The Big Journal
In and around New Delhi, India
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This is the journal of our 4 month round the world adventure.
We will update this whenever and wherever we can. We hope that you enjoy reading it and that it helps to alleviate the sorrow that you must be feeling because we're not with you!
Love,
James & Natalie
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Jim & Nats Big Trip
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Train to Heathrow
Good, easy journey to start the trip. Got to Heathrow refreshed and had a coulpe of pints watching the United v Porthsmouth game in the airport Wether... Continue reading » -
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The Sights, Sounds and Smells of Delhi
Arrived tired, but safe. Writing this after two days sight-seeing in Delhi.
So far we we have been really impressed with India. The temperatu... Continue reading »
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Delhi Belly, Monuments and Festivals
Another good day. Well sort of.
After writing last entry been struggling with uncomfortable stomach cramps and lack of sleep.
Despite f... Continue reading »
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Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Few words can adequately describe the Taj Mahal. So I will say only that we found it awsome! I hope the photos do it some justice (we have about 10... Continue reading »
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India = Chaos
Got on the nighttrain from Agra east to Varanasi. The station was a dump (but no where near as scary as Delhi) and our train journey was a whopping... Continue reading »
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A Detour from Trouble
Was supposed to get a bus journey from Varanasi in North India to the border (8hours), then having walked across the border get another bus to Pokh... Continue reading »
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Pokhara
We got the tourist bus to Khatmandu. It was very comfy and we even got lunch thrown in. I got the trots though, so was feeling a bit grim . T... Continue reading »
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The Himalayas
DAY 1
Our guide Kuman and porter Buddah picked us up early and drove us to Phedi for the start of the trek. We still hadn't se... Continue reading »
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Chitwan National Park
Arrived in Chitwan National Park after a 6 hour spine crunching bus journey from Pokhara. This time we were not on the 'tourist bus', but a local b... Continue reading »
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Kathmando it! - UPDATED WITH PHOTOS!
Kathmandu... Hmmm seems a long time ago now....
Will try keep this one brief as its warm outside and the surf is up.
Arrived back in Ka... Continue reading »
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Sydney - Australia
Arrived in Sydney shattered after 2 days of travel from Kathmandu, through Delhi and Hong Kong only to find all of the Sydney's accommodation was f... Continue reading »
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The Blue Mountains
Got the train, 2 hours from Sydney to Katoomba, the main base for short erxcursions to the Blue Mountains. The journey itself was lovely travelling... Continue reading »
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Sydney Mardis Gras
Back to Sydney.
We altered our itinerary to make sure we were in town to expereince the Sydney Mardis Gras. We'd been to the Mardis Gras in M... Continue reading »
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Byron Bay
Arrived quite late in Byron after a long bus journey. We hadn't booked any accommodation so succumbed to the touts at the bus stand and ended up at... Continue reading »
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Brisbane and Surroundings
We arranged this part of the trip to ensure we were in Brisbane for the weekend, so we could spend a little time with Jason 'Oz' Cameron, a Brisban... Continue reading »
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Fraser Island
We decided on a 2 day guided trip to Fraser. We were taken in a 4WD bus type thing with about 10 other people by our guide Steve (the Didge). We go... Continue reading »
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A life on the ocean waves!
We travelled to Airlie Beach, a nice little town by a beautiful harbour, ready to embark on our 3 day sailing trip around the Whitsunday Islands th... Continue reading »
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Tropical Queensland - A place where every animal is deadly
Had a tricky bus journey from Airlie beach, the morning immediately following the after boat party! 13 hours on a bus with a hangover isnt a great... Continue reading »
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Bushcamping in Centralia
I'll cut to the chase. Alice Springs is a godforsaken place in the middle of nowhere. Not any old nowhere. In the middle of the desert, where kids... Continue reading »
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Arriving in Orcland
Not much to report. Arrived late first night after a day of flights. (Anything is better than being in Alice Springs). Spent most of time acquiring... Continue reading »
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Waitomo Caves
Hit the road in our 10 year old Automatic Nissan called 'Punchy'. (Rocky was the in-flight film).
The landscape was just as you would imagine... Continue reading »
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Hobbiton heaven!
From the word Go Raglan was heaven! It really had everything we could have wanted and still manages to maintain that slightly quiet and off the bea... Continue reading »
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Raglan - a little surfing and artsy heaven
Got to Raglan early doors to check the surf, which was good. What was even better was that the coastline was just beautiful and the sand was black!... Continue reading »
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Taupo from above!
We arrived in Taupo an hour and a half later than planned due to a wrong turn that went unoticed for about 45 minutes. The scenery was so gorgeous... Continue reading »
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Mount Doom and rotten eggs!
We decided to do a 7 hour walk today because a few fellow travellers had recommended it and the weather was good. We didn't really know what to exp... Continue reading »
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Rotorua
God we haven't written for a while time is flying! After a hectic and action packed few days we were ready for a bit of down time in Rotorua! We vi... Continue reading »
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Napier and Hawke's Bay
We drove from Taupo to Napier which took a couple of hours and arrived in time for a game of good old fashioned crazy golf. I thrashed James and he... Continue reading »
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Wellington and the Ferry
A quick stopover in Wellington before catching the ferry only really gave us time to visit the Te Papa museum. It's a fantastic place full to the b... Continue reading »
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Abel Tasman
After our down time and a bit of self indulgence we we really ready for a bit of action so we hastily arranged an overnight stay at Abel Tasman Nat... Continue reading »
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Kaikoura
We arrived late 10pmish so went straight to bo bo's! The following morning we were up early again for our Dolphin Encounter! We set sail on calm se... Continue reading »
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Lewis Pass to Hokitika
After our adventures in the lovely Kaikoura we headed west along the scenic Lewis Pass. We stopped several times on route at various waterfalls and... Continue reading »
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Brrr!
After a day or so in Hoki we were ready to move on so headed for the famous Franz Josef Glacier. The town itself is no more than a tiny tourist hub... Continue reading »
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Franz Josef to Wanaka
We travelled south stopping to walk to the face of the Fox Glacier which is nearby and just as impressive as Franz Josef. We decided to have... Continue reading »
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Gateway to the great walks.
Te Anau is a small town used as a base for the several fantastic walks that are available around the fjordland area. We spent one night in Te Anau... Continue reading »
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The Route Burn Track
The Route Burn Track is considered one of New Zealands great walks, along with the Milford Track, Kepler track, hollyford etc. It is a 3 day two ni... Continue reading »
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Goodbye New Zealand
This blog is not especially about Christchurch as we only saw a small part of the City.
Despite not having a great reputation we were surpris... Continue reading »
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Ola Chile! Ola South America! Happy Birthday Natalie (again)
I felt terrible about having to fly for 11 hours on Natalie,s birthday (sorry for the bad grammar - south american keyboards are wierd!§ö´). I did... Continue reading »
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Peru. The Egypt of the America's
Our first impressions of Lima were formed as we entered the City from the airport. Chile felt very European, whereas instantly the journey to... Continue reading »
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CUZCO
We have now arrived in Cuzco a beautiful city in central Peru. It is the gateway for all of the trekking to Macchu Picchu, so hence is very well se... Continue reading »
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Deepest Darkest Peru
DAY 1. We Started our 5 day trek at 4:30am! Well actually we got on a bus for a few hours stopping briefly for breakfast in the village of the damn... Continue reading »
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Iquitos
We flew out of Cusco the morning after getting back from the trek, so when we arrived in Iquitos the first port of call was the local clinic for an... Continue reading »
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Animal spotting and mozzie dodging in the Amazon
We´ve just had a really enjoable few days in the jungle, or selva, as its locally known. The place we stayed,... Continue reading » -
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Animal spotting and mozzie dodging in the Amazon
We´ve just had a really enjoable few days in the jungle, or selva, as its locally known. The place we stayed,... Continue reading » -
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Last days of freedom in Rio!
Believe it or not we feel like we have had a busy few months, so the priority was to have a beach holiday at the end of our trip. We extended the d... Continue reading »
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