St Neots, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

The Bill: £23,616.35
Jul 31, 2006 (1 photos)

How much does it cost for a husband and wife to travel round the world for a year? Lots of people ask us, so click on the photo above to see the breakdown of our expenses *We spent our up-front dollars cash and travellers cheques usually in countries ...

A list of what we carried for 1 year
Jul 30, 2006

We thought that we´d write a list of the things that we took with us. They are not written in any particular order and I´m sure will differ from person to person. Perhaps it will be of some use to travellers to preparing for a big trip although it is more ...

At home
May 29, 2005

Less than 2 weeks to go before we leave. We've sold 2 cars, 1 motorbike, agreed with friends Amanda and Jeroen to rent them the house, tidied the garden, had about 20 injections each, handed in notice at work, bought 2 round the world tickets, created ...

Our first week
Jun 6, 2005

... it by 1/3. I really don't see how I can live without all the essential items I have already picked out.. In the evening we have our leaving dinner in St Neots. I'm looking forward to seeing my friends and saying farewell before our adventure begins.

Great to be back home
Mar 1, 2008

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Bye Bye St Neots
Aug 16, 2007

... I was ready to go. Passport check,Credit Card check, Ipod check I was really going. I said my goodbyes and that was it ,Bye Bye St Neots. Bye Bye to the life I had known from here on out everything would be different. Well at least for the next year or so.

John's Plan
Sep 20, 2007

We decide to visit Argentina. Our choice is made very rapidly, spurred on by Gaelle, who we travelled with in South America. She came to visit us at home and gave us plenty of tips for places to visit. Sami, who has just ...

Goodbye Blighty
May 22, 2008

... travel from home, my Mum and Dad are kindly looking after the house, and more importantly the Cat, so will take us to St. Neots railway station, then to off to Kings Cross, via Kings Cross Underground to Heathrow.  The actual flight is at 5pm UK time ...

Home again
Jun 29, 2009

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Preparing for the big day
Jun 17, 2008 (2 photos)

There are just so many things to organise, closing down everything at home....saving enough money to pay for the strorage costs for all our stuff !! what a rip off.....BUT....there isn't any choice so just have to grin and bear it. Did we really have to ...

Initial excitment
Sep 13, 2007

We've spent a year resting and recooperating back at home after our around the world trip 2005-2006. It was the best year of my life and it took some time settling back into the routines of a "normal" working life. John started to work self employed as ...

leaving on a jet plane (but not till sunday!)
Jan 11, 2006 (3 photos)

Perhaps the last entry whilst we're sat here in my lovely home in sunny old St Neots overlooking Mipsy's shiny red Renault Megane. Well we have now entered scary territory where we realise the trip we booked almost a year ago is now upon us, as in no less ...