Round the World 2007

In 2007 we both took a six month career break and after months of planning set off on our first round the World trip together. We'd both travelled before we met so the focus of this trip was an area of the world neither of us had visited; South America. But first I wanted to show Paul the highlights of Thailand from my previous trip, three years earlier. It turned out to be the best way to start our trip as we were both exhausted after packing all our belonging up and putting them into storage and handing over everything at work.

After a month in Thailand we had a quick side trip to Cambodia to see the imposing temples of Ankor. Then it was onto Australia, purely to meet up with the majority of our circle of friends from Nottingham who had decided to immigrate to Oz. With Fiji just a hop away we decided to splurg on two weeks of beach time - I was especially keen to go since I'd lived in Oz for a year and didn't have the funds to make the short flight across.

Our final four months were spent in South America, attempting to get by with our teach yourself Spanish. We were doing pretty well until we got to Brazil, only to discover they speak Portuguese- oops!

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Trip Length: 6 months
Blog Entries: 22
Photos: 150
Words: 17085

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Blog Entries

Date	Blog Title	Location
March 30th 2007	Thailand Update	Asia » Thailand
March 31st 2007	Intro to Cambodia	Asia » Cambodia
April 7th 2007	The Temples of Angkor & Phnom Penh	Asia » Cambodia
April 12th 2007	A Grand Hangover At The Grand Palace	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
April 23rd 2007	Back to Oz	Oceania » Australia
May 7th 2007	Fun and Frolics in Fiji	Oceania » Fiji » Yasawa Islands
May 15th 2007	The Galapagos Islands	South America » Ecuador » Galápagos
May 17th 2007	Quito	South America » Ecuador » North » Quito
May 22nd 2007	Cuzco	South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco
May 26th 2007	The Inca Trail	South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu
June 2nd 2007	Life After the Inca Trail: Colca Canyon & Lake Titicaca	South America » Peru
June 12th 2007	Bolivia: From Big Lakes to Salt Lakes	South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Copacabana
June 18th 2007	San Pedro	South America » Chile » Antofagasta Region » San Pedro de Atacama
June 29th 2007	Powder, Powder, Powder!!	South America » Chile
July 13th 2007	Chile to Argentina via The Lake District	South America » Chile » Araucanía » Pucón
July 15th 2007	Buenos Aires	South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires
July 21st 2007	Waterfalls, Rainbows & Butterflies	South America » Argentina » Misiones » Iguazú National Park
July 26th 2007	Birthday Celebrations in Rainy Rio!	South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro
August 5th 2007	The Costa Verde: Vamos a la Playa (at long bloody last!)	South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande
August 8th 2007	Salvador	South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador
August 12th 2007	Lencois & Our Near Death Experience!	South America » Brazil » Bahia » Lençóis
August 17th 2007	Wheelbarrow Central	South America » Brazil » Bahia » Morro de São Paulo