Route

Rough Itinerary (really, really rough...)

THAILAND - 2 wks

Tue 1 Apr. Dep 22.15 London Heathrow

Arrive Wed 2 Apr 15.35 Bangkok

Bangkok - 3 days Wed 2 Apr - Sat 5 Apr

Chiang Mai and surrounding area (Pai) - 10 days Sun 6 Apr - Wed 16 Apr

LAOS - 1 week

Wed 16 Apr - Wed 23 Apr

Vientiane

Luang Prabang

VIETNAM - 3 weeks

Wed 23 Apr - Wed 14 May

Hanoi

Sapa

Halong Bay

Hue

Hoi An

Mui Ne

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

CAMBODIA - 10 days

Wed 14 May - Fri 23 May

Phnom Penh

Siem Reap

Angkor Wat

THAILAND - 3 weeks

Fri 23 May - Fri 13 Jun

From Bangkok go south to…

Ko Phi Phi

Ko Samui (via Surathani by boat, or via Champhon) -> Ko -> Ko Pha Ngan

bus/train to Krabit -> taxi to An Nang (sp?) and boat to Ton Sai

Phang Nga Bay

MALAYSIA – 2 weeks

Fri 13 Jun – Wed 25 June

Perhenthian Islands - east coast (and recommended by Lil!). V beautiful

Taman Negara - explore the rainforest

Kuala Lumpur - Petronas Towers. Hot place but worth seeing, easy to get lost apparently!

Train from KL to…

SINGAPORE 26 -30 June? (depends how much time left!)

OZ - 1 month

Tue 1 Jul Singapore 22.15

Arrive Cairns Wed 2 Jul 08.20

Cairns Wed 2 July -

-Great Barrier Reef (daytrip)

- Whitsunday Islands (daytrip)

- Magnetic island (daytrip)

- Mission Beach (daytrip)

Brisbane

-Surfers Paradise (daytrip)

- Hervey bay, Fraser Island

Byron Bay

-Dorrigo National Park (rainforest, can swim in Danga falls, so skywalk above treetops)

or – Myall Lakes national park (water sports)

or –Barrington Tops national park

or - Sea Acres Rainforest Ctr

Port Stephens

- Port Macquarie

- Coffs Harbour

Syndey 1 week

- Blue Mountains (daytrip, Yulefest may be on)

- Hunter Valley (daytrip, wine tasting)

New Zealand - 1 month

Wed 30 Jul Sydney 08.50

Arrive Christchurch 13.50

Queenstown

Wanaka

Rotorooa

The Fox or Franz Joseph Glaciers

Kaikoura

Milford sound

Abel Tasman National Park

Wellington

Mt Ruapehu

Lake Taupo

Rororua

Coromandel Peninsula

Waitomo Caves

Depart Auckland

Hong Kong - 4 days

Sun 31 Aug Auckland 05.50

Arrive Sydney 7.20

Depart Sydney 10.45

Arrive Hong Kong 17.45

Home!

Thu 4 Sep Hong Kong 00.45

Arrive London Heathrow 06.35