Kirsty and Helen's Excellent Adventure

Kirsty and Helen are embarking on an excellent adventure! They are throwing in their illustrious careers (well, just quitting work really) for a chance to escape the daily grind and see what the world really has to offer.

  • 94 days (29 Nov 2005 - 03 Mar 2006)
  • 43535 km (27051 miles)
  • 14 countries
  • 40 entries (1440 words)
  • 197 photos
  • 3.1 ratings (154 votes)
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Day Journal date: Country Place Title Distance Media Rating
1 Nov 29, 2005 01:00 Australia Brisbane » We're Away! 0 km 2.2 (6 votes)
1 Nov 29, 2005 11:30 Hong Kong Kowloon » Arrived in Hong Kong 6943 km [*] (11) 3.7 (15 votes)
5 Dec 03, 2005 05:03 Hong Kong Hong Kong Island » The Peak, Hong Kong Island 6951 km [*] (13) 4 (2 votes)
8 Dec 06, 2005 04:30 United Kingdom Heathrow » Heathrow Airport 16614 km [*] (1) 3.7 (3 votes)
10 Dec 08, 2005 18:31 United Kingdom Edinburgh » Edinburgh 17145 km [*] (12) 3 (6 votes)
11 Dec 09, 2005 16:23 United Kingdom Crail » Crail, Scotland 17195 km [*] (17) 3.7 (3 votes)
13 Dec 11, 2005 13:28 United Kingdom Aberdeen » Aberdeen, Scotland 17297 km [*] (3) 4 (1 votes)
14 Dec 12, 2005 17:42 United Kingdom Highlands of Scotland » Scottish Highlands 17447 km [*] (13) 5 (1 votes)
16 Dec 14, 2005 20:58 United Kingdom Durness » Made it to the top of Scotland... 17567 km [*] (7) 3 (7 votes)
17 Dec 15, 2005 20:51 United Kingdom Loch Ness » Loch Ness and Urquart Castle 17710 km [*] (17) 5 (1 votes)
18 Dec 16, 2005 20:53 United Kingdom Kyleakin » Isle of Skye, Scotland 17788 km [*] (4) 5 (1 votes)
19 Dec 17, 2005 20:57 United Kingdom Glen Nevis » Glen Nevis and Fort William, Scotland 17858 km 4.1 (2 votes)
20 Dec 18, 2005 01:58 United Kingdom Stirling » Stirling 17957 km [*] (4) 1 (1 votes)
21 Dec 19, 2005 02:12 United Kingdom Edinburgh » Back to Edinburgh for Christmas and Hogmanay 18008 km [*] (7) 1.7 (3 votes)
38 Jan 05, 2006 14:40 Ireland, Republic of Dublin » Dublin 18360 km 1 (3 votes)
40 Jan 07, 2006 10:54 Ireland, Republic of Kilkenny » Kilkenny 18462 km
41 Jan 08, 2006 18:01 Ireland, Republic of Cork » Cork 18582 km [*] (10) 1 (1 votes)
42 Jan 09, 2006 11:01 Ireland, Republic of Killarney » Ring of Kerry, Dingle Penninsula 18655 km [*] (12) 3 (2 votes)
45 Jan 12, 2006 12:03 Ireland, Republic of Cliffs of Moher » Cliffs of Moher 18757 km [*] (5)
46 Jan 13, 2006 12:04 Ireland, Republic of Dublin » Back to Dublin 18975 km [*] (1) 3 (1 votes)
47 Jan 14, 2006 11:00 France Paris » Paris! 19754 km [*] (22) 4 (3 votes)
51 Jan 18, 2006 01:22 France Aix-en-Provence » Aix en Provence 20394 km [*] (16) 3 (3 votes)
58 Jan 25, 2006 21:58 Italy Rome » Rome 20999 km 5 (1 votes)
60 Jan 27, 2006 22:00 Italy Venice » Venice 21394 km [*] (5) 3 (2 votes)
62 Jan 29, 2006 22:01 Austria Salzburg » Austria 21663 km [*] (7) 2.5 (4 votes)
65 Feb 01, 2006 13:20 Austria Vienna » Vienna 21916 km
66 Feb 02, 2006 13:21 Czech Republic Prague » Prague 22168 km
72 Feb 08, 2006 13:00 Germany Munich » Munich 22469 km
76 Feb 12, 2006 11:30 Switzerland Lucerne » Lucerne 22745 km
77 Feb 13, 2006 13:00 Switzerland Interlaken » Interlaken and Grindelwald 22800 km
79 Feb 15, 2006 10:48 Germany Cologne » Stop-over in Cologne 23278 km
80 Feb 16, 2006 10:51 Denmark Copenhagen » Copenhagen 23925 km
83 Feb 19, 2006 13:29 Sweden Gothenburg » Gothenburg 24157 km 4 (1 votes)
86 Feb 22, 2006 13:30 Norway Oslo » Made it to Norway!! 24412 km
88 Feb 24, 2006 12:47 Norway Bergen » Bergen, Norway!!!! 24718 km [*] (8)
88 Feb 24, 2006 14:50 Norway Oslo » Bergen back to Oslo 25024 km [*] (2)
90 Feb 26, 2006 14:59 Denmark Copenhagen Oslo to Copenhagen 25510 km
92 Feb 28, 2006 16:00 United Kingdom Heathrow » Copenhagen to London 26489 km
93 Mar 01, 2006 08:02 Singapore Singapore » London to Singapore 37380 km
95 Mar 03, 2006 05:33 Australia Brisbane » We made it home!!!! 43535 km
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