djrkidd
"Ha ha.... Everything is possible just not probable, believe in abundance"
About djrkidd
Full Member | Member since 9th Mar 07
Citizenship: New ZealandMarital Status: Single
Occupation: Civil Engineer
About djrkidd:
Adventures are funny things you spend all your spare time planning them, dreaming and longing to be on one. Then when you are actually on one you wish you where anywhere else.
So here is my adventure, 31 countries, 8 months, 1 goal. To travel from Dublin to Sydney by any means but flying. Quite simple really, enjoy a quiet Guinness at St James gate then travel South East by boat, bus, train, foot, donkey, camel, whatever until I can see the white curves of the Sydney opera house.
The stand response to "Oh yeah I am just going traveling for a while." is
"Oh cool where are you going?" As I explain the eyes open and then come one of these three responses;
- A bemused "Yeah good luck with that??"
- "You'll be KILLED!"
- Or my personal Favorite "You Kiwi's are all f@#ken mad!"
So I invite you come along on an armchair adventure and share my experiences, highs and lows and of course the misadventures as I take the long way home.
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Latest Blog Entry
You Gotta Go There To Come Back!
Posted by djrkidd | 8th October 2007
Now I know the Chinese have been known for some pretty gruesome torture in their time. Having to sit on a hard train seat for 25 hours straight with MSG saturated pot noodles as your only form of sustenance at 5180m traveling in the total opposite direction to where you want to be heading, across a featureless Tibetan Plateau would have to be one of them. However, I was not exactly forced to buy the train ticket at gun point and, well, the beer was cheaper than water.
The purchasing of the ticket was comical as my first destination was far too expensive for this Kiwi’s pocket so I asked for a ticket out of Tibet. With said ticket in hand I went and looked at the map to see where I was actually going. 25 hours should get me half way to Beijing I thought and smiled happily, only to have it wiped off my face when I discovered I was only going to make it to the edge of Tibet and just into mainland China.
Now back to my Cultural Revolution an
Travel Blogs djrkidd runs
- Kiwi's Don't Fly! - Dublin to Sydney Over Land.
- The Kiwi's On The Run - 126km run through the Namib Desert and 24Hrs to do it!
Trips
Kiwi' don't fly (30618 kms)
17 Mar 2007 - 31 Oct 2007
Visiting: United Kingdom, Ireland, Wales, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, China, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia.
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