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Aide s’il vous plait!

I’m going to do it. Finally! I’m planning a Round the World trip for early 2011. I’ll be going from London to Doha, and then to Hong Kong, Macau, Beijing, Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Vancouver, New York and then back home.

What do you reckon? Does this seems like a good itinerary? Would you skip or add anywhere? Where should I stay and what should I do? Do you have any family or friends I can stay with? Please help me out with your knowledge and recommendations, no matter how small. It’d be very much appreciated.

16 fragments of Buenos Aires

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It’s wet, warm & muggy with sunny spells here in Britain today. If you’re like me, you want to escape such weather conditions with a reminder the world is full of amazingly creative people living and working in amazing places. The video above explores one of those places, Buenos Aires in Argentina, in an extraordinary and unique way.

I Love Trams

There’s nothing like a ride on a tram. Of course, if you live in a city which has trams, you probably find them a bit boring, but for me, they’re a novelty and tremendous fun. This double-decker tram in Hong Kong looks particularly inviting, if a little unstable.

From fyeahtrams

Almost Lisbon

I have a week off work coming up. Initially, I was going to spend the week in Switzerland, but the cost is mounting and while my bookings are still in place, I’ll be cancelling them this afternoon. So I’ve been looking for a cheaper alternative. Berlin was on the cards for a time, then Lisbon in Portugal. While it looks like a really fantastic and unique place (as this photo testifies), I’ve decided to save it for another time. Looks like it’s Paris now. It’s too hot for doing destination research.

unrealityphotography> peligrosa> fyeahglobetrotters> Lisbon, Portugal

Vintage Eastbourne

My, what you can do with an Iphone these days. These photos of British seaside town Eastbourne were taken by myself earlier this week, but were processed to look they way they do using a brand new iPhone app called Camera+. It’s really easy to use, has great social networking integration and it’s a real bargain.

Eastbourne is a nice enough town. Not masses to do or look at, but what is there is well looked after. I didn’t spend long there, so I had a pot of seafood, guzzled an enormous ice cream, put 20p into an arcade game before going about my business.

After Italy's successful penalty...

James:
Never a pen ;o)
Matt:
Sorry mate, can't hear you over all the Italian Vuvuzelas. :)
James:
Haha, you having fun with yours?
Matt:
Haha, yeah. It's awesome and very loud! You can get them from Sainsburys if you want one.
James:
Hmm, I reckon Soph would appreciate a more innovative way to wake her up in the morning...
Matt:
Make sure you film it.
James:
In death, can you make sure the world sees it...
Matt:
Deal.

HOOOOOO!

Look what my sister brought back for me from her trip to The Netherlands. A genuine orange “Bafana Hollanda” Vuvuzela! Now I can watch the World Cup in style and to the great annoyance of those around me!

Happy Sunday

I know I fall into the corporate viral advertising trap by posting this, but it’s such a happy film, I couldn’t resist sharing it with you.

Oh, and it’s purely coincidental that the music used in the film is by Icelandic artist Jónsi. Well, it is 2010, the year of not-being-able-to-escape-Icelandic-references after all. Happy Sunday folks!

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Graduation

A small break from the normal travel-related posts today. Here’s a very short video of me graduating yesterday at the beautiful Ely Cathedral. There’s a lovely (and definitely unintentional) old 1990s home-movie feel to this video. Thanks to my dad for shooting this.