Well this is old news now, but one last map post! Courtesy of Microsoft (silly name) Bing Maps 3D here’s the full world tour route working out at around 65,000 miles by foot, flippers, rubber ring, canoe, kayak, zorb, segway, bike, motorbike, moped, car, tuk tuk, cyclo, bus, train, sail boat, motor boat, catamaran, rowing boat, ferry, truck, yute, Tsong Tao, Russian 4×4, and plane (no helicopter, due to bad weather).
This is going to be first two pages in my little book project (a personal combination of diary and photo album) of our travels, I might well add some more historical posts here as I get going. Some people seem to still take a look at this site now and then! Just looking at the search stats and there’s no way you’d guess what people are searching for to get to this bog. People are strange! Right up there is “around the world itineraries” which is predictable maybe but ”Abandoned Theme Parks” and “Dog Meat Market”, “Rucksac Injury” and “Leg Irons” are right up there too, also “Pictures of Boobies”, my personal favourite!
Click the map for a full size version! and here for the itinerary.
Yup, I’m making a book! Notice I didn’t say “writing” a book, which sounds far too complicated… although it will having writing in it. Anyway, basically a fancy combined photo album and diary of my travels around the world but all nicely bound and using the most artworthy pics that can be Photoshopped out of trouble. And some pretty amazing Google Earth shots of the GPS trail we left behind us (now I’ve finally got that working brilliantly). None of this Boots photo book stuff, a nice bit of leather binding I reckon and a limited run of three so far.
No messin’ about here, hopefully it’s going to look pretty good. National Geographic is what I’m aiming for but we’ll see! Already started on the graphics though and I reckon I’ll have a host of graphic stuff for sharing by the end. Writing of which… if anyone ever wants one, I’ve created a film negative frame that you can just layer your own pics in. The full Photoshop file is here. JPG version here. Free for non-commercial use but it would be great if you could leave a comment saying where or what you’ve used it for if you do. Cheers! (commercial use: please contact via this blog)
