So i have enough money for my ticket, insurance and some bits an pieces.........but i need to save for my spending money on my RTW trip..........which is a real pain cause my job just gets worse by the day and i just want to leave now. I suppose most people are the same and i will just have to buckle down and aim for the long haul or the whole 9 yards etc... Im wondering if its best to get my lonely planet guides now............some people have said to get the guides on the way and well i don't want to [View Full Entry]

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I had originally thought i would like to Africa.......but decided it was a continent to far in the time and money etc that i have.....so i think Africa will be another adventure for the future. So i had originally planned a 6 month trip and then 12 months and now im traveling for 12 months and then working in New Zealand for 18 months if the are no issues with the Working Holiday Visa. So if plans work out i will be away from blighty for at least two years.......although if i can earn enough in NZ i may visit a [View Full Entry]

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So i have always fancied doing the whole round the world backpacking/gap year trip..............but until now the has never been the right time. Its always not enough money or not enough time, then the is the times when the is no money and no time and its always the ties issue as well............if you have a mortgage and a wife and bills and so on its not so easy?.............though some people have sold up and done it....lol Well im 30 now..........i could past the fear and loathing stage of getting to 30...................lol and ive grown use to being in my 30's..........yes [View Full Entry]

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So following on from my last entry i had to wait for the America CSer (couchsurfer) pete and is Argentina friend to come back from getting lunch and they did not get back till nearly 3pm which kinda wasted my day, but i had to stay in and let them back in. Pete had got me a bottle of water which was much needed as i was sweating like a'pig in the Panama city heat, Panama is a very big and dirty city and has a very close heat, when i got to Panama Ken had taken me for breakfast which [View Full Entry]

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