26 countries over 9 months and 1 complete circumnavigation of the globe. Follow our progress on this journey, and feel free to leave comments, offer advice (things to do or places to see along the route), or just tell us how deeply envious you really are.
30 June 2009
Can't post to Blogspot, as it's blocked in all of China since mid-May. Hoping to be able to get someone to do it for me, but no guarantees. Meanwhile, will write and save them, hoping to get access in early August. If you're reading this, someone has done my bidding and you should all send him a present in gratitude.
| Day | Date | Accom | Location | Comments |
| Sun | 12-Apr | C | Tournai, Belgium | Belgium. Really? Maybe not the best way to start this trip. |
| Mon | 13-Apr | C | Cologne, Gemany | Zwei Furst Bismark bitte… read the blog when we get there |
| Tue | 14-Apr | C | Bamberg, Germany | Bavaria! |
| Wed | 15-Apr | C | Bamberg, Germany | |
| Thu | 16-Apr | C | Prague, Czech | Beer, beer and more beer |
| Fri | 17-Apr | C | Prague, Czech | |
| Sat | 18-Apr | C | Budapest, Hungary | Buda...Pest…Buda…Pest… |
| Sun | 19-Apr | C | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Mon | 20-Apr | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Tue | 21-Apr | C | Sighisoara, Romania | Vlad Tepes' (aka Dracula) birthplace |
| Wed | 22-Apr | C | Rasnov (near Brasov), Romania | |
| Thu | 23-Apr | C | Bucharest, Romania | |
| Fri | 24-Apr | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Sat | 25-Apr | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Sun | 26-Apr | HO | Istanbul | East meets west in the largest city on the trip |
| Mon | 27-Apr | HO | Istanbul | |
| Tue | 28-Apr | HO | Istanbul | |
| Wed | 29-Apr | C | Black Sea Coast, Turkey | Around the Sea of Marmara |
| Thu | 30-Apr | C | Black Sea Coast, Turkey | |
| Fri | 1-May | C | Goreme, Turkey | Cappodocia: referenced in the Simpsons…see Sideshow Bob |
| Sat | 2-May | C | Goreme, Turkey | David's Birthday |
| Sun | 3-May | C | Goreme, Turkey | |
| Mon | 4-May | C | en route (TBD) | Through Anatolia |
| Tue | 5-May | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Wed | 6-May | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Thu | 7-May | C | Sumela, Turkey | Monastery near Trabzon, founded in 386AD |
| Fri | 8-May | C | Black Sea Coast, Turkey | |
| Sat | 9-May | H | Batumi, Georgia | Soviet St Tropez |
| Sun | 10-May | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Mon | 11-May | HS | Mestia, Georgia | Administrative capital of Svaneti |
| Tue | 12-May | HS | Mestia, Georgia | Another day in the administrative capital of Svaneti |
| Wed | 13-May | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Thu | 14-May | H | Kutasi, Georgia | Wannabe Russians |
| Fri | 15-May | C | Gori, Georgia | Stalin's birthplace |
| Sat | 16-May | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Sun | 17-May | C | Kazbegi, Georgia | On the super-fun Georgian Military Highway |
| Mon | 18-May | C | Kazbegi, Georgia | |
| Tue | 19-May | H | Tbilisi, Georgia | |
| Wed | 20-May | C | Telavi, Georgia | Not Israel |
| Thu | 21-May | HS | Telavi, Georgia | Still not Israel |
| Fri | 22-May | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Sat | 23-May | H | Sheki, Azerbaijan | Back to the lands of Mohammed |
| Sun | 24-May | C | Eastern Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan: Home to 300 of world's 700 Mud Volcanos |
| Mon | 25-May | H | Baku, Azerbaijan | The Houston of Azerbaijan |
| Tue | 26-May | B | Ferry across the Caspian | The Slow Boat to Turkmenistan |
| Wed | 27-May | B | Ferry across the Caspian | Still on the Slow Boat to Turkmenistan |
| Thu | 28-May | C | Yankykala, Turkmenistan | The Cliffs of the Canyon--the painted desert of Turkmenistan |
| Fri | 29-May | C | Kow Ata, Turkmenistan | "Father of Caves'' |
| Sat | 30-May | H | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | Home of the statue of Turkmenbashi…which rotates to face the sun! |
| Sun | 31-May | C | Darvaza Gas Crater, Turkmenistan | AKA "The Door to Hell". Fun! |
| Mon | 1-Jun | C | Konya-Urgench, Turkmenistan | Razed in 1221 by Genghis Khan |
| Tue | 2-Jun | H | Khiva, Uzbekistan | Ancient Silk Road City |
| Wed | 3-Jun | H | Khiva, Uzbekistan | |
| Thu | 4-Jun | H | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Heart of The Great Game |
| Fri | 5-Jun | H | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | |
| Sat | 6-Jun | H | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | |
| Sun | 7-Jun | C | Desert Lake, Uzbekistan | |
| Mon | 8-Jun | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Tue | 9-Jun | H | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Also ancient Silk Road City |
| Wed | 10-Jun | H | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | |
| Thu | 11-Jun | H | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | |
| Fri | 12-Jun | H | Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan | |
| Sat | 13-Jun | HS | Osh, Kyrgyzstan | Second largest city in Kyrgyzstan |
| Sun | 14-Jun | H | en route (TBD) | |
| Mon | 15-Jun | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Tue | 16-Jun | C | Song Kul, Kyrgyzstan | Second largest lake in Kyrgyzstan! |
| Wed | 17-Jun | C | Song Kul, Kyrgyzstan | |
| Thu | 18-Jun | C | Song Kul, Kyrgyzstan | |
| Fri | 19-Jun | H | Song Kul, Kyrgyzstan | |
| Sat | 20-Jun | H | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | Capital of Kyrgyzstan |
| Sun | 21-Jun | H | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | |
| Mon | 22-Jun | C | Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan | The Warm Lake--Fourth Deepest in the World |
| Tue | 23-Jun | HS | Karakol, Kyrgyzstan | |
| Wed | 24-Jun | C | Jeti Oguz Gorge, Kyrgyzstan | This is why we have new hiking boots |
| Thu | 25-Jun | C | Jeti Oguz Gorge, Kyrgyzstan | |
| Fri | 26-Jun | C | Jeti Oguz Gorge, Kyrgyzstan | |
| Sat | 27-Jun | H | Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan | On the way to China… |
| Sun | 28-Jun | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Mon | 29-Jun | H | Kashgar, China | Oasis city in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region |
| Tue | 30-Jun | H | Kashgar, China | |
| Wed | 1-Jul | C | River Camp, China | |
| Thu | 2-Jul | H | Kashgar, China | |
| Fri | 3-Jul | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Sat | 4-Jul | C | Kucha, China | Ancient Buddhist kingdom on the Silk Road |
| Sun | 5-Jul | C | Tuokexun, China | |
| Mon | 6-Jul | H | Turpan, China | Hottest spot in China |
| Tue | 7-Jul | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Wed | 8-Jul | H | Dunhuang, China | The Mogao Caves |
| Thu | 9-Jul | H | Dunhuang, China | |
| Fri | 10-Jul | H | Golmud, China | |
| Sat | 11-Jul | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Sun | 12-Jul | C | en route (TBD) | Tibet! |
| Mon | 13-Jul | C | Nam-Tso Lake, China | |
| Tue | 14-Jul | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Wed | 15-Jul | H | Lhasa, China | |
| Thu | 16-Jul | H | Lhasa, China | |
| Fri | 17-Jul | H | Lhasa, China | |
| Sat | 18-Jul | C | Tingri, China | |
| Sun | 19-Jul | HS | Everest base camp, China | Freezing and loopy from the altitude… why are we doing this again? |
| Mon | 20-Jul | HS | Everest base camp, China | 100 days on the Road |
| Tue | 21-Jul | H | Shigatse, China | |
| Wed | 22-Jul | C | Tsetang, China | |
| Thu | 23-Jul | C | Milini, China | |
| Fri | 24-Jul | C | Bomi, China | |
| Sat | 25-Jul | C | Zaogom, China | |
| Sun | 26-Jul | C | Deqin, China | into Yunan province |
| Mon | 27-Jul | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Tue | 28-Jul | H | Shangri-La, China | Can it live up to the name? Really? |
| Wed | 29-Jul | H | Shangri-La, China | |
| Thu | 30-Jul | H | Lijiang, China | Tiger Leaping Gorges |
| Fri | 31-Jul | H | Lijiang, China | |
| Sat | 1-Aug | H | Kunming, China | City of Eternal Spring |
| Sun | 2-Aug | H | Dali, China | But is there a surreal lobster? |
| Mon | 3-Aug | H | Dali, China | |
| Tue | 4-Aug | C | Jinghong, China | |
| Wed | 5-Aug | C | Xishuangbanna region, China | |
| Thu | 6-Aug | H | Mohan, China | China-Laos border town |
| Fri | 7-Aug | H | Louang Namtha, Laos | The US bombed this town flat during the Vietnam War... |
| Sat | 8-Aug | H | Louang Namtha, Laos | |
| Sun | 9-Aug | H | en route (TBD) | |
| Mon | 10-Aug | H | Louang Phabang, Laos | Until communisim, the royal capital of Laos |
| Tue | 11-Aug | H | Louang Phabang, Laos | |
| Wed | 12-Aug | H | Louang Phabang, Laos | |
| Thu | 13-Aug | H | Vang Viang, Laos | |
| Fri | 14-Aug | H | Vang Viang, Laos | 9 straight nights in a real bed… luxury |
| Sat | 15-Aug | C | Phonsavan, Laos | Back to camping |
| Sun | 16-Aug | C | Phonsavan, Laos | Gateway to the Plain of Jars. Obviously. |
| Mon | 17-Aug | H | Vientiane, Laos | Everyone's favorite southeast Asian capital! |
| Tue | 18-Aug | H | Vientiane, Laos | |
| Wed | 19-Aug | C | Pho Hin Boun NP, Laos | |
| Thu | 20-Aug | C | Pho Hin Boun NP, Laos | |
| Fri | 21-Aug | H | Savannakhet, Laos | |
| Sat | 22-Aug | H | Hue, Vietnam | A US Navy Cruiser carries the name USS Hue City. Did you know that? |
| Sun | 23-Aug | H | Hue, Vietnam | |
| Mon | 24-Aug | H | Hoi An, Vietnam | Once called Hai Pho (Seaside Town)… there's some creativity |
| Tue | 25-Aug | H | Hoi An, Vietnam | |
| Wed | 26-Aug | H | Hoi An, Vietnam | |
| Thu | 27-Aug | C | Beach Camp, Vietnam | At last, the beach! |
| Fri | 28-Aug | C | Beach Camp, Vietnam | |
| Sat | 29-Aug | H | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Or Saigon if you prefer |
| Sun | 30-Aug | H | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Largest city since Istanbul over 100 days ago |
| Mon | 31-Aug | H | en route (TBD) | |
| Tue | 1-Sep | H | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Seems likely to rain.. PP gets 9 inches of rain in Sept. |
| Wed | 2-Sep | H | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | and the Killing Fields |
| Thu | 3-Sep | C | Battambang, Cambodia | Khmer rebels continued fighting here until the end of '98 |
| Fri | 4-Sep | C | Battambang, Cambodia | |
| Sat | 5-Sep | H | Siem Reap, Cambodia | Angkor Wat… |
| Sun | 6-Sep | H | Siem Reap, Cambodia | ...but watch out for the land mines |
| Mon | 7-Sep | H | Siem Reap, Cambodia | |
| Tue | 8-Sep | H | Bangkok, Thailand | Anyone for a ping-pong show? |
| Wed | 9-Sep | H | Bangkok, Thailand | No, ok then… how about a drink with a ladyboy? |
| Thu | 10-Sep | H | Bangkok, Thailand | Fine, then we will just settle for an evening of Muay Thai |
| Fri | 11-Sep | C | Kanchanaburi, Thailand | Featured in the 1st season of the Amazing Race |
| Sat | 12-Sep | C | Kanchanaburi, Thailand | |
| Sun | 13-Sep | C | Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand | Thailand is 10km across at this point |
| Mon | 14-Sep | TBD | Thailands Islands | On our own for a week, beach fun |
| Tue | 15-Sep | TBD | Thailands Islands | will it be… |
| Wed | 16-Sep | TBD | Thailands Islands | a boat house in Ko Samui |
| Thu | 17-Sep | TBD | Thailands Islands | or full moon in Ko Pha Ngan |
| Fri | 18-Sep | TBD | Thailands Islands | or diving in Ko Tao? |
| Sat | 19-Sep | TBD | Thailands Islands | |
| Sun | 20-Sep | TBD | Thailands Islands | |
| Mon | 21-Sep | H | en route (TBD) | |
| Tue | 22-Sep | H | Pulau Penang, Malaysia | Island in the Straight of Malacca. Argh! Pirates! |
| Wed | 23-Sep | C | Mountain Camp, Malaysia | |
| Thu | 24-Sep | HO | Kota Bharu | |
| Fri | 25-Sep | H | Palau Perhentian Kecil, Malaysia | Turtle conservation… perfect for Monica. (Ugh.) |
| Sat | 26-Sep | C | Palau Perhentian Kecil, Malaysia | |
| Sun | 27-Sep | H | Palau Perhentian Kecil, Malaysia | |
| Mon | 28-Sep | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Tue | 29-Sep | C | Taman Negara, Malaysia | Taman Negara literally means National Park in Malay |
| Wed | 30-Sep | C | Taman Negara, Malaysia | |
| Thu | 1-Oct | C | Taman Negara, Malaysia | |
| Fri | 2-Oct | C | en route (TBD) | |
| Sat | 3-Oct | H | en route (TBD) | |
| Sun | 4-Oct | H | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
| Mon | 5-Oct | H | Malacca, Malaysia | |
| Tue | 6-Oct | H | Malacca, Malaysia | |
| Wed | 7-Oct | H | Singapore | |
| Thu | 8-Oct | H | Singapore | |
| Fri | 9-Oct | HO | Darwin, Australia | Australia at last |
| Sat | 10-Oct | TBD | Darwin, Australia | |
| Sun | 11-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | Only one thing is for sure about Australia itinerary... |
| Mon | 12-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | we have to make it to Coonamble |
| Tue | 13-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Wed | 14-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Thu | 15-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Fri | 16-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Sat | 17-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Sun | 18-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Mon | 19-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Tue | 20-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Wed | 21-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Thu | 22-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Fri | 23-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Sat | 24-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Sun | 25-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Mon | 26-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Tue | 27-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Wed | 28-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | Day 200 on the road |
| Thu | 29-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Fri | 30-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Sat | 31-Oct | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Sun | 1-Nov | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Mon | 2-Nov | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Tue | 3-Nov | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Wed | 4-Nov | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Thu | 5-Nov | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Fri | 6-Nov | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Sat | 7-Nov | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Sun | 8-Nov | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Mon | 9-Nov | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Tue | 10-Nov | TBD | TBD, Australia | |
| Wed | 11-Nov | TBD | Sydney, Australia | |
| Thu | 12-Nov | TBD | Sydney, Australia | |
| Fri | 13-Nov | TBD | Sydney, Australia | |
| Sat | 14-Nov | TBD | Sydney, Australia | |
| Sun | 15-Nov | TBD | Sydney, Australia | |
| Mon | 16-Nov | TBD | Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| Tue | 17-Nov | TBD | Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| Wed | 18-Nov | TBD | Las Vegas, NV, USA | |
| Thu | 19-Nov | TBD | Las Vegas, NV, USA | |
| Fri | 20-Nov | TBD | Grand Canyon, AZ, USA | |
| Sat | 21-Nov | TBD | Grand Canyon, AZ, USA | |
| Sun | 22-Nov | TBD | Green Valley, AZ, USA | |
| Mon | 23-Nov | HS | Green Valley, AZ, USA | |
| Tue | 24-Nov | HS | Green Valley, AZ, USA | Our 8th Wedding Anniversary |
| Wed | 25-Nov | HS | Green Valley, AZ, USA | |
| Thu | 26-Nov | HS | Green Valley, AZ, USA | Serving turkey to pensioners |
| Fri | 27-Nov | HS | Green Valley, AZ, USA | |
| Sat | 28-Nov | HS | Green Valley, AZ, USA | |
| Sun | 29-Nov | TBD | Mexico | Just for Monica |
| Mon | 30-Nov | TBD | Mexico | |
| Tue | 1-Dec | TBD | Mexico | |
| Wed | 2-Dec | TBD | en route (TBD) | |
| Thu | 3-Dec | TBD | en route (TBD) | |
| Fri | 4-Dec | TBD | en route (TBD) | |
| Sat | 5-Dec | TBD | en route (TBD) | |
| Sun | 6-Dec | TBD | en route (TBD) | |
| Mon | 7-Dec | TBD | Carbondale, USA | Bill Bryson once called it the most boring town in America (it so is) |
| Tue | 8-Dec | TBD | Carbondale, USA | but Playboy also once rated it the #1 college party town |
| Wed | 9-Dec | TBD | en route (TBD) | |
| Thu | 10-Dec | TBD | en route (TBD) | |
| Fri | 11-Dec | TBD | en route (TBD) | |
| Sat | 12-Dec | TBD | Cleveland, USA | |
| Sun | 13-Dec | TBD | Cleveland, USA | Only one thing to do on a Dec Sunday in Cleveland! |
| Mon | 14-Dec | TBD | Cleveland, USA | |
| Tue | 15-Dec | TBD | en route (TBD) | |
| Wed | 16-Dec | TBD | en route (TBD) | |
| Thu | 17-Dec | TBD | en route (TBD) | |
| Fri | 18-Dec | TBD | en route (TBD) | |
| Sat | 19-Dec | TBD | en route (TBD) | |
| Sun | 20-Dec | HS | Delran, NJ, USA | Christmas in New Jersey |
| Mon | 21-Dec | HS | Delran, NJ, USA | |
| Tue | 22-Dec | HS | Delran, NJ, USA | |
| Wed | 23-Dec | HS | Delran, NJ, USA | |
| Thu | 24-Dec | HS | Delran, NJ, USA | |
| Fri | 25-Dec | HS | Delran, NJ, USA | |
| Sat | 26-Dec | HS | Delran, NJ, USA | |
| Sun | 27-Dec | HS | Delran, NJ, USA | |
| Mon | 28-Dec | TBD | ??? | |
| Tue | 29-Dec | TBD | ??? | |
| Wed | 30-Dec | TBD | ??? | |
| Thu | 31-Dec | TBD | ??? | |
| Fri | 1-Jan | TBD | ??? | |
| Sat | 2-Jan | TBD | ??? | Monica's B'day |
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