Going East:
February 22nd: Fly Cape Town to London
March 2nd: Fly London to Singapore
March 8th: Fly Singapore to Thailand
9-13 Mar: Scuba Dive Liveaboard-Similan Islands
March 16th: Thailand to Cambodia
Mar/April: Overland Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
April 22nd: Vietnam to Beijing, China
April/May: Overland Beijing to St Pietersberg on the TransSiberian Railway
Booked with The Russia Experience. Depart 1 May on the TranSiberian from Beijing, Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, Irkutsk (Lake Baikal - a little scuba dive), Ekaterinburg, Moscow, and ending in St Pietersberg on 26th May.
May/Jun: After a few days in Pietersberg, train and plane through Poland and Budapest to Croatia
June 20th: Croatia to London
The next leg of my travels is going to be the BIG Challenge....13000kms around South America on a bicycle! The trip has now been confirmed, now only 12000kms!!!
Going West:
Indicative timing – visit http://www.tourdafrique.com/ for specific details closer to the time.
July: Fly to South America - Rio, Brazil, starting with sightseeing in Rio, beach trip in Bahia and then some training - quite important really!
26 Jul-11 Aug: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Foz do Iguazu, Brazil: Cycle through Costa Verda, Curitiba, Iguazu River
14 Aug – 26 Aug: Iguazu to Colonia, Uruguay: Cycle through Ibera National Park, Salto Uruguay
29 Aug – 17 Sep: Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile: Cycle through Cordoba, and into the Andes - a few 1000m above sea level with Mt Aconcagua (6960m) in the background to Santiago
19 Sep – 3 Oct: Santiago, Chile to Antofagasta, Chile: Cycle through Chile (beach resorts and national parks)
5 Oct – 19 Oct: Antofagasta, Chile to La Paz Bolivia: Cycle across the Andes and Atacama desert into Bolivia
21 Oct - 28 Oct: La Paz, bolivia to Cusco, Peru: Cycle the Inca highlands, Lake Titcaca and Macchu Picchu 1 Nov – 12 Nov: Cusco, Peru to Lima, Peru: Mountain passes at 4200m and then down to Pacific and Nazca plaines.
14 Nov - 26 Nov: Lima, Peru to Loja, Ecuador: Coastal route into Ecuador. 28 Nov - 6 Dec: Loja, Ecuador to Quito, Ecuador. Final destination!!!
Relax at a spa for a few days before heading to Galapagos islands for some diving!
Fly back to London for Xmas and Cape Town for New Year with friends......
