Where Are We Now?
Our itinerary will be a constant work in progress. We’ll stay longer in places that interest us, pass more quickly through places we find less than exhilarating. The only things certain are the flights specified below and our dates on the Inca Trail. The flights are ticketed as part of a round-the-world ticket with the SkyTeam Alliance (purchased using miles!), so we’ll be sticking to those flights and those dates. All other dates and plans, however, are tentative and subject to change based on availability of transportation, mood, the alignment of the stars, or the slightest shift in wind.
October 13: Flight to Managua, Nicaragua
October 14-18: Ometepe, Nicaragua
October 19-24: Language classes in Granada, Nicaragua (perhaps extending into the next week)
October 25-November 4: Esteli, Miraflor Reserve, Tisey Reserve, Leon, and other sites in Nicaragua
November 5: Flight from Managua, Nicaragua to Santiago, Chile via Panama City, Panama
November 6-November 8: Santiago, Chile
November 9-12: Pucon, Chile
November 13: Puerto Varas, Chile
November 14-17: Chiloe, Chile
November 18: Puerto Varas, Chile
November 19: Puerto Varas, Chile; Fly to Punta Arenas, Chile
November 20: Bus to Ushuaia, Argentina
November 21-23: Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
November 24: Bus to Punta Arenas, Chile
November 25: Bus to Puerto Natales, Chile
November 26: Puerto Natales, Chile
November 27–December 1: Torres del Paine, Chile
December 2: Puero Natales, Chile
December 3-7: Parque Nacional Las Glaciares, Argentina
December 8-10: Peninsula Valdes
December 11-14: Cordoba
December 15-16: Salta
December 16-19: Cachi & Cafayate
December 20: Salta
December 21: To San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
December 22-23: San Pedro de Atacama
December 24-25: Calama
December 26: Arica
December 27: To Lima, Peru
December 28: Meet Gregory in Lima, Peru
December 29-30: Ica & Nazca with Gregory
December 31-January 1: Cusco, Peru with Gregory
January 2-5: Inca Trail with Gregory
January 6-7: Cusco with Gregory
January 8: Lima, Peru with Gregory
January 9-11: Lima
January 12: Bus to Trujillo, Peru
January 13-15: Huanchaco, Peru
January 16: Border Crossing Peru to Ecuador
January 17-18: Vilcabamba, Ecuador
January 19-21: Cuenca, Ecuador
January 22: Bus to Quito
January 23-31: Quito and surrounding area
February 1-8: Galapagos Islands
February 9: Quito
February 10-13: Jamu Lodge, Ecuadorian Amazon
February 14: Quito
Remainder of February: Banos, Ambato, Quilotoa Loop, Ecuador
March 1-11: Buenos Aires & Iguazu Falls
March 12-13: Mendoza, Argentina
March 14: Bus to Santiago
March 15: Valparaiso, Chile
March 16-17: Flight from Santiago, Chile to Johannesburg, South Africa via Paris, France
March 18-19: Johannesburg, South Africa
March 20-22: Blyde River Canyon, S. Africa
March 23-26: Kruger National Park, S. Africa
March 27-28: Swaziland
March 29-31: St. Lucia Estuary & Hluhluwe Park, S. Africa
April 1: Durban, S. Africa
April 2-4: Drakenberg Mountains & Lesotho
April 5: Wild Coast, S. Africa
April 6-7: Graaf-Reinet & Karoo, S. Africa
April 8-9: Addo Elephant Park, Jeffrey’s Bay, & Garden Coast, S. Africa
April 10: Route 62, S. Africa
April 11: Franschhoek & Wine Region, S. Africa
April 12-13: Cape Town, S. Africa
April 14-May 6: Namibia (Fish River Canyon, Namib-Naukluft Mountains, Sossusvlei, Swakopmund, Etosha), Botswana (Okavango Delta), Victoria Falls, Jo’Burg
May 7: Bus to Maputo, Mozambique
May 8-12: Through Mozambique
May 13-23: Blantyre, Nakhata Bay, & Likoma Island, Malawi
May 24: In Transit by Bus from Malawi to Tanzania
May 25-26: Mbeya, Tanzania
May 27-28: Train to Dar Es Salaam and Ferry to Zanzibar
May 29-June 2: Zanzibar
June 3: In Transit to Kampala, Uganda
June 2-16: Uganda
June 17: Flight from Nairobi, Kenya to Bangkok, Thailand via Dubai, UAE
June 18-22: Bangkok, Thailand
June 23: To Cambodia
June 24-30: Siem Reap, Cambodia
July 1-3: Battambang, Cambodia
July 4-5: Siem Reap, Cambodia
July 6-8: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
July 9-11: Mekong Delta, Vietnam
July 12: Saigon, Vietnam
July 13-14: Hanoi, Vietnam
July 15-16: Sa Pa, Vietnam
July 17-18: Halong Bay, Vietnam
July 19-21: Hoi An, Vietnam
July 22: Hue, Vietnam
July 23: To Laos
July 24: Savannahket, Laos
July 25: Pakse, Laos
July 26-28: Si Phan Don Islands, Laos
July 29: Champasak, Laos
July 30-31: Bolaven Plateau, Laos
August 1: Vientiane, Laos
August 2-3: Vang Vieng, Laos
August 4-8: Luang Prabang, Laos
August 9-11: Chang Mai, Thailand
August 12: Bangkok
August 13: To Malaysia
August 14-19: Perhentian Islands, Malaysia
August 20: Khota Bharu to Jerantut, Malaysia
August 21-23: Taman Negara, Malaysia
August 24: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
August 25: Sandakan, Borneo, Malaysia
August 26: Sepilok, Borneo, Malaysia
August 27: Sukau, Borneo, Malaysia
August 28-29: Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia
August 30-31: Kota Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia
September 1-2: Brunei
September 3: Miri, Borneo, Malaysia
September 4: Niah Caves, Borneo, Malaysia
September 5: Lambir Hills, Borneo, Malaysia
September 6: Miri, Borneo, Malaysia
September 7-8: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
September 9: To Delhi, India
September 10-11: Delhi, India
September 12-13: Shimla, India
September 14-16: Dharamshala, India
September 17-18: Amritsar, India
September 19-20: Jaipur, India
September 21-23: Jaisalmer, India
September 24: Jodhpur, India
September 25: Fathepur Sikri, India
September 26: Agra, India
September 27: Orchha, India
September 28-29: Varanasi, India
September 30: Kolkata, India
October 1: Flight from Kolkata, India to Bangkok, Thailand
October 2-3: Bangkok, Thailand
October 4-8: Krabi & Ko Phi Phi, Thailand
October 9: Bangkok, Thailand
October 10: Flight from Bangkok, Thailand to Seattle, Washington, USA via Seoul, Korea
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