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Mel and Jamies travels
When me and Jamie met last year, there was one thing that we both wanted to do...
Travel
So once we finished university we couldn't wait to book an appointment with a specialist around the world travel agency. Driving to Cambridge we were both so excited, we didn't know what was going to come out of it.
On the 16th of Aug 2012, we sat down with our agent Mike and he talked us through everything we needed to know, it felt like he was just throwing information at us, too much for us to take in!! Never once did we expect to feel how we did as we walked out... we decided to go for something to eat to talk about what had just happened.. As we sat down I just put my head in my hands and cried.. all i had heard for the last hour and a half was that if we wanted to have the most amazing time we needed so much more money than we had :-( But after talking things over and working things out it seemed we could make this dream our reality.
After a few weeks of talking about where we wanted to go we chose, Thailand, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand . We then had to decide a date to leave, with my big brother getting married on May 18th we couldn't go before then, so we picked May 20th. With Jamie being a very keen skier we knew we wanted to do a ski season somewhere. As we at down on the 5th September we discussed the idea of doing the ski season in New Zealand, being the opposite side of the world their winter is obviously during our summer, so June-November (approx), with us starting our trip on May 20th it meant we had to be at the last destination of our travels in less than 2 months! It felt like our trip was going to end before it had even begun... Until we heard the words..
'do you have anything to come back to England for?'
to which Jamie and myself looked at each other and looked back at our travel agent and replied..
'well we have our family, but no full time jobs, or mortgage'
little did we know what was going to come out of Mike's mouth ...
'Why don't you spend a year in Australia, work out there and travel and head to Fiji after for 2 weeks then head off to New Zealand just in time for the ski season'
WOAH!! This would make our once just a few months travel to a spectacular 2 year adventure!!
On September 6th 2012 we booked our around the world trip.. Starting on May 20th we would fly from London Heathrow to Dubai where we stop off for an hour before boarding the flight to Bangkok where we then stay for a month travelling the islands, exploring and celebrating Jamies 22nd Birthday. We then board a plane on the 19th June 2012 to Australia where we plan to stay, work and travel for a year! After that we are travelling to Fiji for 2 weeks just before we travel to New Zealand where we plan to spend 6 months working then 4 months travelling in a hired campervan.
Last stop LA!!
So with all this planned it was time for the hard work and the countdown to begin!!
Travel
So once we finished university we couldn't wait to book an appointment with a specialist around the world travel agency. Driving to Cambridge we were both so excited, we didn't know what was going to come out of it.
On the 16th of Aug 2012, we sat down with our agent Mike and he talked us through everything we needed to know, it felt like he was just throwing information at us, too much for us to take in!! Never once did we expect to feel how we did as we walked out... we decided to go for something to eat to talk about what had just happened.. As we sat down I just put my head in my hands and cried.. all i had heard for the last hour and a half was that if we wanted to have the most amazing time we needed so much more money than we had :-( But after talking things over and working things out it seemed we could make this dream our reality.
After a few weeks of talking about where we wanted to go we chose, Thailand, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand . We then had to decide a date to leave, with my big brother getting married on May 18th we couldn't go before then, so we picked May 20th. With Jamie being a very keen skier we knew we wanted to do a ski season somewhere. As we at down on the 5th September we discussed the idea of doing the ski season in New Zealand, being the opposite side of the world their winter is obviously during our summer, so June-November (approx), with us starting our trip on May 20th it meant we had to be at the last destination of our travels in less than 2 months! It felt like our trip was going to end before it had even begun... Until we heard the words..
'do you have anything to come back to England for?'
to which Jamie and myself looked at each other and looked back at our travel agent and replied..
'well we have our family, but no full time jobs, or mortgage'
little did we know what was going to come out of Mike's mouth ...
'Why don't you spend a year in Australia, work out there and travel and head to Fiji after for 2 weeks then head off to New Zealand just in time for the ski season'
WOAH!! This would make our once just a few months travel to a spectacular 2 year adventure!!
On September 6th 2012 we booked our around the world trip.. Starting on May 20th we would fly from London Heathrow to Dubai where we stop off for an hour before boarding the flight to Bangkok where we then stay for a month travelling the islands, exploring and celebrating Jamies 22nd Birthday. We then board a plane on the 19th June 2012 to Australia where we plan to stay, work and travel for a year! After that we are travelling to Fiji for 2 weeks just before we travel to New Zealand where we plan to spend 6 months working then 4 months travelling in a hired campervan.
Last stop LA!!
So with all this planned it was time for the hard work and the countdown to begin!!
- comments
Jake Wow! Look forward to hearing many more amazing stories. You will never be able to understand just how jealous I am... Seriously- stay in touch, and don't forget to have the time of you lives! xx
Jamie Will do mate! thanks a lot! :-) X
Dad Good Luck !
Chloe-lee Frazer Have an amazing time :D I'm so jealous!! Looks like our college reunion will have to wait 2years now ;) can't wait to read more amazing stories about your travels!! Stay safe xxx
Harriet Have lots of fun guys. Stay safe and happy:)
Mum (Ridley) Sooooooo happy for you both. But will miss you lots. Be happy and come back to us safe. Love you to the moon and back. X
Victoria Tearle Hope you will have a fantastic time babe. My sister and brother in law have travelled and are working in Australia for the last year and absolutely love it .. Xx