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This is the story of Jim and Jane's Round the World trip, beginning in October 2006.

To start, please visit our Contents Page and go from there.

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• 1

  CONTENTS PAGE   Around the World starting in, Canada on Oct 3, 2006 3 pictures 2 comments
• 2

  Introduction   Toronto, Canada on Oct 4, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 3

  Pre-trip ramblings   Toronto, Canada on Oct 5, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 4

  And so it begins   Toronto, Canada on Oct 21, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 5

  A day of water   Wellington, New Zealand on Oct 24, 2006 1 picture 2 comments
• 6

  Around and about Wellington (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Wellington, New Zealand on Oct 26, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
• 7

  Beaches and baches (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Waikawa, New Zealand on Oct 26, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
• 8

  A technical day   Wellington, New Zealand on Oct 28, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 9

  A day in the Bay   Havelock North, New Zealand on Oct 28, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 10

  Wineries and architecture (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Havelock North, New Zealand on Oct 29, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
• 11

  Speaking of engagements   Wellington, New Zealand on Oct 31, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 12

  Tora Coastal Walk - day 1   Tuturumuri, New Zealand on Nov 1, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
• 13

  Tora Coastal Walk - day 3 (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Tuturumuri, New Zealand on Nov 5, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
• 14

  Tora Coastal Walk - day 2   Tuturumuri, New Zealand on Nov 5, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
• 15

  Chapter 2 - Australia   Sydney, Australia on Nov 8, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
• 16

  Sydney city (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Sydney, Australia on Nov 8, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 17

  Blue Mountains (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Sydney, Australia on Nov 10, 2006 4 pictures 1 comment
• 18

  From host to host on the coast   Sydney, Australia on Nov 11, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 19

  Cheerio, Sydney-siders, g'day Novacastrians   Newcastle, Australia on Nov 12, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 20

  Snoring and pouring   Newcastle, Australia on Nov 13, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 21

  One week in Oz   Coffs Harbour, Australia on Nov 14, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 22

  At last - some bad weather!   Coffs Harbour, Australia on Nov 16, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 23

  Hippies and Surfies   Byron Bay, Australia on Nov 17, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 24

  Surfers, but not Paradise (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Surfers Paradise, Australia on Nov 18, 2006 10 pictures 1 comment
• 25

  Just another day in   Surfers Paradise, Australia on Nov 21, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 26

  Off to Brisbane   Brisbane, Australia on Nov 23, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 27

  Cricket! (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Brisbane, Australia on Nov 24, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 28

  It's a bit looser in Noosa   Noosa, Australia on Nov 25, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
• 29

  Noosa - day 2   Noosa, Australia on Nov 26, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 30

  Noosa to Hervey Bay   Hervey Bay, Australia on Nov 27, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
• 31

  Fraser Island (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Hervey Bay, Australia on Nov 28, 2006 11 pictures 0 comments
• 32

  Early in to Airlie   Airlie Beach, Australia on Nov 29, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 33

  Great Barrier Reef, Batman! (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Airlie Beach, Australia on Nov 30, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
• 34

  Whitsundays   Airlie Beach, Australia on Dec 1, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 35

  Travelling on empty   Cairns, Australia on Dec 2, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
• 36

  Turning Japanese   Tokyo, Japan on Dec 3, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 37

  Tour de Tokyo   Tokyo, Japan on Dec 5, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
• 38

  Time capsule   Tokyo, Japan on Dec 6, 2006 4 pictures 1 comment
• 39

  Last day in Tokyo   Tokyo, Japan on Dec 6, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 40

  Having a blast in Hiroshima   Hiroshima, Japan on Dec 7, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 41

  A day with Keigo   Hiroshima, Japan on Dec 8, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 42

  So long Sasakis   Hiroshima, Japan on Dec 9, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
• 43

  Parking garages and orderly light shows   Osaka, Japan on Dec 10, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 44

  Kyoto and a big hangover (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Osaka, Japan on Dec 12, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
• 45

  Hong Kong - phewy! (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Hong Kong, Hong Kong on Dec 13, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
• 46

  Harbour lights and more food frights   Hong Kong, Hong Kong on Dec 14, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 47

  Off to Thailand   Bangkok, Thailand on Dec 15, 2006 0 pictures 2 comments
• 48

  One crazy city (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Bangkok, Thailand on Dec 16, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 49

  A long, long day   Koh Tao, Thailand on Dec 17, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 50

  Jim and Jane on a motorbike (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Koh Tao, Thailand on Dec 19, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 51

  (Relatively) plain sailing   Bangkok, Thailand on Dec 21, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
• 52

  Jungle Bells (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Near Chiang Mai, Thailand on Dec 24, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 53

  Merry Christmas - pass the rat, please   Near Chiang Mai, Thailand on Dec 25, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 54

  Robbed!   Near Chiang Mai, Thailand on Dec 26, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 55

  Now things get interesting . . .   Mumbai, India on Dec 30, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 56

  New Year's Eve in Mumbai   Mumbai, India on Dec 31, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 57

  Getting out of Mumbai - harder than we thought   Mumbai, India on Jan 1, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 58

  Auranga-not-too-bad   Aurangabad, India on Jan 3, 2007 10 pictures 0 comments
• 59

  Ah, the quiet   Mandhu, India on Jan 4, 2007 3 pictures 0 comments
• 60

  Mandhu it some more   Mandhu, India on Jan 6, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 61

  Indore and out   Indore to Jabalpur, India on Jan 7, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
• 62

  Tiger in the woods   Kanha National Park, India on Jan 10, 2007 5 pictures 0 comments
• 63

  Eighty days down - 285 to go   Jabalpur, India on Jan 11, 2007 3 pictures 1 comment
• 64

  Orchha - a hidden gem   Orchha, India on Jan 12, 2007 3 pictures 0 comments
• 65

  Sick in Orchha   Orchha, India on Jan 13, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 66

  Sick of Khajuraho   Khajuraho, India on Jan 17, 2007 7 pictures 0 comments
• 67

  Burning ghats to burning gastric pain   Varanasi, India on Jan 24, 2007 12 pictures 1 comment
• 68

  Thank you India (CONTAINS 2 VIDEOS)   Sonauli, India on Jan 24, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
• 69

  Same subcontinent, totally different country   Kathmandu, Nepal on Jan 25, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 70

  Nepal volunteering report #1   Kathmandu, Nepal on Feb 2, 2007 1 picture 0 comments
• 71

  Volunteering report #2   Kathmandu, Nepal on Feb 6, 2007 14 pictures 0 comments
• 72

  Volunteering report #3   Kathmandu, Nepal on Feb 13, 2007 5 pictures 0 comments
• 73

  Volunteering report #4   Kathmandu, Nepal on Mar 5, 2007 6 pictures 0 comments
• 74

  Kathmandu volunteering report #5   Kathmandu, Nepal on Mar 13, 2007 10 pictures 0 comments
• 75

  Trekking   Around Dhulikel region, Nepal on Apr 3, 2007 17 pictures 0 comments
• 76

  Motorcycle diaries   Kathmandu, Nepal on Apr 4, 2007 7 pictures 0 comments
• 77

  Pokhing around Pokhara (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Pokhara, Nepal on Apr 10, 2007 1 picture 0 comments
• 78

  How the other half lives   Delhi, India on Apr 15, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 79

  Sleeping like an Egyptian   Cairo, Egypt on Apr 19, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 80

  Under African skies   Arusha, Tanzania on Apr 20, 2007 4 pictures 0 comments
• 81

  Land of the long greetings   Pangani, Tanzania on Apr 24, 2007 4 pictures 2 comments
• 82

  Those who confine their farts   Pangani, Tanzania on Apr 29, 2007 10 pictures 1 comment
• 83

  Two to Tanga   Pangani, Tanzania on May 3, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 84

  A bit about Tanzania   Pangani, Tanzania on May 9, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
• 85

  The Case of the Missing Computer   Pangani, Tanzania on May 18, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
• 86

  Volunteering debate continues   Pangani, Tanzania on May 18, 2007 4 pictures 1 comment
• 87

  Over the top   Pangani, Tanzania on May 19, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
• 88

  Cruising up the river   Pangani, Tanzania on May 22, 2007 9 pictures 0 comments
• 89

  A lucky escape (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Zanzibar, Tanzania on May 24, 2007 7 pictures 1 comment
• 90

  Much easier on the way back   Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on May 28, 2007 14 pictures 0 comments
• 91

  Kilimanjaro (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Arusha, Tanzania on Jun 19, 2007 19 pictures 4 comments
• 92

  Safari - CONTAINS VIDEO!   Serengeti, Tanzania on Jun 24, 2007 15 pictures 0 comments
• 93

  Nairobbery avoided   Nairobi, Kenya on Jul 1, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 94

  Return to Cairo   Cairo, Egypt on Jul 6, 2007 9 pictures 0 comments
• 95

  Luxor-ious - INCLUDES VIDEO!   Luxor, Egypt on Jul 9, 2007 9 pictures 0 comments
• 96

  Crossing Jordan   Nuweiba, Egypt on Jul 13, 2007 9 pictures 0 comments
• 97

  Dying to go to the Dead Sea   Dead Sea, Jordan on Jul 16, 2007 13 pictures 1 comment
• 98

  The world's oldest city   Damascus, Syria on Jul 21, 2007 4 pictures 0 comments
• 99

  Palmyra - decidedly surpassable   Palmyra, Syria on Jul 23, 2007 7 pictures 0 comments
• 100

  My psychological problem (CONTAINS VIDEO)   Aleppo, Syria on Jul 26, 2007 6 pictures 1 comment
• 101

  Shenshashional Sanliurfa   Sanliurfa, Turkey on Jul 29, 2007 3 pictures 1 comment
• 102

  The Fairy Chimneys   Goreme, Turkey on Aug 1, 2007 9 pictures 0 comments
• 103

  Olympos games   Olympos, Turkey on Aug 3, 2007 5 pictures 0 comments
• 104

  Gallipoli   Canakkale, Turkey on Aug 5, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 105

  End of the Turkey leg (INCLUDES VIDEO)   Istanbul, Turkey on Aug 8, 2007 5 pictures 0 comments
• 106

  Entering Europe   Sofia, Bulgaria on Aug 11, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 107

  Macedonia   Skopje, Macedonia on Aug 13, 2007 7 pictures 8 comments
• 108

  Church of the day   Ohrid, Macedonia on Aug 16, 2007 6 pictures 0 comments
• 109

  Scarecrows and Teddy Bears   Tirana, Albania on Aug 18, 2007 0 pictures 8 comments
• 110

  Who knew they were separate countries?   Kotor, Serbia and Montenegro on Aug 20, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 111

  Get me out of . . .   Dubrovnik, Croatia on Aug 21, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 112

  A fistfull of dinars   Zagreb, Croatia on Aug 22, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 113

  An open letter to the world   Krivan, Slovakia on Sep 11, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 114

  Some photos   Krivan, Slovakia on Dec 1, 2007 15 pictures 0 comments
• 115

  Travel tips for tight-arse backpackers   Krivan, Slovakia on Dec 2, 2007 0 pictures 1 comment