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Abandon hope all ye who enter! This is our harebrained account of a trip of a lifetime - around the world in 300 days.

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It's hardly a challenging start to our RTW trip, but two days in London to visit the Queen and eat some jellied eels is supposed to be our gentle introduction to globetrotting.

If the mountain won't/can't come to Mohammed, then we'll fly to Heathrow. Maeve and Jim (hereinafter referred to as 'The Whittles') are two good friends of ours now living in Oxford. They've recently returned from their own variant on the RTW route, and we figured we'd better visit them to hear first hand all their 'here be dragons' warnings. The Whittles (sorry...has to be done) spent the best part of a year in Ko Phi Phi, Thailand helping rebuild a town decimated by the Tsunami. They're great people with inspiring tales to tell, and Jim is such a seasoned traveller he's had a pair of shorts named after him (well, i certainly call my grey, combat-style shorts 'a pair of Jim Whittles').

We're also going to catch up with my friend Cian of Lochnane for a fancy schmancy lunch in some expensive eatery in the City (his treat - I pawned him off on a CafeBarDeli lunch last time he was in Dublin, knowing he'd have to return the favour in some fancy members club in London). Cian's survived London for the past 15 years without too many ill effects - apart from a gravity-defying twist to his fringe. Part quiff, part mohawk, it's a lesson to all of us that a few years in recruitment can do wonders for a mans tonsorial topping.

So a dry run it is. Get through Dublin Airport, survive in a foreign city (well, OK...London doesnt really count), and make like a backpacking tourist...I look forward to updating you on our travails.


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2.A gentle introduction - London, United Kingdom May 09, 2007
3.House Rented...almost - Dublin, Ireland May 15, 2007 ( This entry has 1 photos 1 )
4.Bring out your Blue Angels - Annapolis, United States May 23, 2007 ( This entry has 3 photos 3 ) ( Comments 1 )
5.Around Annapolis without a fridge - Washington, United States May 30, 2007 ( This entry has 10 photos 10 )
6.Back to the 'Nap - Annapolis, United States May 31, 2007 ( This entry has 3 photos 3 ) ( Comments 1 )
7.Miami Nice - South Beach, United States Jun 01, 2007 ( This entry has 2 photos 2 ) ( Comments 1 )
8.Into Gator Country - Miami, United States Jun 04, 2007 ( Comments 2 )
9.Simon LeBon said it best - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jun 08, 2007 ( This entry has 3 photos 3 )
10.Rio from another angle - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jun 10, 2007 ( This entry has 5 photos 5 ) ( Comments 3 )
11.WARNING - not suitable for reading in the office - Ilha Grande, Brazil Jun 15, 2007 ( This entry has 10 photos 10 ) ( Comments 1 )
12.What else can I say? - Foz do Iguacu, Brazil Jun 18, 2007 ( This entry has 4 photos 4 ) ( Comments 2 )
13.Please help me make sense of this - Dourados, Brazil Jun 19, 2007 ( This entry has 2 photos 2 )
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15.Pirahna Hunting in the Pantanals - The Pantanal, Brazil Jun 28, 2007 ( Comments 1 )
16.Into Bolivia - Sucre, Bolivia Jun 30, 2007
17.Dutch Courage - Sucre, Bolivia Jul 09, 2007 ( Comments 2 )
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