:15 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Kaikoura » Dolphin Friendly 46965 km
205 Apr 22, 2007 04:16 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Tirau » Corrugated Irony 47489 km [*] (2)
205 Apr 22, 2007 04:16 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Picton » Fairy Ferry 47887 km
206 Apr 23, 2007 04:18 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Taupo » No skydiving today thankyou 48228 km [*] (4) 4.2 (1 votes)
210 Apr 27, 2007 04:18 New Zealand (Aotearoa) Auckland » Taking the plunge 2 48462 km [*] (11) 5 (1 votes)
214 May 01, 2007 04:42 Fiji Nadi » Fiji Time 50601 km [*] (17)
227 May 14, 2007 07:39 Australia Brisbane » Back behind the wheel 53324 km 5 (1 votes)
248 Jun 04, 2007 03:42 Australia Cairns » Highlights of the Oz East Coast 54719 km [*] (110)
252 Jun 08, 2007 11:16 Singapore Singapore » The one where they meet up with Roger 59746 km [*] (8)
254 Jun 10, 2007 11:18 Malaysia Melaka » Goldfish in a jam jar 59952 km [*] (8)
255 Jun 11, 2007 11:20 Malaysia Kuala Lumpor » City of big buildings and tiny phones 60076 km [*] (8)
259 Jun 15, 2007 04:03 Malaysia Cameron Highlands » Ever wondered... 60226 km [*] (8)
262 Jun 18, 2007 04:17 Malaysia Taman Negara » Snakes on the brain 60342 km [*] (6)
268 Jun 24, 2007 08:46 Malaysia Perhentian Islands » Getting wrecked... 60481 km [*] (5)
269 Jun 25, 2007 05:53 Malaysia George Town » The Panang thang 60753 km [*] (8)
271 Jun 27, 2007 05:39 Thailand Hat Yai » Thai Track 60932 km
272 Jun 28, 2007 10:15 Thailand Phuket » Royal Portraits and Roundabouts 61180 km [*] (6)
275 Jul 01, 2007 11:49 Thailand Ko Phi Phi » Beach time 61227 km [*] (6)
276 Jul 02, 2007 12:20 Thailand Surat Thani » Cross country 61393 km [*] (2)
279 Jul 05, 2007 09:13 Thailand Ko Tao » How now Ko Tao 61523 km [*] (3)
280 Jul 06, 2007 11:19 Thailand Chumphon » Rice Rice Baby 61613 km 5 (1 votes)
282 Jul 08, 2007 13:24 Thailand Bangkok » Go Go a go go 62004 km [*] (8)
284 Jul 10, 2007 14:20 Thailand Chiang Mai » Hope you're doing this at home... 62589 km [*] (5)
287 Jul 13, 2007 14:48 Thailand Pai » We've never seen an Elephant fly... 62672 km [*] (8)
291 Jul 17, 2007 12:56 Thailand Mae Hong Son » The Long Neck Karen 62727 km [*] (4)
293 Jul 19, 2007 05:57 Thailand Pai » Pai Crusts 62782 km
295 Jul 21, 2007 06:10 Thailand Chiang Rai » Poppy fields not forever 62941 km
297 Jul 23, 2007 14:28 Thailand Chiang Khong » "Ta ta" Thailand 63015 km [*] (3) 5 (1 votes)
301 Jul 27, 2007 15:52 Laos Luang Prabang » King Mekong 63202 km [*] (8) 5 (1 votes)
303 Jul 29, 2007 12:56 Laos Phone Savan » Wiskey in the Jar 63326 km [*] (8) 5 (2 votes)
306 Aug 01, 2007 13:14 Laos Vientiane » Capital letters 63504 km [*] (5)
308 Aug 03, 2007 07:07 Laos Paksé » Pakse 63969 km
310 Aug 05, 2007 07:26 Laos Champasak » Wat Phu 63997 km 4.1 (1 votes)
311 Aug 06, 2007 08:16 Laos Don Det » Four thousand Island Dressing 64098 km [*] (3)
312 Aug 07, 2007 08:32 Laos Paksé » Bye Bye Laos 64226 km
313 Aug 08, 2007 13:32 Cambodia Siem Reap » What a Carve Up 64512 km [*] (4)
314 Aug 09, 2007 14:44 Cambodia Battambang » Boat Trips and Chicken dinners 64589 km [*] (8)
315 Aug 10, 2007 13:58 Cambodia Phnom Penh » S21 Prison 64844 km [*] (5)
315 Aug 10, 2007 14:00 Cambodia Phnom Penh » The Killing Fields 64844 km [*] (2)
320 Aug 15, 2007 14:06 Cambodia Kâmpôt » Kampot Bokor Hill Station 64976 km [*] (4) 4.8 (1 votes)
322 Aug 17, 2007 14:08 Cambodia Phnom Penh » Phnom Penh. Again. 65108 km [*] (3)
324 Aug 19, 2007 14:31 Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh City » "Walk, don't run..." 65319 km [*] (24) 5 (1 votes)
328 Aug 23, 2007 14:39 Viet Nam Nha Trang » Beach of the peace 65641 km [*] (2) 5 (1 votes)
331 Aug 26, 2007 13:33 Viet Nam Ðà Lạt » The hills are alive... 65732 km [*] (11) 5 (1 votes)
331 Aug 26, 2007 23:12 Viet Nam Buôn Ma Thuột » Bus ride over the hills 65823 km [*] (6) 5 (1 votes)
332 Aug 27, 2007 23:15 Viet Nam Kon Tum » Bahnar Villages 66015 km [*] (2)
336 Aug 31, 2007 23:27 Viet Nam Hoi An » Get in My Son or Suits You Sir, take your pick. 66286 km [*] (5) 5 (3 votes)
338 Sep 03, 2007 00:56 Viet Nam Huế » A tale of two cities 66330 km [*] (8) 5 (1 votes)
341 Sep 05, 2007 22:16 Viet Nam Hanoi » Vietanimation - The Hanoi Water Puppets 66871 km [*] (6) 5 (1 votes)
344 Sep 08, 2007 22:45 Viet Nam Sa Pá » Saprise... 67124 km [*] (3) 5 (1 votes)
348 Sep 12, 2007 11:16 Viet Nam Halong Bay » A night on the Junk 67548 km [*] (7) 5 (3 votes)
348 Sep 12, 2007 12:01 Viet Nam Hanoi » How Hanoi-ing 67736 km 5 (1 votes)
351 Sep 15, 2007 11:47 China Guilin » Silent sigh. 68392 km [*] (7)
354 Sep 18, 2007 13:46 China Yangshuo » A slow boat through China 68452 km [*] (22) 5 (1 votes)
357 Sep 21, 2007 11:06 China Shenzhen » A riddle... 68900 km 5 (2 votes)
358 Sep 22, 2007 11:21 Hong Kong Kowloon City » Country 23? Well kinda... 68923 km
362 Sep 26, 2007 04:26 Hong Kong Hong Kong » Imagineering... 68933 km [*] (12) 5 (1 votes)
363 Sep 27, 2007 04:08 Macao Macao » More stamps 68999 km [*] (3) 5 (2 votes)
363 Sep 27, 2007 05:07 Hong Kong Kowloon City » Shopping 69067 km [*] (10)
367 Oct 01, 2007 11:30 United Kingdom London » Back in the USS Ahhh the UK 78701 km 5 (1 votes)
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