Dublin to Sydney Diary

 

 

Table of Contents:

 

Introduction. 3

Saturday 30^th November 2002 (Dublin to London – 360 miles) 3

Sunday 1^st December 2002 (London to Paris – 300 miles) 4

Monday 2^nd December 2002 (Paris to Frankfurt – 270 miles) 4

Tuesday 3^rd December 2002 (Frankfurt to Krakow – 620 miles) 5

Wednesday 4^th December 2002 (Krakow) 5

Thursday 5^th December 2002 (Krakow to L’vov – 210 miles) 6

Friday 6^th December 2002 (L’vov to Kiev – 330 miles) 7

Saturday 7^th December 2002 (Kiev) 8

Sunday 8^th December 2002 (Kiev to Kharkiv – 280 miles) 8

Monday 9^th December 2002 (Kharkiv to Voronezh – 210 miles) 9

Tuesday 10^th December 2002 (Voronezh to Saratov – 330 miles) 10

Wednesday 11^th December 2002 (Saratov to Samara – 280 miles) 11

Thursday 12^th December 2002 (Samara to Ufa – 300 miles) 12

Friday 13^th December 2002 (Ufa to Chelyabinsk – 297 miles) 12

Saturday 14^th December 2002 (Chelyabinsk) 14

Sunday 15^th December 2002 (Chelyabinsk to Kostani – 210 miles) 14

Monday 16^th December 2002 (Kostani to Kostani – 240 miles) 16

Tuesday 17^th December 2002 (Kostani to Astana – 480 miles) 18

Wednesday 18^th December 2002 (Astana) 18

Thursday 19^th December 2002 (Astana to Balkhash – 410 miles) 20

Friday 20^th December 2002 (Balkhash to Almaty – 410 miles) 21

Saturday 21^sh December 2002 (Almaty) 23

Sunday 22^nd December 2002 (Almaty to Zharkent – 210 miles) 24

Monday 23^rd December 2002 (Zharkent to Bole – 380 miles) 26

Tuesday 24^th December 2002 (Christmas Eve) (Bole to Urumqi – 248 miles) 29

Wednesday 25^th December 2002 (Christmas Day) (Urumqi to Turpan – 100 miles) 30

Thursday 26^th December 2002 (Turpan) 31

Friday 27^th December 2002 (Turpan to Liuyuan – 480 miles) 32

Saturday 28^th December 2002 (Liuyuan to Zhangye – 360 miles) 33

Sunday 29^th December 2002 (Zhangye to Lanzhou – 350 miles) 34

Monday 30^th December 2002 (Lanzhou to Hanzhong – 480 miles) 35

Tuesday 31^st December 2002 (New Years Eve) (Hanzhong to Chengdu – 350 miles) 36

Wednesday 1^st January 2003 (New Years Day) (Chengdu) 38

Thursday 2^nd January 2003 (Chengdu) 39

Friday 3^rd January 2003 (Chengdu again) 40

Saturday 4^th January 2003 (Chengdu to Leshan – 90 miles) 41

Sunday 5^th January 2003 (Leshan to Middle of Nowhere – 86 miles) 42

Monday 6^th January 2003 (Middle of Nowhere to Zhaotong – 200 miles) 43

Tuesday 7^th January 2003 (Zhaotong to Kunming – 280 miles) 45

Wednesday 8^th January 2003 (Kunming) 45

Thursday 9^th January 2003 (Kunming) 46

Friday 10^th January 2003 (Kunming) 47

Saturday 11^th January 2003 (Kunming to Yuanjiang – 100 miles) 48

Sunday 12^th January 2003 (Yuanjiang to Simao – 160 miles) 49

Monday 13^th January 2003 (Simao to Xishuangbanna – 100 miles) 49

Tuesday 14^th January 2003 (Xishuangbanna to Mengla – 110 miles) 50

Wednesday 15^th January 2003 (Mengla to Luang Prabang – 230 miles) 51

Thursday 16^th January 2003 (Luang Prabang) 52

Friday 17^th January 2003 (Luang Prabang to VangVien – 170 miles) 53

Saturday 18^th January 2003 (VangVien) 54

Sunday 19^th January 2003 (VangVien to Khorat – 270 miles) 54

Monday 20^th January 2003 (Khorat to Bangkok – 160 miles) 55

Tuesday 21^st January 2003 (Bangkok) 56

Wednesday 22^nd January 2003 (Bangkok) 57

Thursday 23^rd January 2003 (Bangkok) 58

Friday 24^th January 2003 (Bangkok) 58

Saturday 25^th January 2003 (Bangkok to Chumpon – 306 miles) 59

Sunday 26^th January 2003 (Chumpon to Satun – 317 miles) 60

Monday 27^th January 2003 (Satun) 61

Tuesday 28^th January 2003 (Satun to Ko Lipe – 70 miles) 62

Wednesday 29^th January 2003 (Ko Lipe) 63

Thursday 30^th January 2003 (Ko Lipe) 64

Friday 31^st January 2003 (Ko Lipe) 64

Saturday 1^st February 2003 (Ko Lipe) 65

Sunday 2^nd February 2003 (Ko Lipe to Satun – 70 miles) 66

Monday 3^rd February 2003 (Satun to Songkhla – 65 miles) 67

Tuesday 4^th February 2003 (Songkhla to Penang – 137 miles) 67

Wednesday 5^th February 2003 (Penang) 69

Thursday 6^th February 2003 (Penang) 69

Friday 7^th February 2003 (Penang to Kuala Lumpur – 187 miles) 70

Saturday 8^th February 2003 (Kuala Lumpur) 71

Sunday 9^th February 2003 (Kuala Lumpur) 72

Monday 10^th February 2003 (Kuala Lumpur to Singapore – 253 miles) 73

Tuesday 11^th February 2003 (Singapore) 75

Wednesday 12^th February 2003 (Singapore) 78

Thursday 13^th February 2003 (Singapore) 79

Friday 14^th February 2003 (Singapore) 79