I met my friend Philippe for a drink a few days ago and got told off for going to South America but not to the Galapagos Islands. I tried to argue that time and money would make it tough to fit it in and Philippe being the fine negotiator he is, said it'd be a good and convenience place for everybody to meet up.
"Why not?" I though; so as soon as I got back home that night, I jumped on my computer and looked into how we could add this world heritage site to our already incredible journey.
I'm not sure yet how this is gonna work, but I'm sure it will. Somehow.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Whoops - we did it again
Cycling during the hottest month in Japan and crossing Mongolia when it is barely 0º was not the best idea, so after some thinking, we've thought about a new route. it's not better, it just makes more sense! I will not dare say it's "final" though..
So, for the update, it will be China, then Mongolia, then China again and Japan.
Voila.
So, for the update, it will be China, then Mongolia, then China again and Japan.
Voila.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Van in New Zealand is booked
My bank account statement reminded me that our van has been booked for New Zealand. I know it's in April, but the sooner the better, we got a sweet deal too. Woo hoo!
This is gonna be our home for a month. Don't be fooled though, it's top comfort!
3 bedroom with one en-suite, lounge, bowling alley (in the basement) and a massive garden. :)
This is gonna be our home for a month. Don't be fooled though, it's top comfort!
3 bedroom with one en-suite, lounge, bowling alley (in the basement) and a massive garden. :)
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
THAT'S IT!!!
Yumi and I went to Trailfinder in High Street Kensington and guess what happened?
Yes you guessed, we bought our round the world tickets! Woo hoo!
So that's it, we are airborne! Well, almost.
We'll leave London on January 7th 2011 and our journey will take us to Argentina (via Sao Paulo), Chile, Bolivia, Peru, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, Tokyo, South Korea, China (again), Tibet, Mongolia, China (again, again), France...and England.
Voila!
Bye for now
:)
Yes you guessed, we bought our round the world tickets! Woo hoo!
So that's it, we are airborne! Well, almost.
We'll leave London on January 7th 2011 and our journey will take us to Argentina (via Sao Paulo), Chile, Bolivia, Peru, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, Tokyo, South Korea, China (again), Tibet, Mongolia, China (again, again), France...and England.
Voila!
Bye for now
:)
Yumi got Jabbed!
Yellow fever, japanese encephalitis, rabies, Hep A, Hep B, Typhoid....blahblah blah.
Yumi started the jab race! We thought it's better to be safe than sorry on this one, especially when we'll be in the rainforest in Peru and in South East Asia. We just didn't expect to spent about 500 pounds on jabs alone!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Corsica '10!
Having slept 10h in the previous 5 days, (proper) holidays came at the perfect time for Thomas. Coincidence? no no no. Have no doubt: Yumi was ready for some sun and Corsican food too!
We stayed in the village, less than a km from Grandpa's house. There were no plan B, but there were no plan A either. We only wanted to fit some:
- beach volleyball
- food
- trekking
- food
- helping Grandpa in the garden
- food
- see friends and family
- food
- chilling/relaxing time
oh, and have some good food too.
It worked perfectly as we did all of the above. We love it when a no-plan plan comes together.
It was great to spend some quiet time at the local beach. It's not the most beautiful beach in Corsica, but Thomas likes it, he's been going there for 29 years after all :)
On the first day we met Thomas's childhood friends Antoine, Jeremy and Audrey, as well their other halves: Sandy, Marion and Romain respectively. Wicked time. Thomas was sleeping -at the table- by 11pm. Was it the 2h we slept the previous night or the past 5 days training 1h per day that tired him, we'll never know...
The other days were a mix of playing some beach vball, swimming, going to the villages around, gardening. We also went to the Restonica Valley, near Corte in the centre of the island. It's a great place, it's not too busy as the trails are not so easy. We walked to the lac du Melo and the Lac du Capitello.
The views were amazing and the weather was great too. we were a bit light on water (only 1.5l for both of us) but a little swim in the lac du Capitello managed to keep us cool for the way down. We were at about 2000m and the car park was at 1200m so the way down was tough on the knees but we managed it just fine, needing only a Diabolo-Menthe to recover.
ok, and an ice cream too.
oh, and some wild boar when we got home. hmmmm. Thomas is still drooling about it! :)
We had a lovely time there and before we knew it, we were back in London, but hey, we returned to "The Old Smoke" with our heads filled with great memories and good laughs as well as figatelli, donkey sausage, pastis and some other good wild boar paté, so we won't complain about it! :)
We stayed in the village, less than a km from Grandpa's house. There were no plan B, but there were no plan A either. We only wanted to fit some:
- beach volleyball
- food
- trekking
- food
- helping Grandpa in the garden
- food
- see friends and family
- food
- chilling/relaxing time
oh, and have some good food too.
It worked perfectly as we did all of the above. We love it when a no-plan plan comes together.
It was great to spend some quiet time at the local beach. It's not the most beautiful beach in Corsica, but Thomas likes it, he's been going there for 29 years after all :)
On the first day we met Thomas's childhood friends Antoine, Jeremy and Audrey, as well their other halves: Sandy, Marion and Romain respectively. Wicked time. Thomas was sleeping -at the table- by 11pm. Was it the 2h we slept the previous night or the past 5 days training 1h per day that tired him, we'll never know...
The other days were a mix of playing some beach vball, swimming, going to the villages around, gardening. We also went to the Restonica Valley, near Corte in the centre of the island. It's a great place, it's not too busy as the trails are not so easy. We walked to the lac du Melo and the Lac du Capitello.
The views were amazing and the weather was great too. we were a bit light on water (only 1.5l for both of us) but a little swim in the lac du Capitello managed to keep us cool for the way down. We were at about 2000m and the car park was at 1200m so the way down was tough on the knees but we managed it just fine, needing only a Diabolo-Menthe to recover.
ok, and an ice cream too.
oh, and some wild boar when we got home. hmmmm. Thomas is still drooling about it! :)
We had a lovely time there and before we knew it, we were back in London, but hey, we returned to "The Old Smoke" with our heads filled with great memories and good laughs as well as figatelli, donkey sausage, pastis and some other good wild boar paté, so we won't complain about it! :)
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