Where The Hell Is Niall?

On September 30, 2011, I left my hometown in Ireland to embark on a 4-year trip around the world without flying. I have a loose plan of the route I hope to take and the countries I hope to visit. I spend just a few hours in some places, a few months in others. The map below shows my progress.

Next up: The clock is ticking on my Indian visa, so I need to get moving across Turkey and Iran. I wasn’t able to secure a visa for Pakistan (they tell me the only way I can get one is to apply in person back in Ireland), so I’ll need to bypass it somehow. Here’s hoping i can find a passenger ferry from Iran to India.


Destination Arrival
1 Slieverue, Ireland -
2 Dublin, Ireland September 30, 2011
3 Liverpool, England October 1, 2011
4 Durham, England October 2, 2011
5 London, England October 6, 2011
6 Brighton, England October 11, 2011
7 London, England October 13, 2011
8 Amsterdam, Netherlands October 14, 2011
9 Frankfurt, Germany November 4, 2011
10 Munich, Germany November 8, 2011
11 Zurich, Switzerland November 15, 2011
12 Vienna, Austria November 23, 2011
13 Budapest, Hungary November 23, 2011
14 Cluj, Romania January 27, 2012
15 Bucharest, Romania January 31, 2012
16 Istanbul, Turkey February 22, 2012

Hopping a sleeper train from Zurich to Vienna - November, 2011

2 Responses to “Where The Hell Is Niall?”

  1. India is a great place! been there for a week last year and will be there for Holi festival next March :) Give me a shout if finally you visit Indonesia! Safe travels!

    • Thanks for the comment, Sysilia. A friend told me about the Holi festival recently and I researched it online. Looks absolutely amazing, and I hope I make it to India in time for that.

      I also hope to visit Indonesia at some point, so hopefully we’ll get to meet there :-)

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