Sunday, 17 January 2016

2015 - some of the highlights

Continents: 5 - Australia - Asia - Europe - Africa - North America - Oceania

Number of Countries - The Route: 36 (27 individual countries)

Australia - Indonesia - Malaysia - Vietnam - Thailand - India - Thailand - Switzerland - England - Wales - England - Spain - Ireland - England - France - Germany - Austria - Czech Republic - Poland - Slovakia - Hungary - Croatia - Bosnia - Croatia - Italy - France - Andorra - Spain - Portugal - Antigua - St Thomas - St Kitts - St Maarten - USA - Australia




Outdoor Activity: Tree Tops, Bali, Indonesia



Celebration: KL, Malaysia (Chinese New Year)



Beaches: Langkawi, Malaysia   and   Clearwater, Florida, USA




Cultural experience: Vietnam



Locals: Thailand




Surprises: Thailand




Traditional: Thailand (Songkran Water Festival)



Tiring and lucky: Near miss with Kathmandu Earthquake, Bangkok Airport


Fun: England




Entertaining: Take That, Manchester, England



Formal: England


Llachar: Wales



Craic: Ireland


Relaxing: Spain



More Tradition: England



Very Hot: Paris



Awesome Countryside: Austria



Incredible: Roth Ironman, Germany




Super Fast: Autobahn, Germany



Historic: Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic



Reflective: Poland



Funny: Anna arguing with the SatNav in the car, Slovakia


Before the argument
Discovering: Tatra Mountains, Slovakia



Achieving: Home schooling whilst travelling, everywhere



Outrageous: Sviget Festival and Robbie Williams, Budapest, Hungary 



Romantic: Brac Island, Croatia



Cities: Dubrovnik, Croatia


Stressful: Driving in Naples, Italy



Leaning: Italy



Amazing: Monaco Boat Show, France



Cute: Belgium Griffon, Jack Russell and Long Haired Mini Daschund

Andorra
Ireland










London
Mountainous Views: Andorra




Theme Parks: Portaventura, Spain 



Driving: Almeria - Barcelona (7 hours)



Emotional: Barcelona, leaving Europe
                         


Value: Barcelona to Canaveral cruise

                           


Enduring Delight:  Orlando theme parks, Florida, USA



Cold: Snow Summit Ski Resort, California, USA




The Incredibles: California, USA




The Cost: $134,812 AUD ($98,000 USD or GBP 65,000)

Travel Costs (Flights, Car Hire, Tolls, Fuel, Atlantic Cruise, Ferries) - $42,374 AUD
Accommodation Costs (Hotel, AirBnB) - $29,224 AUD
Other Costs (General Living - food, clothes, theme parks etc) - $63,214 AUD

Number of nights away from home: 365
Number of nights - paid accommodation: 245
Number of nights staying at family and friends: 120
Number of flights: 21
Number of car hires: 14 (includes 4 month Europe car lease, and 1 month Indonesia rent)

Number of visits to this travel blog: 206,747 (at 1/1/2016)



The End