Round the World Trip

Well here we are, approaching the final countdown. We both have our last day of work tonight, and then are both gainfully unemployed!!! (or some might say, mostly retired). Lots of parties in the next few days, and then we're off on Wed, the 24th. Off to Europe for a couple of months, first stop is Scotland, and then Norway, onwards around Europe to Russia. Train accross Russia, Mongolia and China, Japan, into South East Asia, and from there, to Australia, NZ, Fiji, and across the Pacific to South America and North America, all going well. This is a hugh trip and will take a long time, probably 2-3 yrs. Right now we are getting nervous and excited but can't wait to go.

  • 516 days (23 Aug 2005 - 21 Jan 2007)
  • 58759 km (36511 miles)
  • 33 countries
  • 138 entries (50943 words)
  • 1505 photos
  • 4.2 ratings (225 votes)
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Day Journal date: Country Place Title Distance Media Rating
1 Aug 23, 2005 13:32 United Kingdom Belfast » We're off! 0 km 1.9 (11 votes)
2 Aug 24, 2005 13:32 United Kingdom Glasgow » Glasgow 176 km 3.5 (2 votes)
2 Aug 25, 2005 12:54 United Kingdom Loch Ness » Finally on our way!!! 340 km [*] (13) 5 (8 votes)
4 Aug 27, 2005 12:58 United Kingdom Edinburgh » Last day in UK!!! 509 km [*] (4) 5 (1 votes)
5 Aug 28, 2005 13:02 United Kingdom Newcastle upon Tyne » ByeBye UK 656 km 3.9 (1 votes)
7 Aug 30, 2005 12:07 Norway Stavanger » Norway 1285 km [*] (10) 4.7 (12 votes)
8 Aug 31, 2005 12:11 Norway Bergen » Fjords! 1446 km [*] (20) 4.6 (3 votes)
10 Sep 02, 2005 12:17 Norway Oslo » Oslo 1752 km [*] (5) 4 (1 votes)
10 Sep 02, 2005 12:22 Sweden Stockholm » Looonnnnggg drive 2168 km [*] (13) 5 (3 votes)
11 Sep 03, 2005 12:27 Denmark Copenhagen » copenhagen 2691 km [*] (13) 5 (3 votes)
12 Sep 04, 2005 10:19 Germany Lübeck » into Germany 2926 km
16 Sep 08, 2005 10:25 Poland Szczecin » BEER!!! 3569 km [*] (3)
18 Sep 09, 2005 14:54 Germany Berlin » Ich bin ein berliner 4005 km 5 (1 votes)
20 Sep 11, 2005 17:09 Netherlands Amsterdam » Damed if you do.... 4581 km [*] (7)
21 Sep 12, 2005 16:09 Belgium Bruges » Chocolates! 4753 km [*] (6) 4.2 (2 votes)
22 Sep 13, 2005 16:16 France Dunkirk » croissants...mmmm.... 4817 km 4 (1 votes)
23 Sep 14, 2005 16:19 France Blois » chateaux 5354 km 5 (1 votes)
24 Sep 15, 2005 16:22 France Biarritz » water!!! 6029 km [*] (3) 5 (1 votes)
25 Sep 16, 2005 17:27 Spain Madrid » viva espania. 6415 km [*] (15) 2.8 (2 votes)
27 Sep 18, 2005 17:28 Spain Gibraltar-Spain neutral zone » cheeky monkey 6910 km [*] (15) 4.2 (9 votes)
29 Sep 20, 2005 16:43 Spain Torre del Mar » 4* hotel...yay 7042 km 5 (1 votes)
31 Sep 23, 2005 10:19 Spain Barcelona » more fiestas! 7790 km [*] (14) 5 (1 votes)
34 Sep 26, 2005 10:27 France Cannes » living the highlife!` 8113 km [*] (7) 5 (1 votes)
35 Sep 27, 2005 10:38 Monaco Monaco » serene monaco 8382 km [*] (8) 5 (1 votes)
37 Sep 29, 2005 10:42 Italy La Spezia » the italian job 8581 km 3.1 (2 votes)
38 Sep 30, 2005 09:51 Italy Pisa » la spezia and pisa 8644 km [*] (15) 1 (1 votes)
38 Sep 30, 2005 10:57 Italy Florence » florence 8714 km 5 (1 votes)
39 Sep 30, 2005 18:02 Italy Siena » haircut` 8765 km [*] (13) 1.5 (2 votes)
39 Oct 01, 2005 10:55 Vatican City State Vatican City » When in Rome.... 8947 km [*] (21)
40 Oct 02, 2005 11:14 Italy Rome » Roaming in Rome. 8950 km [*] (31) 4.1 (1 votes)
41 Oct 03, 2005 11:08 Italy Naples » pizza and new italian friends! 9140 km [*] (22)
42 Oct 04, 2005 11:16 Italy Pompeii » more pizza!!! 9162 km
42 Oct 04, 2005 11:32 Italy Amalfi » beautiful 9179 km [*] (9)
45 Oct 07, 2005 11:35 Italy Venice » venezia 9745 km [*] (11)
46 Oct 08, 2005 11:41 Slovenia Ljubljana » slovenia 9929 km [*] (6) 3.7 (5 votes)
51 Oct 13, 2005 11:53 Croatia Dubrovnik » idyllic adriatic 10403 km [*] (14) 4 (3 votes)
52 Oct 13, 2005 15:05 Bosnia and Herzegovina Neum » random 10453 km
53 Oct 14, 2005 15:09 Croatia Hvar » hvar 10530 km [*] (5)
54 Oct 15, 2005 15:14 Bosnia and Herzegovina Banja Luka » shells on the beach 10716 km [*] (3) 5 (1 votes)
55 Oct 16, 2005 15:21 Hungary Budapest » helpful hungarians 11053 km [*] (21)
56 Oct 17, 2005 15:34 Slovakia Bratislava » slovakia 11217 km [*] (11) 5 (1 votes)
58 Oct 19, 2005 22:47 Austria Vienna » vienna! 11273 km [*] (17)
60 Oct 21, 2005 15:28 Czech Republic Prague » pivo prosim 11525 km [*] (58)
62 Oct 23, 2005 14:47 Poland Kraków » krakow 11864 km [*] (27) 5 (2 votes)
64 Oct 25, 2005 16:09 Lithuania Vilnius » lithuania 12424 km [*] (23) 1 (1 votes)
64 Oct 26, 2005 07:04 Lithuania Vilnius » bye bye lithuania 12424 km
66 Oct 27, 2005 17:09 Latvia Rīga » real riga (bye bye wee car:( ) 12688 km [*] (15)
66 Oct 28, 2005 10:36 Estonia Tallinn » tallinn 12967 km [*] (24)
66 Oct 28, 2005 10:43 Estonia Tallinn » bye bye europe 12967 km 3 (2 votes)
68 Oct 30, 2005 02:16 Russian Federation Saint Petersburg » from russia with love 13283 km [*] (33) 3.6 (3 votes)
69 Oct 31, 2005 02:40 Russian Federation Moscow » made it to moscow (finally!) 13917 km
70 Nov 01, 2005 03:43 Russian Federation Moscow » red square 13917 km [*] (40)
75 Nov 06, 2005 04:15 Russian Federation Irkutsk » trans siberian adventure 18128 km [*] (34)
76 Nov 07, 2005 05:42 Russian Federation Irkutsk » aaarrrggggh 18128 km
79 Nov 10, 2005 02:45 Russian Federation Lake Baikal » banya 18495 km [*] (32) 4.7 (8 votes)
80 Nov 11, 2005 03:07 Russian Federation Irkutsk » no goblins here 18862 km
83 Nov 13, 2005 13:49 Mongolia Ulaan Baatar Hoto » bye bye russia 19381 km [*] (32) 5 (1 votes)
84 Nov 14, 2005 13:22 China Beijing » full of eastern promise!!! 20549 km [*] (20) 5 (1 votes)
85 Nov 16, 2005 02:09 China Beijing » celebs 20549 km [*] (36) 5 (1 votes)
88 Nov 19, 2005 04:11 China Beijing » bird flu??? 20549 km [*] (25) 4.6 (5 votes)
91 Nov 21, 2005 12:43 China Beijing » It sure is a great wall!!! 20549 km [*] (3) 5 (1 votes)
92 Nov 23, 2005 05:00 China Beijing » byebye beijing 20549 km 3 (2 votes)
93 Nov 24, 2005 10:30 China Xi'an » terra cotta soldiers 22206 km [*] (6) 3.7 (3 votes)
95 Nov 26, 2005 10:57 China Guilin » fluffy bunnies and big cute rats 22468 km [*] (1)
96 Nov 27, 2005 11:12 China Yangshuo » welcome to jurassic park 22718 km [*] (8) 5 (1 votes)
98 Nov 29, 2005 09:29 China Yangshuo » wo ai ni jui xiang laoshu ai da mi 22718 km [*] (6) 5 (1 votes)
101 Dec 02, 2005 04:37 China Yangshuo » jam donut day!! 22718 km [*] (6) 4.7 (3 votes)
102 Dec 02, 2005 19:13 China Nanning » chicken run 23031 km 3 (1 votes)
102 Dec 03, 2005 11:39 Viet Nam Hanoi » GOOOD MORNING VIETNAM!!!!!!!!!!! 23354 km [*] (5) 5 (1 votes)
104 Dec 05, 2005 08:02 Viet Nam Hanoi » happy hanoi 23354 km [*] (11) 5 (1 votes)
106 Dec 07, 2005 05:21 Viet Nam Hanoi » why is everything so difficult? 23354 km
107 Dec 08, 2005 04:28 Viet Nam Hanoi » good or bad news? 23354 km
108 Dec 09, 2005 00:31 Viet Nam Hanoi » bye bye clothes 23354 km [*] (5)
109 Dec 09, 2005 12:55 Viet Nam Cát Bà » halong bay 23484 km [*] (14)
110 Dec 10, 2005 13:02 Viet Nam Hanoi » lost but not forgotton:( 23614 km
111 Dec 12, 2005 05:35 Viet Nam Hanoi » funfunfun 23614 km 5 (2 votes)
113 Dec 14, 2005 06:06 Viet Nam Hanoi » byebye hanoi 23614 km 5 (1 votes)
114 Dec 15, 2005 08:25 Viet Nam Huế » hue 24155 km [*] (1)
115 Dec 16, 2005 08:38 Viet Nam Hội An » it never rains but it pours 24258 km [*] (11) 5 (1 votes)
116 Dec 17, 2005 10:23 Viet Nam Hội An » rain rain go away 24258 km 5 (1 votes)
117 Dec 17, 2005 18:13 Viet Nam Hội An » welcome back mr sun 24258 km [*] (8) 5 (1 votes)
119 Dec 19, 2005 14:15 Viet Nam Hội An » last day hoi an 24258 km
120 Dec 21, 2005 11:07 Viet Nam Nha Trang » bia hoi 24673 km 5 (1 votes)
122 Dec 23, 2005 04:53 Viet Nam Saigon » saigon 24995 km [*] (5)
123 Dec 24, 2005 04:30 Viet Nam Củ Chi » Merry Christmas 25028 km [*] (7) 5 (1 votes)
126 Dec 26, 2005 14:51 Viet Nam Saigon » banjaxed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 25061 km [*] (12)
126 Dec 27, 2005 03:37 Viet Nam Cần Thơ » yo! 25187 km [*] (40)
127 Dec 28, 2005 04:09 Viet Nam Châu Ðốc » chau doc 25292 km [*] (22)
129 Dec 30, 2005 04:14 Viet Nam Sài Gòn » no more visa issues-yay! 25466 km
132 Jan 01, 2006 14:44 Cambodia Phnom Penh » happy new year!!!!! 25731 km [*] (44)
136 Jan 06, 2006 05:36 Cambodia Sihanoukville » sun sea and sand 25917 km [*] (13) 4.4 (4 votes)
140 Jan 10, 2006 04:53 Cambodia Sihanoukville » animaly 25917 km 5 (1 votes)
144 Jan 13, 2006 13:11 Cambodia Sihanoukville » byebye beach 25917 km
146 Jan 16, 2006 08:39 Cambodia Phnom Penh » bout ye big lad? 26103 km [*] (2)
147 Jan 17, 2006 08:47 Cambodia Siem Reap » angkor what??? 26337 km
148 Jan 18, 2006 07:35 Cambodia Siem Reap » ancient angkor 26337 km [*] (64) 3.6 (6 votes)
150 Jan 20, 2006 03:15 Thailand Bangkok » one night in bangkok 26701 km [*] (16) 5 (1 votes)
154 Jan 24, 2006 05:11 Thailand Bangkok » me love you long time 26701 km [*] (21)
157 Jan 27, 2006 07:40 Thailand Bangkok » changover (damn wizards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) 26701 km [*] (7) 5 (1 votes)
164 Feb 03, 2006 05:26 Thailand Bangkok » patpong pingpong 26701 km [*] (3) 3 (1 votes)
165 Feb 04, 2006 10:56 Malaysia Butterworth » butterworth 27629 km
166 Feb 05, 2006 11:02 Singapore Singapore » singapore 28228 km [*] (25) 4.2 (9 votes)
168 Feb 07, 2006 01:22 Australia Darwin » australia 31580 km
176 Feb 15, 2006 07:01 Australia Darwin » birthdays, beers, waterfalls and wankas 31580 km [*] (32) 5 (1 votes)
190 Mar 01, 2006 06:48 Australia Darwin » still in darwin 31580 km [*] (14)
207 Mar 18, 2006 06:15 Australia Darwin » darwin still 31580 km [*] (15)
214 Mar 25, 2006 04:15 Australia Darwin » new jobs 31580 km [*] (27) 4.8 (2 votes)
232 Apr 12, 2006 06:50 Australia Darwin » sharks and dragons 31580 km [*] (18) 4 (1 votes)
247 Apr 27, 2006 10:06 Australia Darwin » cyclone fun 31580 km 4 (2 votes)
285 Jun 04, 2006 07:57 Australia Darwin » byebye darwin 31580 km [*] (18) 4.4 (6 votes)
286 Jun 05, 2006 02:18 Australia Jabiru Hill » holy jumping crocodiles!!! 32032 km [*] (35) 4.5 (20 votes)
287 Jun 06, 2006 02:52 Australia Katherine » refreshing swim, damn salties 32239 km [*] (14) 4.3 (2 votes)
292 Jun 11, 2006 03:06 Australia Kununurra » bloody car 32646 km [*] (3) 5 (1 votes)
292 Jun 11, 2006 03:10 Australia Broome » broome 33381 km [*] (18) 1 (1 votes)
295 Jun 14, 2006 02:58 Australia Tom Price » what a "Gorge-ous" place 34082 km [*] (10)
298 Jun 17, 2006 03:05 Australia Exmouth » ningaloo magic 34467 km [*] (7)
300 Jun 19, 2006 07:27 Australia Monkey Mia » dingos drinking milk,popcorn munching kangaroos 34900 km [*] (10)
302 Jun 21, 2006 07:50 Australia Fremantle » perth 35624 km
316 Jul 04, 2006 15:30 Australia Fremantle » fremantle 35624 km [*] (8) 4.5 (1 votes)
320 Jul 08, 2006 14:16 Australia Rottnest Island » cute quokkas 35650 km [*] (26)
320 Jul 09, 2006 02:40 Australia Fremantle » cuddley kangaroos and koalas, wonderful wombats 35676 km 4.8 (2 votes)
356 Aug 14, 2006 04:19 Australia Fremantle » It's been a while! 35676 km [*] (31) 5 (1 votes)
389 Sep 16, 2006 01:24 Australia Fremantle » byebye hostel 35676 km
401 Sep 28, 2006 07:59 Australia Fremantle » new house fun 35676 km [*] (3)
406 Oct 03, 2006 07:15 Australia Margaret River » margaret river fun 35898 km [*] (16) 5 (2 votes)
448 Nov 14, 2006 04:16 Australia Esperance » what we've been up to this month 36530 km [*] (80) 1.7 (2 votes)
481 Dec 17, 2006 03:17 Australia Fremantle » byebye freo 37138 km
482 Dec 18, 2006 03:24 Australia Kalgoorlie » strange places 37699 km
482 Dec 18, 2006 03:33 Australia Cook » ghost town 38556 km
483 Dec 19, 2006 03:39 Australia Adelaide » ADELAIDE 39460 km
483 Dec 19, 2006 03:43 Australia Broken Hill » broken hill 39884 km
488 Dec 24, 2006 03:46 Australia Sydney » merry christmas 40823 km
503 Jan 08, 2007 03:12 Australia Collaroy Beach » collaroy 40842 km
508 Jan 12, 2007 13:24 Australia Cessnock » wine country 40943 km
512 Jan 16, 2007 13:31 Australia Collaroy Beach » byebye australia 41044 km
512 Jan 17, 2007 02:53 South Korea Seoul » yay hyatt 49371 km 4.7 (1 votes)
513 Jan 18, 2007 12:06 United Kingdom London » welcome back to UK?!? 58240 km
516 Jan 21, 2007 12:11 United Kingdom Belfast » so long folks 58759 km
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