Round the World '07
In and around World
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We will all be posting stories and pics right here in this journal and we do hope to update it as much as we can (at least weekly) so be sure to check back regularly!! We'll have picture links to Flickr as well and you will be able to follow our journey via the interactive map.
For those of you who want to know, the itinerary is as follows:
1st Feb - Fly LHR to Bangkok, Thailand
(then overland to Singapore)
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22nd Feb - Fly Singapore to Cairns, Austrailia
(overland to Sydney, via Melbourne and in a Campervan!)
8th April - Fly Sydney to Fiji
(2 weeks chilled out in Fiji)
23rd April - Fly Fiji to Christchurch, NZ
(tour of NZ ending in Auckland)
26th May - Fly (well, 3 flights and a bus!) from Auckland to Rio de Jainerio 2nd June - Budget Expeditions tour from Rio to Lima (click here to see the trip in full)
22nd July - Fly home, from Lima.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler 3 Men & Little Lady
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Not long to go now...
Only 15 days to go now and so I thought I'd start our story and get a feel for this blog writing.
Most of it is all booked (flights, Bud... Continue reading »
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Suan Lum Night Bazaar
We didn't really know what to expect when we asked our hotel cab company to take us somewhere lively for our first night in Bangkok. He could have... Continue reading »
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2 very eventful days in Bangkok
Hello everyone, we are in our first internet cafe in Bangkok , the tour has been excellent so far. We arrived safely and we... Continue reading »
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Adams Foot
So you may have read about the Thai boxing we sampled in our hotel room the other night…the one that led to me being smashed through a lamp. Well,... Continue reading »
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Eating on top of the world...
We haven't really felt like backpackers yet. What with staying at hotels, getting taxis and especially eating at Continue reading »
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World's Apart - Grand Palace and Thornburi Canals
Firstly I must apologise for our lack of blogging recently. We've been very busy as you'll see, and it is hard to drag yourself off the beach w... Continue reading »
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Koh Tao
So the time had come to leave Bangkok. A perfectly timed stay of 4 days was enough for us to see pretty much everything we wanted of the City. It wa... Continue reading » -
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Koh Tao Underwater Festival
Apologies for the delay, as George was saying it is very tough to fit in time for a blog when you are lazing on a beach, watching the sunset whilst... Continue reading »
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Koh Lanta
Well I thought it was about time i wrote a blog... its only been 17 days afterall!
The reason for the delay is that fact that i've been havi... Continue reading »
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Koh Phi Phi Photo Blog
Our day visit to Koh Phi Phi showing some photos we took including Maya Bay, Monkey Beach and the main town.
Click the link for more ph... Continue reading »
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Malaysia
So this is Malaysia. We drove through it, had some food then and carried on driving. Its enough to get it on the map though! Malayisa...done.
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Sentosa Island
Well after a lazy start to the day (surfin the web, playin pool and doing our laundry - yes mum's you read correctly!!) we headed out to Continue reading »
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Cairns - first stop in Oz
We arrived in Cairns (from Singapore via Darwin) early in the morning and after the sim cards were purchased we waited over an hour for the free sh... Continue reading »
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Jungle Surfing through the Rainforest
We had booked ourselves onto a Continue reading »
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The trip up to Cape Tribulation
After a weekend mooching around Cairns, we decided it best to head north in to the rainforest. The place most people had recommended was Continue reading »
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Return to Cairns
We returned to Cairns and thought we should attack it from a more central location, get involved a bit more. So we booked in to Global Palace. A lo... Continue reading »
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Waterfalls and Rainforest at The Tablelands
So now we had the van it was time to start heading south. We traveled through an area known as the Tablelands; starting with a brief and expensive... Continue reading »
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BBQ on Mission Beach
Well after our tour of the Tablelands, we thought it best to head back out to the coast to continue our drive south. We headed out to Mission... Continue reading »
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The Whitsunday Islands
At last! We're blogging the Whitsundays! It was such an amazing trip we've put off writing it to really spend some time on it but of course, w... Continue reading »
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Mokes and Marsupials on Magnetic Island
After letting the hangovers ease off from a fantastic last night at Airlie Beach we headed back up to the coast to Townsville where we got a ferry... Continue reading »
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Off Roading on Fraser Island
So we had arrived at Harvey Bay with one aim; to get onto Fraser Island. Its the largest sand island in the world, with plenty of good opportunitie... Continue reading »
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Brisbane - Australia Zoo and Paddys Day!
Next on our list was a visit to Brisbane but on the way we just had to stop off at Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo. We arrived and although it was... Continue reading »
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Surfers Paradise
Ok, apologies again for the slight delay in blogging! In an attempt to get up to date the next couple are going to be brief!
We arrived... Continue reading »
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More Surfing at Byron Bay
Waking for the first time in Byron there was only one thing on our mind…go surfing!
We hired three boards from a shop in town, eventually fit... Continue reading »
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The Blue Mountains
The drive down to the Blue Mountains was a big one! We all did about half a day each driving down from Byron Bay, passing Port Macquire and Sydney... Continue reading »
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Bored in the Capital
We arrived in the Canberra at night. It makes finding a site to get into a lot harder arriving at night but we never learnt from our experiences an... Continue reading »
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Everybody needs good Neighbours (days) !!!!
On the Monday we went on the Neighbours tour, all ten of us, the original four, me (Clare who has joined them), Melvyn, George’s uncle and his wife... Continue reading »
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Sydney - Our First Day
It was our first full day in Sydney and we were all really excited. We were without Natalie, she was with old school friend Tom, but we did still h... Continue reading »
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Apologies and explanations!!!
We here at 3 Men and a Little Lady feel we have some apologising to do with regards to our poor bloggin effort of late!! In Thailand and the start... Continue reading »
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Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb - "The climb of your life"
As mentioned in 'Apologies and Explanations', we are currently in Sydney and therefore we want to tell you what we are doing now! But stil... Continue reading »
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Visiting "Celeb" Love Island
We arrived in Fiji in high spirits due to the excitement of Sydney and the anticpation of sunshine. As soon as we arrived, the group split for the... Continue reading »
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The boys on Robinson Crusoe
We had heard good things about Ro... Continue reading »
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Natalie swims with the Sharks
When I heard that it was possible to do a shark feed dive in Fiji, I was 100% certain that I would do it. Having snorkelled with black tip reef sha... Continue reading »
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Walu Beach on Malolo Island
We had left Robinson crusoe and now were back in Nadi, on the main island of Viti Levu. It was meant to be a stop off for no more than two days as... Continue reading »
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Christchurch...meeting up with the Boys!
After leaving Fiji and once again having a pretty empty flight we landed in Christchurch. Empty flights are the best as we always spread out, makin... Continue reading »
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Dusky Dolphin Encounter
As soon as we arrived in Kaikoura, George and Adam left Natalie and me to brave a swim in the somewhat chilly looking South Pacific Ocean with the... Continue reading »
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Kaikoura - Dolphins, Seals and Wine!
We had hired another car, this time a smaller one, a Toyota Corolla to take us up to Kaikoura. We needed a break from Christchurch as there isn't r... Continue reading »
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Queenstown Extreme
So, I’ve been tasked with the responsibility of blogging the most Extreme place on Earth, Queenstown, New Zealand. After a long journey from Christ... Continue reading »
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Highlanders vs Brumbies - our first Super 14 adventure
One of the plans from the start of our tour was to catch a game of Super 14’s Rugby Union, arguably the most exciting Union club tournament in the... Continue reading »
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Queenstown (part II)
On the Monday we went to the Luge, up one of the mountains near our hostel. All was going well as we flew down the mountain with, as expected, much... Continue reading »
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Wellington - Our time in the Capital
After checking out of our hostel in Franz Josef we headed further north, in fact this trip was on our way to the North Island. On the way we stoppe... Continue reading »
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Sky diving over Lake Taupo
After having missed out on the joys of the bungee jump and canyon swing, it was with little thought that I decided I would actually jump out of a p... Continue reading »
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Black Water Rafting - The Black Abyss
After having done everything we wanted to do in Rotorua, we were up early (ish!) to head to the Waitomo Caves, famous for their abundance of glow-w... Continue reading »
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Relaxing in the Bay of Islands
New Zealand has been pretty hard on our wallets. So much so that we decided to take a trip out of Auckland, four hours north to stay in The Bay of... Continue reading »
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Auckland - last stop in NZ
Only a short blog here, just to get Auckland on the map.
Things done...
- Said goodbye to the lads who visited us for 3 weeksContinue reading »
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The Mammoth trip to South America
Today was the day our new Zealand leg came to an end. It was a strange last few days in Auckland as we had mixed feelings about many things. We were... Continue reading » -
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Fun, fun, fun in Rio
A mammoth 61 hours after we left our hostel in Auckland, we finally arrived at our hostel in Rio de Janerio. We hadn´t booked anywhere so we were v... Continue reading »
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A Day Trip to Paraguay
We were staying in Foz do Iguacu on the Brazilian border and had the chance to tick another country off the list. A short bus ride away w... Continue reading »
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Silver Mining in the Highest Town in the World
First stop off in Bolivia was the town of Potosi; the highest town in the world at an altitude of 4060 metres above sea level.
After a quick... Continue reading »
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Uyuni Salt Flats
We arrived in Uyuni at roughly 16:00, six and a half hours after leaving Potosi. We immediately checked into our hotel - Hotel Tonito and fortunate... Continue reading »
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