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And it begins.....

Hey all! I will be departing my humble abode in Wilmslow and exploring the world. I will be setting off on a 6 month trip visiting China, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and America.

....But dont worry you can keep in touch via the blog and follow me on my travels!!!

The route is:
Manchester to London - London to Beijing - Beijing overland to Hong Kong - Hong Kong to Bangkok - Bangkok overland to Singapore - Singapore to Cairns - Cairns overland to Sydney - Sydney to Christchurch - Christchurch overland to Auckland - Auckland to Nadi - Nadi to Los Angeles - Los Angeles overland to San Francisco...

The Guys that feel they want to follow me and share my experiences are my great mates..
Twin Bro Nicholas Lees Nicholas' blog
Richard Huntington Richards blog
Ross Macfarlane
James Caroll

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing.

and just for all those who know about me and my poor direction skills...

Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness

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By Jonny Lees
August 18th 2008

The end to an amazing adventure! Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cheshire » Wilmslow

GYC

So after visiting 3 continents, 10 countries, taking 16 flights, sleeping in 78 different beds over a period of 177 days 5 members of the GYC walked through arrivals in Manchester airport.. Thoughts of the last 6 months ran frantically through my mind¡K The 200+ fellow travellers we had met, countless new friends and how each individual had impacted upon our experiences. The Animals: viewing endangered animals such as pandas, riding elephants, playing with tigers, stroking sharks and chasing dolphins. The Cities: whether it be our first destination Beijing where we climbed the sn [View Full Entry]

By Jonny Lees
August 18th 2008

Our final destination San Francisco North America » United States » California » San Francisco

Lombard Street

San Francisco We said some sad goodbyes to Paul, Coren, Nick and Katey who we had had such great fun with over the last week. However it was time for our final destination San Francisco! After a long drive we crossed the Golden Gate bridge listening to “because we are going to San Francisco” ..made sense. The cities roads were rather confusing and this was proven when Rick accidently went up a one way road the wrong way. We continued our sight seeing and visited Lombard Street, a beautiful wiggly street through a botanic garden. For dinner we feasted on what [View Full Entry]

By Jonny Lees
August 5th 2008

Independence day on the Lakes North America » United States » Nevada » Lake Tahoe

Emerald Heights

Lake Tahoe After leaving San Diego we headed across to a new state Nevada! James who has done this journey before directed us through the dessert. It was a long 10 hour journey but the views were interesting; barron lands, mountains and mirages being created by the heat. I had a bit of an error when I stuck my head out the window at 80 mph and forgot I had my seeing glasses on...I no longer have them. We stopped at one point in the dessert which had been recorded as the hottest temperature reached in the world. We met James' [View Full Entry]

By Jonny Lees
July 29th 2008

San Diego North America » United States » California » San Diego

Our amazing accomodation!

San Diego New hire car , ipod, sunshine, GYC could only mean one thing ...roadtrip!A 5 hour trip where we passed through some famous sights such as Laguna Beach, OC and Disneyland. Some great tunes where being blasted out and our singing to add to the racket made the journey a very enjoyable one. We were actually on our way to spend a few days in Escondido with James relatives. We were treated very well by the family and our first meal was a big juicy steak ( the first in a long time). The house was massive and came with [View Full Entry]

By Jonny Lees
July 29th 2008

Fiji- Cruising the Yasawa Islands. Oceania » Fiji » Yasawa Islands

Ross jumping

After a week on beaches we were looking forward to a cruise around the Yasawa Islands. The cruise was called the Wanna Taki Cruise and was renown for being a party boat. We were greeted by song, dance and a refreshing cocktails. The boat was impressive; top deck was for sunbathing, diving off,drinking and eating whilst the bottom deck had TV facilities and our beds for the next 2 nights. We met up with some English guys and American girls from previous Islands and decided to take a trip snorkelling around the nearby reef. There was supposed to be giant manta [View Full Entry]

By Jonny Lees
July 29th 2008

America -Lifestyles of the rich and famous! North America » United States » California » Los Angeles

Walk of fame

LA Nearly didn't succeed in getting into "the land of the brave" had a few issues at the airport. Firstly leaving Fiji I wondered why my tickets claimed Hon Jonath Lees. Several checkout ladies asked my what royalty do you know thinking Hon stood for Honourable. I asked the Fijian checkout man why I was honourable and then he changed his tone as he doubted it was my passport. 10 quick fire questions later I was allowed to leave Fiji phew. On arrival in USA immigration didnt go too well either. "Sir are you wasting my time" I had forgotten to [View Full Entry]

By Jonny Lees
July 15th 2008

Fiji...BULA! Oceania » Fiji » Yasawa Islands

Fijian boy--Chosen the right team

Fiji Our plan for Fiji was to Island jump for 13 days around the Yasawas. We arrived at our first Island on Friday 13th, ironic as it was pouring with rain! We jumped of the passenger ferry onto a small canoe which was to take us to the Island of Quata. We looked like refugees cowering under blankets to take cover from the rain that was torrential. Our accommodation was set in the Fijian’s village with a beautiful sea view. We met some of the village people who taught us to weave bracelets out of bamboo. They also treated us to [View Full Entry]

By Jonny Lees
June 10th 2008

Watching the 'All Blacks' in Wellington Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

Artist

We flew in on saturday 7th June to Wellington. It was quite a scary flight especially when we were landing and the plane kept shifting left and right due to the wind. The pilot added to the tension when he said on the tanoid check your nearest emergency exit! Anyway all was well and we soon checked in to our hostel very early and fell asleep because we were shattered. In the afternoon we decided to visit the museum where we lucky enough to catch a music artist playing an acoustic live set...for free. He was amazing and enlightened our mood [View Full Entry]

By Jonny Lees
June 3rd 2008

Queenstown! Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

Hope the shute opens

We have been looking forward for Queenstown for quite a while because we are here for a week and can have lie ins and take it easy. My first impression was that it reminded me of a french skiing resort. Ski season starts on the 7th of June so lots of preparation is going on around the town. We hadn't been out in a major town for a while so all 50 of us on the bus had arranged for a great night in the clubs of Queenstown. It was probably one of the best nights out this gap year as [View Full Entry]

By Jonny Lees
May 31st 2008

Climbing Franz Joseph glacier and Wanaka Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef

Ice tunnel

So we had just skydived and our next exciting task was to climb Franz Joseph Glacier! We were all geared up with Ice pics, hats, gloves, spikes on our shoes and coats. We first of all treked it through woods climbing some pretty steep ladders but this was nothing to what we would be climbing later. We were split into two groups we all ended the harcore group 1. We put our spikes on and headed up the glacier itself. We formed a line after our guide who took us through some amazing creeks and crevaces. We went through ice tunnels, [View Full Entry]

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