Welcome to my blog, for the time being this will be a blog of me planning my round the world trip. That is until I leave, then it will be a blog of my journey!
Today i booked my ticket, its taken a while because plane tickets generally aren't released until 11 months prior to the departure date, but i wanted to get them booked asap as my first stop is Beijing for the Olympics, and I know the flights are going to fill up quickly. However, the flights to Beijing look like they've all been block booked by travel agents, so i have to go to Shanghai instead, and make my own way.
My itinerary is:
15th Aug 2008 Fly London>Shanghai
16th Aug 2008 Arrive Shanghai overnight train>Beijing
17th Aug 2008 Arrive Beijing for Olympics
17th Aug 2008 Swimming events
18th Aug 2008 Gymnastic events
21st Aug 2008 Athletics events
22nd Aug 2008 Diving events
23rd Aug 2008 Diving events
24th Aug 2008 Closing Ceremonies
25th Aug 2008 Make my way to Tianjin to catch ferry to Seoul (south korea)
from here i don't really have any set dates but plan to do the following:
travel across south korea to catch a ferry from Busan to Shimonoseki (Japan) then make my way across Japan via Hiroshima, Himeji, Kyoto, Gifu, Matsumoto and Kofu to Tokyo, then back down via Tokohama, Shizuoka, Nagoya, Osak to Kobe. At Kobe I plan to get a ferry back to China docking at Shanghai. From here my route will take me up to Xi'an to see the terracotta Army, then down to Chengdu and down to Hong Kong. From Hong Kong I will work my way down to Vietnam, down to Cambodia, up through Laos, then into Thailand. The idea is to be in Koh Pha Ngan for the new year party 2009. I will then continue through Malaysia to Singapore.
That will hopefully round up the first 5 months, from Singapore I will get a flight to Brisbane (Australia). Hopefully I will be able to buy a cheap car or preferably a camper van which i will then drive round the coastal road via Gold Coast, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Geelong, Adelaide then to Perth, then driving back to Sydney taking a total of around 10 weeks. Then get a flight from Sydney> Auckland to spend a couple of weeks in New Zealand, before flying over to Santiago (Chile) where i will spend 4 months travelling around South and Central America before flying back home on 14th August 2009 from Guatemala City to London!
As well as booking my ticket i also booked my first hostel in Beijing, the Beijing Jade Youth Hostel (Utels), as well as making my first date cock-up! i booked the room from the 16th August, but as i will be catching the overnight train from Shanghai>Beijing I don't arrive until the 17th!
Sorry the first post was so long, I'll try to update whenever something big has happened so there aren't any huge posts like this in the future!
4 comments:
Huzaa! Looking forward to reading what your upto... But, who are rob and I meant to go shopping with when your over there!! *cries*
heh, i'll leave a cardboard cut out of me for you to take!
omg kook this sounds totally amazing! i am so jealous :))) aww hope you travel well and safe,and i hope you have the most excellent time :)))and please do the long post thing i like it :)) i wish you massive huge amounts of good luck with everything :)) love and hugs to you xxx
Well done Mark! Getting very excited for you - any chance your old mum could come with you (obviously just to wash your clothes, make sure you're eating properly and washing behind your ears!!) ... s'pose that's a no! Looking forward to following your progress over the year in preparation any help you need just shout xx
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