Trip: Year of mooching around the world
There are [103] stories from my trip: Year of mooching around the world
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 2 Sep 2008 | Views [221]
It's Whitley Bay!! Well, we don't know if anyone's still reading this - seeing as we're back in the real world now! But seeing as we promised a final round up, and seeing as Sarah is now unemployed and needs diversions to keep her from Jeremy Kyle-... Read more >
USA | Friday, 22 Aug 2008 | Views [372] | Comments [1]
Hi everyone, That's it! After 9 months, 16 countries, 17 flights, 12 train journeys, umpteen bumpy bus rides and nearly 12,000 miles by car and van, we've made it round the world and back. And after all that, the weather in Britain is still rubbish.... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 12 Aug 2008 | Views [1120] | Comments [5]
Hi everyone, Sorry it's been a while - we've been making the most of our last couple of weeks of freedom (arrrgh - mild panic!!) and packing it all in as usual, so there's lots to tell you about again. After leaving you in Utah last week, we decided ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 2 Aug 2008 | Views [535] | Comments [7]
Hi everyone, We're still on the road and zooming our way through the US with the distance to Los Angeles shrinking faster than Gordon Brown's approval ratings. We're now in Idaho and not far off the top of our big western loop. In fact we've managed ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 29 Jul 2008 | Views [548] | Comments [4]
Hi everyone, We've clocked up 3000 miles now on our road trip across the states, and have just seen a sign for Miami out of the window... hang on a minute, didn't we tell everyone we were following the pioneers and heading out west? Actually ... Read more >
CANADA | Wednesday, 23 Jul 2008 | Views [854]
Hi everyone, Since picking up our car on Friday we've managed to cover about 1,000 miles and spent 18 hours on the road buzzing around Canada's big cities and Niagara. We picked up the car on Friday night and had planned to head north through New ... Read more >
USA | Sunday, 20 Jul 2008 | Views [241] | Comments [1]
"Ba ba dah da da da ba ba dah da da da da... start spreading the news...." Yes, we arrived in NY early Tuesday morning and, fuelled up with all that steak and south american coffee, were ready to hit the ground running. Well, walking faster ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 16 Jul 2008 | Views [190] | Comments [3]
Hi everyone, We've made it to our 15th and penultimate country of the trip and are currently zooming round New York and trying to see everything in 3 and a half days before we pick up the car on Friday. We thought that before we hit the road, we'd ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Sunday, 13 Jul 2008 | Views [299] | Comments [4]
Hi everyone, This week we're bringing you a tale of tango in San Telmo, partying in a Paddy bar, bling at breakfast and pants in Palermo. Stay with us.... We're also saying goodbye: to Louise and Vanessa and also to South America where we've had 7 ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Sunday, 13 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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ARGENTINA | Monday, 7 Jul 2008 | Views [461] | Comments [4]
Hi everyone, We have spent the past three days travelling to, and exploring the Iguazu falls - the spectacular waterfalls that form the triple border between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay (see map below). We reconvened with Louise and Vanessa in Foz ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Monday, 7 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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BRAZIL | Monday, 7 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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BRAZIL | Wednesday, 2 Jul 2008 | Views [602] | Comments [2]
Hi everyone, You remember that last time we wrote, we were telling you how brilliant the weather had been in Salvador and how we'd spent every day basking in sunshine on the beach? So, can you guess what happened next....? That's right, it tipped it ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Wednesday, 2 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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BRAZIL | Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008 | Views [792]
Bonjourno everyone from Salvador, Sorry it has been a while. We haven´t been doing much! Since we arrived in Salvador last Tuesday we have fallen into a very comfortable, if predictable, pattern of spending the day on the beach, the late afternoon ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Wednesday, 18 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
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BRAZIL | Tuesday, 17 Jun 2008 | Views [448] | Comments [3]
Hi everyone, Our whistle stop tour of South America continues, with 3 days in Montevideo followed by 2 in Cordoba, 1 in Santiago, 2 in Rio and finally a planned 10 day stop in Salvador. We took yet another South American bus from Montevideo on Wednesday ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Tuesday, 17 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
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BRAZIL | Monday, 16 Jun 2008 | Views [230] | Comments [1]
Can we have a drum roll to begin this entry please? Thank you... Yes, it´s what you´ve all been waiting for for these past three months - a second round of Sarah and Phil´s trip stats! Stay with us readers*, this one has pie charts and everything..... Read more >
URUGUAY | Thursday, 12 Jun 2008 | Views [331] | Comments [3]
Hi everyone, Just a quick Hola from Uruguay before we get on yet another overnight bus - to Cordoba this time. Firstly we must tell you about the first bad meal experience we´ve had for ages, which we had on our last night in B.A., after writing the ... Read more >
URUGUAY | Thursday, 12 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
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ARGENTINA | Monday, 9 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
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ARGENTINA | Monday, 9 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
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ARGENTINA | Monday, 9 Jun 2008 | Views [795] | Comments [2]
Hi everyone, Well, we have made it to the other side of South America! We first caught a bus across the Andes to Mendoza, where we spent a couple of nights before carrying on to Buenos Aires, where we´ve been for the past five days. After spending ... Read more >
CHILE | Sunday, 1 Jun 2008 | Views [676] | Comments [4]
Hi everyone, We got back on our first long distance bus since China on Monday to head up to San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile on the edge of the Atacama desert. Fortunately the journey was in complete contrast to the last one in China when we ... Read more >
CHILE | Sunday, 1 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Thursday, 29 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Sunday, 25 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Sunday, 25 May 2008 | Views [257] | Comments [1]
Hi everyone, Well after an 11 hour flight on Thursday we arrived in Chile five hours before we had left New Zealand. Yes, we know we keep going on about it but we are confused, and so are our bodies! Going back in time by 16 hours will be the greatest ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 21 May 2008 | Views [339] | Comments [1]
Hi everyone, After five fantastic weeks it's finally time to say bye bye to New Zealand, the van and Phil's beard! We headed up to the small town of Russell in the Bay of the Islands on Saturday and had a nice relaxing day of mooching around in the ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 21 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 17 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 17 May 2008 | Views [450] | Comments [2]
Hi everyone, This week we've been climbing Mount Doom, holding our noses in Rotorua and collecting a certain ring in Auckland.... On Tuesday we did the Tongariro Crossing, which is a 7 hour walk (yes, another 7 hour walk! how did this happen?!) through ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 12 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 12 May 2008 | Views [369] | Comments [4]
Hi everyone, We finally made it to the North Island! After the Mediterranean-like Abel Tasman National park, we made it up as far as Golden Bay on the far Northern shores of the South Island, where we stayed in a nice little hippyish town called Takaka, ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 7 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 7 May 2008 | Views [294] | Comments [4]
Hi everyone, Just to let you all know that we're engaged! Phil proposed on Tuesday and luckily the beard and two weeks holed up in a campervan hadn't put Sarah off and she said yes! Guess we should fill you in on the details.....like was it romantic ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 4 May 2008 | Views [352] | Comments [2]
Hi everyone, Hope you're enjoying decent Bank Holiday weather... we've been battling through the rain and snow in New Zealand in the past few days. We arrived in Queenstown on Wednesday night, with the thermometer in our van reading about 2 degrees ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 4 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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