Closing Time + redundancy

Hi All

I though it about time for another update since it has been a while and speaking of being a while, that is what my trip is not! Only 42 days now and still LOADS to do. 

I was made redundant from work last week, not something that you really want to hear so close to you trip with still more money to save. I have however had a productive week off, I managed to register with 4 other temping agencies which will hopefully bring about some work, sell my old working boots to a nice Scottish man and spring clean my car in time for sale. Even though I did inevitably loose money, hopefully my actions will make some money for me.

Back to my trip now... I finally hauled my arse into gear and applied for my New Zealand working visa (now approved!) and will be applying for my Thailand & Australian visa tomorrow; the others I believe can be obtained out there.

I had a bit of a result last week as I managed to persuade one of my good friends, SteveO to meet us out in New Zealand and then to come with us to the US. I also watched the BBC documentary on Yosemite Tuesday gone and boy I had no idea that it got that cold in the northern US states; on that note I think I am going to have to drastically alter my route across the states!

I have also been keeping myself busy by doing some more reading about the places that I want to visit, I now have a good idea of where I would like to go in Cambodia, Vietnam and New Zealand. I still have no ideas about where to visit in Laos, Thailand and Australia, I'm erring towards the side of making it up whilst I am out there.

Any how signing off for now, I will try and update a couple of times before my expected departure date.

Adios

Planning Planning Planning

Hi again.

Planning..... its sucks, why cannot someone else do it for you!

When I went to Greece back in 2005 after finishing my A-levels, my friend and I just bought return tickets to Greece, that pretty much it (oh apart from the first weeks accommodation), we made up the rest of our time. But I guess that was only for a month and our ONLY travel option between islands were ferries with timetables and fixed prices in the EU! A tad easier.

RTW trips require a whole load more planning, visas, trains, buses, boats, accommodation... the list goes one. Money also seems to be a huge worry; will I have enough to last?

Travel books seem to be a good idea but a lot of them are already at least two years from being published. The Internet seems to be the best resource, but damn it takes alot of searching!

Right I'd better let you know what the plan is so far. London to Bangkok stay there for a few days (3-4?), then get a night bus to Kong Koh (I think that's the name at least), cross into southern Cambodia travel the southern coast into Vietnam......... and that's it. I have only read about that part of SE Asia in the books so far! loads more left then!

Right I'm going to sign off. Will be updating the post once I have a more comprehensive plan.

Adios!

Lets get started

Hello all

And welcome to my blog, I have done this so I can keep all my family and friends updated with my daily trials and tribulations on my worldly travels without having to send multiple emails!

This is just the beginning of what I hope will be my largest (but not my last) adventure before I enter the working world of much loved paycheques, unwanted bills and TAX (the bain of any life) for FORTY YEARS arghhhh!

Adios!