Australia; Darwin, Kakadu National Park, Roadtrain from Darwin to Adelaide, Narrandera, via Canberra, SYDNEY You know those moments in life you can’t believe that what you have been working towards is becoming reality. That every single shooting star you have wished upon, every birthday candle you have blown out has finally paid off! Welcome to AUSTRALIA!.... Day 79- 81 Darwin Arriving into Darwin after a 3hour flight from Bali was an exasperating time. The realisation of arriving back to Oz was making me num to all emotion. No one could stop me once those plane doors were o [View Full Entry]

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Malaysia; Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Melaka Indonesia; Pekanbaru, Jambi, Palembang, Bandar Lampung, Bandung, Pangandaron, Yogyakarta and Bali After having had a relaxing time in Thailand and a total of 8 non drive days I certainly wasn’t looking forward to the next 10 days of constant driving. Due to the nature of the trip and its time scale unfortunately there are times where long drive days such as 9-13 hours are possible. For me its not so much the long drive days its the constant moving that gets me. Its actually come to the point where I am so used to all the [View Full Entry]

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Thailand; Bangkok, Koh Samui, Hatyai Namaste!! And welcome to the land of thai green curries, floating markets and beach parties! A country where I have visited on numerous occasions in which every time it seems to have delivered a totally different experience. Day 54-55 Bangkok, Thailand After our 3 hour flight from Calcutta we were greeted by our Thai rep and taken to our hotel in the Banglamphu neighbourhood. With intentions to sus out the local area a few of us popped out for a bite to eat and then decided to check out the infamous Khaosan Road bars. Not feeling [View Full Entry]

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Nepal; Lumbini, Chitwan, Pokhara, Kathmandu, The Last Resort, Hetauda India; Siliguri, Maldah, Kolkata Day 40- Lumbini, Nepal How can it be possible to have two vast worlds within 10 steps of eachother? One minute we were fighting our way through the hussle and bussle of India and the next we were surrounded by the beauty and peace of Nepal. We left our Indian bus behind and made the border crossing by foot to be greeted on arrival by the Nepalese reps. The change of buses in each country has been very consistent. And as for the reps they each have their [View Full Entry]

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India; Amritsar, Delhi, Agra, Lucknow, Varanasi Day 32- Amritsar, India India, a truly multidimensional metropolis that is overrun with eager touts and crush of mechanical and human traffic, considered one of the world largest yet poorest countries. With intensions to acclimatise to the poverty ridden, hectic way of life was an eye opening experience. The high birth rate, a low literacy rate and an erratic electricity supply was the common theme throughout the places we visited. It was a week of my life that has made me realise that what we have is not all bad!? Once arriving to A [View Full Entry]

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Pakistan; Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Multan, Lahore Day 25- Karachi, Pakistan With the intention of avoiding the Afghanistan border we flew from Iran to Pakistan. Taking 2,5hours from Tehran to Karachi we were greeted into a warm but colourful country. Thankfully we were allowed to remove our headscarfs, it was only in religious places we needed to put them back on again. We were given police escorts throughout our stay in Pakistan, which felt slightly unnerving at the beginning but we quickly got accustomed to it… now I know what it feels like to be a celeb… After m [View Full Entry]

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Iran; Tabriz, Zanjan, Tehran, Esfahan, Tehran If someone turned around to me and said wear your pj’s down Oxford Street, I would say “don’t be daft, I’d attract attention and look silly”. Well that was exactly the expression we were getting from the locals throughout Iran. Little did we know that eventhough in public they wear black as their religious wear, in the bedroom it’s a different kettle of fish… So there was us 15 women dressed in all the colours of the rainbow and not a single head unturned. And not to mention the riots that we got caught [View Full Entry]

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Turkey; Istanbul, Goreme, Erzincan, Dogubeyazit Days 12, 13, 14- Istanbul, Turkey After a whirlwind 11 days through Europe we had finally come to a country I was most looking forward to. Not only was the weather guaranteed to be warm and sunny but I was also going to get to see Mama, Meral and Tim. It was nice to be going through familiar territory and to have loved ones fly out to be with you was a mega bonus. Once we had crossed the Bulgarian, Turkish border we drove to Istanbul and arrived to Sultanahmet where the group would be staying [View Full Entry]

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Austria- Hungary- Serbia- Bulgaria Days 5, 6- Vienna, Austria As our journey through Europe continued so did the rain showers. Our next stop was Austria’s capital Vienna where we had a 2night stopover allowing us to make most of the sights to see. We got there late afternoon, giving us enough time to food shop before the shops shut and cook ourselves a big group meal. We then attempted to go out in the evening for drinks but the rain was ridiculous and we were imitations of drowned rats so ironically our moods was dampened.. With a glorious start to the [View Full Entry]

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London- Belgium- Germany- Czech Republic Passport - check Visas- check Vaccination card- check Overfilled Backpack- check Brain- check…. Phew, think I have everything I need and if not I'll just have to make do as I don't have the space anyway. And there was I thinking I was the experienced traveler, the typical Sagittarian who could fit everything in one bag. I would have thought that not needing shampoo and conditioner would have freed up some space in my bag but sure enough I still don't have any extra space!!! So anyway, after packing my bag the day before I left [View Full Entry]

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