Our Route starting September 5 2003 untill  10.10.2004

14.05.2004 - Back in Bangkok 

We need a break. Therefore we book one week on a tropical Island Koh Tao to enjoy and learn how to dive 

from 26.03.2004 -  06.05.2004  Vietnam

Here we travelled 6 weeks on a rented Motorbike. We drove to Sapa, Hanoi all the way to Saigon. Clothing in Hoi Ann, Diving in Nha trang and the coolest mountainrange of Dalat. And walking around in the busy city of Ho Chi Minh followed by a 2 day Mekong Delta tour.

from 05.03.2004 - 25.03.2004 Laos 

Laos was great.. The north is very authentic. You have to negotiate your boat yourselfs and you never know where you will be the next day. If you love to visit the original villages with mountain people, do consider to arrange a trekking here. After that chilling in Vang Vieng and site seeing in Vientiane.

from 06.02.2004 - 04.03.2004 Thailand

Bangkok, Changmai, the river kwai, Chang Rai. The first 30 days we travelled around the North. See some old ruins, nature reserves. Don't forget Pai. The coolest backpacking place where you can sleep the in your hammock the whole day. Trekking around Chiang Mai is a must.

Sofar travelling has been a pleasure and turning into a way of living. When we look at stuff such as finance, health and relationsship we have no complaints, infact we are verry happy and realise that we are lucky we can do this.

Below is a summary of the last couple of weeks

29.01: We spend 2 days in a Dutch Resort. A nice place away from noise and indians. It was a bit of exclusive, but very nice for a change.

25.01 :At kodeikanal we spend a weekend in a Jungle Hut "bison wells". 3 days in the middle of nowhere. Some hiking, campfires and watching the stars. George, the owner told us all about the wildlife in this area 

22.01 Here we were able to get a lift in a Toyota Landcruiser, belonging to Anders and Christina from Denmark. They drove overland to India. The next couple of days we spend together with them

18.01 : From Kumily to Munnar by bus. It was a frighting and trilling ride. Munnar is a hillstation with a lot of tea estates. Here we visited the Chinnar National Park ( with crocodiles). Munnar itself is a nice place to be.

16.01 From Cochin to Kumily, famous of its Periyar National park. The next morning we took a guide tour with a forrest Ranger to spot some wild life. In Kumily we spend the nigh in a bamboohut compleet with jungle sounds in the night.

09.01 : After Goa it was time to bus to Cochin. Here we stayed for a week, watching the Chinese fishing nets, and did the Backwaters tour. Jacky was ill here for a couple of days.  It is nice to walk on the boulevard of old cochin watching to see dolpins swimming by.

After Rajasthan it was time for a holiday on the beach!, so we moved to Goa. Colva-beach to be precise. We are not the so called "beach-types" but 10 days in Colva was fantastic.  We arrived the day before New Years eve.  

In the southern part of Goa-state it turned out to be less busy than we expected. A lot of palmtrees, nice and sunny beaches.

We understood in Holland it is rainy, cold and 6 degrees. Here we enjoy the sun with 30 degrees. 

After a couple of days... walking on the beach with a beautiful sunset... I asked Jacky if she would like to marrie me.

AND SHE SAID YES!....

First we want to finish our world trip, then settle down in Holland, find a nice job, save some money and get married.

What a bad life we have.....     to be continued....

We travelled to the most western part of india. Jaisalmer in Rajastan. Her we did a 2 days camel safari.. This is fun. Riding on a the back of the huge animal. Sleeping on sand dunes and counting the stars.  When you ever come into rajastan, don't skip this !  

After Agra we visited Jaipur. Lots to see there. Old forts, city centers where you can spend ours watching people in old market places. In between we also visited rantambore National Park. But... no tigers..

Next day we visited the Taj Mahal.  Its a beauty.  We spend almost 3 hours enjoying the sunrise ( the most quit time to visit) looking to the buildings and lovely gardens.

After that a visit to the Red Fort.  (which looks a lot at the fort in Delhi) 

Agra is a busy city ( 1 mill habitants). The rikshaw drivers and shopkeepers are very annoying. If you have not the power to neglect them all you cannot survive here.. 

Somebody once said to me : You love India, or you hate India.  Sofar i love it.  People are staring at us if they have never seen foreingers before.   And many people want to "help" you. Of course everbody wants to earn some money with you.  

We found a hotel in a nice, busy area near the New Delhi Railway station.  According to the Lonely Planet this hotel is good enough for us.  2 beds, hot water and mtv....  On top of this building there is a restaurant where you can have breakfast in the sun....

In the next days we visited India Gate,  the Red Ford,  Jama Mashid,  and some areas full of shops, bazaars and people.  Many people...

We decided to take it easy and spent more time in Delhi. There's a lot to see and to do here..

In the end we rolled at the runway at 22.40 hours. But we flew! After 1.5 hours of flying we landed at Delhi Airport. In the middle of the night we took a prepaid taxi to the house of mr Sony. We were invited to spend some time with Pavit. An employee of mr Sony, who worked and lived in this house. 

Already experienced funny and exciting things, like Tibet and trekkings in Nepal.  Nepal is relatively cheap and that is good for our budget. Hotels between 5-7 dollars (with private bathroom). You can have a good dinner (steak and beer) for 8 dollars.  Of course when you take a rice or macaroni with 2 cokes its much cheaper : around 3-4 dollars..

After the trek we stayed a couple of days in Pokhara for a rest and do some shopping

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We also decided to do a weekend "rafting"

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Wow, this is difficult. For the past few weeks we gathered all the stuff we want to take with us and put everthing on a large table. After the first session it turned out to be too much. I'm not surprised. We tried to repack again and ditched a lot of stuff. 

Today we realized it is only one month before departure. Jacky and i have to work untill friday 29th of August. After that dated we are unemployed. (oops). Already we are making plans to meet other travellers in Nepal and Thailand. Sofar i cannot imagine i am just walking through nepal in about a couple of weeks..

Reading, talking and emailing with a lot of other travellers. This is what we do for the latest weeks. At night it is difficult to get into sleep. You think this is funny?  For us it is strange.. i can tell you that. We have started to put all our stuff on a table. Already is it clear that we have to skip a lot of stuff otherwise the backpacks wil be too heavy. Up to now everything goes as per schedule. Together we agreed which counties we want to visit.  It is nice to now we start in China with a organised trip. From Beiijn to Tibet and finally up to Katmandu. in total 29 days. Then we stay in Nepal for 3 weeks before fly to India. And there the real adventure will begin.  We have the idea to buy a rail-pass. Then it would be easy to travel through india. we think.  Time will tell....

WHO has today removed China from its list of areas with recent local transmission of SARS. Twenty days, which is twice the maximum incubation period, have passed since the last case was isolated.

When 20 days have passed since removal of the last case from the community at large, the chain of human-to-human transmission is considered broken, thus eliminating the risk of infection for both local residents and travellers.

Simply said: We resume with our planning with Baobab to start in China, Beijing then go to Tibet and finally end the first trip in 
Katmandu.

Jacky and i  did a tracking with a backpak through the various landscapes. Ups and downs. Some days we hiked 30kms!  We spend the night in Youthhostels. In the end we had the impression that it was worth the training. 

At the moment we are following the world. If Sars remains dangerous in China we skip the first planned yourney and buy a ticket to Kathmandu. From there we can explore the world...

Almost every month other travellers are going away. Everytime when this happens we have the feeling that our time will come.

see ya.

Have you ever had the feeling that all you do is working, sleaping, earning money, buying stuff, making more money, stepping up the ladder, and spending all this money the next day. I did.....

"For once in a lifetime i would like to see the world how i want it."
Holidays became more important than money the lastest years.
When i met Jacky a dream came out. Sell everything you have, give up your job and go for a sabbatical. That is what we gonna do.

greetings, Rob

"Forget you cellular phone, fixed appointments, the alarmclock everymorning. Just go where you want to go and decide when you want to do this".
I think going away and explore the world for a year is the best preparation for the rest of yr life" 

Greetings, Jacky

"One Life... Live it "

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