Travel

UK Europe Middle East India Napal Thailand Malaysia Indonesia and Australia

In 2007 I took early retirement from teaching at Sheffield College and set off, with my wife, Anne to Australia on the second Ozbus coach. The journey took twelve weeks, took in sixteen countries and covered over ten thousand miles and was the greatest experience of our lives.

Day One: Europe

Sheffield to London Arrived at Sheffield Midland Station on time to find that someone had stolen the electrical signal cables at Clay Cross and all

Day Eleven: Turkey (Asia Minor)

Day 11: Istanbul. Wednesday 3rd October Fell in love with the city the moment I stepped out onto the cobbles of the Sultanahmet district and

Day Twenty: Iran

Day 20: Dogubayasit to Tabriz Iran Friday 12th October I have been lucky to be task free on the bus but since Tuesday I

Day Twenty Eight: Pakistan

Day 28: Zahedan to Quetta Saturday 18th October My PDA lit the coal black bedroom at 4.00am as its alarm started to do an impersonation

Day Thirty Four: India

Day 34 : Lahore – Amritsar Friday 26th October Another early start after our rest day and time to say goodbye to Pakistan. Although the

Day Forty Three: Nepal Darjeeling Calcutta

Day 43: Sunday 4th November: Varanasi – Kathmando This was the earliest start yet. I haven’t been up this early since the 6 till 2

Day Fifty One: Thailand

Day 51: Monday 12th November: Calcutta – Bangkok The sombre atmosphere carried on into the morning. For the first time in forty years I couldn’t

Day Fifty Nine: Malaysia

59 Day: Tuesday 20th November: Songkhla – Penang, Malayasia Crossed to the island over the 13 km bridge. Passed the fort built by the British

Day Sixty One: Indonesia

61 Day: Thursday 22nd: Melaka – Ferry to Dumai – Pekanbaru The drive from the Hotel Wisma Indah to the ferry port took only a

Day Seventy One: Australia

71 Day: Sunday 2nd December: Bali – Darwin and the final country Australia. Went for breakfast but settled for a couple of pieces of fruit