UK (start)
I plan to fly from Manchester on the 2nd of July using Emirates Airline stopping off at Dubai for 10 hours before Finlay reaching Beijing.
On arrival in Beijing i will meet my friend from 6th form, Sitong Chen and stay in beijing with him and his family sight seeing, shopping and clubbing until he wants to move on to Shanghai.
I am very excited to hopefully see The Great Wall of China, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven as well as some of the more modern mega structures built for the Olympics.
BEUJING
OLYMPICS
OLYMPICS
THE GREAT WALL
BEIJING AT NIGHT
SHANGHAI (2nd stop)
I plan to stay in Shanghai with chen and am looking forward to seeing all the amazing modern buildings and mega structures. I plan to fly from Shanghai to Bangkok on the 6th of August using Thai Airways before getting another flight to Phuket an island off Thailand.
in Phuket i plan to train at Rawai Muay Thai camp in Rawai in the South of Phucket. learning thai boxing
(camp website)
I plan to spend three months training at Rawai Muay Thai Camp, training 6 days a week 5 hours a day. Hopefully getting to the stage at the end of the 3 months where i am good enough to be able to fight.
"also im genna get MASSSIVE!"
I hope also to see the famous James bond island and the beautiful beaches in Phuket.
I plan then to fly back to Bangkok and then to Sydney!!!
SYDNEY (4th stop)
SYDNEY (4th stop)
I plan to spend a total of 6 full days in Sydney flying there on the 27th of October using Qantas Airways. in these 6 days i hope to have a rest after 3 hard months in Thailand and do some couch surfing.
what is couch surfing?
"The CouchSurfing Project is the largest hospitality exchange network, with over 1.85 million members in 237 countries and territories It is the most visited hospitality service on the Internet, averaging around 40 million daily page views July December 2009"
Basically its a big network of Backpackers who put there couches as available to surf(crash on) while they are not traveling themselves. its a great way to meat new people and really immerse your self in the culture of the country you are traveling by living with someone who knows the city like the back of his hand. it works using the hope that if you help someone out they will be happy to help you out.
anyway, i plan to use this while i am in Australia and hopefully i wont have to pay for any accommodation and i should meet some great people.
again i am looking forward to seeing all the interesting structures in Sydney mainly because i am fascinated by how they were constructed, hence why i want to study Civil and Structural Engineering at University.
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE
MORE SYDNEY
New Zealand(5th stop)
after 6 days in Sydney on the 13th of November i fly to Queenstown in New Zealand known as the Adrenaline Capital of the world.
i plan to spend 49 days in New Zealand spending most of the time in Queenstown, couch surfing and taking part in high adrenaline sports.
while i am there(depending on how much money i have left) i plan to: Complete my Skydiving Course and become fully qualified, Jump from one of the highest Bungee jumps in the world, Ski, Jet Boating, Hangliding, Canyon Swing, Ziptrek, Aerobatic Stunt Plane, Hang Gliding, Mountain Biking, River Boarding, Rock Climbing & Abseiling, Snowmobiles - Nevis. and anything else that will give me an adrenaline rush.
then in the last couple of weeks i plan to travel up Aukland on the other island and backpack through Australia before finishing at one of my relatives. and then flying from Aukland to Vanuatu.
QUEENSTOWN(NIGHT)
BUNGEE
ACROBATICS
Vanuatu (6th stop)"the home of the Bungee Jump and the happiest people on earth"
if all goes to plan i will arrive in Vanuatu at the start of January, In Vanuatu i plan to teach a wide range of subjects in a underprivileged school.
i organised this through a Charity called Lattitude http://www.lattitude.org.uk/
Vanuatu should be the biggest Culture shock as i will be living as the natives do in hurts with a host family and living off a very bland diet.
i plan to spend a total of 7 months in Vanuatu.
story from a previous Vanuatu Volunteer:
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I plan to leave Vanuatu on the 1st of August and head back home stopping at LA and Mexico on the way home