Round the World 2017

a trip by Andrea Kenyon and Paul Matthews
From: January 4th 2017
Until: July 1st 2017

Our third RTW trip (our second together) was all about doing a season of snowboarding before we get too old! Paul jacked in his job and I took a career break from work and on 23rd December 2016 we both walked out of work for six months of adventure. At the start of January we kicked off our 87 days in America in Colorado where we spent four weeks snowboarding in near perfect conditions in Breckenridge. We followed this with three weeks in Park City, Utah where, after one week, our good friend (and glutton for punishment) Katherine came to join us. Then we all moved onto Montana for another month of snowboarding in the almost empty slopes of Big Sky.

After a short pit stop at home, to drop off our snowboarding kit, we flew out to China for three weeks of the most challenging (and rewarding) travelling we've done. Then it was time for six weeks of R&R in the wonderfully smiley country of Indonesia before flying back to Hong Kong for one week.

Then it was time to head back to the UK and for Paul it was back to reality, whilst I spent my last two weeks in Italy with my parents.

We are both already on countdown to the next trip.
Trip Length: 6 months
Blog Entries: 30
Photos: 462
Words: 36679

Blog Entries

Date Blog Title Location
January 6th 2017 The best Friday? North America » United States » Colorado » Denver
January 13th 2017 Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow North America » United States » Colorado » Breckenridge
February 4th 2017 Bye Bye Breck North America » United States » Colorado » Breckenridge
February 24th 2017 Park City - Extremes of Sweet and Sour North America » United States » Utah
February 25th 2017 Four States in One Day North America » United States » Oregon » Portland
March 11th 2017 Big Moguls in Big Sky North America » United States » Montana » Big Sky
March 24th 2017 How to Avoid a Vodka Crisis North America » United States » Montana » Big Sky
March 28th 2017 The Day We Caught The Tram North America » United States » Montana » Big Sky
March 29th 2017 Home James North America » United States » Montana » Big Sky
April 7th 2017 Pit stop in Notts Europe » United Kingdom » England » Nottinghamshire » Nottingham
April 13th 2017 Beijing - Our First Taste of China Asia » China » Beijing
April 14th 2017 The Great Wall Asia » China » Beijing
April 14th 2017 Layover in Chongqing City Asia » China » Chongqing » Chongqing
April 17th 2017 Cruising down the Yangtze Asia » China » Yangtze River
April 21st 2017 Stunning Zhangjiajie National Park MISSING
April 23rd 2017 Chinese Blackpool??!! Asia » China » Hunan
April 24th 2017 Tianmen Mountain Asia » China » Hunan » Zhangjiajie
April 26th 2017 Xi'an and those famous warriors Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an
April 29th 2017 The Long Goodbye Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an
May 4th 2017 Cocktail Diving on Gili Air Asia » Indonesia » Lombok » Gili Air
May 11th 2017 The highs and lows of Labuan Bajo Asia » Indonesia » Flores » Labuanbajo
May 13th 2017 Mantas and Dragons at Komodo National Park Asia » Indonesia » Komodo
May 15th 2017 Yogyakarta and Prambanan Asia » Indonesia » Java » Yogyakarta
May 16th 2017 Borobudur - If you can't bet 'em get up for sunrise! Asia » Indonesia
May 20th 2017 The visa run Asia » Malaysia » Wilayah Persekutuan » Kuala Lumpur
May 29th 2017 You have to be keen - the journey to the Togean Islands Asia » Indonesia » Sulawesi » Ampana
May 29th 2017 Off the grid on the Togean Islands Asia » Indonesia » Sulawesi » Togean Islands
June 5th 2017 Bunaken and the end of cocktail diving Asia » Indonesia » Sulawesi » Bunaken National Park
June 11th 2017 Hot, hot, hot Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong
June 14th 2017 Dodging Typhoon Merbok in Macau Asia » Macau » Macau
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