Sup and Nic's World Tour 2010 Grand Finale!

On our incredible adventures, Sup and Nic's World Tour 2010, we travelled over 50,000 miles to a total of 99 different places, on 41 different modes of transport, making our home in 85 hostels and trying over 115 new food and drink from around the world. We met wonderful locals and travellers from all over the world, far too many to count, but all remembered. During our amazing travels, we saw around 92 animal species in their natural habitat, enjoyed 39 separate beach experiences and braved 28 extreme activities, taking on both personal and joint achievements, one of which was a 30 metre high rock climb for Sup, and an 18 metre dive below the sea for me. We both also plunged magnificently 15000 feet through the air.

We broke a number of flip flops and cheap sunglasses through overuse, but our trusty camera, video camera and laptop were guarded viciously and were with us to the end. Our two gigantic travelling bags Black Thunder and Silver Lightning survived being thrown carelessly onto aeroplanes, ferries, longboats, mopeds, taxis, Tuk Tuks, trains and subways, tearing at the edges, zips busting at the seams, caked with sand and mud from around the world, wheels worn down with the mileage, but still standing at their final collection at London Heathrow airport. We discarded around 31 items of clothing as we moved from Winter to Summer to Winter to Summer, and replaced suntan lotion-stained tops with brand new clothing from our shopping extravaganza in the States.

We had encountered Dengue Fever, bedbugs, rats, cockroaches, mosquitoes, raccoon and monkey thieves, and endured extreme weather in the form of the Cambodian floods & flood evacuation, an earthquake tremor in LA, and torrential rain, thunder and lightning throughout Costa Rica, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

Our most expensive accommodation was the horrendous hotel in Washington DC at $90 (£60) a night, an astonishing contrast to the least expensive accommodation which was a lovely little place in Luang Prabang, Laos for £2.50, and the longest journey we travelled was the 26 hour seemingly endless sleeper bus from Laos to Vietnam.
Throughout the most intense and unforgettable year of our lives we experienced an array of manmade wonders including casinos, palaces, temples, ruins, monuments, bridges, towers, cathedrals, museums, harbours, zoos, prisons, shopping malls, forts, markets, a theme park and a sports stadium. In addition to these, the superb natural beauties we encountered included waterfalls, lakes, rivers, mountains, oceans, thermal pools, forests, beaches, glaciers, snow covered mountains, fjordlands and Sounds, seal colonies, flowers, trees, volcanoes, sunsets, sunrises, stars, caves, bays, and tea, coffee, pineapple and banana plantations

Our food cravings at various points were pizza, pasta and sandwiches for me, and Indian curry, chilli and roast dinner for Sup. We spent almost an entire month eating pasta in New Zealand, and almost an entire three months in South East Asia eating curry. We have consumed more fast food than we will ever eat again, and to counteract this damage, we have eaten a vast amount of fresh local fruit and drunk gallons and gallons of bottled water.

The highlights of a trip filled with a million memories are hard to decide, but being famous for a month in Hollywood was a childhood dream come true for me, and for Sup seeing the world in itself was a huge dream fulfilled.

We calculated our own countdown on our return as a stunning summary of our experiences:

20 kilos Nic's average weight of bag (Sup's was 22kg)
19 longest hours on Greyhound bus, USA
18 metres dived under the sea
17 main places of worship
16 waterfalls
15 airports
14 currencies
13 countries
12 Lonely Planet books
11 exceptional sunsets
10 National Parks
9 yucky food
8 big event celebrations around the world
7 pesties pesting us
6 archaeological ruin sites
5 celebrities
4 exceptional sunrises
3 continents
2 jobs worked and
1 engagement proposal & acceptance

We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone for following our blog and we hope that we have entertained and informed you throughout our account of our world travels. We have loved being able to connect so many people to our experiences and the feedback and support has been amazing.

Our blog is now successfully completed. It has been hard work at times but a source of great pride and pleasure for us both, and an incredible documentation of a year in our lives where Sup and I have taken on the world together and returned happier and healthier and closer than ever.

We would like to leave you on a fantastic note with some silly giggles from around the world...! But before we do, a disclaimer is in order...The following signs are in no way intended to cause offence of any kind, they are simply signs we have noticed in various places around the world with unfortunate translations and double meanings. Sup and Nic in no way endorse any offensive or derogatory words towards any person and hope that our audience will appreciate that the giggle is on the signmakers only and not on the meaning behind any of the words printed. Some of the exhibits below will appeal to individuals more than others, some might not make any sense, some are a little bit silly, some are downright immature, and some are quite naughty in nature, so please do not continue if you are easily offended. And if not, Enjoy!!!

Random silliness...

Confused translations...

The Rudies...

Sup & Nic's 2010 World Tour... DONE!!!

Sup and Nic's World Tour 2010 Grand Finale!

London, United Kingdom