The Adventures of Dylan the Dragon

This is the end of our two and a half years adventure around the world, and this blog. However, this is not the end of Dylan’s adventures. 

Given that I’ve visited Vietnam, Laos and Thailand at the start of the rainy season, we’ve been quite lucky so far. That was until we arrived in Pai. 

A quick flight later and we’re in northern Thailand. Our first stop is Chiang Mai, with a visit to Chiang Rai. 

Our next stop in Laos was the charming and chilled city of Luang Prabang. The main thing to do here is literally just to wander around and sit in cafes all day.

After a flight to Luang Prabang and a night there, we travelled by bus, on the worst road I have ever been on, to Vang Vieng.

We’ve just spent four days sitting on the back of a motorbike, as we have been driven around the Ha Giang Loop, a famous motorbike loop in the northern mountains of Vietnam.

Our final(ish) stop in Vietnam is Hanoi, where we had a brief explore of the city (again I have been here before), before our next big adventure begins.

A first time trip to Hoi An for Dylan, the second time for me. I’ve returned here as I liked it so much the first time, but also to see my friend Sarah and her boyfriend James, who are here on their holidays. 

It’s Dylan’s first time in Vietnam, for me it’s my second time. I came here 9 years ago and have returned to fill in some gaps. The first gap to fill is the mountain city of Da Lat. 

From a small island to a big one. It was time to visit our last stop in the Philippines, the island of Bohol.

I’ve reached the small island of Siquijor, where we spent our time driving around and exploring viewpoints and waterfalls.

The next stop in the Philippines was Moalboal, a beach town where the main activity is go to canyoning. 

My next stop was El Nido, which is apparently one of the busiest tourist destinations in the Philippines. They weren’t wrong about that one!

After a night in an airport hotel, I arrived in Coron, where the main thing to do is go on island hopping tours.

After leaving New Zealand, I went back to Australia for the third time for three reasons: to see me friend Maddie, my friend Alex, and to catch a flight to the Philippines. 

This post covers my working holiday in New Zealand, although in a very condensed way.

In case you missed it, following our initial travels, Dylan and I walked across the UK from Land’s End to John O’Groats.

Following a series events, which the next few blog posts get into, Dylan is back on his travels for a short period. Therefore, it made sense to resurrect the blog.

On Thursday 21st March, Dylan and I will begin our journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats, on foot.

419 days. 25 countries. 6 continents. 142 blog posts. 1 Dylan the Dragon.

It feels like we’ve gone full circle. We started this trip in a relaxing way, lying on the beaches of Fiji while throwing in some snorkelling now and again. We’re ending this trip in the same way, chilling by the sea, with a snorkelling trip to a big blue hole.

We are now back in Cairo, exploring the main sights around the capital city.

Being in Egypt means lots of temples, and I mean a lot. Over the last two days we’ve been in Luxor, to visit six temples. 

We’ve arrived in Aswan, where we have explored temples and took a trip down the river Nile. 

We’ve kicked off our tour of Egypt with arguably the biggest sight there is to see, the Great Pyramids.