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......
sounds awesome - the atacama desert could be challenge especially if you have seen any of the footage of the Dakar rally in S America!
ReplyDeleteNatasha,
ReplyDeleteAmazing!!! I wish I could be in your place. It is really nice to have the time to travel and see so many beautiful places. Take lots of photos to show to all of us. If you need any help with your South America trip please advise.. A big hug.
time for another update??
ReplyDeleteYES, YES, definitely time since I am now finally on my way.....
ReplyDeleteWOW... Now that's a plan... and so many great places!!! When I go travelling, I struggle to keep to a plan for more than 2 weeks, will be interested to hear how long before you start changing it ;-)
ReplyDeleteAlso you need to let me know about Lake Baikal... for some bizarre reason I want to make it there to, so I'll keep an eye out for info!!!
They didn't make me a planning manager for nothing!!!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to Lake Baikal...and I think 1 scuba dive should be enough...enjoying diving in the warmer climates!