I’m now less than 26 days until I’m off on the road for my 139 day adventure.  Hiking boots have now been broken in.  Most hotels have been booked and paid.  I still need to purchase some cold weather gear and binoculars and there are a lot of activities I haven’t purchased just yet. I’ve…

Well the last flight has been booked and I’m a little over 2 months to go for the start of a 139 days 18 country (plus Antarctica) adventure.  I extended the trip by 9 days to guarantee the Central America trip and added a 7 day trip to Cuba. I’ll be taking 24 Flights in all…

My trip is now booked, 17 countries over 130 days with 3 tours; Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Iceland, England, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Antarctica, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama. Watching and dealing with a colleague with a terminal illness who is about my age as made me even more determine to get out…

Duration: 129 days (28/9/12 to 4/2/13)  Confirmed Countries:  Malaysia,Singapore,Thailand,England,Argentina,Chile, Antarctica,Belize,Costa Rica,Guatemala,Honduras,Mexico,Nicaragua,Panama,USA  Possible Countries:Kenya,Tanzania,Greece,Iceland,Norway,Croatia,Denmark,Hungary (probably 2 maximum from this list)  All details will be confirmed February 2012 but leave is approved and flights so far look good.  There will be at least five major stages to this trip; Asia (Malaysia,Singapore,Thailand) Europe (1 or 2 of Greece,…

My work has approved leave for my 2012-2013 world holiday adventure so it’s time to get down to the fun planning stage. The central theme of this trip will be a visit to Antarctica, a place I seriously considered visiting with Andrew during our 2009-2010 world trip but costs ruled it out.  The reason for…