Trip: Round the World in 180 days
There are [162] stories from my trip: Round the World in 180 days
SPAIN | Monday, 31 Aug 2009 | Views [392]
Wednesday 26 th August Malaga We awoke via the alarm at 4.45am for our obscenely early morning flight to Malaga. Why Malaga? In January this year, during our annual retreat to the Byron Bay environs, we were sitting under the pandanus trees ... Read more >
SPAIN | Monday, 31 Aug 2009 | Views [425]
Tuesday 25 th August Barcelona Today was our last day to discover as much of Barcelona as we could. We started at La Ramblos and were a bit bored by its touristic nature. We tried the Museum of Erotica but that too was underwhelming, so ... Read more >
SURINAME | Monday, 31 Aug 2009 | Views [465]
Monday 24 th August Sitges Our challenge today was to use both the Metro and suburban train systems of Barcelona on a trip to the Medieval seaside village of Sitges. Challenge, because like most of Spain, very little English exists in the written ... Read more >
SUDAN | Monday, 31 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Monday, 24 Aug 2009 | Views [617] | Comments [3]
Sunday
23 rd August
Barcelona
We
diligently set the alarm for 8:00am and were on the road by 9:30- day
two of our bus pass for Barcelona. We travelled through the Olympic
corridor and ... Read more >
SPAIN | Sunday, 23 Aug 2009 | Views [729] | Comments [2]
Part
2
Europe
Friday
21 st August
Barcelona,
Spain
It's
9:00pm and we have both had our first taste of the Northern
Hemisphere twilight. We ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Thursday, 20 Aug 2009 | Views [592]
Tuesday
18 th August
Rio
We
were picked up by our beautiful guide, Carolina, and taken on one
last of her personal tours. She decided that we needed to have a
look at the beaches string of ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009 | Views [598] | Comments [1]
Monday
16 th August
Salvador
Salvador
(translation: Jesus) is the ancient capitol of Brazil and the old
part of the city was heritage listed by UNESCO late last century. We
had the absolute ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009 | Views [512] | Comments [2]
Sunday
15 th August
Sunrise
on the Amazon. We awoke early, and were canoing by 5am after a quick
coffee for a final trip to see the sun rise over the Amazon. The
sunrise was majestic but the real buzz ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009 | Views [821]
Saturday
15 th August
The
Amazon
We
spent about 2 hours with a local Indian tribe today. They began by
performing a variety of rituals that culminated with our group
joining them in dance.... Read more >
BRAZIL | Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009 | Views [1402]
Friday
14 th August
The
Amazon
Our
day began with a 3 hour trek into the rain forest. Here our guides
explained how we could survive in the jungle without western
implements. How to make ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009 | Views [1290]
Thursday
13 th August
The
Amazon
Our
trip to the Amazon was a little more involved than we expected. It
started at 4:00am with a drive to the airport, two planes, another
car and finally ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Thursday, 13 Aug 2009 | Views [825] | Comments [5]
Wednesday
12 th August
Iguazu
Falls
We
thought we got wet yesterday. Today we were saturated completely.
We were picked up by our driver/guide early this morning and headed
across the border ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Thursday, 13 Aug 2009 | Views [515] | Comments [1]
Tuesday
11 th August
Iguazu
Falls
We
awoke to rain and pestilence outside our window. Copacabana beach
was deserted and rain was lashing the shore. Time to move on. Our
driver arrived ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 | Views [1684] | Comments [1]
Sunday
9 th August
Ipanema
Beach
You
often hear about how sexy Brazilians are – ok it's true. We spent
today on Ipanema Beach. The beach itself is 4 kilometers of white
sand, crystal clear ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 | Views [548]
Friday
7 th August
Rio
De Janeiro
BLOODY
HELL – it's winter in Rio. The flight from Miami was painless to
say the least. Jim had lots of leg room and the flight went like a
dream. We arrived ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 8 Aug 2009 | Views [378] | Comments [1]
Thursday
6 th August
Key
West – Miami
Today
we say farewell to the USA. We've spent 5 weeks here and it could
not have been any better (except that today it is raining - the
cheek!). Although ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 8 Aug 2009 | Views [420]
Wednesday
5 th August
Key
West
Today
was a highlight day. Our little gaggle of gay friends headed off on
a “three hour cruise”. Think Gilligan's Island - our ship (a 50'
catamaran) set sail ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 8 Aug 2009 | Views [1766] | Comments [2]
Monday
3rd August
Key
West
Today
we headed off with our new friends; John & Carlos from Florida
and Jerry and Steve from Iowa for John's bicycle tour of Key West.
Highlights included the ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 8 Aug 2009 | Views [292]
Saturday
1 st August
Miami
Began
the day with a trip back into Wilmington to look at the architecture
and explore the history of this beautiful city, Then it was too soon
time to say goodbye ... Read more >
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