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Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Coda.
Well, that was it! This was our first great adventure together. Since that trip we have been back to Australia […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 19, Fiji!
Tanja 1 January 1998, Sandalwood Inn, Nadi, FijiHere we are in another paradise island, and all we want is to […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 18, Tonga!
Tanja 25 December 1997, Tony’s guesthouse, Nuku Alofa, Tonga:So both transport and lodging turned out not to be a problem, […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 17, Auckland and the tropical north
16 December, entry from Ørjan, no entry from Tanja We slept in until noon. It was raining quite heavily, and […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 16, the best day ever! Black Water Rafting in Waitomo, New Zealand.
Tanja 15 December 1997, Juno Backpackers, Waitomo, New Zealand:What a day and what a birthday! We’ve been going full tilt […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 15, the North Island! Taupo, Napier and thermal parks
Tanja 12 December 1997, Downtown Backpackers, Wellington, New Zealand:Won’t be seeing much of the capitol. Got here at 5.30 p.m. […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 14, nearly bungee jumping in Queenstown
8 December, entry from Ørjan, no entry from Tanja The only stop we made en route to Queenstown was at […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 13, hello New Zealand! Arriving in Christchurch, and having a bad taste party in the bush!
1 December, entry from Ørjan, no entry from Tanja Up at 05:00 to get the bus to the Sydney airport. […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 12, the Blue Mountains, Sydney and farewell Australia!
25 November, entry from Ørjan, no entry from Tanja Morning spent washing some clothes and posted a few negatives back […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 11, learning to surf in Byron Bay!
Tanja 18 November 1997, on the bus from Hervey Bay to Nimbin, Australia:Currently in Brisbane, glad we’ve decided not to […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 10, the unnecessary outback stop and Frasier Island.
Tanja 13 November 1997, Dingo cattle station, Australia:What an unnecessary stop! We travelled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. inland […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 9, the Great Barier reef and Pricilla, Queen of the Desert!
10 November, entry from Ørjan, no entry from Tanja We took a bus from the hotel to the docks. On […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 8, seeing koalas for the first time and driving a Moke!
Tanja 6 November 1997, Townsville, Australia:We went back to Cairns the day before yesterday, along some stops that felt unnecessary, […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 7, Cairns, Cape Tribulation and the Daintree Rainforest
1 November, entry from Ørjan, no entry from Tanja Australian motels have early check outs! Before 10:00 is normal. We […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 6, Kings Canyon, climbing Uluru and walking with giants in the Kata Tjutas
27 October, entry from Ørjan, no entry from Tanja On the 27th we had an early start to start the […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 5, Australia! Going to the red centre
20 October, entry from Ørjan, no entry from Tanja Flight to Darwin was good but no sleep. At Darwin airport […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 4, back at the beach and leaving Bali with an amoeba
13 October, entry from Ørjan, no entry from Tanja This day was used to do absolutely nothing! Beach, shade, swim. […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 3, The Gilli Islands, oh the disappointment!
Tanja 10 October 1997, Gili Trawangan:Went on a joke of a boat to Gili today. Since there was no boat […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 2, Bali and Lombok, it feels like a holiday at last!
2 October, only entry from Ørjan, no entry from Tanja. Travelling from Bangkok to Bali. After a night of little […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 1, Jetlagged in Bangkok
Tanja 28 September 1997, flight QF002, somewhere above Turkey:So our great journey has finally begun. It was strange leaving Norway, […]
Around The World 1997 Travel Diaries, prologue.
25 years ago, we embarked on our first great adventure together. We moved to Oslo in 1996 after having met […]
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Coda.
That was it! These are the highlights from our 19 part around the world 1997 travel diaries. Thank you for reading, liking and commenting! It has been epic!
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 19, Fiji!
Part 19 of our around the world travel diaries ends our adventure in Fiji, we find a nice beach, play cards and have a near death experience on a ferry in a cyclone!
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 18, Tonga!
The penultimate post from our travel diaries from 1997. We arrived in Tonga with high hopes but our plans did not work out like we had hoped. And home sickness starts to set in.
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 17, Auckland and the tropical north
Last entries from New Zealand in part 17 of our around the world 1997 travel diaries. We go from Auckland to the tropical north and see very few dolphins, cape Reinga and magnificent Kauri trees.
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 16, the best day ever! Black Water Rafting in Waitomo, New Zealand.
The best day ever! Part 16 of our around the world travel diaries from 1997 is spent underground in Waitomos wast underground cave network. It is Tanjas birthday, and she gets to spend the whole day in a wetsuit underground!
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 15, the North Island! Taupo, Napier and thermal parks
Part 15 of our travel diaries from 1997, we get to the North Island of New Zealand and we visit a thermal park.
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 14, nearly bungee jumping in Queenstown
Part 14 of the now slightly epic travel diaries from 1997 takes place on New Zealands south island, we do not have the money to bungee jump, and miss out on swimming with dolphins.
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 13, hello New Zealand! Arriving in Christchurch, and having a bad taste party in the bush!
Part 13 of the epic around the world 1997 travel diaries. Leaving Australia and arriving in a slightly chillier New Zealand, having a bad taste party and being cold for the first time in a long while.
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 12, the Blue Mountains, Sydney and farewell Australia!
Last days and chapter 12 of our travel diaries from 1997 we spend in Sydney and the Blue Mountains.
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 11, learning to surf in Byron Bay!
Part 11 of the travel diaries from 1997 shows that we try to learn how to surf in Byron Bay, who knew it would be that hard?
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 10, the unnecessary outback stop and Frasier Island.
Part 10 of the vintage backpacking adventure takes us off the beaten path to a dusty outback ranch and back to the coast to visit the stunning Frasier Island.
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 9, the Great Barier reef and Pricilla, Queen of the Desert!
Part 9 of our vintage 1997 travel diaries is spent in Airlie Beach and snorkelling the awesome Great Barrier Reef by the Whitsunday Islands.
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 8, seeing koalas for the first time and driving a Moke!
Part 8 of the around the world 1997 travel diaries continues down the eastern coast of Australia to Magnetic Island where we see koalas in the wild and get to drive a Moke!
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 7, Cairns, Cape Tribulation and the Daintree Rainforest
Part 7 of our travel diaries from 1997 takes place north of Cairns in the amazing Daintree rainforest and Cape Tribulation area.
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 6, Kings Canyon, climbing Uluru and walking with giants in the Kata Tjutas
Pat 6 of the travel diaries from 1997 takes place with the epic backdrop of Ayers Rock and the Olgas in the mighty red centre of Australia. Ørjan climbs Ayers Rock in the dark and Tanja gets blisters.
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 5, Australia! Going to the red centre
Part 5 of our around the world 1997 travel diaries, we land in Darwin, Australia. Tanja is still sick, and we book a trip by bus down the Stuart Highway to Alice Springs. We spend out first night in a swag and see our first marsupial.
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 4, back at the beach and leaving Bali with an amoeba
Part 4 of our around the world 1997 travel diaries sees us back at Sengigi Beach in Lombok, and Tanja falling ill. We decide for a quick escape to Australia.
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 3, The Gilli Islands, oh the disappointment!
Part 3 of our around the world 1997 travel diaries. Everybody said we HAD to see the Gilli Island, sadly we were bitterly disappointed by the filth and the blatant disregard for the coral reefs.
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 2, Bali and Lombok, it feels like a holiday at last!
Part 2 of our around the world 1997 travel diaries will see us in Bali and mainly settling down for a little while in Lombok, and it finally feels a bit like a holiday!
Around the World 1997 Travel Diaries. Part 1, Jetlagged in Bangkok
Part 1 of our around the world 1997 travel diaries, culture shock and jetlag in Bangkok.
Around The World 1997 Travel Diaries, prologue.
This is the prologue for our Around The World 1997 diaries project. We had out first big real taste of the world in 1997 when we embarked on our first around the world trip as a couple. We both wrote diaries, and took photos. We had great fun transcribing diaries and digitizing old photos. Hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane with us.
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