YEAR 2007, PHILIPPINES AND AUSTRALIA
15.9 Bangkok, the first stop over after I've left Italy with my friends Lorenzo and Francesco Moro
15.9 - 26.9 Philippines, where we met Paolo coming from the white sandy beach of Guam and we stayed at Anthony's house in the countryside nearby Manila and we spent a few days on the island of Boracay
27.9 Bangkok, back here for another stopover with Lorenzo and Francesco
28.9 - 11.10 Sydney, where we spent few days holiday and stayed at Tokyo Village backpackers
12.10 - 21.10 Mildura, working and saving money with all my friends at Morello's farm
22.12 - 6.1.2008 Sydney, I moved here for Christmas and new years eve holidays with Paolo, Lorenzo, Francesco Moro, Taka, Ronnie, Megumi, Jan and others Morello's workers back again at Tokyo Village backpackers
YEAR 2008, AUSTRALIA
7.1 - 18.2 Mildura, back to work again there at Morello's farm
19.2 - 25.2 Sydney, I went to pick up my parents and start travelling with them for a month
NEW ZEALAND
26.2 - 27.2 Christchurch, capital of southern island, visiting the Banks peninsula and Akaroa, then we started travelling around by campervan
28.2 Greymouth, via the Arthur's pass
29.2 Franz Josef Glacier, via Punakaiki and visiting the Paparoa National Park
1.3 Queenstown, via Fox Glacier and Wanaka
2.3 Te Anau, via Manapouri Lake
3.3 Kingston, visiting the Milford Sound
4.3 Twizel, via Cromwell, Lindis Pass, Mount Cook (Aoraki) and the Tasman Glacier
5.3 Hanmer Springs, via Lake Tekapo, Geraldine and Ashburton
6.3 Kaikoura, via Mt Lyford
7.3 Motueka, driving road 63 and via Blenheim
8.3 Pohara, visiting Marahau, Takaka Hill, Waikoropupu Springs and the Farewell Spit
9.3 Wellington, stopping at Nelson and taking the ferry at Picton to the northern island
10.3 Wanganui
11.3 Taupo, visiting the Tongario National Park and Whakapapa
12.3 Rotura, visiting Huka Falls, Crater of the moon, Orakei Korako, Waiotapu, Tamaki Maori village and Pohutu Geyser
13.3 Orewa, via Tauranga, Waihi beach and visiting the Karangahake gold mine
14.3 Kerikeri, stopping at Whangarei Falls, Paihia and Rewa's village
15.3 - 16.3 Auckland, via Opononi, the Waipoua Forest hostint the famous Kauri trees, and Ruawai
AUSTRALIA
17.3 - 18.3 Melbourne, back here by flight with my parents, then we rented a car on the way to Sydney
19.3 Port Campbell, via the Great Ocean road
20.3 Warragul, via Melbourne again and stopping at Camperdown
21.3 Narooma, stopping at Lakes Entrance and Genoa
22.3 - 26.3 Sydney
27.3 - 9.4 Mildura, back to work again here after my parents went back in Italy from Sydney
10.4 - 13.4 Darwin, by flight from Melbourne with my friends Taka, Nils, Christof and Ben, ready for backpacking around south east Asia, here I also met Emiliano and I've worked again in his restaurant "Pizza Pasta"
SOUTH EAST ASIA
14.4 SINGAPORE: Arrived here by flight from Darwin, we lost Ben because for visas problem he couldn't leave Australia, we visited the city and Sentosa island, and decided to throw out our cheap ticket to Bangkok and travelling by train through Malaysia
MALAYSIA
15.4 - 17.4 Kuala Lumpur, by train, visiting around the city and we went to the Batu caves
18.4 - 19.4 Penang island, by bus, we stayed at Georgetown and we went on Ferringhi beach
THAILAND
20.4 - 23.4 Phi Phi island, by bus to Krabi and then boat, where we enjoyed Long and Monkey beach, and Phi Phi Ley
24.4 - 25.4 Phuket, by boat, we stayed at Patong beach, into a strange Swiss cottage in thailand! we spent only 1 full day as we didn't like, too many tourists around
26.4 - 28.4 Koh Samui, by minibus and boat, nice relaxing place, we did some gun shooting, hiking to the Hin Lad waterfall and driving around by a rented 4WD visiting the big Buddha, Chaweng beach and the fishermen village
29.4 - 1.5 Koh Phangan, by boat, where we just enjoyed parties at Haad Rin beach, from here we had lost Christof because he had to get back in Australia
2.5 - 3.5 Koh Tao, by boat, only me, Nils and Taka, this place is famous for divers, but we couldn't do anything because of a typhoon bad weather
4.5 - 9.5 Bangkok, by boat and bus, stopping here for applying Laos and Cambodian visas, we visited around the city and went to Ayutthaya, the ancient capital
10.5 Chang Khong, by train and bus, on the Thai side of Mekong river, arrived here after a long trip via Chiang Mai
LAOS
11.5 Mekong river, we spent 2 full days and one night riding a "slow boat" on the river on the way to Luang Prabang, an extenuate trip but with some of the most beautiful scenery I’ve ever seen
12.5 - 13.5 Luang Prabang, the nice old capital city with many temples to visit
14.5 - 15.5 Vang Vieng, by minivan, nice relaxing city, we went at the Blue Lagoon cave
16.5 - 17.5 Vientiane, by minivan, the capital, a mix of Asian and French culture and hosting the awesome Pha That Luang
CAMBODIA
18.5 - 19.5 Phnom Phen, by flight, a really chaotic city, we visited here the Wat Phnom, central market, national museum and the royal palace
20.5 - 23.5 Siem Reap, by bus, where we could get lost for 3 full days into the magnificent Angkor Wat complex
24.5 - 25.5 Bangkok, back here for my fourth time by car, an hard trip packed in 6 persons plus the backpacks in one car driving on the unsealed muddy road leading to Thailand border and then by bus
AUSTRALIA
26.5 - 28.5 Darwin, back here again by flight this time alone, but meeting here with Zeta, we arranged a relocation trip by a 4WD campervan on the way to Cairns and we picked up for sharing petrol a strange Italian guy called Marcello but renamed "Generale Badoglio" as he was a real fascist general
29.5 Daly Waters, our firs stop after leaving Darwin with the 4WD
30.5 Camooweal, at the border between Queensland and Northern Territory
31.5 Hughenden, stopping at Mount Isa along the way
1.6 Cairns, where we returned the car and arranged a bus to get to Port Douglas for finding a job
2.6 - 17.7 Port Douglas, where after long time I've met again Morosan, Paolo and lot of other friends, here I've been working as a pizza chef at the famous restaurant "Rattle & Hum"
18.7 Cairn, back here for leaving definitely Australia on the way to Korea and Japan
KOREA AND JAPAN
19.7 Osaka, by flight, I've been locked inside the airport for sleeping there and waiting my flight connection to Korea
20.7 - 26.7 Seoul, by flight, first 2 days visiting around the city and then I couldn't do anything because of a tropical storm, just waiting in the hostel for some better weather, but I had the chance to get into Panmujeon, the North and South Korean border village
27.7 - 28.7 Gyeongju, by bus, the ancient capital, visiting the Tumuli Park, Imhaejeonji site and doing some trekking on the mounts around the city
29.7 Seoul, back there by bus
30.7 - 7.8 Osaka, by flight, where I met Taka again and we stayed at his sister's house, he also did for me a guide for 2 weeks, we met also a lot of other Japanese friends and visited the Osaka castle, Dotonbori, Namba, and we went the 2.8 visiting Nara and the Todaiji temple, and the 6.8 and 7.8 to Kyoto visiting Fushimi, Inari Taisha, Rukuonji and Kiyomizu temple, always moving by train and getting back in Osaka for the night
8.8 - 13.8 Tokyo, by slow cheap train, staying at another Taka sister's house and going around the city, Tokyo tower, Shibuya, Asakusa, Shinjuku, Yasukuni, Akihabara
14.8 - 18.8 Nagoya, by fast "shinkansen" train, where I've separate with Taka and I went to stay at Yoshi's house, and she become my new guide around the city, visiting Nagoya's castle, Kasugai, Sakae, Agamon and the "Villaggio Italia" at the harbour
19.8 Narita, by a long trip by cheap buses and trains took me the whole day to get the airport where I've slept at night
ENGLAND
20.8 - 22.8 London, by flight, where I had the chance to do my last stop over on my way back home and visiting this city
23.8 Stansted, where I caught my flight to Rome
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