TAKE THE PLUNGE Adrian and Katie's World Tour (A resource guide and travelogue for round the world (RTW) travellers)

Welcome - about this site ... You have entered Katie & Adrian's Round The World Travel site. The site is intended as a resource for RTW travellers. It documents our experiences during a year in which we put the rat race on hold and travelled the globe. We think you will find our travellers tales a fairly light and entertaining read, interspersed with ideas on where to stay and what to do. useful. You will also find much useful advice on what to pack, visas, health etc. If you don't find what you need here, there is a comprehensive bibliography and many useful links to other travel related websites.

WHAT'S NEW

It seems hard to believe that it's four years since we first set off on our worldwide adventure. Getting used to life in a 9am to 5pm job after having such a fun year is no easy matter. As an aid to such a difficult readjustment, we signed up for one more adventure - the World Cup Rally 2001 - a 6000 mile full on car rally from London to the Sahara desert and back. Check out the fun on the latest addition to our website.

Last Updated 21st Febuary 2002

Take your Pick...
	Go Round the World Surf through travellers' tales and photographs from our World Trip 1998/99, which included two radical months of Snowboarding in Spain, four months of Latin American adventures in Central and South America, and six months in Asia and Australasia.
	A to Z destination listings Use the A to Z destination finder to locate specific destinations that interest you
	Travel Hot Links Links to all of our favourite travel sites that we used to plan the trip. To help you select the better sites, we have provided an opinion on each sites usefulness and scored them out of 10.
	What to Pack Deciding what to pack for for a round the world trip can be a problem. This is our suggested packing list - not all of it serious, plus some lessons learned the hard way.
	Health & Vaccinations These pages provide information, contacts and general health advice that we used to plan our the world tour. There's also a section outlining what ailments we actually suffered from (not many thankfully).
	Useful Travel Contact Numbers This section contains addresses and telephone numbers of organisations & businesses, that we used to help plan our trip. It inludes details of travel insurance specialists, travel agents, tour operators and tourist offices.
	Travel Bookshelf A bibliography of the travel books, references and travel related fiction that we either read before or during our world travels.
	World Cup Rally 2001 Many people have asked us how we managed to adapt to a the hum drum life of a 9-5 job in London after epic adventures travelling around the World. The answer was that we signed up for the World Cup Rally 2001, a flat out 600mile across competition from London to the Sahara and back in a full on VW rally car!
	Friends and Family and Work Colleagues All home pages must have one I suppose - a friends and family section. My family grew whilst we were travelling, with the birth of my first nephew George
	Search the Web	Check out London's Weather Reason enough to pack your bags and go travelling.
Sponsor a Child	I have been sponsoring a child in South America for the last ten years through PLAN International, a reputable UK based charity. This is a rewarding and worthwhile way to give something back on an ongoing basis to the most needy people in the developing world. Visit PLAN International's new website to find out about the many projects they run and how you can become a sponsor .

Now for a word from our sponsor Auntie Mollie.....

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