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LAST TRIP: Poland (Aug), France/Andorra (August), Ireland (August), Serba and Bosnia (April)
NEXT TRIPS: May (Morocco), August (Scotland, France)
(can't you tell I am a teacher :)
Up until I went to the USA in 1999, I had never really valued the experience of travel. After this trip, I got the bug. Getting away from the UK, and UK tourists is essential to a good trip. To see the massive variation in people, culture and environment is something that never ceases to amaze. I would love to see every country, and aim to get to at least 1 new location each year.
Now that I have hit 30, the memory loss will start to set in, so here are all my trips overseas.
1988 - FRANCE (Canais Plage) - By coach, rained a lot, not great
1989 - FRANCE (San Malo) - By Coach, poor
1997 - SPAIN (Ibiza) - Britannia Air, first flight. Few good nights out, but not my cup of tea
1998 - FRANCE (Paris, Lyon, Cannes, Tolouse, Bordeuax) - 3 of us in a transit van watching the World Cup.
1999 - SPAIN (Northern and Central) - Ferry, University Fieldtrip
1999 - CANADA/USA (Toronto, Niagra, New York, Washington, Orlando, Atlanta, New Orleans, Memphis, Little Rock, LA, Vegas, San Francisco, Portland, Chicago) - Canada 3000. First time outside Europe. Amazing trip. Highlights include Vegas and Orlando. Bad point, losing $100 to a con artist in Little Rock
2000 - USA (Baltimore, Orlando, Tampa) - Sebina - More reasons to love the USA.
2001 - GREECE (Zante) - JMC - Typical beach holiday. Good fun
2001 - USA (Vegas, Grand Canyon - Airtours - Freezing Vegas, beer and gambling galore. Stuck in the Flagstaff snowdrift for the first time (see below)
2002 - FRANCE (Battlefields) - Ferry, school trip
2002 - ITALY/GERMANY/AUSTRIA/SWITZERLAND/LITCHENSTEIN (Venice, Verona, Munich, Vienna, Alps) - Car and camping, a picturesque journey.
2002 - SWEDEN/NORWAY/DENMARK (Stockholm, Gotenburg, Oslo, Bergen, Copenhagen) - Ryanair - Some special scenery and people in this great camping trip.
2003 - USA (Vegas, Grand Canyon) - BMI - World Heavyweight boxing match made the trip. Stuck in a snowdrift by Flagstaff for the second time, all good fun.
2003 - CZECH REPUBLIC (Prague, Pardobice) Easyjet - A boozy trip, great city for sites and nightlife.
2003 - ICELAND (Reykjavik) - Iceland Express - Always on the top of my list to see, was not a disappointment. Glaciers, Waterfalls, Geysirs, and great nightlife. But take your wallet, far from cheap
2003 - ITALY (Milan) - Alitalia - Italy v Wales, don't ask for the result!
2004 - CZECH REPUBLIC (Prague) Jet 2 - A boozy trip. Took in some ice hockey and did the donuhts (Funniest moment EVER)
2004 - ITALY (Rome, Naples, Sorento) - Ryanair - A truly beautiful city and some memories that will last forever
2004 - CHINA/THAILAND (Beijing, Xian, Chengu, Kunming, Bangkok, Koh Sok, Ko Samui) - Lufthansa - Trip of a lifetime for sure. The unique culture of China, rainforest and beaches of Thailand. Imagine being served in a hotel by a paid gibbon. One place you just know you will return to.
2005 - HUNGARY/GERMANY (Budapest, Berlin) - Berlin was pretty poor, but discovered a new Prague in Budapest. Bigger, better and cheaper.
2005 - NORWAY (Oslo, Bergen) - Ryanair - School trip, they loved the glacier hiking.
2005 - EGYPT (Cairo, Sahara, Luxor, Sharm) - Alitalia - A must see on every list. The ruins, the sun, scuba, shisha. An amazing adventure, only ruined by Alitalia who were late and lost my bags.
2005 - ESTONIA (Tallinn) - Ryanair - Heard lots about this gem, puts Prague and Budapest to shame.
2005 - PORTUGAL (Guimaraes) - Monarch - BWFC in Europe, 4500 fans, tiny village and Super Bock beer. Disaster guaranteed. Return flight missed, hangover of epic proportions. Amazing trip.
2005 - USA (Vegas, Grand Canyon) - NWA - Christmas and New Year on the strip. Neil Diamond in concert. A perfect trip
2006 - ESTONIA/LATVIA (Tallinn, Riga) - Air Estonia/Easyjet - Easily the coldest trip ever. Walked across a frozen river. Riga was not great, Tallinn confirmed as the greatest site/party town in the UK
2006 - HUNGARY/USA/COSTA RICA (Budapest, NYC, San Jose, Arenal, Cahuita) British Airways, Alitalia, Continental - Bizzare trip. Starting on a mad stag do, then onto the greatest city on earth, then hitting rainforest, and beaches in a must see location. Included my 50th flight!!
2006 - SPAIN (Barcelona, Girona) - Easyjet/Ryanair - A trip to the Nou Camp. Great but bloody cold. Didn't think that much of Barca as a city.
2006 - CZECH REPUBLIC (Prague) - BMI Baby - Away with the missus, sites and cheap beer. Ice Hockey a possible highlight. A great place to spend X Mas, but far too busy.
2007 - POLAND (Warsaw/Krakow), UKRAINE (Kiev/Chernobyl) - Wizz Air - Cold, but a trip combining cheap beer and some of the saddest history of mankind
2007 - SLOVENIA/CROATIA (Lubljana/Zagreb) - Easyjet - Slow pace but nice enough
2007 - ICELAND - Icelandair - Second visit to this amazing and active geographers paradise
2007 - BOLIVIA/PERU - BA, American Airlines, Taca - Maybe the best trip to date, mind blowing scenery and amazing people
2007 - ESTONIA (Tallinn) - Estonian Air - 3rd time here. Flu ridden trip, but a memorable New Years Eve in Old Town
2008 - POLAND (Krakow) - Easyjet/Ryanair - One year on I came back. More bars, very cold, great people
2008 - SPAIN (Madrid) - Easyjet - Athletico v Bolton UEFA Cup. Great result, good beer, violent police
2008 - ICELAND - Icelandair - School Trip, usual attractions, wet and windy but great trip
2008 - ETHIOPIA - BMI/Ethiopian Air - Amazing trip of history and culture
2008 - TURKEY (Side) - Thomas Cook - Hot, nice beaches and ruins
2008 - GERMANY/SWITZERLAND (Zurich) - Ryanair - To watch Evander Holfield v Nikoli Valuev. Nice city, good fight, bad result
2009 - BULGARIA/AUSTRIA/SLOVAKIA (Sofia, Bansko, Vienna, Bratislava) - Easyjet & Sky Europe - Annual beer holiday with some skiing thrown in for good measure
2009 - JAPAN (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Hiroshima, Tokyo, Nara) - Finn Air - A packed trip of Japanese culture
2009 - ICELAND - Iceland Express - School trip, very wet but fun as always
2009 - USA/MEXICO/BELIZE/GUATEMALA - United/Taca - Ruins, sharks, lava, WOW
2009 - JORDAN - Royal Jordanian - Ruins and desert
2010 - LITHUANIA - Ryanair - Cold, drinking trip
2010 - MALTA - Ryanair - Pretty
2010 - ITALY (Sicily) - BA - School trip, Etna, coasts and lovely sunny beaches
2010 - IRELAND & NORTHERN IRELAND - Easyjet - Causeway, History and the Black Stuff
2010 - TANZANIA & KENYA - BA - Safari, Zanzibar, Tribes, Slums
2010 - FINLAND (Helsinki) - BMI - Carl Froch Boxing and all day drinking. Great city and got to meet the man himself on the flight home
2011 - CHINA, MONGOLIA & RUSSIA - Aeroflot/SAS - Great Wall excellent, long and overrated Trans-Siberian, Moscow
2011 - USA (Boston & Atlantic City) - BA/AA - Boxing and Baseball cancelled, but nice trip to see friends and the first flight for baby Alex
2011 - ITALY (Rome) - Easyjet - Nice break with Deb
2012 - NETHERLANDS/GERMANY - Easyjet - Football in Dortmund and a few beers in Amsterdam. 1 more to go to the magic 50 countries visited
2012 - BELGIUM/LUXEMBOURG - Eurostar - Family trip to see some sights and tick off country number 50
2012 - POLAND (Poznan/Wroclaw) - Ryanair - Stag Party, cheap beer and scenic cities
2012 - SPAIN/ANDORRA/FRANCE - Ryanair - The mountains of Andorra and beach of Canet Plage with a bit of Rugby thrown in
2012 - IRELAND (Cork) - Ryanair/Aer Lingus - Stag do, plenty of Murphys
2013 - SERBIA & BOSNIA (Belgrade & Sarajevo) - Beer and culture
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Comments (14)
Hello Chris, nice meeting you in today's birthday list. Happy birthday and best wishes to you to keep travelling interest, years and years. Greeting from Malaysia.
you have some lovely pictures!keep posting&writing! :)
Chris, thanks for your advice re Costa Rica. I thought we'd done some travelling but not compared to you! All the best in everything except football, seeing as you knicked our manager. EG77 ( Joe)
Man,thought i was well travelled till i saw your pages,would be great to add you as a friend and swap stories,ratings etc.Mick,Oldham
Just durnkenly stumbled upon your comments on staying in the Laughlin area. Ours ended similarly. Next time you're upfor a journey, please visit us on Flathead Lake, MT. The trip will be worth the effort! Cheers, Mel
happy birthday!
happy birthday!...and how many travels have you done!!You've very beautiful photos on your pages and interesting tips! cheers!!
Only Zante in Greece? You have missed the good part! :-))
Happy Birthday!
Happy travels Chris! Things happened! Guess going to Egypt will be the same as going with the London underground. Hurts me more than I can explain I wished I could join you to Egypt! You cant outrun fate. Enjoy life! To the fullest! And dont let them win!