Our Itinerary

We're still developing our itinerary for the coming twelve months of travel, but have things pretty worked out for the 2007 portion of our trip, and roughly sketched out for the 2008 part.  As of August 5th, 2007, here's what we're planning to do:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Country	City	Date, 2007	# Nights	Notes, Places to visit
USA	Boston	Aug. 21
USA	Los Angeles	Aug. 22	1	Overnight flight to Sydney
Australia	Sydney	Aug. 24, free day	4	Fly from LA to Sydney
		Aug. 25		Sydney Private Tour
		Aug. 26, free day		Day of Leisure
		Aug. 27		Blue Mountains
	Tasmania	Aug. 28	3	Fly from Sydney to Launceston
	Launceston	Aug. 29		Afternoon break
		Aug. 30		4 day/3 night Private Guided Tasmanian
				Adventure
	Kangaroo Island	Aug. 31	3	Fly from Tasmania-Adelaide-Kangaroo
		Sept. 1		4 day/3 nights, Kangaroo Island
		Sept. 2
	Adelaide	Sept. 3, travel/free	1	Fly from Kangaroo Island to Adelaide
				Over night in Adelaide
	Alice Springs	Sept. 4	2	Fly from Adelaide to Alice Springs to
	Ayers Rock			Ayers Rock
		Sept. 5		2 nights at Sails in the Desert
	Kununurra	Sept. 6, travel/free	4	Fly from Ayers-Alice Springs-Darwin-
	Bullo River Station	Sept. 7		private air charter to Bullo River Station
		Sept. 8, unplanned		4 nights Bullo River Station
		Sept. 9, unplanned
	Darwin	Sept. 10,travel/free	1	Fly from Bullo River to Darwin, one night
	Cairns	Sept. 11,travel/free	4	Fly from Darwin to Cairns
	Palm Cove	Sept. 12		Full day snorkel trip
		Sept. 13		Daintree
		Sept. 14, free		Day of Leisure
China	Beijing	Sept. 15	4	Fly from Australia to China
				Stay at the Grad Hyatt Beijing
		Sept. 16		Tianenman Square, Forbidden City
		Sept. 17		Great Wall
		Sept. 18		Summer Palace
	Tsedang	Sept. 19	2	Fly from Beijing to Tsedang
	Tibet	Sept. 20		Tsedang Hotel
	Lhasa	Sept. 21	3	Overland from Tsedang to Lhasa
		Sept. 23		Lhasa Hotel
	Chongqing	Sept. 24	3	Fly from Lhasa, overland to Chonqing
	to Yangzi	Sept. 26		sail from Chongqing to Yichang
	Shanghai	Sept. 27	3	Fly from Yichang to Shanghai
		Sept. 29		Four Seasons Shanghai
	Xian	Sept. 30	2	Fly from Shanghai to Xian
		Oct. 1
	Hong Kong	Oct. 2	3	Fly from Xian to Hong Kong
		Oct. 4		Intercontinetal Hotel, Hong Kong
Vietnam	Hanoi	Oct. 5	3	Fly from Hong Kong to Hanoi
		Oct. 7		Metropole Hotel
				Ha Long Bay
	Hoian	Oct. 8	3	Fly from Hanoi to Hoian
		Oct. 10
	HCMC- Siagon	Oct. 11	2	Hoian to HCMC
		Oct. 12		Park Hyatt
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Oct. 13	1	Fly from HCMC to Phnom Penh
				Raffles Hotel Le Royal
	Siem Reap	Oct. 14	3	Fly from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap
		Oct. 16		Angkor Wat
				Raffles Grand Hotel D'Angkor
Singapore	Singapore	Oct. 17	1	Fly from Siem Reap to Singapore
				Rafles Hotel
Train	Singapore to	Oct. 18	2	Two State Compartments on the
	Bangkok	Oct. 20		Orient Express
Thailand	Bangkok	Oct. 21	3	Train to Bangkok
		Oct. 23		Oriental Bangkok Hotel
	Anantara	Oct. 24	2	Fly from Phuket to Golden Triangle
	Golden Triangle	Oct. 25
	Chaing Mai	Oct. 26	3	Overland to Chang Mai
		Oct. 28		Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi
	Phuket	Oct. 29, free	7	Fly from Chang Mai to Phuket
		Oct. 30, free		2 Deluxe Pool   Villas at Evason Hideaway
		Oct. 31, free
		Nov. 1, free
		Nov. 2, free
		Nov. 3, free
		Nov. 4, free
	Bangkok	Nov. 5	1	Fly from Phuket to Bangkok, overnight
Bhutan	Punakha	Nov. 6	2	Fly from Bangkok to Paro
		Nov. 7		2 Suites at Amankora, Punakha
	Thimphu	Nov. 8	1	Overland to Thimphu
				2 Suites at Amankora, Thimphu
	Paro	Nov. 9	2	Overland to Paro
		Nov. 10		2 Suites at Amankora, Paro
India	Delhi	Nov. 11	2	Fly from Chaing Mai-Bangkok-Delhi
		Nov. 12		Imperial Hotel
	Ajabgarh	Nov. 13	1	Overland from Delhi to Ajabjarh
		Nov. 14		Aman Bagh Hotel
	Agra	Nov. 15	1	Overland to Agra
	The Taj Mahal			Amarvilas Hotel
	Jaipur	Nov. 16	1	Overland to Jaipur
				Rajvilas Hotel
	Ranthambore	Nov. 17	2	Overland to Ranthambore
		Nov. 18		Tiger Camp, Luxury Tents
	Pushkar	Nov. 19	2	Overland from Ranthambore to Pushkar
		Nov. 20, free		Luxury Tents, 2 nights, camel festival
	Nimaj	Nov. 21	1	Overland to Nimaj
				Deluxe tent
	Delhi	Nov. 22		Overnight flight to New Zealand
New Zealand	Auckland	Nov. 23	1	Fly from India to New Zealand
				Mollies Boutique Hotel
	Kauri Cliffs	Nov. 24, free	3	Fly from Auckland to Bay of Islands
		Nov. 26		Kauri Cliffs Lodge
	Rotorua	Nov. 27	2	Fly from Kauri Cliffs to Rotorua
		Nov. 28		Treetops Lodge
	Able Tasman	Nov. 29	3	Fly from Rotorua to Able Tasman
		Dec. 1		Awaroa Lodge
	Queenstown	Dec. 2	2	Fly from Rotorua to Queenstown
		Dec. 3, free		Azur Hotel
	Milford Sound	Dec. 4	4	Drive from Queenstown
		Dec. 7		Milford Track
	Auckland	Dec. 8	1	Fly from Queenstown to Auckland
				Overnight in Auckland
Fiji	Nadi	Dec. 9	4	Dec. 9, Fly Auckland to Nadi
		Dec. 13		Fly to resort, Nukubati
USA	Seattle	Dec. 13

2008 Countries and Cities We Plan on Visiting:

SOUTH AMERICA

 

Country:  Ecuador

City: Quinto

Manta

Galapagos

 

Peru

Lima

Cusco

Machu Picchu

 

Chile

Santiago

Easter Island

Calama

San Pedro de Atacama

 

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Cordoba

Bariloche

Puerto Varas

Chiloe Island

Puenta Arenas

Ushuaia

 

ANTARCTICA

 

Antarctica

 

ASIA

 

Turkey

Istanbul

Cappadocia

Izmir

Bodrum

 

United Arab Emirates

Dubai

 

Jordan

Amman

Jerash

Madaba

Wadi Rum

 

 

AFRICA

 

Egypt

Memphis

Cairo

Abu Simbel

Kom Ombo

Luxor

 

South Africa

Cape Town

Johannesburg

Port Elizabeth

 

Zimbabwe

Victoria Falls

Botswana

Maun

Okavango Delta

 

Namibia

Windhoek

Swakopmund

Opuwo

Sesfontein

 

Kenya

Nairobi

Kericho

Namanga

 

Tanzania

Moshi

Mwanza

Shinyanga

 

Madagascar

Antananarivo

 

Morocco

Casablanca

Fes

Volubilis

Moulay Idriss

Sahara Desert

Quarzazate

Imlil

Marrakech