Two years of travel — from a pre-trip holiday in Portugal to the long way home through New Zealand, Australia, and Southeast Asia. Click any post title to read it.
🏴🇵🇹 Pre-trip — UK & Portugal
Jun–Sep 2009 · Cardiff · Portugal holiday (Lisbon, Óbidos, Sintra)
- 3 Jun 2009 The adventure begins!
- 6 Jun 2009 Portugal, here we come...
- 8 Jun 2009 Benvindo a Portugal!
- 9 Jun 2009 Obidos
- 12 Jun 2009 Lisbon
- 12 Jun 2009 Sintra
- 13 Jun 2009 Home!
- 13 Jun 2009 Parque das Nacoes
- 26 Jul 2009 WOW on the Waterfront - Cardiff Bay
- 15 Aug 2009 Plans continue apace
- 17 Aug 2009 Old Friends and New Discoveries
- 3 Sep 2009 Leaving on a jet plane...
🗽 New York, USA
4–8 Sep 2009
- 5 Sep 2009 Big yellow taxis and massive skyscrapers...
- 8 Sep 2009 Empire State and Central Park
🇨🇦 Toronto & Niagara Falls, Canada
9–13 Sep 2009
- 9 Sep 2009 Another day another city...
- 9 Sep 2009 Carnival Time
- 11 Sep 2009 Sky high lunch
- 13 Sep 2009 The Roar of the Falls
🌃 Chicago, USA
14–19 Sep 2009
- 15 Sep 2009 Back on the bus
- 19 Sep 2009 Beaches and Blues
- 19 Sep 2009 Millenium Park
- 19 Sep 2009 Museum of Science and Industry
- 19 Sep 2009 The Windy City
🇺🇸 USA Road Trip
Sep–Oct 2009 · LA · Las Vegas · Hoover Dam · Grand Canyon · Yosemite · San Francisco · Highway 1
- 21 Sep 2009 From La La Land to Vegas
- 24 Sep 2009 Desert and Opulance
- 24 Sep 2009 Old and New Wonders
- 27 Sep 2009 A day of extremes
- 27 Sep 2009 Grand Canyon
- 27 Sep 2009 Lazy days
- 27 Sep 2009 Leaving Las Vegas
- 30 Sep 2009 Walking with Bears
- 1 Oct 2009 Breathtaking...
- 3 Oct 2009 Awesome views
- 3 Oct 2009 Walking with Rangers
- 7 Oct 2009 Leaving Yosemite
- 7 Oct 2009 The Lost Coast
- 8 Oct 2009 Ravenswood
- 9 Oct 2009 Hic!
- 12 Oct 2009 A wine free day
- 13 Oct 2009 Fleet Week
- 14 Oct 2009 Welcome to the Rock
- 15 Oct 2009 49 mile drive
- 15 Oct 2009 Rain stops play :(
- 16 Oct 2009 Highway 1
- 17 Oct 2009 Scream if you're having fun...
- 17 Oct 2009 Sunglasses on again :)
- 18 Oct 2009 Santa Monica & Hollywood
🇳🇿 New Zealand
Oct–Dec 2009 · via Cook Islands · Auckland · Bay of Islands · Rotorua · Wellington · West Coast · Fiordland · Otago · Christchurch
- 29 Oct 2009 Leaving LA
- 30 Oct 2009 Aere ra Rarotonga, kia ora Auckland
- 30 Oct 2009 And now for something completely different...
- 30 Oct 2009 Auckland
- 30 Oct 2009 Cross-island Walk
- 30 Oct 2009 Cultural market
- 30 Oct 2009 Finding Nemo
- 30 Oct 2009 Live long and prosper
- 30 Oct 2009 Rangitoto Island Volcano
- 30 Oct 2009 Round the island tour
- 31 Oct 2009 Auckland Museum
- 1 Nov 2009 On the road again
- 1 Nov 2009 Waitangi Treaty Grounds
- 1 Nov 2009 Waterfalls above and below ground
- 7 Nov 2009 Heading north
- 7 Nov 2009 More giant trees
- 7 Nov 2009 Sailing the Bay of Islands
- 7 Nov 2009 Sand, sand and more sand
- 8 Nov 2009 Hamilton
- 8 Nov 2009 Heading south
- 9 Nov 2009 A patriotic day
- 9 Nov 2009 White water rapids
- 10 Nov 2009 Chocks away!
- 11 Nov 2009 In hot water
- 17 Nov 2009 Encountering Kiwis
- 17 Nov 2009 Every day is a winding road
- 17 Nov 2009 Gold rush
- 17 Nov 2009 Lazy dayz
- 20 Nov 2009 A Christmas Carol
- 20 Nov 2009 A Potter's Railway
- 20 Nov 2009 Back to Auckland
- 21 Nov 2009 The Overlander
- 25 Nov 2009 Wellington
- 29 Nov 2009 A Relaxing Sunday
- 29 Nov 2009 Campervan surprise
- 29 Nov 2009 Glacier country
- 29 Nov 2009 History, heritage and hiraeth
- 29 Nov 2009 Minty!
- 29 Nov 2009 More than a destination
- 29 Nov 2009 The Scenery of Middle Earth
- 29 Nov 2009 West Coast
- 29 Nov 2009 Wet like Wales
- 30 Nov 2009 Thrill seeking Queenstown
- 6 Dec 2009 Welcome to Fiordland!
- 7 Dec 2009 Still no penguins...
- 7 Dec 2009 Walking on Snow
- 8 Dec 2009 Goodbye Fiordland, Hello Southland
- 8 Dec 2009 Penguin Watch
- 9 Dec 2009 Flower of Scotland
- 9 Dec 2009 Scotts mist
- 9 Dec 2009 Wildlife and Wilderness
- 12 Dec 2009 A Christmassy day
- 12 Dec 2009 Christchurch bound
- 12 Dec 2009 Don't carry on camping
- 15 Dec 2009 Marlborough Sounds
- 15 Dec 2009 Moving on up
- 15 Dec 2009 Super Sunday
- 17 Dec 2009 Sore bums
- 17 Dec 2009 WOW!
- 21 Dec 2009 Hot, sweaty and happy :)
- 23 Dec 2009 A 'proper' barbeque
- 23 Dec 2009 Nelson Lakes
- 23 Dec 2009 The Lewis Pass
- 24 Dec 2009 Busy doing.... not a lot
- 24 Dec 2009 Halfmoon Cottage
- 26 Dec 2009 A Merry Christmas to everyone !!!
- 27 Dec 2009 Beautiful Boxing Day
- 28 Dec 2009 In the long white cloud
- 29 Dec 2009 The final countdown
- 29 Dec 2009 Tour de France
🇦🇺 Australia
Jan–Mar 2010 · Sydney · Gold Coast · Brisbane · Tasmania · Melbourne · Adelaide · The Outback · Darwin · Kakadu · Cairns · Great Barrier Reef
- 7 Jan 2010 Big bangs
- 8 Jan 2010 New year, new decade
- 10 Jan 2010 The end of luxury
- 14 Jan 2010 The Opera House
- 16 Jan 2010 Leaving Sydney
- 16 Jan 2010 Messing about in boats
- 18 Jan 2010 Blue skies, blue water
- 18 Jan 2010 By any means
- 18 Jan 2010 Computers and Birds
- 18 Jan 2010 Food, food glorious food
- 18 Jan 2010 Getting old
- 18 Jan 2010 Good times
- 18 Jan 2010 Mount Tamborine
- 18 Jan 2010 Op shopping
- 18 Jan 2010 Surfers Paradise
- 18 Jan 2010 To the big smoke...
- 24 Jan 2010 Goodbye pool
- 24 Jan 2010 History and mystery
- 24 Jan 2010 Stepping back in time
- 26 Jan 2010 Little Devils
- 28 Jan 2010 Wineglass Bay
- 30 Jan 2010 My eyes are dim...
- 31 Jan 2010 Advance Australia Fair
- 31 Jan 2010 Another day another mountain
- 31 Jan 2010 Devonport
- 31 Jan 2010 Escape to Cradle Mountain
- 1 Feb 2010 Australia's second city
- 1 Feb 2010 Taking the ferry
- 4 Feb 2010 Markets and arcades
- 6 Feb 2010 Great Ocean Road
- 6 Feb 2010 That's when good neighbours become good friends
- 17 Feb 2010 Nature's Bounty
- 17 Feb 2010 Over 1000 kms later
- 19 Feb 2010 Farewell Andy, Hello Adelaide
- 19 Feb 2010 The Botanic Gardens
- 19 Feb 2010 The Ghan
- 20 Feb 2010 Happy outback birthday to Claire!
- 20 Feb 2010 It's only a bit of water mate!
- 20 Feb 2010 Kings Canyon
- 20 Feb 2010 Mother nature wins
- 20 Feb 2010 Rocks and Stars
- 21 Feb 2010 A town like Alice
- 21 Feb 2010 From wet to wetter
- 23 Feb 2010 Anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin
- 23 Feb 2010 Hot and Humid
- 23 Feb 2010 Kakadu
- 25 Feb 2010 Cairns
- 25 Feb 2010 Rain and mozzies
- 25 Feb 2010 The Reef
- 5 Mar 2010 A wet Saturday
- 5 Mar 2010 Airlie Beach
- 5 Mar 2010 Back to Surfers
- 5 Mar 2010 Sofia's Day
- 5 Mar 2010 The wrong train!
- 5 Mar 2010 Vineyards!
- 7 Mar 2010 Talking to the animals
- 11 Mar 2010 Arriving in steamy Singapore
- 11 Mar 2010 Dining like kings
- 11 Mar 2010 Exploring Singapore
- 11 Mar 2010 Leaving Surfers
- 11 Mar 2010 Noosa
🇸🇬 Singapore
12–15 Mar 2010
- 14 Mar 2010 Beautiful flowers
- 14 Mar 2010 Chinatown
- 14 Mar 2010 Hanging around with the animals
- 15 Mar 2010 Sentosa Island
🇲🇾 Malaysia
16–24 Mar 2010 · Kuala Lumpur · Melaka
- 16 Mar 2010 The journey to Malaysia
- 17 Mar 2010 A blue bag
- 17 Mar 2010 A day in Melaka
- 18 Mar 2010 Changing rooms
- 19 Mar 2010 Shops and films
- 20 Mar 2010 Confined to docks
- 24 Mar 2010 Religion and history
🇻🇳 Vietnam
Mar–May 2010 · Ho Chi Minh City · Mekong Delta · Dalat · Nha Trang · Hoi An · Hue · Hanoi · Ha Long Bay · Cat Ba · Sapa
- 25 Mar 2010 Acclimatising to Saigon
- 25 Mar 2010 The journey to Saigon
- 27 Mar 2010 Delving into Saigon's past
- 31 Mar 2010 War and musicals
- 1 Apr 2010 The great moped adventure
- 3 Apr 2010 A day with the Mekong
- 3 Apr 2010 Faces of Saigon
- 3 Apr 2010 Mekong Delta
- 4 Apr 2010 Delectable Dalat
- 4 Apr 2010 Finishing up in Saigon
- 6 Apr 2010 Born to ride
- 7 Apr 2010 A day in Dalat
- 7 Apr 2010 Whizzing down mountains
- 9 Apr 2010 Let's go fly a kite
- 9 Apr 2010 Stranded in paradise
- 10 Apr 2010 A breath of wind
- 10 Apr 2010 Waiting for wind
- 13 Apr 2010 Changing Plans
- 13 Apr 2010 The journey to Hanoi
- 14 Apr 2010 Altered plans again
- 14 Apr 2010 Reading Hanoi
- 14 Apr 2010 The train to nowhere
- 19 Apr 2010 Lakes and pagodas
- 19 Apr 2010 Perfume Pagoda
- 20 Apr 2010 Ha Long Bay
- 24 Apr 2010 Cat Ba Island
- 24 Apr 2010 Return to Ha Noi
- 24 Apr 2010 Uncle Ho and Sapa bound
- 25 Apr 2010 Arriving in Sapa
- 25 Apr 2010 Trekking with the hill tribes
- 28 Apr 2010 Getting to Hoi An
- 28 Apr 2010 Same same tailors
- 28 Apr 2010 Shopping in Hoi An
- 28 Apr 2010 Thunderstorms and rain
- 29 Apr 2010 Hue Citadel
- 29 Apr 2010 On the way to Hue
- 29 Apr 2010 Temples and Lanterns
- 30 Apr 2010 Reunification Day in Vietnam
- 1 May 2010 Relaxing in Hue
- 7 May 2010 Riding out from Hue
- 9 May 2010 The Central Highlands
- 9 May 2010 The coast to the Highlands
- 9 May 2010 The mighty jungle
- 9 May 2010 The road to Da Nang
🇰🇭 Cambodia
14–24 May 2010 · Phnom Penh · Siem Reap · Angkor Wat
- 14 May 2010 Back in Saigon
- 14 May 2010 Cambodia's capital
- 15 May 2010 Depressing history
- 15 May 2010 Queen for a day
- 16 May 2010 Siem Reap
- 17 May 2010 Fleeced
- 17 May 2010 The Temples of Angkor
- 19 May 2010 Sunrise at Angkor Wat
- 21 May 2010 Last day of temples
- 21 May 2010 More pool time
- 22 May 2010 Chillaxing
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
25–29 May 2010
- 25 May 2010 A day of flying
- 26 May 2010 Hello Hong Kong
- 26 May 2010 On top of the city
- 28 May 2010 A History Lesson
- 28 May 2010 Feathered friends
- 28 May 2010 Natural Hong Kong
- 29 May 2010 Homeward bound
- 29 May 2010 Our final day