FUTURE TRIPS They say the best thing to do when returning from a trip is to plan another trip so with that in mind, the 6 of us spent many evenings brainstorming ideas for our next big (longer than 2 weeks) adventure and the winner is… RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011 IN NEW ZEALAND Picture the scene - cruising around the country in a stylish camper van, watching as many rugby games as possible and checking out as much of the country as possible in between.Any t...

WORLD RANKINGS We were always talking on our trip about country and city statistics and wondering where each country ranked against its peers so we prepared the below for our own reference for years to come as it will be interesting to see how much changes! We have italicized the places we visited on this world tour. World population = 6,807,491,700 BIGGEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD - BY POPULATION AND % OF WORLD POPULATION China - 1,336,260,000 /...

WHAT WE WILL AND WON'T MISS FROM TRAVELLING WILL MISS: Waking up to a new adventure every day. Having every day be a Saturday. Meeting new people. No responsibilities!! Trying out to many local foods. Not feeling guilty about eating whatever we want because we are 'on holiday'. Not feeling guilty about drinking every day. Not being on honeymoon anymore.So many people have remarked to Shaun and me that they think we are so 'brave' to go travelling t...

BEST AND WORST While travelling, you naturally compare so many things and while we didn't do this on a country-by-country basis, we sat down at the end and came up with the below best and worst list so that we could laugh (or sometimes cry) later in life at some of the memories… (For those items that we agreed on, there is only a single entry and for those where we disagreed, I have indicated both our opinions). FAVOURITE COUNTRY: This is the question...

BEST AND WORST While travelling, you naturally compare so many things and while we didn't do this on a country-by-country basis, we sat down at the end and came up with the below best and worst list so that we could laugh (or sometimes cry) later in life at some of the memories… (For those items that we agreed on, there is only a single entry and for those where we disagreed, I have indicated both our opinions). Favourite country: This is ...