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School's out - let the holidays begin

Well school is finished for a whole 6 weeks!! So that will give me time to get a bit more sorted (hopefully). Last week I went to have yet another injection but it seems that after one more in January 2014 that will be it....bar deciding on malaria tablets, the Rabies jab and the Japanese encephalitis jab....so not quite there!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My husband seems to need nothing so far as being a trainee nurse he had to have lots of jabs anyway!

We are planning a couple of smaller train trips this summer....first off to Southern Ireland....then hopefully trying out a sleeper by taking the overnight from Euston to Inverness as I have made it my mission this holidays to set foot in Kirkwall on the Orkneys!!!

Inbetween all of that planning and gallivanting I am also hoping to make lots of new jewellery to sell on my FB page - Travels in Time. I am also going to set up a blog related specifically to that......

Anyway we have been to the library and these are my planning starting points as well as lots of info from friends who have visited Southern Ireland. And of course I will be consulting www.seat61.com

Too much to do!

Ok i think i may be a pretty rubbish blogger since it is quite a few weeks since my last entry....feel like i am going to the confessional....forgive me folks for it is 5 weeks since my last blog....I promise to do three roadtrips, 5 train rides and a ferry to make up for it!

So what has been happening regarding the trip....INJECTIONS!!!!! yes lots of visits to our Doctor's surgery so the lovely nurse can inject me with all sorts of vaccines!! I even have a little book which records each and every potential fatal disease i am being protected against.

I am also doing research on whether we need protection against rabies and Japanese encephalitis. Another issue is that of malaria and what we need to take in the various areas to give us as much protection as possible.

So thats it really!!!! 

itchy feet

So.....a few years ago in the UK during one of our scorching hot summers....no actually it wasn't hot or even warm....me and my hubby decided to see where in the world we could go....that had a good climate! That was the beginning of our dream to go walkabout....Now 2 years later we have our permanent residence visa for Australia and I am now at the planning stage of our big adventure!! So where in the world are we going...the answer...wherever we want!! I am writing this blog as much for me as anything so hopefully at some point in the future I can read this and remember it all...the planning is part of the adventure....

wan·der·lust (w n d r-l st) n. A very strong or irresistible impulse to travel .......

I have been very lucky in my life and have lived all over the world --- England, South Africa,Canada, France, Switzerland and Botswana. I travelled in my 20's after completing Uni but then settled down to a career (Special Needs teacher) and mother to my gorgeous daughter. I always planned to go back to travelling once she was independent and as she is soon to go to University the time is nearly here!!! I am also lucky enough to have a husband with a passion for travel and who will soon be (fingers crossed) a fully qualified Adult Nurse! I am hoping that a teacher and a nurse will be employable everywhere....and at some point we will get the opportunity to work with communities in less well off parts of the globe.

Early stages

So far I have raided the local library for travel books (and was spoilt with some great books on my recent birthday by my daughter too)....

This seems to be the plan so far... the following by train

LONDON
Moscow - Beijing (overland via Trans-Mongolian Express)
Beijing - Xian- Shanghai-Hong Kong
Hong-Kong - Hanoi - Saigon
Saigon - Phnom Phen - Siem Reap
Siem Reap- Bangkok
Bangkok- Chiang-mai - ........ research needed!!!
Phuket - Kuala Lumpur-
SINGAPORE

then onwards to Australia!!

We are planning to go by train for loads of reasons....1. its cheap!!! 2. My husband is a train person (not a train spotter...just an ex Britsh Rail employee) 3. The man in seat 61....the man is an inspiration and I want to be a girl who does what he does!!! If you  havent visited his website its amazing!!!  www.seat61.com I will be using his page as my starting point for all plans!

 

 

Recent visit to Singapore