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Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying - Around The World Without Flying.... Armed Only With A Cliché.

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This travelogue will be the home to my upcoming journey around the world with my pal Vinny.

The idea, in it's simplest form, is to go once around the globe without resorting to air travel.

Along the way, we plan to watch England beat Brazil in the World Cup Final in Berlin, travel across the Trans-Mongolian Railway, work in New Zealand and drive across America with a .45 in the dash*. We'll take in some boat time along the way, and if all goes to plan get a job on the QE2 which Sean Bean says still exists.

Plans never quite work out the way they're intended to, and I'm sure this will be no exception.

We've not set any of this in stone. We've sorted out Australian Visas in advance, and will be doing likewise with Russia and China. Apart from that, it's pretty much plain sailing.

We could get as far as China, get offered a swish job, and live out the rest of our lives over there. Similarly, we could get involved in one of those pretentious post-The Beach colony societies that backpackers were setting up like hotel chains last time I was in Thailand. We could become King of our own Hippy Haven.

Or, as I suspect, we could be a bit too close to some English football fans when they choose to demonstrate just how culturally enlightened they are with the passionate expression of a 'rumble', and end up getting deported. Or killed.

But whatever happens, we've got a plan, a leaving date, and a passport. Apart from those minor concerns like Visas, money, immunisations, language skills, money again, health issues and money once more, that's all we need.




* I don't imagine we will actually have a .45 in the dash.... That's just asking for trouble.


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Apr 19, 2006 08:33 EST by dickson

Don't really have a comment to make but I thought I'd be the first now that this pile of shit is finally working! Made a change to get an e-mail in my junk box that wasn't either trying to help me lose weight or sell me Viagara!

Happy travelling, can't wait to see the back of you xx

only joking - love ya really!


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1.Introduction - Nottingham, United Kingdom Apr 17, 2006 ( Comments 1 )
2.Why Not Fly? - Nottingham, United Kingdom Apr 17, 2006
3.The Clock In San Dimas - Nottingham, United Kingdom May 16, 2006
4.To Germany................ - Nottingham, United Kingdom May 17, 2006
5..................... And Beyond - Nottingham, United Kingdom May 17, 2006
6.The To Do List - Nottingham, United Kingdom May 18, 2006
7.What You Leave Behind - Nottingham, United Kingdom May 29, 2006 ( This entry has 11 photos 11 )
8.The Last Day - Nottingham, United Kingdom May 31, 2006 ( Comments 5 )
9.Peter Crouch..... My Hero - Amsterdam, Netherlands Jun 03, 2006 ( This entry has 1 photos 1 ) ( Comments 2 )
10.Antichrist Day - Copenhagen, Denmark Jun 06, 2006 ( This entry has 5 photos 5 ) ( Comments 2 )
11.Sverige - Stockholm, Sweden Jun 08, 2006 ( This entry has 10 photos 10 )
12.In The Shadow Of The Valley of Death - Frankfurt, Germany Jun 10, 2006 ( This entry has 12 photos 12 )
13.England 1 Paraguay 0 - Frankfurt, Germany Jun 11, 2006 ( This entry has 37 photos 37 ) ( Comments 2 )
14.The Calm Before The Storm - Berlin, Germany Jun 14, 2006 ( This entry has 7 photos 7 )
15.Nobody's Right If Everybody's Wrong - Nuremberg, Germany Jun 15, 2006 ( This entry has 8 photos 8 ) ( Comments 1 )
16.Rudolph Hess - Zagreb, Croatia Jun 18, 2006 ( Comments 3 )
17.Room With A View - Dubrovnik, Croatia Jun 21, 2006 ( This entry has 10 photos 10 )
18.Vegas Baby - Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina Jun 23, 2006
19.Vinny's Vision - Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina Jun 23, 2006 ( This entry has 5 photos 5 ) ( Comments 2 )
20.Intermission: Entry No 20!! - Sarejevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Jun 25, 2006 ( Comments 1 )

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