Travelling blog 08-09

For all my travelling experiences and adventures  from July 2008 – May 2009 feel free to peruse the links on the right hand side of this page under ‘Travelling blog archive’, or look through the links below by country – its all there!

• 001: One more Step…
• 002: Somewhere beyond the sea
• 003: (soon to be) leaving on a (jumbo) jet plan
  

World Youth Day, and Sydney 2008:

• 004: ‘there you go miss taylor, and enjoy your flight’
• 005: the echo of 200,000 voices
• 006: Convict hulks and the demon duck of doom
• 007: elastic space
• 008: notes on sydney
  

New Zealand:

• 009: Kia Ora!
• 010: free falling
• 011: glimpses of mount doom
• 012: as cold as ice
• 013: en route to Queenstown
• 014: the Edinburgh of the (NZ) south
• 015: the garden city
  

Australia:

• 016: landing in melbourne
• 017: Melbourne condensed (in a longwinded fashion)
• 018: the great ocean road
• 019: Adelaide
• 020: the heart, the soul, the centre
• 021: round the rock she goes
• 022: where the outback meets the tropics
• 023: to the Kimberleys and the West
• 024: salvation at the pentecost river (ozzie style)
• 025: nature at its best
• 026: beaches and broome-sets
• 027: karijini national park
• 028: nothing but blue skies
• 029: monkey mia and kalbarri national park
• 030: mr sandman…give me : )
• 031: due south-west
• 032: 99 days in perth
• 033: day trips and mini-breaks around perth
• 034: a sunny christmas, cricket and bacon and eggs on the ‘barbie’
• 035: the indian pacific, Sydney revisited, and a fond farewell to my first Australia adventure…

Bali:

• 036: selamat datang ke klungkung,Bali!
• 037: saya guru bahasa ingris : )
• 038: with arms wide open
• 039: galungan, kuningan and nyepi day (the day of silence)
• 040: slices of paradise, a little detective work and a family outing
• 041: escape from ‘paradise’ and klungkung revisited

Malaysia:

• 042: kuala lumpur and my malaysian jungle adventure
• 043: Homebound
  

June 2008

For all intents and purposes this site is to allow myself the freedom to relay my experiences and thoughts, as a I set out on my year long trip, and at the same time make sure all you lovely people have the freedom to browse my adventures at your own leisure and in your own time. I would hate to clog up your inboxes with mass emailings… ; )

If you are wondering about the dog… well he was given to me by my uncle just after my graduation, from the Lost Dog range. We bonded immediately. You could say he’s become something of a symbol in the little journey I am on just now, and as a bonus, bears the tagline “if all else fails, look cute.”

 

The Journey

So this is the “plan”, with every dotted route being either unbooked, or uncertain (you can click to enlarge the map). I’ll update my route as I go along (more for myself and future reference if anything).

Sunday 13th July 2008: Depart Glasgow 18:25

Tuesday 15th July 2008: Arrive Sydney 06:05

15th – 20th July: World Youth Day 2008

Monday 4th August 2008: Depart for Auckland 09:30, arrive 14:30

North Island from Auckland: – Waitomo – Rotorua – Taupo – Wellington – Picton – Nelson

South Island from Nelson: – Greymouth – Franz Josef – Queenstown – Milford Sound – Dunedin – Tekapo – Christchurch

(Extended) Friday 5th September 2008: Depart Christchurch 07:15

Arrive Melbourne 09:00

25 September: Melbourne – Adelaide (´the overland´ train)

28 September: Adelaide – Alice Springs

6 October: Alice Springs – Darwin (´the ghan´)

12 October: Darwin – Kimberleys – Broom – Coral Bay – Perth (Western Exposure 21 day bush camping and hostelling trip)

1 November 2008: Arrive Perth

3-5 November 2008: 3 day southwest trip (Margaret River- augusta – albany)

14-15 December 2008: Rottnest island trip

8 February: Perth – Adelaide – Sydney (the ´indian pacific´)

23 February 2009: Depart Sydney 17:35

Arrive Denpasar (Bali) 22:40

• 6 weeks of teaching/community project in Klung Kung
  

6-19 April 2009: Mum, Dad and Cara Visiting!

9-11 April: Nusa Lembongan island (relaxation time)

20 April 2009: Depart Denpasar (Bali) 15:35

Arrive Kuala Lumpur 18:35

25-28 April: Teman Negara National park

6 May 2009: Depart Kuala Lumpur

7 May 2009: Arrive Amsterdam

(to be continued…)