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Around the World in 365 days
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Date of trip: Jan 02 '06
General Location: The World
Author: The Journeyers
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The idea was conceived thousands of years ago when man was forced to be a nomad in search of basic needs - food and shelter.

The decision to execute was made in Acapulco - on a night of a tropical storm that forced us to stay in our hotel room.

First destination South America. Date of departure January 3rd, 2006. Duration of travels -365 days!!!

Trip Itinerary (Travel Blog Entries)
1
 Chicago Jan 02 '06 Departure day
2
 Quito Jan 03 '06 Eternal Springtime: Quito
3
 Galapagos Islands Jan 13 '06 Galapagos Islands - Bird paradise?
4
 Guayaquil Jan 17 '06 Largest city in Ecuador - Guayaquil
5
 Nazca Jan 20 '06 Desert Drawings - Nazca
6
 Arequipa Jan 22 '06 The White City
7
 Cusco Jan 24 '06 Qusco - Navel of the World
8
 Puno Jan 27 '06 Uros tribe on lake Titicaca (Reed Islands)
9
 Isla del Sol Jan 28 '06 Birthplace of the Inca Sun God - Isla del Sol
10
 La Paz Jan 29 '06 La Paz & Tihuanaco - Gate way to the Sun
11
 Santa Cruz Jan 30 '06 Sleuthing for sloths - Santa Cruz
12
 Corumba Feb 01 '06 Exploring the Pantanal
13
 Foz do Iguacu Feb 05 '06 Spectacular water falls - Foz de Iguazu
14
 Montevideo Feb 13 '06 Switzerland of South America - Montevideo
15
 Colonia del Sacramento Feb 15 '06 Cobblestone Streets on the River of Silver- Colonia del Sacramento
16
 Punta del Este Feb 16 '06 Serious Beach Party Scene- Punta del Este
17
 Punta del Diablo Feb 17 '06 Rustic beach village - Punta del Diablo
18
 Florianopolis Feb 19 '06 Florianapolis
19
 Rio de Janeiro Feb 24 '06 Carnaval 2006!!
20
 Salvador de Bahia Mar 02 '06 Capoeira Capital of the World
21
 Lisbon Mar 14 '06 Lounging in Lisbon
22
 Madrid Mar 18 '06 Ole Madrid!
23
 Granada Mar 20 '06 Home to the Alhambra
24
 Barcelona Mar 24 '06 Barthelona - Gaudi's City
25
 Andorra la Vella Mar 28 '06 Sometimes It´s Good to be Small!
"No Income Taxes at All!"
26
 Marseille Mar 29 '06 The Transporter and Count of Monte Cristo
"The most widely circulated tarot deck comes from Marseille; it is called the Tarot de Marseille, and was used to play the local variant of tarocchi before it came to the notice of people who used it in cartomancy."
27
 Nice Mar 30 '06 Nice - The capital of the Riviera and fifth largest city in France
"Nice rhymes with "fleece"."
28
 Monte Carlo Apr 02 '06 Money, money everywhere but not a cent to spare
29
 Florence Apr 04 '06 The cradle and heart of the Renaissance
"The god who created the hills around Florence was an artist. No! He was a jeweler, engraver, sculptor, bronze founder and a painter: He was a Florentine." - Anatole France"
30
 Rome Apr 04 '06 "Veni, vidi, vici"
"“This is the Appian Way. The most famous road that leads to Rome, as all roads lead to Rome.” - quote from the movie Quo Vadis""
31
 Holy See (Vatican City) Apr 14 '06 Vatican City
32
 Naples Apr 15 '06 Pompeii was magnificent!!!
"Blent and kneaded with the half-burning ashes, the streams fell like seething mud over the streets in frequent intervals"
33
 Venice Apr 17 '06 " When I went to Venice, my dream became my home" -Marcel Proust
"Looking almost like it did in the 13th century, Venice's masterpiece and one of my favorites is Piazza San Marco with the stunningly beautiful Basilica di San Marco."
34
 Vienna Apr 20 '06 Shall we waltz?
"His famous quote "sometimes a cigar, is just a cigar" is one that even a high school kid will recognize."
35
 Budapest Apr 25 '06 Budapest - Beautiful City on the Danube
"Budapest is actually Buda and Pest side-by-side. Who knew?"
36
 Lvov Apr 28 '06 Osa´s Med School and Ukraine´s Patriotic Heart
"When from Ukraine the Dnieper bears Into the deep blue sea The blood of foes ... then will I leave These hills and fertile fields --"
37
 Kiev May 01 '06 Capital of Ukraine
38
 Krakow May 10 '06 Very Tourist-Friendly Krakow
39
 Berlin May 12 '06 One Day Visit
40
 Hamburg May 13 '06 San Francisco of Germany?
41
 Heraklion May 17 '06 Home to Europe's first civilization - Minoan Civilization
"The town of Heraklion itself, brings to mind lazy summer days, white sands and smooth blue seas all accompanied by cups after cups of frappes ..."
42
 Athens May 22 '06 The Acropolis, first Olympic stadium and my fav. Kalamata Olives
43
 Amsterdam May 23 '06 One cold rainy day in the Space Cake capital of the World
44
 Brussels May 24 '06 Manneken Pis....
45
 Paris May 26 '06 "Comment ca va!" "Mon vieux!" "Mon cher!"
"the tourist Paris, the haute couture Paris, the culinary Paris, the decadence of Versailles Paris, the Paris of corner bistrots and brasseries and the Paris of serenading lovers"
46
 London May 31 '06 Big Ben, the Monarchy and the unforgettable Beatles!
47
 Cork Jun 03 '06 Cork - No... it isn't named after the things in wine bottles.
48
 Dublin Jun 08 '06 Dublin
49
 Wisconsin Jun 10 '06 Back on familiar ground
50
 Washington Jul 15 '06 Insane DC drivers
51
 New York Jul 20 '06 New York, New York
52
 Kansas City Jul 28 '06 Visiting my brother...
53
 New Delhi Aug 21 '06 Delhi...journey into the unknown
54
 Mandawa Aug 25 '06 Haveli Central
55
 Bikaner Aug 26 '06 Yep... It was a temple of rats...
56
 Jaisalmer Aug 27 '06 The Golden City...
57
 Jodhpur Aug 30 '06 I am blue la da di, la da da...
58
 Udaipur Sep 01 '06 City Of Lakes
59
 Pushkar Sep 02 '06 Pushy priests of Pushkar
60
 Jaipur Sep 03 '06 The Pink City
61
 Agra Sep 05 '06 Shah Jahan's divine creation
62
 Varanasi Sep 07 '06 Oldest continually inhabited city in the world
63
 Calcutta (Kolkata) Sep 08 '06 Kolkata is the renamed Calcutta of Mother Theresa fame...
64
 Jaigon Sep 11 '06 Futile Effort...
65
 Darjeeling Sep 14 '06 Retreat to the Himalayas
66
 New Delhi Sep 18 '06 Parting thoughts on India...
67
 Beijing Sep 20 '06 Beijing...window to the future???
68
 Datong Sep 26 '06 Hanging Temple and 1500yr old Buddhist grottoes!
69
 Pingyao Sep 28 '06 Intact Ming Dynasty City Wall
70
 Xi'an Oct 01 '06 Army of Terracotta Warriors
71
 Luoyang Oct 05 '06 Luoyang - Pilgrimage to the Shaolin Temple
72
 Kaifeng Oct 07 '06 Kaifeng - Capital of Northern Song Dynasty (960 to 1126)
73
 Yichang Oct 10 '06 Three Gorges Dam and Cruising the Yangtze
74
 Chengdu Oct 15 '06 Chengdu - Giant Panda Breeding Research Base
75
 Guilin Oct 22 '06 Bizarre Mountains
76
 Shanghai Oct 26 '06 Queen (once whore) of the Orient.
77
 Bangkok Oct 31 '06 "One night in Bangkok makes the hard man humble" - Murray Head
78
 Chiang Mai Nov 07 '06 Baths with water buffaloes and elephants
79
 Phuket Nov 17 '06 Ahhh... The beach...
80
 Khoa Lak Nov 19 '06 Rebuilding after the Tsunami
81
 Similan Islands Nov 20 '06 Similan Islands and Richelieu Rock
82
 Singapore Nov 28 '06 Singapore
83
 Krabi Dec 07 '06 Ton Sai - rock climber's paradise
84
 Ko Phi Phi Don Dec 11 '06 Paradise Found!
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