London to Melbourne
After 5 years in the UK, we decided it was time to head back to Australia — to “settle down” and raise a family. But we couldn’t just fly home; we decided to go overland, complete with little ride on a container ship from Singapore to Melbourne.
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Hotel |
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31/5/10 |
Mon |
London » Paris |
best Western La Tour Notre Dame |
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1/6/10 |
Tue |
Paris |
best Western La Tour Notre Dame |
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2/6/10 |
Wed |
Paris |
best Western La Tour Notre Dame |
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3/6/10 |
Thu |
Paris » Strasbourg |
le 21eme |
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4/6/10 |
Fri |
Strasbourg |
le 21eme |
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5/6/10 |
Sat |
Strasbourg » Salzburg |
Hotel-Pension Adlerhof |
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6/6/10 |
Sun |
Salzburg » Vienna |
Wombat “Base” Hostel |
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7/6/10 |
Mon |
Vienna |
Wombat “Base” Hostel |
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8/6/10 |
Tue |
Vienna » Budapest |
Maverick Hostel |
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9/6/10 |
Wed |
Budapest |
Maverick Hostel |
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10/6/10 |
Thu |
Budapest |
Maverick Hostel |
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11/6/10 |
Fri |
Budapest » Krakow |
(Train) |
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12/6/10 |
Sat |
Krakow |
Aparthotel Maly Krakow |
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13/6/10 |
Sun |
Krakow » Warsaw » Moscow (overnight) |
(Train) |
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14/6/10 |
Mon |
Moscow |
Sretenskaya Hotel |
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15/6/10 |
Tue |
Moscow » Perm |
(Trans-Mongolian) |
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16/6/10 |
Wed |
Perm » Ekaterinburg |
(Trans-Mongolian) |
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17/6/10 |
Thu |
Ekaterinburg » Omsk »
Novosibirsk |
(Trans-Mongolian) |
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18/6/10 |
Fri |
Novosibirsk » Krasnoyarsk |
(Trans-Mongolian) |
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19/6/10 |
Sat |
Krasnoyarsk » Irkutsk » Ulan-Ude |
(Trans-Mongolian) |
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20/6/10 |
Sun |
Ulan-Ude » Ulaan Baatar » Erlian |
(Trans-Mongolian) |
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21/6/10 |
Mon |
Erlian » Beijing (Peking) |
(Trans-Mongolian) |
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22/6/10 |
Tue |
Beijing (??) |
Qian Men Hostel |
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23/6/10 |
Wed |
Beijing (??) |
Qian Men Hostel |
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24/6/10 |
Thu |
Beijing » Xi’an (overnight) |
(train) |
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25/6/10 |
Fri |
Xi’an (??) |
Shuyuan Hostel |
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26/6/10 |
Sat |
Xi’an » Lhasa (over 2 nights) |
(Qinghai-Tibet) |
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27/6/10 |
Sun |
Xi’an ? Lhasa (over 2 nights) |
Tibet Gorkha |
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28/6/10 |
Mon |
Lhasa (??; ??; ?????) |
Tibet Gorkha |
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29/6/10 |
Tue |
Lhasa (??; ??; ?????) |
Tibet Gorkha |
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30/6/10 |
Wed |
Lhasa ? Chongqing (2 nights) |
(train) |
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1/7/10 |
Thu |
Lhasa ? Chongqing (2 nights) |
(train) |
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2/7/10 |
Fri |
Chongqing ? Guilin (overnight) |
(train) |
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3/7/10 |
Sat |
Guilin (??) |
Jingguan Minglou Hotel (deluxe) |
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4/7/10 |
Sun |
Guilin (??) |
Jingguan Minglou Hotel (deluxe) |
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5/7/10 |
Mon |
Guilin ? Hanoi (overnight) |
(train) |
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6/7/10 |
Tue |
Hanoi |
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7/7/10 |
Wed |
Hanoi ? Ha Long |
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8/7/10 |
Thu |
Vinh |
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9/7/10 |
Fri |
Dong Hoi |
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10/7/10 |
Sat |
Hué |
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11/7/10 |
Sun |
Da Nang (for Hoi An) |
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12/7/10 |
Mon |
Quang Ngai |
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13/7/10 |
Tue |
Dieu Tri (for Qui Nhon) |
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14/7/10 |
Wed |
Nha Trang |
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15/7/10 |
Thu |
Saigon arrive: |
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16/7/10 |
Fri |
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17/7/10 |
Sat |
Saigon depart |
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18/7/10 |
Sun |
Arrive Moc Bai (frontier, Vietnamese side) |
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19/7/10 |
Mon |
Depart Bavet (frontier, Cambodian side) |
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20/7/10 |
Tue |
Phnom Penh arrive |
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21/7/10 |
Wed |
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22/7/10 |
Thu |
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23/7/10 |
Fri |
Bangkok (Hualamphong Station) depart: |
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24/7/10 |
Sat |
Ipoh arrive/depart |
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25/7/10 |
Sun |
Kuala Lumpur (Sentral) arrive: |
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26/7/10 |
Mon |
Kuala Lumpur (Sentral) depart: |
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27/7/10 |
Tue |
Tampin (for Malacca) arrive/depart |
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28/7/10 |
Wed |
Gemas arrive/depart |
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29/7/10 |
Thu |
Johor Bahru arrive: |
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30/7/10 |
Fri |
Singapore arrive: |
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31/7/10 |
Sat |
Singapore ? Melbourne |
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1/8/10 |
Sun |
Singapore ? Melbourne |
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2/8/10 |
Mon |
Singapore ? Melbourne |
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3/8/10 |
Tue |
Singapore ? Melbourne |
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4/8/10 |
Wed |
Singapore ? Melbourne |
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5/8/10 |
Thu |
Singapore ? Melbourne |
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6/8/10 |
Fri |
Singapore ? Melbourne |
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7/8/10 |
Sat |
Singapore ? Melbourne |
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8/8/10 |
Sun |
Singapore ? Melbourne |
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9/8/10 |
Mon |
Singapore » Melbourne |
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10/8/10 |
Tue |
Singapore » Melbourne |
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11/8/10 |
Wed |
Singapore » Melbourne |
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12/8/10 |
Thu |
Singapore » Melbourne |
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13/8/10 |
Fri |
Singapore » Melbourne |
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14/8/10 |
Sat |
Singapore » Melbourne |
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15/8/10 |
Sun |
Singapore » Melbourne |
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