Irish Guy's

Round the World Trips

Biography and What's What

"For People Who Care" ...
WHAT


log that I keep. I hope to upload photo's as I travel! As well as keeping the folks back home happy, it will be of great help to me as a links bank, research tool, diary! i have terrible writing, so I prefer to write my diary online by typing rather than on paper!

WHY
.... going away for a year and wanting to keep in touch with the people at home. Why travel - have yet to answer that myself..... Keep tuned for the answer!

WHO
name: Michael
from: Ireland
age: (October 20)
height: 6' 1''
occupation: Tourism Specialist
star sign: Libra
status: Single

GEAR



Contents of my bag as of the 13th of October 2003

  • A Canon Powershot A40 Camera and Bag.

  • A battery recharger and 14 rechargeable batteries

  • MP3 Player (ministry of Sound) and a few MP3 CD's

  • One Diary and One Notebook.

  • One Alarm Clock.

  • Lonely Planet South East Asia Guide 2001.

  • Day Pack

  • A pair of Adidas Runners (Argentina), a pair of Flip-Flops (Argentina) and a Pair of Magnum Boots (Cambodia).

  • One Irish Rugby Jersey (Ireland).

  • 3 pairs of Pants. One was bought in Marks and Spencer (Ireland), one in Bolivia and one in Peru. Two are jeans while one is a cargo pants.

  • One pair of long sleeved shirt (Bolivia) and 3 pairs of short sleeved shirts (Indonesia) which are second hand.

  • I Adiadas Baseball hat bought in Bolivia.

  • Two towels (Ireland and Bolivia).

  • One Qantas Blanket

  • I toilet bag and various toilitries.

  • Three t-shirts. They were bought in Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam.

  • One pair of Shorts (Ireland).

  • A few pairs of Socks and Boxer Shorts.

  • A taking Watch (Bolivia).

BUDGET

€40 per day - I don't care if I'm traveling two months or two years - I'm sticking to it. I hope to have a budget page some where on this site, so that I can check when I'm broke and need to fly home! Bringing two Visa cards with me and a Cirrus/Plus card! I'm not selling my car - a 99 C Toyota Yaris for the trip, but if I do plan to extend the trip - it could be sold to finance my wayward ways.



Hi Folks, An honorable mention here to Wes & Masami Heiser who have compiled a travel preparation list like you will not believe. You got to see it to believe it. These people take their preparation for travel very seriously. 
IRISH GUY
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I started this blog in January 2004 and since then, I have visited over 30 Counties producing a diary and photoblog along the way. I have archived these stories and pictures for your (my) pleasure. I have grouped them in three sections. They are the Main Full archives , the Country by Country Highlights and from over 23,000 pictures taken by me since February 2003. The best pictures (in my opinion) are currently in the Gallery but I am starting to move the majority of my best pictures (some you can see above in the Flickr badge) to my FLICKR account. They are chosen with care from my travels from Brazil to Argentina to Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. From New Zealand to Australia to Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam to China and Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Romania to Ireland. From Tango in Buenos Aires, from the Inca Trail to Bangkok and Angkor Wat.
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