As the trip draws to an end, Michelle suggested it would be a good idea for me to put my thoughts and experiences down. Or to put her way... "To actually contribute something to the blog!".So here are my musings on the trip, what has been a lightning 10 months, some highlights and lowlights and thoughts to the future...Those who know me reasonably well know that I can be someone who gets settled at work and in the UK. I enjoyed my job, often working long hours, a...

Days: 299 (10 months)Flights: 43 (11 One World, and 32 separate flights)Countries: 18Flight mileage: 43,600 (The equatorial circumference of the Earth is 24,901 !!)Accommodation: 90+Dives: 32 (72 in total)Night Buses: 7 (3 Peru, 1 Chile, 1 Vietnam, 1 Laos, 1 Myanmar)Night trains: 2 (Vietnam)No. of malaria pills: 264 eachNo. of times in KL: 8Well, after 10 months, or 299 days, we fly home on 24th July. Its been a wonderful, epic trip that is going to take us a whi...

Thurs 27th March - Tues 1st April (Week 27-28)Thurs 27th - Long day of travelling today. Got the minibus shuttle from Lanta to Krabi airport at 8:30, arriving at 11:40. Yet another on time Air Asia flight (Flight no.31) and we landed in KL at 5pm local time. Another 2hrs to get into town and to our hotel, so were finally able to put our bags down at 8pm and grab some dinner.Fri 28th - Overslept by an hour as I forgot to change the time on the alarm clock ! Went t...