Nov 2006

Just a quick entry, and my first piece of advice, pay someone else to get your visas for you!! It may cost double or even triple the money, but wow, it certainly is worth its weight in gold. After having many bad experiences with visas (the closest call being getting my passport back 3 hours before my flight), the peace of mind having someone else do all the administration work for you is worth it!!

At this point you can probably guess our visas have come through for both China and India. Therefore, its another item off our checklist. Apart from the big bill that came through for the flights, between this and the jabs, the whole trip is starting to feel so much more real.

Talking of vaccinations, we had almost finished all of them (one more set to go) only to find out yesterday that there has been an outbreak of japanese encephalitis in Northern India. Whilst in Northern India we are only really going to Delhi and nearby regions, knowing our luck, it is just not worth taking the risk so I better free up another space in the arm!!

Until the next time...

Roisin & Dom

Team Domro!!

Hi,

Welcome to our blog, we hope you enjoy reading it as much as we are going to hopefully enjoy our travels!

Firstly for those who don't know, (and for those that should know and can't figure it out)Team Domro is our wonderful cheesy term for myself (Roisin) and my boyfriend (Dom). We have decided that it is definately time to take a break from the hectic lifestyle and rat race that is Dublin to explore places slightly further afield than Cork - (Don't worry, we still love you Cork - Go Cork Republica!).

The Trip...
The countdown is now less than two months although too much to count in days. Firstly, we fly out to Beijing on the 9th January 2007, from there a couple of days later, we are joining up with an organised tour group for a 10 day trip all the way to Hong Kong. We then have another few days to relax after what im sure is going to be an exhausting (yet fantastic) journey. From Hong Kong we fly down to Bangkok where we have just over three weeks to overland from Thailand through Malaysia to Singapore. Continuing from Singapore we fly to Delhi where we will spend about a week exploring before flying to Mumbai. The last leg of our trip will be overland from Mumbai around southern India where we finally fly out of Bangalore.

While most things are organised (I say organised, however there is no such thing as a booklet called 'how to organise your travelling') the finer details are still left untouched...oh and the accommodation - like I said, minor stuff!! Nevermind, 56 and a half days left to go...maybe its not too far away to start a countdown.

We will try to record and share as many memorable experiences as we can and hopefully provide useful information to others looking to travel or just to keep you entertained during your lunchbreak.

Here is to a wonderful trip..

Roisin & Dom

Team Domro!!