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We have only had to get onto the bikes one time in total over the past three days. I cannot tell you just how good that has been for what are quickly becoming old and tired leg muscles!!!
That being said, the one day of cycling that we did have to endure was a pretty tough [...]

April 2nd, 2009 | Tags: Adventure Holiday, Ao Phangnga, Asia, Charity, Cycling, Gap Year, Krabi, Phangnga, Thailand | Category: Adventure Sport, Asia Trips, Cycling, Sporting Trips, Thailand | Comments (4)

Day eight of the trip marks our second whole day off cycling so far. It is a particularly sweet day off as it is one that we earned rather than had scheduled on account of our covering over 300 kilometres in the last two days…
Since the last blog we have certainly come a long way. [...]

March 30th, 2009 | Tags: Adventure Holiday, Asia, Butterworth, Charity, Cycling, Gap Year, Krabi, Langkawi, Malaysia, Satun, Thailand, Thailand Immigration | Category: Asia Trips, Cycling, Malaysia, Sporting Trips, Thailand | Comments (1)

I am sat in an internaet cafe in a place called Ipoh in Malaysia, exactly 205 kilometers away from Kuala Lumpur. I know that it is exactly this distance as in the last two days that is how long we have had to cycle to get here!!! It has been quite the eventful first few [...]

March 26th, 2009 | Tags: Adventure Holiday, Asia, caqmp quality, Charity, Cycling, Gap Year, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Thailand | Category: Asia Trips, Cycling, Malaysia, Sporting Trips | Leave a comment

Essentials

Address list and list of important contacts or numbers
Backpack, suitcase, sports bag (something to pack everything in)
Paper or Notebook
Passport (check validity!)
Pencils, Pens
Tickets and itinerary (airline, train, bus etc.)
Visa
Travel Insurance

Finances

ATM card (Maestro or Cirrus logos on the back are most widely accepted)
Calculator or currency converter
Cash in the local currency of your arrival destination
Credit card (Visa or [...]

November 16th, 2008 | Tags: Gap Year, packing, Planning | Category: Planning, World Travel | Comments (1)

I flew on a return flight from Heathrow airport to Nairobi with Virgin Atlantic, which was the cheapest flight I could find.  I did consider flying into Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, which I found was quite cheap if you go via the Middle East.  You have to have visa’s for both Kenya and Tanzania [...]

November 6th, 2008 | Tags: Africa, Gap Year, Kenya, Safari, Tanzania, Zanzibar | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Landing into Santiago is dramatic, flying over the Andes which surround the city to the east, you realise the shear size of Chile’s Capital! It’s a monster! Once on the ground the next thing that hits you is the smog, brown thick air, which really spoils Santiago’s surroundings, and hides most the city from view!

Santiago [...]

November 6th, 2008 | Tags: Andes, Chile, Gap Year, santiago, skiing, South America, wine tasting | Category: Chile, South America | Comments (1)

We managed to finally fly to Lhasa from Kathmandu by arranging an “organised tour” through a company called Greenhill Travel – based in Thamel, they also do all extreme sport trips around the Kathmandu valley area. I think the cost of the flight was about £150 which appears incredibly expensive but in fact was the [...]

November 6th, 2008 | Tags: Asia, China, Everest, Gap Year, Hitch hiking, Tibet | Category: Asia Trips, China | Comments (1)