The Itinerary

It is finally here, the itinerary that Martin has been working on for the past year! Unfortunately (or fortunately) it is still open for some changes. For example, our travels throughout Europe and Asia are flexible - we know where we want to go, we just do not know what city we will be in on whatever day. Also, the around-the-world tickets have been booked and the places where we fly in and out of have been determined, but dates are flexible to change.

Here is what our adventure for the next 11 months will entail. Please let us know if you would like to join us in any part of this trip, we would love to have the company!

April - May: Middle East
7 Apr: Sydney to Dubai (via KL, Malaysia Air MH122 and MH30)
11 Apr: Dubai to Cairo (Egypt Air MS913)
14 - 26 Apr: Nile & Sinai Revealed Tour http://www.geckosadventures.com/Middle-East/Trip/Itinerary.html?trip=Nile-&-Sinai-Revealed-&tripid=3407
27 Apr - 31 May: Jordon and Turkey
31 May: Istanbul to Cairo (Egypt Air MS738)

June - August: Africa (various overland tours with Kumuka)

1 June: Cairo to Johannesburg (Kenyan Air KQ321 & KQ762)

2 - 19 June: South Africa Discoverer http://www.kumuka.com/South-Africa-Discoverer-Dossier.aspx

Countries visited: South Africa and Swaziland

21 June - 29 July: Cape to Equator http://www.kumuka.com/Cape-to-the-Equator-Dossier.aspx

Countries visited: S. Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya

30 July - 6 Aug: Kilimanjaro Climb (Rongai Route) http://www.kumuka.com/Kilimanjaro-Climb-Rongai-Route-Dossier.aspx

Countries visited: Tanzania and Kenya

9 - 26 Aug: Kumuka Tour - Gorillas and Game http://www.kumuka.com/Gorillas-and-Game-Dossier.aspx

Countries visited: Uganda and possibly Rawanda (depending on where the gorillas are)

26 Aug - 9 Sept: Drive around Cape Town, S. Africa

September - October: Africa and Europe

1 - 9 Sept: Cape Town, S. Africa

10 Sept: Johannesburg to Amsterdam (KLM KL592)

11 Sept - 14 Oct: We will be travelling throughout Europe: Amsterdam, Belgium, London, Paris, Milan, Rome, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

October: Europe, Seattle, Tokyo and Nepal

1st weekend of Oct: tentative plans to attend Oktoberfest in Munich.

1st half of Oct: Travelling throughout Europe.

14 Oct: Amsterdam to Seattle (Northwest NW33)

18 Oct: Seattle to Tokyo (Northwest NW7)

22 Oct: Tokyo to Colombo (Sri Lanka Air UL461)

23 Oct: Colombo to Mumbai (Sri Lanka Air UL141)

November: Nepal and India

Travel around Kathmandu, Delhi and Mumbai

25 Nov: Mumbai to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia Air MH195)

26 Nov: tentative flight from KL to Bangkok

December to February 2010: S. E. Asia

Dec: Thailand and Laos

Jan: Cambodia and Vietnam

Feb: Vietnam and Malaysia

11 Feb: Kuala Lumpur to Sydney (Malaysia Air MH 123)

Last week of Feb: tentative 3-week campervan trip in New Zealand

We tentatively will start the second leg of our world trip in mid - March 2010. We plan on visiting Asia (China and Japan), come through the US to see you guys (Hawaii, SF and Vegas) then down to S. America.

Where did January and February go?

Thank you for visiting our blog.

We are still here in Sydney and are not due to fly out of here until 6 April. Time is going by very quickly. There is still furniture to sell, boxes to pack and ship and many friends to say goodbye to. It is hard to believe that we have lived in Australia for more than 2 years. We have both seen so much of this beautiful country, probably more than what we have seen in our own respective countries. And as much as we are looking forward to going on this "once in a lifetime" world trip, we will miss Australia.

We will try our best to keep this blog updated with tales of our adventures and lots of pics. Our first stop on the itinerary will be Dubai, followed by Egypt, Jordon and Turkey. Speak to you then!

Take care!