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Our world trip!

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After 12 months of hard yacca we have decided to leave our respective corporate jobs behind for a 6 month world tour.

Our objective ...............to re-claim our life back!

Our intinerary will be:
July 09 - Vietnam, Cambodia and Loas - adventure, relaxation and massages (not necessarily in that order)
Aug 09 - Kampala, Uganda - an unforgettable experience volunteering at a babies home
Sep 09 - Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa - this is our 3 week safari (another friend will be joining us for our safari camping adventure!)
Oct 09 - Capetown, South Africa - 4 days recovering form our overland safari and we say farewell to our friend who continues her own world journey
Oct 09 - Cusco, Peru - Mucha Picchu is on our agenda
Nov 09 - New York, New York - we will be celebrating a friends 40th birthday New York style
Nov 09 - LA, Las Vagas - will be interesting...
Nov 09 - Hawaii - relaxation
Dec 09 - Home

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We will love to hear from you...cheers!
Jac, Kate and Kath

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By jakaka
November 15th 2009

Boston ! North America » United States » Massachusetts » Boston

We arrived by bus from NYC to Boston, and checked into our "ghostly"hotel/hostel...we think its haunted!! There is a black cat that hangs around and some old people who look rather creepy. Had some dinner in the lovely town of Everett where the people are more than happy to help you! The next day we went to the "downtown"of Boston walked through the middle of the city to Qunicy marketplace where funnily enough we did more shopping....its addictive! Then had lunch and some wine in "Little Italy", a gorgeous street with thousands of restaurants and cafes. We met up with a [View Full Entry]

By jakaka
November 14th 2009

I heart New York North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan

After 2 days travel we finally made it to New York City. We arrived mid morning and made our way by bus from the airport. We booked accommodation from Peru and unfortunately in our panic to leave forgot to write down the address. So after walking up and down 94th street (with our 20kg backpacks may we add) we finally worked out we should have been walking up and down 73rd street trying to find our accommodation...ahhh the joys of travel. So we eventually found our apartment by midday but of course it was not available until 3pm that day. We [View Full Entry]

By jakaka
November 2nd 2009

Peru - Cusco, Machu Picchu & The Amazon South America

The girls at the start of the trek

Ok here is the run down of what we have been up to in Peru for the past 3 weeks..... Salkantay - trek to Machu Picchu We decided to do a 5 day, 6 night trek called the Salkantay trek to Machu Picchu. The trek is known as the hardest trek to do and we do not know what possessed us to do the this actual trek. What were we thinking???? It was 90kms long and lets just say it was not easy especially battling alltitude. The highest point we reached was 4600 metres above sea level. When hiking uphill it [View Full Entry]

By jakaka
November 2nd 2009

Africa - photos Africa » Uganda

The babies

Hey there We have not been able to upload photos for a while but we have found an internet place in Peru that can do this for us. These are various photos from Uganda - babies home and also our overland safari from Vic Falls to Capetown.....enjoy.. Kath, Jac and Kate [View Full Entry]

By jakaka
October 4th 2009

Goodbye to Uganda, hello to safari... Africa » Zimbabwe » Victoria Falls

Well it was with heavy hearts that we said goodbye to the babies and our friends in Kampala a few weeks ago. We had the best time and are all talking about the date for our return trip. Our time at the babies home was amazing, we instantly fell in love with all the babies there and with the kids at Peace for Children Africa (formerly Voice of Hope). Our time with the babies and kids had a profound effect on all three of us and we definitely look at life differently now - no more complaining about trivial things anymore, [View Full Entry]

By jakaka
September 12th 2009

Riots in Kampala Africa » Uganda » Central Region » Kampala

Not sure if you have heard but there has been riots in Kampala over the last 2 days. Just a quick email to say we are all safe and at Jinga. We have managed to avoid the riots. We have been told it is safe to travel back today to Kampala and will be doing so later today. Sorry about the group email but easiest way to update everyone. Kath, Jac and Kate xxx [View Full Entry]

By jakaka
September 8th 2009

Babies, Gorillas and boda bodas... Africa » Uganda » Central Region » Kampala

Well its been quite a while since we blogged. It is not easy getting internet in Uganda. We have done so much in the 3 weeks we have been here. We are all really enjoying volunteering at the babies home and we now want to take them all home with us!. They all have their own personalities and are just adorable even with snotty noses and smelly bums. We have all had at least one baby vomit over us and have changed too many dirty nappies to count. We have just come back from trekking the gorillas in the Bwindi National [View Full Entry]

By jakaka
August 14th 2009

"Trust me one more time!" Asia

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A shop in Hoi An

Well our time in Asia has come to an end. The past week or so has been spent in a whirlwind of getting dresses and shoes made, having manicures and pedicures and relaxing on the beach in Hoi An. We spent four nights, three days in the city. It was extremely hot and the humidity there ensured that everytime we stepped out of the hotel we were drenched in sweat - very appealing. It was so hot there it was even too hot to go to the beach. The only respite was to head back to our air conditioned hotel (if [View Full Entry]

By jakaka
August 4th 2009

Lesson learned: make sure you get the cost of the taxi fare in writing... Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Hoi An

So we decided to fly from Luang Prabang rather than take the 15 hour bus ride and it was a good choice. Our flight was on Vietnam airlines direct to Hanoi. The flight time was 45 mins so very short. We arrived in Hanoi at about 5pm. We had not organised accommodation. We had a flight out the next morning at 7am to Hoi An so we were tossing up whether to stay close by a hotel near the airport or go into the city centre. The airport is about 1 hour by cab away. We decided in the end to [View Full Entry]

By jakaka
July 31st 2009

Luang Prabang Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

Photo 11
Monks walking through the streets to go to a temple

So we have made it to Luang Prabang all ok. We decided to stay for 3 nights so we can have 2 full days here. The bus trip was all we expected....not great. You have no choice but to trust the bus driver and pray he has made the trip many times. The bus was a double decker with the seating on the top level only. Our seats were right at the front with plenty of leg room and a full windscreen view. It is called VIP otherwise known as "King of Bus" (written on the front window of the bus). [View Full Entry]

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