6 continents, 8 months, 30+ flights - my small trip around the world from Essex to Ecuador via everywhere!

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About this blog

Welcome to my travel blog. The plan is to keep this up to date as I travel off round the world over the next 8 months, so that if you're interested you can see where I am and what I'm up to.

I start on the 15th November 2006, heading to Johannesbourg for one night before continuing to Australia. From there over the following 8 months I'll be visiting:

Australia (everywhere hopefully) New Zealand (Auckland and Rotorua) Singapore (travelling overland too...) Thailand (everwhere) China (Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Yantze and others) Sri Lanka (Colombo and Kandi) USA (New York, Chicago, Washington DC) Jamaica Brazil (Rio...rest to be decided) Argentina (Buenos Aires and elsewhere) Bolivia Peru Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

• 1

  17 Days to go...   Leigh-on-Sea, United Kingdom on Oct 29, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
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  28 hours to go before it all kicks off...   Leigh-on-Sea, United Kingdom on Nov 13, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Johannesburg - Lions, beers, and braai   Johannesbourg, South Africa on Nov 15, 2006 8 pictures 1 comment
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  Day 2 - Johannesburg   Johannesburg, South Africa on Nov 16, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 5

  Off to Sydney to visit Ed Freeman   Sydney, Australia on Nov 17, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Day trip to Manly Beach (via the doctors)...   Sydney, Australia on Nov 19, 2006 4 pictures 1 comment
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  Melbourne here I come...   Plenty (nr Melbourne), Australia on Nov 20, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Melbourne City Centre - sightseeing round 1   Melbourne, Australia on Nov 22, 2006 12 pictures 0 comments
• 9

  Big Night Out no. 2   Melbourne, Australia on Nov 26, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 10

  England's demise in 1st test tempered by MCG visit   Melbourne, Australia on Nov 27, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  The Great Ocean Road in one day!!!!!   Melbourne (and beyond), Australia on Nov 28, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Yet more sightseeing...Old Melbourne Gaol   Melbourne, Australia on Nov 29, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  St. Kilda beach and front   St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia on Nov 30, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 14

  Off to Adelaide with England on top!   Adelaide, Australia on Dec 3, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Same old England...Adelaide was fun though!   Adelaide, Australia on Dec 5, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
• 16

  Adelaide to Alice Springs by coach   Alice Springs, Australia on Dec 7, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 17

  Kings Canyon, Uluru and the Olgas - Day 1   Uluru, Australia on Dec 8, 2006 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Sunrise at Uluru, the Olgas, then back to Alice   Uluru (Ayres Rock), Australia on Dec 9, 2006 18 pictures 0 comments
• 19

  Travelling to Perth   Perth, Australia on Dec 10, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A day at the beach heralds 1st degree burns!   Cottesloe Beach, Perth, Australia on Dec 11, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Sun, Sea, Snorkelling and Hip-e Club.   Rottnest Island, Perth, Australia on Dec 12, 2006 13 pictures 0 comments
• 22

  BBQ at Bez's   South Perth, Perth, Australia on Dec 14, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  A visit to the WACA - can England turn it around?   Perth, Australia on Dec 16, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Off to check out   Freemantle, Perth, Australia on Dec 19, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
• 25

  Back to Melbourne for a 'sunny' Christmas!   Melbourne, Australia on Dec 21, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 26

  23/24 December - the build up to Christmas...   Melbourne, Australia on Dec 23, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Christmas Day...Oz style!   Melbourne, Australia on Dec 25, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Dec 26 - 28 (only) - the MCG Boxing Day Test   Melbourne, Australia on Dec 26, 2006 22 pictures 0 comments
• 29

  Time to meet Skippy and the rest...   Healesville, Melbourne, Australia on Dec 29, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 30

  New Years Eve Sydney here I come...   Sydney, Australia on Dec 31, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 31

  Happy 2007 one and all...hard life down under !!   Sydney, Australia on Jan 1, 2007 1 picture 0 comments
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  Surely it won't be 5-0 - England @ the SCG day 2   Sydney, Australia on Jan 3, 2007 6 pictures 0 comments
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  A spot of sightseeing and the best pie going...   Woolamaloo, Sydney, Australia on Jan 4, 2007 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Coogee Beach for some cheap days chilling...   Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia on Jan 7, 2007 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Time to see the East Coast...up 1st...Cairns   Cairns, Australia on Jan 8, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Up into the Rainforest...   Karanda (near Cairns), Australia on Jan 9, 2007 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Atherton Tablelands day trip...   Atherton, Australia on Jan 11, 2007 1 picture 0 comments
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  Let the East coast Bus tour commence...   Mission Beach, Australia on Jan 12, 2007 6 pictures 0 comments
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  And on we go...Magnetic Island   Magnetic Island (via Townsvile), Australia on Jan 13, 2007 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Sailing the Whitsundays (16-18 Jan)   Airlie Beach (and around the Whitsundays), Australia on Jan 16, 2007 1 picture 0 comments
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  Watching one of natures rare sights...   Turtle Rookery, Mon Repo Beach, Bundaburg, Australia on Jan 20, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Another unearthly coach ride (3.30am - 5..50am)   Hervey Bay, Australia on Jan 21, 2007 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Fraser Is. 4WD Safari - complete with Borat clone!   Fraser Island, Australia on Jan 22, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Day 2 - Pinacles, the Wreck, and Eli Creek   Fraser Island, Australia on Jan 23, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Day 3 - HugeFlies, Lake McKenzie, and back to HB   Fraser Island, Australia on Jan 24, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to Hervey Bay   Hervey Bay, Australia on Jan 24, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Another bus journey...it's off to Brisbane!   Brisbane, Australia on Jan 25, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Australia Day = Australia Zoo   Beerwah, Australia on Jan 26, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
• 49

  ...time for paradise?!   Surfers Paradise, Australia on Jan 27, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 50

  Enough of Surfers...time for Byron   Byron Bay, Australia on Jan 29, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  One more day in Sydney   Sydney, Australia on Feb 2, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Across the Tasman Sea..and on with the trip!   Auckland, New Zealand on Feb 3, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  It stinks apparently...quite literally!   Rotorua, New Zealand on Feb 4, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Pretty hot underfoot here...Maori Thermal Village   Whakarewarewa, nr Rototrua, New Zealand on Feb 5, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Lake Taupo, Mt. Doom, Haka Falls and Moon Craters!   Taupo and Rotorua, New Zealand on Feb 6, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Xtreme Sports time - White Water Rafting n Zorbing   Rotorua, New Zealand on Feb 8, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Here's a bright idea - jump out of as plane!   Rotorua, New Zealand on Feb 9, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Waitomo Gloworm Caves   Waitomo, New Zealand on Feb 10, 2007 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Last night in Auckland...   Auckland, New Zealand on Feb 10, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Next up...Singapore...   Singapore, Singapore on Feb 11, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Singapore sightseeing - hot work but interesting!   Singapore, Singapore on Feb 12, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 62

  Overnight train to Kuala Lumpur!   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Feb 14, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Finally arrive in Krabi after a 22 hour trip!   Krabi, Thailand on Feb 16, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ai Ton Sai beach with Jill   Ai Ton Sai, Krabi, Thailand on Feb 17, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Seafood Food Poisoning - NOT FUNNY!   Krabi, Thailand on Feb 19, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ko Lanta - a little bit of paradise??!!   Ko Lanta Island, Thailand on Feb 19, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  I'm not a rat fan - get me outta here!   Krabi (from Ko Lanta), Thailand on Feb 20, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Day Trip to see where The Beach was filmed   Ko Phi Phi and other islands, Thailand on Feb 21, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Learn to Scuba Dive? Oh go on then!   Koh Tao, Thailand on Feb 22, 2007 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Scuba Diving in Ko Tao - 23rd-26th 2007   Ko Tao, Thailand on Feb 23, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Snorkelling with some sharks...   Ko Tao, Thailand on Feb 27, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Another transport mission - Ko Tao to Chiang Mai   Chiang Mai (via Bangkok), Thailand on Feb 28, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Navigating Bangkok...no easy task!   Bangkok, Thailand on Mar 6, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  More Bangkok...and an interesting night out!   Bangkok, Thailand on Mar 7, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Hong Kong and a stay in a 'mansion'!   Kowloon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong on Mar 8, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  9th/10th - Exploring Hong Kong/meet the tour group   Kowloon, Hong Kong on Mar 9, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Mainland China here we come!   Canton, China on Mar 11, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Train to Guilin   Guilin, China on Mar 12, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Boating on the Li River   Yangshou, China on Mar 12, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Bike riding to Moon Hill/Cormorant fishing   Yangshou, China on Mar 13, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Train to Wuhan   Wuhan, China on Mar 14, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Bus to Yichang   Yichang, China on Mar 14, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Crusinng the Yangtze River   Yichan to Qongqing via boat, China on Mar 17, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Pitstop in Quongqing   Quongqing, China on Mar 18, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Face Changing and Fire Spitting show   Chengdu, China on Mar 19, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Visit to the Leshan Sitting Budha   Leshan, China on Mar 19, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Giant Panda Hugging!   Chengdu, China on Mar 20, 2007 0 pictures 4 comments
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  Off to Beijing   Beijing, China on Mar 24, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Two more days in HK   Hong Kong, China on Mar 28, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 90

  Let the cricket trip commence!   Colombo, Sri Lanka on Mar 30, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Culture in Kandy   Kandy, Sri Lanka on Apr 5, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to Colombo   Colombo, Sri Lanka on Apr 7, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Don't try this at home!!   New York, on Apr 14, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 94

  Visiting friends in Chicago   Chicago, IL on Apr 17, 2007 0 pictures 1 comment
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  What does the Whitehouse look like?   Washington DC, on Apr 21, 2007 0 pictures 14 comments
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  Cricket World Cup Semi Final   Kingston, Jamaica on Apr 24, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The journey home!!   London, United Kingdom on Apr 28, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments