Cork to Cork - Eastwards
In and around World
From Nov 2006 to Oct 2007 I will be travelling around the world from Cork to South East Asia(1 month), to Oz (6 months), to Nz(1 month) and finally to South America ( 4 months) before heading back to Cork.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Colin Tanner
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Back in Bangkok
Well the Trip around South East Asia is over and we say good bye to Paul before moving on to Sydney. Continue reading » -
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Made it to Bondi Mate
Sydney is better than I even imagined. Beautiful beaches, woman, friendly place and 24 hour drinking that actaully does happen! Continue reading » -
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Start of Oz East Coast Road Trip
I finally managed to escape Sydney, so myself and Shane have rented a Ford Falcon with camping and esky gear and are off travelling up th... Continue reading »
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Camping in Byron Bay
Due to some bad planning on my part we needed to rush early to Byron Bay before the Easter Weekend cause the Blues Fest ( sorta Glasto equivalent i... Continue reading »
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Queensland's Capital
I was suprised how nice this city was since everyone only ever talks about Sydney and Melbourne. It's a bustling city but in Queenslands laidback styl... Continue reading » -
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Canoeing the Noosa Everglades
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End of the East Coast and our wagon!
This was our last stop along the east coast so it was time to give back our wagon and give up our freedom! Continue reading » -
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Desert Venturer from Cairns to Alice Springs
We took an awesome 3 day bus tour from Cairns to Alice to experience the real outback.
Most of the time was spent on a bus but we made plenty... Continue reading »
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Ayers Rock
We spent 3 days travelling around the Uluru area seeing Ayers Rock, Kings Canyon and The Olgas which was really nice and we got to sleep under the sta... Continue reading » -
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Opals and underground Bunkhouse
We stopped overnight at the Opal Mining town of Coober Pedy which was quite a weird place. Half of the town is underground due to extreme heat i... Continue reading » -
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Great Ocean Road from Adelaide to Melbourne
We only had a quick stop in Adelaide but the place didn´t really appeal to me. The city centre itself is nicely planned into blocks and surrounded... Continue reading »
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Last stop in Oz
Well this was it our last stop in Oz and it really is a great city to finish in. We initially stayed in the really cool (and sorta Irish) suburb of... Continue reading »
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Arrived in the country even farther down under!
Our first stop in NZ was in Christchurch which is a smallish town nice to stroll around in and felt miles away from Melbourne. In the way that some... Continue reading »
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Beautiful little town which I loved
So off we went on our second road trip with Wanaka our first destination. The journey was amazing passing through some wonderful scenery stopping o... Continue reading »
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Adrenalin Capital of the world
So this was it. Queenstown. Surely the place where I could overcome my fear of heights with mental activities such as Sky Diving, Bungy Jumping and... Continue reading »
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Glacier Trekking
Franz Josef is a small little village whose sole existance is to allow easy access to trekking on the nearby Glacier. So thats what we did!
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A boring Saturday night in Nelson!
With it being close to the weekend we decided to stop off in Nelson as its a reasonably big city and should have some night life. Right? Nope ... Continue reading »
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Arts,Trendy and Actual Capital of NZ
Wellington is a really nice city and it was good to be back in a place that actually is a city and not an overgron town! It has plenty of buzzing b... Continue reading »
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Mental, Mental, Mental!
Yep so this was it! My last chance to do some of those famous NZ adrenalin pursuits. We signed up for Sky Dive and what with it being my birthday a... Continue reading »
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Geothermal Wonderland
This city is know as the Geothermal Wonderland what with all the surrounding areas covered in volcanic activity. And ya it sure is and that attract... Continue reading »
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Last stop in NZ
SO this was it our last stop in NZ and our last time travelling together. We didn´t do too much in Auckland as it was raining most of the time whil... Continue reading »
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Welcome to South America
So yes I finally arrived in South America which is the def the part of the trip I´ve been looking forward to most and I´m sure it wont disappoint.... Continue reading »
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Lost in Mendoza!
The 9 hour bus journey to Mendoza went pretty smoothly with nice views of the Andes as we crossed the Chilean/Argentinian border. I arrived late in... Continue reading »
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Student Meca
I arrived in Cordoba at 6 in the morning feeling quite groogy since I still haven´t quite adjusted to sleeping in buses (I need to sort this out li... Continue reading »
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Fantastic Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires really is a great city with beautiful buildings, culture, suburbs and woman, a rocking nightlife, good food and everything is so cheap... Continue reading »
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awesome power of water
After enjoying the city life again for a while it was time once again to get back to nature so I took a 16 hour overnight bus with ViaBariloche to... Continue reading »
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My last bit of Argentinian Steak
Thankfully I´m now well used to bus travel so the 29 hour passed as reasonably well as I could expect and I managed to get some spanish study as we... Continue reading »
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Amazing Salt Plains of Salar de Uyuni
The 6 hour night bus from Salta to La Quicaca was the worst I´ve been on. It was full of old bolivian woman in Bowlar hats with their noi... Continue reading »
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went for the mines and to blow up some dynamite
Potosi is the highest city in the world and as I was still recovering from Altitude sickness it probably wasn´t the best for me to visit! Its an ok... Continue reading »
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White city and great place to chill
Sucre and La Paz are still arguing over which one is the capital of Bolivia with La Paz currently the winner but Sucre is a really n... Continue reading »
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Cycling the Worlds most dangerous Road
I arrived into La Paz after a 12 hour overnight bus journey from Sucre and was immediately struck with difference between the two. La Paz is a... Continue reading »
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Pampas Tour in the Amazon
Not being able to stand inside the little plane that was to take me from La Paz to Rurrenabaque did not cause me to regret not taking the horr... Continue reading »
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Beautiful Lake Titicaca
Braving a local bus to get to Copacabana turned out to be a good choice since the journey only took about 3 hours and I didn't see the need to pay... Continue reading »
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Awesome Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu
Cusco is a beautiful city with a mixture of Inca buildings and spanish colonial ones. At its centre is the amazing Plaza de Armas overloo... Continue reading »
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