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Well the countdown has finally reached its final stages and what seems to have taken a life time to come around is finally upon us and in a few days we embark on the greatest adventure of our lives travelling around the globe.
On the 30th June 2008 we fly out to the city that never sleeps and will continue on to the following route or until our money runs out:
UK - New York - San Fransisco - LA - Fiji - New Zealand - Australia - Indonesia - South East Asia - China
We wont lie and say that we haven't been nervous, because we have. To give up all our home comforts (Ben & Jerrys, Sky TV and Wilson the fish) has been very very hard. But once we have said our final goodbyes and are on-board the plane with a cold beer and a bottle of WKD blue we will be fine.
We will be swapping our decent jobs and our city center apartment on the river in Leeds, for lazy days on a beach, flip flops and 20 man dormitories.
Below is a list of all the fears that we both plan to face and hopefully conquer......!
Kim
* Flying.
* Sleeping in the same bedroom with strangers.
* Eating strange and wonderful delights in Asia (Bugs, Rats, Dog, worms etc).
* Swimming in the sea and getting eaten by a shark.
* Running out of sun cream and burning to a crisp.
* Getting caught in a Typhoon, Hurricane, Flash Flood.
* Terrorist attacks.
* Being sold into slavery by James.
* Going without makeup, cleanser, toner, hair straighteners, skinny jeans, Iron etc...
* Coming to terms with 'Travelling light'.
* Turning into a Hippy. Ha
James
* Missing the start on the Premiership
* Ipod stops working
So from little old England it's off to the city that is so good, they named it twice (quote SW & AA).
We expect you all to keep in contact and if possible come out and join us along the way.
We would like to say a big thank you to everyone for making this dream possible;
Our employers for funding the trip,
Our friends for providing us with 3 great weekends of goodbye parties, raves, BBQ's and overall madness,
and our family for their support, guidance, love and being there for when we needed them the most.
We love you all!!!
See you in a year or two.
Bon Voyage!!
James and Kimberley
Joined on: June 27th 2008
Last Login: August 18th 2008
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by James-Kim, order by Date newest first.By James Kim
August 9th 2008
August 9th 2008
Sun , Sand , Sea and lots of In-sects - Fiji
Oceania » Fiji » Yasawa Islands
From tourist to traveller, Bula! And welcome to Fiji. Bula - Hello, Welcome, Cheers and at least another half dozen meanings to the word, Sorry we haven’t updated the blog in a while, we have been in the most remote areas the last two weeks and internet and mobile phone signals were not forthcoming. So let’s start with our adventure and what an adventure it was. We arrived in Fiji via Pacific Airways, slight bit of turbulence but not as worrying as James’s comment just as we were about to land. Now no joke guys he said this and I [View Full Entry]
We got to the Greyhound station over an hour before we were due to depart (Kim’s mom would have been proud at our organisation) but by the looks of the queue that faced us, it didn’t appear to be enough. Up to now we have really enjoyed our Greyhound journeys, they had been efficient, clean and quite rapid but Las Vegas Greyhound station took the piss!! Talk about shambles!! There appeared to be about 3 queues that merged into one large one, so we fought our way through the door and joined the hussle and bussle. Not before long the crowds [View Full Entry]
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By James Kim
August 3rd 2008
August 3rd 2008
Double or Quits.......Las Vegas!!
North America » United States » Nevada » Las Vegas
As we said in our previous blog we decided to change our route and pay a visit to Viva Las Vegas, with the hope of making our fortune and never having to return……. The 7 hour Greyhound journey went fine and we are actually starting to enjoy the trips because it gave us a chance to rest from all the sight seeing we were doing. We arrived in Las Vegas early evening, and we were both instantly mesmerised by the shear size and excellence of all the casinos and flashing lights down the strip and our hotel was slap bang in [View Full Entry]
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By James Kim
July 17th 2008
July 17th 2008
Los Angeles - Home of the Rich and Famous
North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Hollywood
We made to LA - home of the rich and famous!! Our first GreyHound experience was quite good. The trip didn’t seem to take as long as expected and the coach was clean and even had a loo. We checked into our hostel (USA Hostels located just off Hollywood Boulevard) and it soon became clear that the dorm was full of girls as it looked like Topshop mixed with Boots had exploded all over the room! There were knickers lying on the floor, tampax randomly scattered around, endless amount of toiletries and about 5 pairs of hair straightners! This just made [View Full Entry]
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By James Kim
July 16th 2008
July 16th 2008
Prisons, Bridges and Tattoo's - SF Part 2
North America » United States » California » San Francisco » Alcatraz
Today we went to Alcatraz, the notorious prison off the coast of San Francisco. We caught the ferry from Pier 39 and as usual Kim was not appropriately dressed for such an occasion, wearing only a sarong she couldn’t help but notice how strong the winds were and how cold it was on the Pacific Ocean. Once we arrived on the island we sneaked on to the back of a walking tour and were told some very interesting facts about the inmates at Alcatraz: • Do you know that Al Capone aka Scarface was responsible for inventing the expiry date on [View Full Entry]
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By James Kim
July 10th 2008
July 10th 2008
Prisons, Bridges and Tattoo's - SF Part 1
North America » United States » California » San Francisco
So we touched down safely in San Francisco and once we landed all the passengers started applauding to show their appreciation for the successful landing. James had always wanted to do this on a normal flight within the UK, but didn’t never had the guts to do it incase no one else joined in, but now that he had his opportunity he was on his feet clapping away! Geek. We caught the subway (known as the BART) to San Francisco centre and walked to our hostel that was about 5 blocks away. As described in a previous blog, Kim hasn’t ‘bonded’ [View Full Entry]
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By James Kim
July 7th 2008
July 7th 2008
Happy 4th July!!!!
North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan
Happy 4th July!! Today we are celebrating Independence Day for America and have decided to have a nice lie in until 9:30am. It would have been longer but Kim couldn’t sleep and therefore had to keep kicking the top bunk bed with James on it! (For someone that likes her sleep she is incredibly energetic). We chilled out in the hostel for a few hours before going for a nice walk around Central Park. As it was a public holiday there were lots of people lazing around or playing sports and having BBQ’s. We found a romantic spot under a tree…Kim [View Full Entry]
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By James Kim
July 4th 2008
July 4th 2008
Sightseeing, shopping and foot massages...
North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan
Today we dedicated the whole day to sightseeing and tried to tackle as much of New York’s famous landmarks as possible. As New York is spread across such a huge distance we decided to purchase a bus tour ticket which allowed us to ‘Hop-on Hop-off’ across the city at sites and attractions that we wanted to visit. The ticket cost us $49 each and was valid for 48 hours. As Kim didn’t see the Egyptian exhibit at the Natural History Museum the day earlier, our first drop off was The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The suggested price to get in was [View Full Entry]
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By James Kim
July 3rd 2008
July 3rd 2008
Well we made it just! Our first few days in the big apple...
North America » United States » New York
Woohoo, we made it to New York!! Just…….. Christ! What a start to our travels. After a smooth flight across the Atlantic we touched down at JFK airport on time and were amazed at the size of it! It was so large that it took us an hour and 3 circuits around the ‘AirTrain’ (the train around the terminals) to get out of the airport and find how to get onto the subway towards Manhattan. All this confusion and jetlag lead to our first argument - Kim couldn’t decided if she preferred to carry her rucksack on her back or pull [View Full Entry]
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By James Kim
June 29th 2008
June 29th 2008
Preparations, Goodbyes and Bon Voyage…..
Europe » United Kingdom » England » East Riding of Yorkshire
We thought that we would give you a quick run down of the last week and our build up to our final day in the UK. After the longest week of our lives, we both finished work on Friday 20th June and went straight into packing mode as James’s dad was coming on the Saturday with a rather large removal van. After 6 hours of packing up the flat and trying to fit Kim’s wardrobe into one suitcase we decided to go out for our last romantic meal in Leeds. After 30 mins of negotiations we both agreed to try a [View Full Entry]
James Kim - James and Kim | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 5 Comment(s) | 10 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=293903] | 2008-07-01 11:48:28