2007 Daily Log
365 Days down, 635 to go…
01/01/07 NY Day, got home 8am! fun party fun
02/01/07 Salta, Hanging around
03/01/07 Salta, Hanging around
04/01/07 Malaria Free!!!
05/01/07 Bus: Salta – Villazon – Tupiza, Bolivia
06/01/07 Tupiza Fiesta.6 person ferris wheels
07/01/07 Salar Tour delayed by rain
08/01/07 Salar, Snowy alpline passes and stuck jeep
09/01/07 Salar, Lagoons for everyone
10/01/07 Salar, Hot pools and nite party
11/01/07 Salar, 5 flat tyres, salt flats, abandoned jeeps
12/01/07 Share Jeep: Uyuni – Potosi
13/01/07 Potosi, Mine tour, Playing w dynamite
14/01/07 Potosi, exploring
15/01/07 Sucre, exploring
16/01/07 Sucre, exploring
17/01/07 La Paz, exploring
18/01/07 La Paz, Bolivar Vs Strongest
19/01/07 La Paz, result from Malaria checkup..
20/01/07 La Paz, Party Party
21/01/07 Bus to Cusco, Peru
22/01/07 Explore Cusco & Horse Trek
23/01/07 Train to Aguas Calientes
24/01/07 Gay Mountain
25/01/07 Machu Picchu
26/01/07 Fly Lima, Day exploring, Fly Iquitos
27/01/07 Exploring Iquitos Belen and the markets
28/01/07 Outdoor Concert, Pickpocketed
29/01/07 Exploring ‘amazonian villages’ by water
30/01/07 Fast boat to Santa Rosa (border) 10hrs
31/01/07 Slow boat Tabitina to Manus. Port snout & trotters stew for dinner
396 Days down, 604 to go…
01/02/07 Slow boat to Manus. Hammock Time,
02/02/07 Slow boat to Manus.
03/02/07 Slow boat to Manus. Meeting of the waters! WOW!!!! Lost my hot sauce!
04/02/07 Sunday in Manus. Day 400.. woot
05/02/07 Jungle Trip – Kissing Pirahnas
06/02/07 Jungle Trip – Patting pink dolphins, RIP headlamp eaten by croc
07/02/07 Jungle Trip – Shaving a sloth
08/02/07 TAF: Fly Manus to Salvador. 600 Reais, Oucha and they lost my pack!
09/02/07 relocated to Barra
10/02/07 Malaria check up. Beach bum for a whole day!
11/02/07 Flamenco Beach north of salvador, watching kiters…
12/02/07 Barra Beach
13/02/07 Party in Pelourinho. Samba to the drumming
14/02/07 Confirmed Malaria Free
15/02/07 Carnaval, Salvador
16/02/07 Carnaval, Salvador
17/02/07 Carnaval, Salvador
18/02/07 Carnaval, Salvador
19/02/07 Carnaval, Salvador
20/02/07 Carnaval, Salvador Fat Boy Slim Rocked!
21/02/07 Morro de Sao Paulo. Carnaval after party….
22/02/07 Morro de Sao Paulo – party on beach 2
23/02/07 Morro de Sao Paulo – party on beach 3
24/02/07 Morro de Sao Paulo
25/02/07 Salvador – its dead compared to during carnaval!
26/02/07 arrived in Porto Seguro
27/02/07 Arraial d’ Ajuda
28/02/07 Arraial d’ Ajuda
424 Days down, 576 to go…
01/03/07 Arraial d’ Ajuda
02/03/07 fly Porto Seguro – SP. Uni Orientation party w Marcelo
03/03/07 Trance party at the golf course w Juliana and crew!
04/03/07 Bus to Rio – Stayed at WOTB
05/03/07 Beach day – ipanema
06/03/07 clubbing at Bomba (30reais for 3 hours open bar)
07/03/07 Rio
08/03/07 Rio. Club near Mellow Yellow
09/03/07 Rio. St party in Lapa
10/03/07 Rio, Tour to the forest and cristo statue
11/03/07 Fly to BA!
12/03/07 Detox (all you can eat $4!)
13/03/07 Detox
14/03/07 Run to Boca…Museum (the Club!)
15/03/07 Fine Art Gallery
16/03/07 Run, to Boca…Sunset Club
17/03/07 Paddys Day!
18/03/07 Soccer: Boca Jrs Vs Gimnasia (5-1)
19/03/07 Air Tahiti!
20/03/07 fly BA – Panama – LAX.
21/03/07 Greyhound to San Francisco (Green Tortise Hostel)
22/03/07 Alcatraz, Fishermans Wharf
23/03/07 Chinatown, mmmm. GT Pub Crawl
24/03/07 Farmers Market
25/03/07 Run, Coit Tower, Windy st….
26/03/07 7pm SFO – LAX, 11.40 fly to Tahiti
27/03/07 out to Moorea (Camping Nelson)
28/03/07 Exploring the beaches
29/03/07 Diving with Moorea Fun Dive
30/03/07 Papeete (What a hole!)
31/03/07 2am Fly to Sydney
455 Days down, 545 to go…
01/04/07 Couchsurfing BBQ
02/04/07 Travel Chores
03/04/07 Travel Chores
04/04/07 Dinner w Allister
05/04/07 Catch up w the Sydney crew
06/04/07 Cessnock
07/04/07 Cessnock
08/04/07 Im the new Jesus! or came out of a choc easter egg!
09/04/07 Cessnock
10/04/07 Hanging w Jamie N in Port Macquarie
11/04/07 Port Macqarie, Down Under Nightclub .. ooh yeah
12/04/07 Back to Cessnock
13/04/07 To Sydney! CS drinks
14/04/07 Down to Botany to Kitesurf
15/04/07 Kitesurfing! WOOHOO
16/04/07 Kiting in Botany bay
17/04/07 Fly to the Gold Coast
18/04/07 Kitesurfing the broadwater
19/04/07 Kitesurfing the broadwater
20/04/07 Kitesurfing the broadwater
21/04/07 Weekend hanging w Lee n Tan
22/04/07 Weekend hanging w Lee n Tan
23/04/07 Bad winds no kiting
24/04/07 Bad winds, shopping
25/04/07 Anzac day Dawn service, Currumbin
26/04/07 Fly back to Sydney
27/04/07 Lens B-day at the Bligh
28/04/07 watch the Crusaders game w Allister & Christine
29/04/07 Sydney Art Museum, CS Dinner
30/04/07 UTS Nobel, Shopping, Long Grain for bday dinner – Sydney
485 Days down, 515 to go…
01/05/07 Musashi, yummy Japanese tastiness
02/05/07 Fly Sydney to Phuket
03/05/07 Exploring Phuket.. its a hole
04/05/07 Phuket
05/05/07 Bus to Bangkok
06/05/07 Grand Palace
07/05/07
08/05/07 BKK, Train to Chaing Mai
09/05/07
10/05/07
11/05/07
12/05/07
13/05/07
14/05/07 Thai Massage Course
15/05/07 500 DAYS THRU HOLIDAY
16/05/07 Thai Massage Course
17/05/07 Thai Massage Course, Riverside Bar
18/05/07 Thai Massage Course, Spicy Niteclub
19/05/07
20/05/07
21/05/07 Thai Massage Course
22/05/07 Thai Massage Course
23/05/07Thai Massage Course
24/05/07 Thai Massage Course
25/05/07 Thai Massage Course
26/05/07
27/05/07 Overnight train to BKK
28/05/07
29/05/07
30/05/07
31/05/07 Fly to Yangon, Myanmar
516 Days down, 484 to go…
01/06/07 Yangon
02/06/07 Yangon – Overnight bus to Bagan
03/06/07 Bagan
04/06/07 Bagan
05/06/07 Bagan
06/06/07Bus to Kalaw
07/06/07 Kalaw – Hiking
08/06/07 Kalaw – Hiking
09/06/07 Inle Lake – Bike ride to the Thermal Pools
10/06/07 Boat Tour of the lake
11/06/07 Overnight bus to Mandalay
12/06/07 Puppet Show
13/06/07 Flood!
14/06/07 Moustache Brothers
15/06/07 To Yangon
16/06/07 Yangon
17/06/07 Yangon – Platinum Club
18/06/07 Shwedagon Paya
19/06/07 Fly Yangon – Bangkok
20/06/07
21/06/07
22/06/07 Train to Chaing Mai
23/06/07 Chaing Mai
24/06/07 Chaing Mai
25/06/07 Chaing Mai
26/06/07 Pai
27/06/07 Pai
28/06/07 Pai
29/06/07 Pai
30/06/07 Pai
546 Days down, 454 to go…
01/07/07 Rode Motorbike from Pai to Chaing Mai. 135mk of windy hilly goodness!
02/07/07 Picked up visa, Minivan to Chaing Kong
03/07/07 Slow Boat to Pak Beng
04/07/07 Slow Boat to Luang Prabang
05/07/07 Luang Prabang
06/07/07 Luang Prabang
07/07/07 INTERNATIONAL FREE HUGS DAY – Luang Prabang
08/07/07 Luang Prabang
09/07/07 Susannah arrived in LP
10/07/07 Luang Prabang
11/07/07 Luang Prabang
12/07/07 bus and boat to Muang Ngoi
13/07/07 Hiking to the waterfall
14/07/07 Boat and bus to Luang Prabang
15/07/07 Bus to Phonsavan
16/07/07 Plain of Jars tour
17/07/07 Bus to Van Vieng
18/07/07 Moto exploration of caves and the rural area around VV
19/07/07 Tubing Van Vieng (oops, bad concussion.. 2 days of headache…)
20/07/07 R & Recovery day…
21/07/07 Tubing!
22/07/07 Lots of rain, dominoes, cards and hangover food w the Yanks
23/07/07 Bus to Vientiane
24/07/07 Visa run to friendship bridge, Beer lao factory tour, Suz leaves for Hanoi
25/07/07 Sorting out dirtbike hire..
26/07/07 SOUTHERN LOOP Vientiane to Tha Kek
27/07/07 to Nakai
28/07/07 to Kong Lor
29/07/07 Kong Lor
30/07/07 To Paxsan
31/07/07 towards phonsavan
577 Days down, 423 to go…
01/08/07 Arrive phonsavan
02/08/07 to Nam neun
03/08/07 To Vieng Kahm
04/08/07 To Luang Prabang
05/08/07 Luang Prabang
06/08/07 to Luang Nam Tha
07/08/07 Chilling in Luang Nam Tha
08/08/07 2 day hike in NPA
09/08/07 2 day hike in NPA
10/08/07 Hanging out. avoiding busses..haha
11/08/07 To China! (mengla) Overnight bus to Kunming
12/08/07 Kunming – CS surfing w Laura
13/08/07 Kunming – CS surfing w Laura
14/08/07 hanging w Optimus Prime in Kunming
15/08/07 Bus to Dali
16/08/07 Dali
17/08/07 Bus to Lijiang
18/08/07 Party Party in Lijiang
19/08/07 Oops, slept in and missed the bus to the gorge
20/08/07 Leaping tiger gorge, sleep at tea horse
21/08/07 Leaping tiger gorge, sleep at Woodys
22/08/07 back to Lijiang
23/08/07 bus to Dali
24/08/07 Dali – 3 pagodas, and the lake by bike
25/08/07 Bus to Kunming
26/08/07 Shopping in Kunming,
27/08/07 Overnight train to Chengdu
28/08/07 Remainder of train…
29/08/07 Hike Emai Shan
30/08/07 walk to the summit for Sunrise.. well FOG
31/08/07 To Leshan for the worlds biggest Buddha (nup.. it rained..) so onto Chengdu.
608 Days down, 392 to go…
01/09/07 Chengdu – to the Pandas.. and catching up w Wim!
02/09/07 Chengdu
03/09/07 Chengdu
04/09/07 Chengdu
05/09/07 Bus from Chengdu to Songpan
06/09/07 Songpan Horse Trek to Ice Mountain
07/09/07 Songpan Horse Trek
08/09/07 Finished horsetrek, and back to chengdu for the Rugby!
09/09/07 RWC – 3 games NZL vs Italy…Aus v Japan
10/09/07 Chengdu, Sichuan Opera (Face Changing…)
11/09/07 Museum of History
12/09/07 Terracotta Warriors & Overnight train to Shanghai
13/09/07 CS ing with Sarah & Thoma
14/09/07 Shanghai Museum. Hotpot Resturant then ‘Antidote’ Party & Bar st
15/09/07 Banana Club
16/09/07 MOMA,
17/09/07 Bus to Hangzhou
18/09/07 Hangzhou, Suffering the rain from the typhoon
19/09/07 Hangzhou, Riding around west lake
20/09/07 Crashed a flash peoples party at
21/09/07 Live Concert, Retro (china style placebo) & Synth group (ala Depeche Mode)
22/09/07 Overnight Train to Beijing
23/09/07 Scoring a train ticket to Mongolia in Golden week!
24/09/07 1 Legged bicycling around Beijing
25/09/07 Beijing
26/09/07 Beijing
27/09/07 Beijing
28/09/07 Beijing
29/09/07 Beijing
30/09/07 Beijing
638 Days down, 362 to go…
01/10/07 Train to UB, Mongolia
02/10/07 Train Arriving in UB
03/10/07 Sorting road trip. catching up with the world by road guys.
04/10/07 Start Mongolia road trip, Resta for lunch then rock formations
05/10/07 White mountain (well pink and red) & collecting poo
06/10/07 Dalanzadgad Town. Hot shower!
07/10/07 Ice Valley & then staying Bayanzag, camel toe fun
08/10/07 Sand dunes
09/10/07 Sand dunes
10/10/07 Arvaikheer Town – shower!
11/10/07 Woke up to snow, explored the “hot spring”, got to waterfall
12/10/07 Waterfall, the waterfall of diarrhea
13/10/07 Kharkhorin, face painting
14/10/07 To White Lake – sunset at the volcano
15/10/07 White Lake
16/10/07 13hr drive back to UB. RIP to my camera LCD
17/10/07 Not eating mutton!
18/10/07 Hanging in UB
19/10/07 Hanging in UB, Party at Metropolis
20/10/07 On the train from UB to Irkutsk
21/10/07 On the train from UB to Irkutsk
22/10/07 Arrive in Irkutsk
23/10/07 Minivan to Olkhon Island, Try drinking a shot of vinegar.
24/10/07 Olkhon Island
25/10/07 Olkhon Island
26/10/07 Minivan back to Irkutsk
27/10/07 Irkutsk
28/10/07 Trans-Siberian Irkutsk to moscow (2am dep/29th) ( 9pm moscow time)
29/10/07 Trans-Siberian Irkutsk to moscow
30/10/07 Trans-Siberian Irkutsk to moscow
31/10/07 Trans-Siberian Irkutsk to moscow
669 Days down, 331 to go…
01/11/07 Trans-Siberian Irkutsk to moscow, CS w Natalia
02/11/07 Moscow
03/11/07 Moscow
04/11/07 Moscow. Overnight train to St Petersburg
05/11/07 Arrive in St Petersburg – Church of our saviour on spilled blood
06/11/07 St Petersburg – Hermitage
07/11/07 St Petersburg
08/11/07 Bus to Tallinn, Estonia
09/11/07 Tallinn, Estonia
10/11/07 Tallinn, Estonia
11/11/07 Tallinn, Estonia
12/11/07 Bus to Riga, Latvia
13/11/07 Riga, Latvia
14/11/07 Riga, Latvia – Overnight bus to Warsaw, Poland
15/11/07 a Day in Warsaw then train to Krakow
16/11/07 Krakow, Poland
17/11/07 Auschwitz
18/11/07 Wieliczka Salt Mine near Krakow
19/11/07 Overnight Train to Prague
20/11/07 Prague, Czech Republic
21/11/07 Prague
22/11/07 Berlin – Dinner w Renate
23/11/07 Berlin
24/11/07 Berlin
25/11/07 Berlin
26/11/07 Bus to Hamburg
27/11/07 Hamburg, dinner w Liddy
28/11/07 Hamburg
29/11/07 Overnight bus to Rotterdam, Netherlands
30/11/07 CS Sinterklass party, Rotterdam
699 Days down, 301 to go…
01/12/07 CS Sinterklass party, Rotterdam
02/12/07 Rotterdam
03/12/07 Rotterdam
04/12/07 To Nijmegen
05/12/07 Sinterklass party w Anne
06/12/07 Nijmegen
07/12/07 Nijmegen
08/12/07 To Amsterdam
09/12/07 Amsterdam
10/12/07 Amsterdam
11/12/07 Amsterdam
12/12/07 Hanging w Wolfe in Amsterdam
13/12/07 Amsterdam
14/12/07 Tilburg – Billy Corgan and his groupies Loes & Sjan
15/12/07 Party w Wolfe in Amsterdam
16/12/07 Amsterdam
17/12/07 Fly to London
18/12/07 London
19/12/07 London
20/12/07 Party w Talia
21/12/07 Koko nightclub with Becky, Dave n co.
22/12/07 Beckys Christmas dinner party.
23/12/07 London
24/12/07 London
25/12/07 Christmas w the Braithwaites & Nicholsons.
26/12/07 London
27/12/07 London
28/12/07 Camera Shopping, Science Museum
29/12/07 London
30/12/07 London
31/12/07 NYE party at Koko
730 Days down, 270 to go…