![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-fit-a-years-worth-of-travelling-into-two-weeks/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_EXC-MAIN-I-fit-a-years-worth-of-travelling-into-two-weeks-and-it-cost-me-71-a-day-v2.jpg&description=Alex Hempton, from Edinburgh, is on a speedy trip to Malta, Serbia, UAE, The Maldives, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Qatar, Egypt and Greece with four of his friends A group of friends are half-way through a rapid world tour they've managed to fit around their busy work schedules. Alex Hempton and four friends embarked from London slightly over a week ago on a trip of a lifetime. With limited annual leave from his job in marketing and the others in similar positions, they decided to condense a typical gap-year's worth of travelling into just 16 days. By looking for cheap flights and being very open with their destinations, they've managed to plan a route through Europe, Africa, the Middle East and south Asia that will set them back just £1,150 each, with accommodation - the equivalent of £71 a day. The journey is not eco friendly however, with a lot of flying along the 16,600 mile route, and has so far pushed the pals to their limits. On one punishing leg from the Maldives to Malaysia the group managed to bag just six hours sleep in three days spent hurtling across the Indian Ocean and sleeping in airports. "The main premise is it is with all my friends who are working and studying, and it's hard to get people together for months at a time," Alex told the Mirror. "I got them free for two and a half weeks and went on SkyScanner and clicked London to everywhere, to see what comes up." Alex was inspired to organise the trip having completed a mini-version last November, when he headed from Edinburgh to locations including Vienna, Sofia, Abu Dhabi, Sicily, Rome and Morocco. He decided to do a longer version, with the main constraints being that it had to be reasonably priced, fit into a couple of week's holiday, and give them enough time to see a little of each spot. Six hours on SkyScanner with the 'London to everywhere' option toggled took Alex deep into the night plotting a route. "We are travelling to 10 different countries across the world starting from the UK, and sto){kind=link}
Alex Hempton, from Edinburgh, is on a speedy trip to Malta, Serbia, UAE, The Maldives, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Qatar, Egypt and Greece with four of his friends
A group of friends are half-way through a rapid world tour they’ve managed to fit around their busy work schedules. Alex Hempton and four friends embarked from London slightly over a week ago on a trip of a lifetime. With limited annual leave from his job in marketing and the others in similar positions, they decided to condense a typical gap-year’s worth of travelling into just 16 days.
By looking for cheap flights and being very open with their destinations, they’ve managed to plan a route through Europe, Africa, the Middle East and south Asia that will set them back just £1,150 each, with accommodation – the equivalent of £71 a day. The journey is not eco friendly however, with a lot of flying along the 16,600 mile route, and has so far pushed the pals to their limits.
On one punishing leg from the Maldives to Malaysia the group managed to bag just six hours sleep in three days spent hurtling across the Indian Ocean and sleeping in airports. “The main premise is it is with all my friends who are working and studying, and it’s hard to get people together for months at a time,” Alex told the Mirror. “I got them free for two and a half weeks and went on SkyScanner and clicked London to everywhere, to see what comes up.”
Alex was inspired to organise the trip having completed a mini-version last November, when he headed from Edinburgh to locations including Vienna, Sofia, Abu Dhabi, Sicily, Rome and Morocco. He decided to do a longer version, with the main constraints being that it had to be reasonably priced, fit into a couple of week’s holiday, and give them enough time to see a little of each spot. Six hours on SkyScanner with the ‘London to everywhere’ option toggled took Alex deep into the night plotting a route.