Enduring Travels

The Next Trip

Following the previous year's formidable success (well, to me it was!) with the "Bjorn in the USA" tour, I set out on a new journey in September 1996, this time intending to cross every longitude available on this planet. I succeeded and I have the travel journal to prove it! It will appear here, country by country, and I hope you will comment on it in the GUEST BOOK as it grows.

As the bright reader will notice, the chosen title of my travel journal has more than one meaning. Yes, travelling for an extended period of time IS something to dream about. A trip like this can change you in many ways, and probably will. But it is not all joy and laughter. There will be moments where you stop and wonder what on Earth you are doing travelling around it, and you may wish you were back home instead of having a number of months of hard work travelling ahead of you. Even though my journal will show both good and bad sides about travelling, keep in mind that things always work out fine in the end, most of the time. #8D)

Due to the length of the trip, I have chosen to split the journal into several smaller parts. Choose a leg here:

The Beginning - The Great Escape from home, and how to get through Nepal alive.
(Sep. 13 - Oct. 23 1996)
Back to civilization - Beaches at last, they're good in Thailand.
(Oct. 23 - Nov. 17 1996)
Malaysian Moments - It's a strange mix.
(Nov. 17 - Dec. 1 1996)
My Daze in Singapore - How to not get caught in the customs
(Dec. 1 - Dec. 5 1996)
Indonesia - Java and Bali from west to east

I have collected some information about the countries I managed to collect a stamp in my passport from, as well as included maps with the distances I travelled marked in red:

Other interesting bits of information for travellers and wanna-be's:

Here's some information which I haven't put into a context yet:

Last modified: Sat May 30 21:43:30 MET DST 1998