Rough Itinerary

Planning, reading, talking, map pinning, saving, organizing and the list of "ings" goes on and on of things we've done for a trip that doesn't seem real even a week before we leave. At one point we just decided to stop planning and go with the flow for a change. Of course we still have our travel guide books. We've been "mixing and matching" different guide books together. Ripping out sections of the books that we like and are most helpful, and then organizing the pieces to compile an ultimate guide book that's tailored to our trip. Then disguise the cover to look inconspicuous, so we can read and study it anywhere. Who wants to be targeted as a tourist anyway? Its Rick Steves' idea to "build your own travel guide book". Rick happens to be our favorite travel guide expert but unfortunately only covers Europe and a few other select countries, but still offers some fantastic general travel advice! He also offers great packing tricks and all sorts of valuable safety tips and much more. But I'm not here to promote Rick Steves I'm here to share our Itinerary.

We think of this Itinerary as a very loose guide to go by that is subject to change on a day to day basis. That's how we're choosing to allow the trip to unfold rather than regiment each moment and experience. A lesson in letting go of sorts for me at least. We'll of course be updating our itinerary as much as possible on the blog, everlater and through email. And to all you kind and wonderful people who have offered to open your homes to us along the way or plan to meet us somewhere!  It may be a little unsettling to hear that we're going with the flow so loosely but let me assure you we want to make it easy for you! So please let us know what dates work best for you based on the approx time of year we'll finally be in each respective area so we can tailor our timing accordingly. demelza.sa@gmail.com will be the best way to correspond for us. The current looseness of our plans gives us the flexibility to work with your individual schedules so please keep us posted along the way. Thanks again to all of you!

**locations and durations subject to change.

 

*Nov 8, '11 New Zealand (3ish weeks)

*Australia (4 weeks)

*Indonesia (2 weeks)

*Singapore (1 week)

*Malaysia (2 weeks)

 *Thailand (3-4 weeks)

* Cambodia (1 week)

* India, Burma, Nepal, Laos, (3 weeks)

*Vietnam (1 week)

*Southern China (2 weeks) 

*Taiwan (1 week)

*S. Korea (1 week)

*Japan (3 weeks)   

      Around May/June

*Europe -Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Ireland, France, Spain,    Portugal, Morocco, France again, Italy, Croatia, Austria, Switzerland, Greece (countries subject to change) (12-16 weeks)

*South Africa (4-6 weeks) Oct

 If time and money permit:

 

*Brazil (2 weeks)

*Argentina (3 weeks)

*Chile (2-4 weeks)

 *Peru (3-4 weeks)
 *Costa Rica (2 weeks)
 *Honduras (1 week)
 *Mexico/Belize
 *Belize/Mexico

*This is an ambitious list even for us but it's just an outline that will more than likely change based on time, money and how easy it is to get a visa.