Planet Circumnavigation. Destination: Asia, Australasia, South America. Drs Rachel and John McGarva tell the amazing story.
About this blog
Welcome to our travel diary. Here you'll find detailed notes and photos from our travels to Asia, Australasia, and South America.
John quits his job as a programme manager with Cambridge Consultants in UK, and Rachel, a food scientist, negotiates a one year career break from her employer, Unilever. Find out what happens next.
We hope that you'll enjoy keeping in touch with out progress round the world.
Best Wishes,
John and Rachel
Trip Start
Jun 09, 2005
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Trip End
Jun 08, 2006
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There are 105 entries in this blog
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1
At home -
2
Our first week -
3
A hot one in Delhi -
4
Impressions of Food -
5
To Amritsar on the Shababti Express -
6
Feeling Cool in Dharamsala -
7
A trek in the Himalaya -
8
Agra- vation -
9
Some Indian recipes -
10
First impressions of Nepal -
11
Stuck at the Chinese Border -
12
Everest base camp, 5200m, and on to Shigatse -
13
Lhasa, on the roof of the world -
14
The Mysterious Qiadam Depression -
15
Dunhuang, on the silk road -
16
Lanzhou, a small town of 3 million -
17
On the Mongolian Grasslands -
18
To Beijing in the East -
19
Frantic in Hong Kong -
20
Back in Beijing -
21
Shanghai, Gateway to the Orient -
22
Kung Fu fighting -
23
Xian and the Terracotta Army -
24
Chilling in Chengdu -
25
Horse trekking in the Sichuan mountains -
26
Two Chinese National Parks -
27
On the Holy Mountain -
28
Cruising on the Yangtze -
29
Hong Kong revisited -
30
24hrs in Singapore -
31
A reunion with old friends -
32
Rainforest Experience -
33
Perhentian Paradise -
34
Island Hopping -
35
Learning to Dive -
36
Oriental City -
37
Laid back in Laos -
38
Trekking amongst the Akha people -
39
Jewel of Indochina -
40
Slow boat on the Mekong -
41
Loi Kratong Festival -
42
Trekking in Northern Thailand -
43
Kanjana Home Cookery School -
44
Bangkok train station to airport -
45
Temples of Angkor -
46
Indolent and Neglected City -
47
Entrance to the Mekong Delta -
48
Floating Markets on the Mekong -
49
Lazy day on the delta -
50
S-S-S-S-Saigon -
51
The tailors of Hoi An -
52
Friendly Hue -
53
Lost at Sea -
54
Farewell Asia -
55
Family Christmas -
56
Seven Mile Beach -
57
Australia Day -
58
Whanau -
59
The Tongariro Crossing -
60
Another Reunion -
61
Living the same day twice -
62
In Patagonia -
63
Circuito de los Dientes de Navarino -
64
Trekking in Torres del Paine -
65
Glaciar Moreno -
66
Monte Cerro Grande -
67
Ruta 40 -
68
Carretera Austral -
69
Parque Pumalin -
70
Isla Chiloe -
71
Volcanoes and Fire -
72
Sealions in the market -
73
Monkey Puzzle -
74
Climbing Volcano Villarrica -
75
Te Pito o Te Henua -
76
Stopover in Santiago -
77
Pearl of the Pacific -
78
Edge of the Altiplano -
79
Parque Nacional Lauca -
80
By the Seaside -
81
In the Atacama Desert -
82
To the Salt Lakes of Bolivia -
83
Highest town in the world -
84
Capital of Bolivia -
85
Easter in La Paz -
86
Isla del Sol -
87
Islas Flotantes -
88
Colonial city -
89
Ancient Capital of the Incas -
90
Machu Picchu -
91
The Sacred Valley -
92
Aliens from outer space -
93
The Poor Man´s Gallapagos -
94
Trekking in the Corillera Blanca -
95
Leaving Peru -
96
Welcome to Venezuela -
97
A Trip to Angel Falls -
98
The Worst bus Journey -
99
Trekking on Roraima -
100
Chilling on the Caribbean coast -
101
You never know who you might meet -
102
Final destination -
103
London calling -
104
A list of what we carried for 1 year -
105
The Bill: £23,616.35
