Welcome!

Hi all,

just getting things started here in the Going Global travel blog.

This is James and Quene’s personal insight to our round the world trip starting October 2005 !

The countries planned to visit so far are:
India (Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Udaipur, Bangalore, Kerala, Goa, Mumbai) > China (Hong Kong, Beijing, Pingyao, Xi’an, 3 Gorges, Yangshuo) > Thailand (Bangkok) > s Australia (Sydney, Darwin, Alice Springs, Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney) > New Zealand (Wellington, South Island, North Island, Auckland)> Chile (Santiago, Puntas Arenas, Atacama) > Argentina (Patagonia, Buenos Aires) > Peru (Lima, Cuzco, Inca trail) > Bolivia (La Paz) > Uruguay (Montivideo) > Brazil (Florianopolis, Curitiba, Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Amazon) > Spain Madrid…

More details when we have them!!!!

Take it easy!

J & Q

01 Sept. 2005:

Paid off the remainder of the round world ticket – ouch!!!!

Also picked up Indian visa yesterday, passports then went straight to Chinese Embassy, to get another visa, ready in 7 days they say…!

02 Sept. 2005
James here, I finished up work today, got a nice going away gift, greatly appreciated guys, thanks!!

08 Sept. 2005
Now we’ve got the Chinese visas too.
Starting to move out stuff from the flat which we’re giving up, real pity as it’s in the best spot in Dublin 🙁 Will really miss the place!

7 Responses to “Welcome!”

steve 31 August 2005 at 11:52 am #

Hey J & Q,

Best of luck on the travels, send us a postcard every now and then to make us all jealous.

Slan,

Steve.
Anonymous 1 September 2005 at 11:32 am #

Hi There

The best of luck as you encircle the world, wow what an itinery.

Hope there will be many pictures throughout the year so we can all be envious.

Enjoy
Tim
agustin 25 September 2005 at 9:53 am #

espero que hagais muy buenas fotos y las traigais en mano
Quene 28 September 2005 at 12:22 am #

Agus,
Muchas gracias por el viajecillo a el Monasterio de Piedra y Virgen de la Hoz ..etc .. desde luego nos sirvio de entrenamiento..
ya solo queda un semana…!
Richie 28 September 2005 at 4:28 am #

See you in a couple of months and we’ll wreck the place.

ps. I hope you’ve got P a space hopper or something to keep him out of mischief while your gone
Jon 28 September 2005 at 4:18 pm #

Kaixo Quene eta James,

I´m sure you´ll have a nice trip. We´ll get in touch over here.

I hope you have an extra Guinness can in your bags ;op

All the best; Slán go fóill,

Jon

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Ken 29 September 2005 at 12:59 pm #

Wow guys what a line up! BEST OF LUCK! See ya tomorrow nite for the send off.
Ken & Caroline. xx
The Deep dark truthful Mirror 3 October 2005 at 11:51 am #

Hey guys,
I said I’d send you a mail with a few tips cause we was all so locked on Friday and Saturday we wouldn’t remember a thing we did or said.
Well here were the tips again as far as I can remember….

Big ferry boat,….vlery big with flubber tyres….jez…ve were jsust standin…..dere and she valls over…pished….as a fart….zo…anyways…gethhhhssshhh thtem ones
O’Hares dot de runs…pishhh……….
and jez…wasz a big boat….loike…pishhhhh….really….and then she…falls…no …what waish I sayin’? oh yeah….
Oih Reilly boy…stop feelin’ me leg….who’s that Stu talkin too?….she’s foine….anyhows….where wash I….
feck…oim drunk…goin’ to the jacks….awe too late….give us that pint and so I can take a lash will yiz…zats better…Al taught me dat trick…
oh so bring a big wire lock zo you can…loike tie your bags…and stuff…one doze long wirey yokes…like Al…ahh ha ha ahhh…that reminds me…ziz time we’ze were on a train….awe durty so it wozzz…pishhhh….wherze me point gone? Gone a bish funny lookin…tastes……..okay.
Valo…story?
Thought…I saw… Jim Fitz…..in de jacks…
and….and…in Laos goes to Vieng Vien, happy pizza…jez….bleedin’ deadly buzzzzz…rubber tubes down de river….and dat Champs Elize in Vientien….dez made that Arc De Triomphe out of concrete…pishhhh…deadly…really wierd and f*cked up…deadly.
Whats McGaley on about?….zum game or udder….shtick a wire spring in ere….in dere…woh?
Don’t feel too good….wherze that point glass?
Deres Peter wid some burd….
Beijing is cool….pishhhh…forbidden zity….lotzs Jinese….wouldn’t mind a take-away now…feck…dats that burd from de boat…
Bangkok…deadly river….they can drive ferries…wow….bang…dey don’t bother wid braking…cool…and iz like 10p a trip…jez…
Im going to ze bar….you’ze wanna another one?….
…wheres everyone gone?….feck…musta…gone home…
…feck me jacket!!…

Ruairi.
Ps. did I miss anything?
James 14 October 2005 at 11:57 am #

Tanks for de tips Ruari, should come in useful!