Daisy's RTW
In and around United Kingdom
3 weeks and counting!! First stop will be Malaysia for 3 weeks...getting very excited now. Only blip is major packing horror! Why does one accumulate so much stuff!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler DaisyRTW
-
1
Leaving do!
2 days to go...
Thank you to all who came on Saturday to my leaving do! It was great to see you all and I hope you had a good time, I know I... Continue reading »
-
2
Love the KL!
Have made it to the first destibation! Slight detour on the flight from London, got asked to offload as flight was full, so Singapore Airlines paid... Continue reading »
-
3
Tea for three...
After a 6 hour bus journey on a local bus for local people we arrived in the Cameron Highlands last wednesday for 3 days. Bit of a strange place, w... Continue reading »
-
4
Tanning in Penang
After another local bus for local people, this time 7 hours through the windy highlands of Malaysia (mmm lovely!!) we arrived in Penaang, an island... Continue reading »
-
5
Slings all round!
Flew down from Penang to Singapore for the last leg of Mark & Christian's trip. Singpore is a shoppers heaven. I bought a new camera that is ve... Continue reading »
-
6
Family time in Honkers
After a great flight in business class, landed in Hong Kong refreshed and exited to meet up with David, my cousin and his wife, Nina and son, Owen.... Continue reading »
-
7
Settling in Melbourne
Well I've arrived! Rach picked me up at the airport and its great to be here. Melbourne seems a really nice city, kind of like london but much less... Continue reading »
-
8
Road Trip!
Between Christmas and New Year, I took myself on a road trip down the Great Ocean Road. Decided to do an organised tour and it was well worth it. T... Continue reading »
-
9
Tasmanian Travels
Instead of struggling in Melbourne trying to find work, I decided to take advantage of the cheap air fares in Aus and take myself off to Tassie for... Continue reading »
-
10
A very hot wedding!
On a 39 degree day, my lovely cousin married her Aussie in a beautiful ceremony in Melbourne Botannical Gardens. It was a fantastic day, even thoug... Continue reading »
-
11
Sydney next stop!
Wow, after 5 months, i'm finally off on my own! Was very sad saying bye to all my new friends in Melbourne and especially Rach. But now it's the st... Continue reading »
-
12
Surf Dudette (well, almost)
Well, all i can really say is I survived! A 4 day surf camp, easy i thought, no worries mate! God I was wrong. My poor body is battered and bruised... Continue reading »
-
13
Flying through...
After dragging my bruised and battered soul from surfing onto my first Greyhound trip, i pretty much fell off the coach into brisbane. I decided that... Continue reading » -
14
Next to Noosa...
After Brisbane, I headed up the coast for a few hours and hit Noosa. Decided that a few days here would be nice and again pretty much fell off the coa... Continue reading » -
15
Super Sailing!!
erghh! 17 hours on a full and very hot bus is not nice! For the 1st three hours i was lulled into a false sense of luxury as the bus was empty, haa, t... Continue reading » -
16
More R&R
After a pretty sleep-deprived trip on the boat, I decided that some more R&R was needed! I dragged my ever-heavy pack back onto the bus and headed... Continue reading » -
17
fancy seeing you here..
Well, I finally arrived at the end of My Aussie adventure! Having stopped off at Mission Beach for a few days, i met up again with the parentals! I... Continue reading »
-
18
Delightful...
Arriving in Christchurch was just like arriving in Oxford or Cambridge. It is a delightful town (well they call it a city but its not really) and a... Continue reading »
-
19
eek!
After surviving our first night in the van, we headed into the Southern Alps. Breathtaking and stunning only begin to describe how beautiful it is... Continue reading »
-
20
WOW...
We headed down the long road to milford Sound, which is a treat in itself! Driving around and through (literally!) mountains set the day off to a g... Continue reading »
-
21
Crazy Queenstown
After a spending the night doing some 'wilderness camping', we headed up to Queenston. We booked into a holiday park for a couple of days and set out... Continue reading » -
22
Can I stay here too?
Lake Wanaka is so beautiful, I can't believe there are so many places that keep have taken my breath away! But I have to say sunset Lake Wanaka is ver... Continue reading » -
23
I've climbed a Glacier!
Well, I can now say I have climbed a Glacier. We opted for the longest trip onto Franz Josef Glacier and it was worth out. Getting kitted up in the ge... Continue reading » -
24
Kayaking the Abel Tasman
After feeling quite achey from our expedition up the Glacier, we headed up the west coast to Greymouth. The only reason for stopping there is the Mont... Continue reading » -
25
Wine Country
From Nelson we headed south to the Malborough wine region. We spent a very hazy day visiting 3 wineries and tasting as much as possible! The wine w... Continue reading »
-
26
One day in Wellington...
Wellington is a funny place, it's the capital of new Zealand but about the size of Bournemouth, maybe? It's a funky place though, quite arty and cu... Continue reading »
-
27
Crikey!
The Tongariro Crossing is billed as one of the best day walks in new Zealand, I agree!! We drove up the night before into the largest ski area in New... Continue reading » -
28
Hold your noses...
Well, I'd like to tell you all the story of how brilliant doing a skydive was and how brave I was to do it...but sadly I can't cause I couldn't do... Continue reading »
-
29
Plenty in the Bay, including a Hobbit
After leaving Rotorua, we headed up for a day in the Bay of Plenty. we stopped at a beach near Mt. Maunganui and went from sleeping in thermal a co... Continue reading »
-
30
Chillin...
After a month travelling non-stop, we were very excited to be invited to the Parent's house of a friend of Claire's (I think that makes sense!). We... Continue reading »
-
31
Month of May
When my volunteering project with raleigh was cut back from 3 months to 2 months (July & August), I wondered what I would do to fill in the gap... Continue reading »
-
32
Road trip
After my month of hopping to place to place, I had to head back to Auckland for some vaccinations for Costa Rica. I hooked back up with a friend I... Continue reading »
-
33
San Francisco, Part 1
Well after 3 flights and experiencing Wednesday twice, I finally arrived in San Francisco! My hostel is just around the corner from Union Square an... Continue reading »
-
34
Yosemite National Park (SF part 2)
For my last adventure in San Francisco, I headed off to Yosemite National Park for a day trip. After a very early start we hit the freeway and were... Continue reading »
-
35
Buenos Dias en Costa Rica
Hola! Just a quick note to let you know I have arrived safe and sound in Costa Rica. I am staying with a lovely Costa Rican family whilst I attend... Continue reading »
-
36
San Jose
After a week of attempting to learn some spanish, I have now left my Costa Rican family and moved to a hostel in San Jose downtown. I can safely sa... Continue reading »
-
37
Raleigh has begun...
So far we ahve been at Fieldbase for 2 weeks. The staff have all arrived and have been out on recces to the four project sites. The participants ar... Continue reading »
-
38
Project time
After the hustle and bustle of the induction phase for the venturers, we waved them off as they set off to their project sites around the cou... Continue reading »
Would you like to comment or ask a question?