Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: June 19, 2008
Well I am staying in a Hotel in Chennai for my last night. I managed to save some money by getting the public bus from Mamallapuram. Fortunately it was not crowded and the 2 hour / 50km journey cost 20 rupees (25p according to my simple forumula for converting it – rupees to pence, then [...]
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: May 26, 2008
A few people have asked me about travel agents so I thought I’d summarise my experiences.
Firstly, I found that if you’re doing anything out of the ordinary, it’s a lot down to the individual you end up talking to. There are online tools for planning standard round the world tickets, but if you want to [...]
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: May 7, 2008
No, not another curry: I visited the Indian High Commission today to get my visa. Got up at 5 to get there 08:30 when it opens. It’s at India House, Aldwych – near Bush House on the South side of the curvy crescenty bit.
I thought I’d go there in person, even though the train [...]
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: April 13, 2008
I thought I’d better get insurance, as the fare is non-refundable.
Got insurance for around £180 including £60 for “level 1″ hazardous activities (mountain biking, canoing, “non-incidental elephant riding”, …) So hopefully there won’t be anything everyday that I’ll have to worry about insurance for – “rambling” is listed as a hazardous activity in most travel [...]
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: April 13, 2008
I can’t spell itinerary.
Fri 06 Jun London to Chennai
Fri 20 Jun Chennai to Bangkok *
Sat 19 Jul Bangkok to Singapore
Wed 23 Jul Singapore to Darwin
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Sat 10 Jan Sydney to Bangkok
Fri 20 Feb Bangkok to Delhi *
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Wed 25 Mar Mumbai to London
* = Extra Air India flights
I got a flight from Bangkok to Singapore so I [...]
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: April 12, 2008
Booked it. Went with trailfinders.
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: March 23, 2008
Yes I’ve been using this blog as a convenient place to test things at work. I’ll delete those posts when it works, or when I leave which ever comes first.
Anyway, here’s an update on travel planning. Because I’m not going round the world, but to and from Australia via Asia, things are slightly complicated. Particularly [...]
