In the autumn of 2016, we embarked on our biggest travel adventure to date – a self-planned round the world trip that took in many of the places we’d always wanted to see and things we’d always wanted to do. And we wrote much about it. Think of this post as the jumping in point to explore that trip.
Planning
Where we were most excited about
The Build Up
September
Canada [Chicago-Calgary-Banff-Kamloops-Vancouver]
Rocky Mountaineer – Day 1 in pictures
Rocky Mountaineer – Day 2 in pictures
USA [San Francisco]
Comparing Vancouver to San Francisco
New Zealand [Auckland-Queenstown-Haast-Greymouth-Murchison-Picton-Wellington-Rotorua]
Why the South Island is awesome
Things we found surprising about New Zealand
October
Tonga
Being interviewed for Tongan radio
Hong Kong
Nigel’s alternative guide to Hong Kong
Japan [Tokyo-Hiroshima-Miyajima-Kyoto-Osaka]
Eating boxed food on the bullet train
Nigel reaches the 50 countries mark
China [Beijing]
Why China left us puzzled and not terribly welcome
Vietnam [Halong Bay-Sapa-Hanoi-Hue-Hoi An-Nha Trang-Ho Chi Minh City]
Some candid photos of Vietnamese tribal people
Things we learnt about Vietnam
November
Cambodia [Siem Reap]
A ridiculous video from the back of a tuktuk
Our tips for visiting Angkor Wat
Round Up
Ten questions to sum it all up
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