On the road...

On the road...

Well at long loooong last, we've finally hit the road, i thought this day would never come. We left Dublin, and after a short stop off in Barajas airport Madrid, we've landed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. First thing to hit us - the phenomenal heat, fantastic! (36 flippin degree!) Sure beats the winter winds of Belfast. Getting the shivers just thinking about that.
We're gona kick around Buenos Aires for a bit, explore the city and get used to speaking a wee bit of Spanish. "Dos cervezas por favor" (two beers please) for starters, its been a long day!

We're currently here on the map, then we'll be moving onto Ushuaia and the Patagonia region towards the south tip of Argentina / Chile in about a week or so. The natives here seem quite friendly and helpful, but no doubt we'll be on the receiving side few staring gazes.

Right I'll keep'm short, but so far so good!

If anyone is following this, keep in touch!


Darren.

First up

First post on this thing. Gona try to keep a small account of my travels here for friends and family to see what we're up to over the next year or so. Or maybe I'll be a lazy ass and this will be my first & last post? Time will tell...

Flights now booked, Baz and myself are hitting the following route. As you'll see on the left hand side, you can view where we currently are. Or click here.

First up, our scheduled route.

02 Jan 2008
Dublin > Madrid

02 Jan 2008
Madrid > Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Flying internally to from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia and spending some time down there in a wee village called El Calafate. Where we're going to see the amazing Patagonia and El Calafate's fantastic glaciers!
We then fly back up to Buenos Aires, and make our way to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) for the annual Carnival. (aka Mardi Gras)

20 Feb 2008
Sao Paulo > Santiago (Chile)

20 Feb 2008
Santiago > Guayaquil > Quito (Peru)

From here we're heading on a special trip to the Galápagos Islands, now this I can't wait for! - a once in a lifetime chance to see.

20 Mar 2008
Lima > Mexico City

05 Apr 2008
Mexico City > Dallas

15 Apr 2008
Dallas > San Francisco

Land bound to up to Vancouver (Canada)

20 Apr 2008
Vancouver > Tokyo (Japan)

07 May 2008
Tokyo > Beijing (China)
We'll head down, land bound, throughout the east coast of China destined for Hong Kong.

24 May 2008
Hong Kong > Bangkok (Thailand)
Here we plan to travel around most of se.Asia... Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam & Laos. We'll work our way down to down through Singapore, and eventually fly back up to Bangkok.

02 Aug 2008
Singapore > Bangkok

02 Aug 2008
Bangkok > Mumbai (India)
We will ultimately travel northwards to Delhi after arriving in Mumbai, but we'll possibly meet up with a past Belfast workmate from India who lives in Pune, just s.east of Mumbai.

02 Sep 2008
New Delhi (India) > London

02 Sep 2008
London > Dublin