[travel] Current itinerary
Jan. 21st, 2009 11:30 amStart Date | Days | | |
Jan 30 | 3 | Singapore | Stay with S’s family |
Feb 2 | 18 | Vietnam & Ankgor Wat (Cambodia) | Explore Mekong delta with T, fly to Ankgor Wat and check it out for a couple of days, then spend 15 days working our way up Vietnam to Hanoi and Halong Bay, seeing lots of goodies on the way (Dalat, Nha Trang, Hoi An, Hue, My Tho, Vinh Long etc). |
Feb 20 | 10 | Thailand | Alone. 4 days in Bangkok and environs (Lop Buri and other day trips), 6 in Chiang Mai and environs |
Mar 2 | 6 | India (Mumbai and environs) | Alone. Check out Mumbai and do a couple-of-day trip out to see Ajanta and Ellora. |
Mar 8 | 3 | Dubai | Alone, but may rendezvous with a friend-of-a-friend. See architectural sights. May go on day trip out to desert. |
Mar 11 | | FIXED DATE – MEET IN TURKEY | |
Mar 11 | 7 | Turkey | With A & D. Explore Istanbul, environs of Izmir, and Kayaseri |
Mar 18 | 10(?) | Israel & Jordan | With A&D for first part, then alone. Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Dead Sea, Eilat, Petra, Wadi Rum (?) |
Mar 28 | 8(?) | Egypt | Alone. Explore Cairo and Egyptian ruins. |
| | (Here we start to enter the much-less-planned portion of the trip... I may conceivably work my way east again instead if I really liked SE Asia) | |
Apr 6 (?) | 6(?) | Greece | Alone. Athens + island hopping. |
Apr 12 (?) | 18(?) | Eastern Europe: Croatia, Hungary, Czech Rep, Bulgaria (?), Romania (?), Poland (?) | Currently alone. Specific plans need much more research. Will buy train tickets piecemeal… they’re cheap anyway. |
May 1 (?) | 18 (?) | Northern Europe: Germany (Berlin), Holland, Denmark, Norway(?), Sweden(?), Finland(?) | Will visit L at some point in Holland, but otherwise alone. Will buy Eurail pass. |
May 19 | | Fly back to US | Maybe stop in NY, DC, or Boston and say hi to people. |