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Round the World Travel 2007/8
Having taking voluntary redundancy
in December 2006, I have since been writing, career planning,
travel planning, doing some voluntary work, experimenting
with some courses, and gaining my i-to-i TEFL certificate.
The trip will be as follows (all flight times are local
timings/GAP reserves right to change itineraries), keep
an eye on the travelblog
for further updates:
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Bangkok (Lonely
Planet Guide)
- Friday 28th September: Leave London Heathrow on
Flight QF2, 22:15, arrive 15:35
- Saturday 29th September: 2-day GAP Adventures
pre-trip Citybreak, staying at Royal
Hotel.
- Monday 1st October: GAP Adventures: Indochina
Encompassed, presumably Royal
Hotel.
- Wednesday 3rd October: Chaing Mai
- Thursday 4th October: Chiang Kong
- Friday 5th October: Mekong River [Boat]
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Laos (Lonely
Planet Guide)
- Saturday 6th October: Luang Prabang [Flight]
- Tuesday 9th October: Vientiane
- Thursday 11th October: Hin Boun
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Vietnam (Lonely
Planet Guide)
- Friday 12th October: Hanoi
- Sunday 14th October: Halong Bay
- Tuesday 16th October: Hue
- Thursday 18th October: Hoi An [Flight]
- Saturday 20th October: Ho Chi Minh City (formerly
Saigon)
- Monday 22nd October: Chau Doc
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Cambodia (Lonely
Planet Guide)
- Tuesday 23rd October: Phnom Penh [Flight]
- Thursday 25th October: Siem Reap/Angkor Wat
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Thailand (Lonely
Planet Guide)
- Sunday 28th/29th October: Bangkok, end of group
trip, presumably Royal
Hotel.
- Monday 29th/30th October: Thailand
Beaches or other.
(Will wait and see what the
GAP leader in Asia recommends, but have had some
recommendations!)
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Singapore (Lonely
Planet Guide)
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Perth (Lonely
Planet Guide)
- Monday 12th November: Flight QF72, depart 09:00,
arrive 15:10
First 2 nights: The
Emperor's Crown
Independent sightseeing
(No set itinerary, other accommodation
to decide when arrive, or based on interim conversations,
to include Margaret River, Freemantle, and Rottnest
Island)
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Alice Springs/Ayers Rock (Uluru)
(Lonely
Planet Guide)
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Sydney (Lonely
Planet Guide)
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Melbourne (Lonely
Planet Guide)
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Sydney (Lonely
Planet Guide)
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New Zealand (Lonely
Planet Guide)
- Thursday 10th January 2008: Flight QF43, depart
11:40, arrive 16:45
Independent travel (No set
itinerary)
First night, Auckland
International Hostel (look out for the Airbus)
- Purchased: Spirit
of New Zealand Magic Buses pass, route:
- Sector 1 & 2: AUCKLAND-WAITOMO-ROTORUA
- Sector 3: ROTORUA-TAUPO
- Sector 4: TAUPO-TURANGI-WELLINGTON
- Sector 5: WELLINGTON-PICTON-NELSON
- Sector 6A: ABEL TASMAN NATIONAL PARK
- Sector 6: NELSON-GREYMOUTH
- Sector 7: GREYMOUTH-FRANZ JOSEF
- Sector 8: FRANZ JOSEF - QUEENSTOWN
- Sector 9A: MAGIC MILFORD DISCOVERY
- Sector 9: QUEENSTOWN-DUNEDIN
- Sector 10: DUNEDIN - TEKAPO
- Sector 11: TEKAPO - CHRISTCHURCH
- Sector 12: CHRISTCHURCH-KAIKOURA
- Sector 13: KAIKOURA-PICTON-WELLINGTON
- Sector 14: WELLINGTON-NAPIER
- Sector 15: NAPIER-TAUPO-ROTORUA-MT MAUNGANUI
- Sector 16: MT MAUNGANUI-THAMES-AUCKLAND
- Sector 41: AUCKLAND - HAHEI - WHITIANGA
- Sector 42: WHITIANGA - AUCKLAND
- Sector 17: AUCKLAND-WAIPOUA FOREST-BAY OF
ISLANDS
- Sector 17A: PAIHIA - CAPE REINGA DAY TRIP
- Sector 18: BAY OF ISLANDS-AUCKLAND
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Santiago, Chile (Lonely
Planet Guide)
- Monday 18th February: Flight QF321, depart 17:25,
arrive 12:45 (bit of time travel involved there!)
Staying Happy
House Hostel
Independent city sightseeing (think
what want to see).
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Lima, Peru (Lonely
Planet Guide)
- Wednesday 20th February: Independent flight with
LAN
Airlines, LA634, depart 08:35, arrive
10:20
Sightseeing; Hostel to book,
maybe Barranco's
Backpackers or Inka
Hostel, but think I will see if anyone at the
Asia end has been to Lima!
- Friday 22nd February: GAP Adventures: Southern
Cross (this trip is not yet guaranteed, so here's
praying!), staying at Hotel
La Castellana
- Saturday 23rd February: Pisco
- Sunday 24th February: Nazca
- Tuesday 26th February: Arequipa/Chivay/Colca Canyon
[Flight]
- Friday 29th February: Cuzco (Leap Year)
- Saturday 1st March: Ollantaytambo
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Machu Picchu (Lonely
Planet Guide)
- Sunday 2nd March: Inca Trail
- Thursday 6th March: Cuzco
- Sunday 9th March: Puno (Birthday)
- Monday 10th March: Lake Titicaca
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Bolivia (Lonely
Planet Guide)
- Wednesday 12th March: La Paz
- Friday 14th March: Uyani/Sular de Uyani Excursion
- Tuesday 18th March: Potosi
- Thursday 20th March: Sucre [Flight]
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Brazil, Iguassu Falls (Lonely
Planet Guide)
- Saturday 22nd March: Santa Cruz/Puerto Suarez
- Monday 24th March: Corumba/Pantanal
- Wednesday 26th March: Bonito/Iguassu Falls
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Rio de Janeiro (Lonely
Planet Guide)
- Tuesday 1st April: Curitiba/Illha Grande/Rio de
Janeiro
- Sunday 6th April: Rio de Janeiro, stay at Hotel
Santa Clara. (end of group trip)
- Sunday 6th-10th April: Visit Gaynor (unspecified)
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Sao Paulo (Lonely
Planet Guide)
- Friday 10th April: Bus
to Sao Paulo (unspecified)
- Monday 14th April, Flight to UK, BA246, depart
16:20, arrive 07:30 15th April
- Unless secure some TEFL work in Brazil, in
which case could return any point by 27th September
2008.
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Travel
Providers: STA
(Chris Mettam @ Manchester Oxford Road branch); GAP
Adventures; LAN
Airlines; Wayward
Bus; Contiki; Magic
Bus
Travel Forums: GAP
Adventures Watering Hole; Bootsnall
Travel Forums; TravBuddy;
Contiki
Forums
Equipment Stockists: Cotswold
Outdoor; Blacks;
Millets; Decathlon;
The North Face;
Tesco;
Ebay; World
Nomads; Aerotag
Useful accommodation links:
Although I'd bought a YHA card, and checked through hihostels,
I ended up booking most of my accommodation through hostelbookers.com
(kept coming up cheapest), checking trip
advisor before booking. I also checked out hostelworld.com;
hostels.com;
HotelClub (although
hotels aren't featuring much on this trip) .
Rough Currency Conversions: (xe.com:
September 2007)
- Thailand: £1 = 66 Baht/1 Baht
= 1.5p
- Laos: £1 = 20,000 Laos Kips/1
LAK = £0.00005
- Vietnam: £1=33,000 Vietnamese
Dong/1 VND - £0.00003
- Cambodia: £1 = 8,200 Cambodia
Riels/1 KHR = £0.0001
- Singapore: £1 = 3.09 Singapore
Dollars/ 1 SGG = 32p
- Australia: £1 = 2.45 Australian
Dollars/ 1 AUD = 41p
- New Zealand: £1 = 2.92 New Zealand
Dollars/1 NZD = 34p
- Chile: £1 = 1,050 Chile Pesos/1
CLP = £0.0009
- Peru: £1 = 6.40 Peru Nuevos Soles/1
PEN = 16p
- Bolivia: £1 = 15.71 Bolivia Bolivianos/1
BOB = 6p
- Brazil: £1 = 3.97 Brazil Reais/1
BRL = 25p
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