Travelling 2026

4 Jan 2026 – 20 Jul 2026 · by freddie11

Destinations

Manchester, United Kingdom

Flight to Athens at 09:00
Athens, Greece

See the Acropolis in the morning Flight to Beijing at 13:10
Beijing Capital International Airport, China

6th Jan: Arrive in Beijing at 05:30 Check into hotel Flight to Auckland at 00:25 on 7th Jan
Auckland, New Zealand

7th Jan: arrive in evening 8th Jan: spend day in Auckland 9th Jan: AM bus (intercity NZ) to Tauranga, around 4hrs & ~£20pp
Tauranga, New Zealand

9th Jan: arrive from Auckland late morning, look around town/beach 10th Jan: parkrun at 8am. Hike Mt. Maunganui 11th Jan: Lauren’s birthday! AM Bus to Rotorua, 1h30 & ~£10/15
Rotorua, New Zealand

11th Jan: arrive from Tauranga late morning/lunch time. Go to geothermal park & hot springs, then nice food for Lauren’s bday 12th Jan: Evening: Look around town and see national parks. Then go to the Māori culture experience in Rotorua 13th Jan: Day trip to Taupō - walk around the lake, see the Aeroplane McDonald’s, Tuka Falls. Bus back at around 16:00 14th Jan: Morning seeing Rotorua, see Redwood forest In evening, 17:10 internal flight to Queenstown
Taupō, New Zealand

Airplane McDonald’s
Queenstown, New Zealand

14th Jan: arrive into Queenstown at 21:15 15th Jan: Pick up car at 10:00AM from airport (15/20mins from centre), then day exploring Queenstown 16th Jan: Full day trip to Milford Sound 17th Jan: parkrun at 08:00, then drive 1h up to Wanaka
Wānaka, New Zealand

-17th Jan: arrive around 12:00, then spend day looking around Wanaka - Mt. Iron track hike -18th Jan: full day in Wanaka - Roy’s Peak hike -19th Jan: drive up to Mt.Cook
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

19th Jan: Day in Mt.Cook then drive to accom in Fairlie 20th Jan: drive 30mins to Lake Tekapo & spend the full day there before going back to accom in Fairlie 21st Jan: drive to Christchurch in the morning
Christchurch, New Zealand

21st Jan: arrive in late morning/early afternoon & drop car off. Then go look around the city 22nd Jan: Drop car off at airport around 12:00, then flight to Nadi, Fiji at 14:10
Nadi, Fiji Islands

Evening in Nadi
Fiji Islands, Fiji

23rd Jan: AM boat to Yasawa Islands. Check into accommodation 24-25th Jan: Chill on island. Village visit, snorkelling. 26th Jan: Afternoon boat back to Nadi & evening in Nadi
Nadi, Fiji Islands

26th Jan: return to mainland & stay in Nadi 27th Jan: Flight to Port Vila, Vanuatu at 12:55
Vanuatu, Vanuatu

27th - 30th Jan: Iririki island 31st Jan - 2nd Feb: Seaside retreat, look around Port Vila, go to see cultural visit, turtle sanctuary & blue lagoon 2nd Feb: Flight to Sydney at 15:15
Sydney, Australia

Staying at Madison’s 2nd - 9th Feb 2nd Feb: Arrive in Sydney in the evening 3rd Feb: Day sightseeing in Sydney 4th Feb: Day at Manly Beach, then bottomless steak frites 5th Feb: Tauranga Zoo 6th Feb: Bondi Beach & the icebergs. 7th Feb: Sydney parkrun, speedboat, footy game 8th Feb: Coogee - Bondi walk, 10k steps for Yo-Chi. 9th Feb: Flight to Byron at 10:20
Byron Bay, Australia

9th Feb: Arrive in afternoon, look around town. Nature walk along the coast. Saw a wild koala! Eastern most point of mainland Australia. 10th Feb: Chill at the beach, Piano Bar in evening. 11th Feb: Bus to Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Australia

11th Feb: arrive around lunchtime. Look around city centre. 12th Feb: Surfing lesson. 13th Feb: Bus to Brisbane
Brisbane, Australia

13th Feb: arrive from Gold Coast, look around the city 14th Feb: Brisbane parkrun. Then to Brisbane Zoo. Nice meal in the evening 15th Feb: Flight to Whitsundays at 13:10
Airlie Beach, Australia

15th Feb: arrive in the afternoon. Look around town centre. 16th Feb: Whitsundays boat tour. Very rainy. Scenic flight rescheduled. 17th Feb: Scenic flight cancelled again. Blue lagoon pool in afternoon. 18th Feb: Still very rainy. Blue lagoon pool again. 19th Feb: Bus to Townsville
Whitsunday Island, Australia
Magnetic Island, Australia

19th Feb: Arrive in Nelly Bay -250 sun bus to Picnic Bay -Check in to accommodation -Yallambee the Koala around the corner -Get the bus to Arcadia to see the rock wallabies & Geoffrey Bay -Get the bus to Forts Junction & do the Fort Walk 4km loop to see wild Koalas & views of the island from the top of the fort -Get the bus to Horseshoe Bay to look around & get food -Get the bus back to Picnic Bay 20th Feb: Bus to Cairns
Cairns, Australia

20th Feb: Arrived from Townsville at night after bus delays. 21st Feb: Cairns parkrun - winner! Look around city centre. Spice Bag & YOMG! 22nd Feb: Daintree rainforest & Cape Tribulation trip. Saw a wild cassowary! 23rd Feb: Great Barrier Reef snorkeling. Saw a turtle, reef shark & stingrays! Flight to Singapore at 18:35
Singapore, Singapore

23rd Feb: Arrive late at night. 24th Feb: Day sightseeing: China Town, Marina Bay, Merlin, skyline, Gardens by the Bay. Marina Bay Sands rooftop in evening. 25th Feb: Universal Singapore & Sentosa beaches 26th: Little India, Raffles Hotel, Gardens by the Bay light show 27th Feb: flight to Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand

27th Feb: arrive in afternoon. Look around city centre, go to MBK centre, then Koh San Road at night. 28th Feb: Chatuchak market, Lumphini park, night markets. 1st March: Train market & floating river market day trip. 2nd March: SiamICON shopping centre, then flight to Chiang Mai in evening.
Chiang Mai, Thailand

2nd March: Arrive late at night 3rd March: Look around old town centre & then night market. 4th March: Elephant Sanctuary day trip! Then night markets 5th March: Thai cooking class. 6th March: Chilling & Chang Khlan Road night markets 7th March: Bus to Chiang Rai.
Chiang Rai, Thailand

7th March: arrive in afternoon. Look around town centre & night market. 8th March: White Temple. 9th March: Long bus & train to Laos.
Luang Prabang, Laos

9th March: Long trip on bus & train to Luang Prabang. Night market in evening. 10th March: Kuang Si falls & bear sanctuary, then bowling in evening. 11th March: Chilling. 12th March: Train to Vang Vieng.
Vang Vieng, Laos

12th March: Arrive in evening after train was re-scheduled! 13th March: Nam Xiay motorbike viewpoint hike. Big Mama sandwiches. 14th March: Hot air balloon at sunrise, then activity day with trip: kayaking, zip lining, cave, blue lagoon. 15th March: Bus to Vientiane.
Vientiane, Laos

15th March: Arrive in afternoon. Look around centre, go to night markets & watch Villa game. 16th March: Flight to Hanoi
Hanoi, Vietnam

16th March: Arrive late at night. 17th March: Look around city centre, see train street, get clothes for loop. 18th March: Day trip to Ha Long Bay. 19th March: Bus to Sa Pa
Hạ Long Bay, Vietnam

Day trip from Hanoi on Wed 18th
Sapa - Hang Da, Vietnam

19th March: Arrive in afternoon. Look around town, go to see funicular train. 20th March: Alpine coaster ride & then Moana Sa Pa cafe viewpoints. 21st March: H’Mong Cat Cat village & rainbow slide, then afternoon bus to Ha Giang.
Hà Giang, Vietnam

21st March: arrive late at night. 22nd-25th March: 4D 3N Ha Giang Loop tour with Motorventures. Bus to Ninh Binh on evening of 25th.
Ninh Bình, Vietnam

25th March: Arrive late at night. 26th March: Hired bikes to look around city & night market in evening. 27th March: Bike to Trang An national park for boat tour. 28th March: Bus to Phong Nha.
Phong Nha, Vietnam

28th March: Arrive late evening. 29th March: Bike to The Duck Stop & Monkey Bridge. 30th March: Bus to Hoi An
Hội An, Vietnam

30th March: Arrive in evening. 31st March: Coconut boat & cooking class 1st April: 2nd April: 1h Bus to Da Nang.
Da Nang, Vietnam

2nd April: Arrive at midday. Greek mountain village & then beach? 3rd April: Ba Na Hills & alpine coaster? 4th April: Flight to Ho Chi Minh at 09:00
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

4th April: Arrive by midday. 5th April: 6th April: Cu Chi tunnels trip 7th April: Bus to Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

7th April: 8th April: 9th April:
Koh Rong, Cambodia

Island beaches
Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia

13th Feb: Arrive in evening after long travel day. 14th Feb: 15th Feb: 16th Feb: Flight to Phuket, via Bangkok at 11:55 Angkor Watt trip Onederz hostel
Phuket, Thailand
Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
Koh Tao, Thailand
Koh Samui, Thailand
Krabi, Thailand

28th April: Arrive in afternoon 29th April: 30th April: 1st May: Flight to KL at 13:00
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
George Town, Malaysia
Langkawi, Malaysia

Islands beaches
Sandakan, Malaysia
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Animal spotting river cruise / jungle trek
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

Overwater village Night market Rainforest river trip
Manila, Philippines
Puerto Princesa, Philippines
El Nido, Philippines
Coron, Philippines
Moalboal, Philippines
Oslob, Philippines
Bohol, Philippines
Mactan-Cebu International Airport, Philippines
Osaka, Japan

Super Nintendo World
Kyoto, Japan
Nara, Japan
Mount Fuji, Japan
Tokyo, Japan

Day trip to Mt. Fuji
Busan, South Korea
Seoul, South Korea

DMZ trip
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Beijing, China

Great Wall of China Forbidden City Tiananmen Sqaure
Chengdu, China
Chongqing, China
Zhangjiajie, China
Shanghai, China
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Taipei City, Taiwan

Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall Taipei 101 tower Elephant mountains Beitou Thermal Valley Raohe Street night market Yehliu Geopark - cool rock formations Shifen old street and waterfalls Jiufen Old Street Maokong Gondola Taipei zoo
Singapore, Singapore
East Java, Indonesia

Volcano hike
Bali, Indonesia

Mt. Batur sunrise trek
Gili Air Island, Indonesia
Lombok, Indonesia
Bali, Indonesia
Perth, Australia
Busselton, Australia
Albany, Australia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Negombo, Sri Lanka
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Ella, Sri Lanka
Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Jaipur, India
Ranthambore National Park, India
Agra, India
Delhi, India
Kathmandu, Nepal
Pokhara, Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal
Mumbai, India
İstanbul, Türkiye
Ankara, Türkiye
Cappadocia, Türkiye
Safranbolu, Türkiye
İstanbul, Türkiye