I'm off again!
Quite literally started making plans a few days after I got back home, and I think (THINK) this is the final itinerary - only chopped and changed it about 20 times. Leaving myself a fair amount of flexibility with Vietnam and Australia but unfortunately some airlines flying to Thailand require proof of onward travel otherwise they may not let you board the plane. Massive ball ache, especially as I wanted to give myself the freedom to change my plans as and when it took my fancy, but what can you do eh...
Anyway, here's the deal - and yes, I've missed out Burma...was that a mistake? Might use the 3 weeks I've got in northern Thailand to hop across into Yangon for a few days. We'll see. Wherever the wind blows...
OCTOBER 25: London Heathrow - Hong Kong OCTOBER 26
Quite literally started making plans a few days after I got back home, and I think (THINK) this is the final itinerary - only chopped and changed it about 20 times. Leaving myself a fair amount of flexibility with Vietnam and Australia but unfortunately some airlines flying to Thailand require proof of onward travel otherwise they may not let you board the plane. Massive ball ache, especially as I wanted to give myself the freedom to change my plans as and when it took my fancy, but what can you do eh...
Anyway, here's the deal - and yes, I've missed out Burma...was that a mistake? Might use the 3 weeks I've got in northern Thailand to hop across into Yangon for a few days. We'll see. Wherever the wind blows...
OCTOBER 25: London Heathrow - Hong Kong OCTOBER 26
- Pink dolphins
- Symphony of Lights
- Sai Kung NP
NOVEMBER 2: Hong Kong - Chiang Mai
- Yi Peng festival (November 6)
NOVEMBER 26: Bangkok 10.20 - Siem Reap 11.30
- Angkor Wat, Ta Phrom, Bayon
DECEMBER 2: Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh City.
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Nha Trang
- Hue & Hoi An
- Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Sapa
DECEMBER 23: Hanoi - Koh Samui
December 24: Koh Samui - Koh Tao (PADI)
January 2: Koh Tao - Koh Phangnan Full moon party January 4
January 7: Koh Phangnan - Krabi Railay Beach
January 10: Koh Lanta
January 14: Koh Phi Phi
January 18: Phuket
JANUARY 19: Phuket - Sydney JANUARY 20
- Route = Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Fraser Island, Whitsundays, Cairns. 'Sydney to Cairns CRUISER' bus pass STA Travel - Hop on hop off travel in one direction & includes surf lesson at Byron Bay, Atherton Tablelands tour, 1 night Magnetic Island stopover, 3 day Fraser Island guided tour, 2 day Whitsunday Sailing trip & Great Barrier Reef tour.
- Working holiday!
On the way home...
- New Zealand? (April/May, October/November best time weather-wise)
- Bali
On the travel wish list...
- CANADA: Vancouver, Rockies, Tadoussac - working visa?
- CENTRAL AMERICA: Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Cuba, Dominican Republic
- SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Brazil (Rio for Carnaval, Florianopolis, Manaus for Amazon)
- EUROPE - winter: Norway (Bergen for fjords, Northern Lights, polar bears, swim with killer whales in the wild), Prague, Budapest, Berlin
- EUROPE - summer: Italy (Cinque Terre, Rome & Pompeii, Sorrento), Croatia (Split & Hvar, Zadar/Zagreb & Plitvice Lakes)
Travel/holiday destinations...
- Japan
- Antarctica
