Day by day itinerary from start 'til finish
Trip Start
Feb 18, 2004
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Trip End
Dec 05, 2005
Seattle,
Washington,
United States
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Feb 18, 2004: Seattle -> London (England)
Feb 19-22: London
Feb 23: York
Feb 24: Edinburgh
Feb 25: (start of "Wild in Scotland" tour) Stirling, Oban
Feb 26: Isle of Skye
Feb 27: Isle of Skye
Feb 28: Highlands, Inverness
Feb 29: Loch Ness, Pitlochry, Edinburgh (finish Scotland tour)
March 1: Glasgow
March 2: Ambleside (Lake District)
March 3: Lake District
March 4: Liverpool
March 5-6: Manchester (visiting Jayne)
March 7: Stratford-upon-Avon
March 8: Cardiff
March 9: Bath
March 10: Bath, Stonehenge
March 11-12: Brighton
March 13-14: London
March 15: London -> Dublin
March 16: Galway
March 17: Galway (St Patrick's Day)
March 18: Galway, Inis Mor (Aran Islands)
March 19: Dublin
March 20: (start of Paddywagon tour of S. Ireland) Clonmacnoise, Galway
March 21: Cliffs of Moher, Killarney
March 22: Dingle Peninsula
March 23: Ring of Kerry
March 24: Blarney Castle, Kinsale
March 25: Rock of Cashel, Kilkenny (end of Paddywagon tour)
March 26-27: Kilkenny
March 28: Dublin
March 29: (start of Paddywagon tour of N. Ireland) Slane Castle, Belfast
March 30: Belfast, Giant's Causeway, Derry
March 31: northernmost point, Derry
April 1: Sligo
April 2: Galway
April 3: Clonmacnoise, Dublin (end of Paddywagon tour)
April 4-5: Dublin
April 6: Dublin -> Liverpool, Conwy (Wales)
April 7: Caernarfon, Conwy
April 8: Chester (Jayne's wedding)
April 9: Chester
April 10: Manchester -> Malaga (Spain), Sevilla, Cadiz
April 11: Cadiz
April 12: Tarifa, Tanger (Morocco)
April 13: Tarifa
April 14: Sevilla, Faro (Portugal)
April 15: Lagos
April 16: Salema, Sagres, Lagos
April 17: Lisbon
April 18: Sintra, Lisbon
April 19: Evora
April 20: Castelo de Vide, Marvao
April 21: (long day on bus) Porto
April 22: (i hate Portugal's public transport) Santiago de Compostelo (Spain)
April 23: Leon
April 24: Salamanca
April 25: Avila, Toledo
April 26-27: Madrid
April 28-30: Sevilla (Feria festival)
May 1: Cordoba, Ronda
May 2-3: Granada
May 4: Valencia, Barcelona
May 5-6: Barcelona
May 7: Barcelona -> Genoa (Italy), Monterosso
May 8: Monterosso, Cinque Terre
May 9: Pisa
May 10-11: Florence
May 12-13: Siena, Tuscany
May 14: Perugia, Assisi
May 15-16: Rome
May 17: Naples
May 18: Paestum, Naples
May 19: Pompeii, Naples
May 20: Naples
May 21: Capri, Naples
May 22: Naples
May 23: Amalfi Coast, Naples
May 24-25: Naples
May 26: Naples -> Palermo, Marsala
May 27-29: sailing around islands of Sicily
May 30: Palermo -> Naples
May 31: Naples
June 1-3: Rome
June 4: Bologna, Venice
June 5: Venice
June 6: Verona
June 7: Bolzano, Selva
June 8: Selva
June 9: Milan
June 10: Lake Como
June 11: Lake Maggiore
June 12: Zermatt (Switzerland)
June 13: Zermatt
June 14: (glacier express scenic railway) Vaduz (Liechenstein)
June 15: Vaduz
June 16-18: Luzern (Switzerland)
June 19-20: Interlaken
June 21: Grindelwald
June 22: Montreux, Lausanne, Geneva
June 23: Geneva
June 24: Bern, Murten, Zurich
June 25: Zurich
June 26: Freiburg (Germany)
June 27: Strasbourg (France)
June 28: Heidelberg (Germany), Frankfurt, Bad Homburg
June 29: Bad Homburg
June 30: Rothenberg
July 1: Bamberg, Nurnberg, Rothenberg
July 2-3: Fussen (Neuschwanstein Castle)
July 4: Lindau
July 5-7: Munich
July 8-9: Berchtesgaden
July 10: Vienna (Austria)
July 11-12: Budapest (Hungary)
July 13: Bratislava (Slovakia), Vienna (Austria)
July 14-16: Salzburg
July 17-18: Prague (Czech Republic)
July 19-20: Czesky Krumlov
July 21: Prague (my birthday)
July 22: Karlstejn Castle, Prague
July 23: Kutna Hora, Prague
July 24: Dresden (Germany)
July 25-27: Berlin
July 28: Lubeck, Hamburg
July 29: Ribe (Denmark), Legoland, Odense
July 30-31: Odense
Aug 1: Copenhagen, Malmo (Sweden), Lund
Aug 2: Copenhagen
Aug 3: Kronborg, Frederiksborg, Copenhagen
Aug 4: Goteburg (Sweden)
Aug 5-9: Stockholm
Aug 10: Stockholm - > Turku (Finland), Helsinki
Aug 11: Tallinn (Estonia)
Aug 12: Porvoo (Finland), Helsinki
Aug 13: Helsinki -> Stockholm (Sweden), Oslo (Norway)
Aug 14-15: Oslo
Aug 16: Andalsnes, Geiranger
Aug 17-18: Geiranger, Hellesylt
Aug 19: Bergen
Aug 20: Flam, N�r�yfjorden, Bergen
Aug 21: Bergen
Aug 22: Bergen -> Alicante (Spain)
Aug 23: Alicante
Aug 24: Valencia
Aug 25: Valencia, Bunol (La Tomatina)
Aug 26: Valencia
Aug 27: Valencia -> San Sebastian
Aug 28: San Sebastian
Aug 29: Sarlat (France), Bordeaux
Aug 30-31: Carcassonne
Sept 1: Arles, Avignon
Sept 2: Avignon
Sept 3-5: Nice
Sept 6: Lyon
Sept 7: Dijon
Sept 8-9: Paris
Sept 10: Paris -> Seattle (U.S.A.)
Sept 11-22: Wenatchee
Sept 23 - Oct 8: Portland
Oct 9: Olympia
Oct 10-12: Seattle
Oct 13: Seattle -> Paris (France)
Oct 14-15: Paris
Oct 16: Bayeux
Oct 17: Pontorson
Oct 18: Tours (Loire Valley)
Oct 19: Blois
Oct 20: Giverny, Brussels (Belgium)
Oct 21: Brussels
Oct 22-23: Brugge
Oct 24: Utrecht (Netherlands)
Oct 25: Amsterdam, Utrecht
Oct 26: Delft, Rotterdam, Utrecht
Oct 27: Utrecht
Oct 28: Koln (Germany)
Oct 29: Cochem, Trier
Oct 30: Luxembourg, Trier (Germany)
Oct 31: Frankfurt, Bad Homburg
Nov 1: Bad Homburg
Nov 2-3: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Nov 4: Amsterdam -> Cairo (Egypt)
Nov 5-6: Cairo
Nov 7: (start of Egypt tour) Cairo
Nov 8: Cairo -> Aswan
Nov 9: Aswan
Nov 10-12: felucca ride up the Nile River
Nov 13: Luxor
Nov 14: Hurghada
Nov 15-17: Dahab
Nov 18: Mt Sinai
Nov 19: Mt Sinai, Cairo (end of Egypt tour)
Nov 20-23: Alexandria
Nov 24: Cairo -> Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Nov 25: Amsterdam -> London (England)
Nov 26: London
Nov 27: London -> Cape Town (South Africa)
Nov 28-29: Cape Town
Nov 30: (start BazBus up the coast) Knysna
Dec 1-2: Plettenberg Bay
Dec 3-4: Jeffrey's Bay
Dec 5: Port Elizabeth
Dec 6: Cintsa
Dec 7-8: Durban
Dec 9: Durban -> Johannesberg -> Nairobi (Kenya)
Dec 10-11: Nairobi
Dec 12: (Africa overland tour starts) Masai Mara
Dec 13: Masai Mara, Lake Naivasha
Dec 14: Kericho
Dec 15: Musoma - Lake Victoria (Tanzania)
Dec 16: Serengeti Nat'l Park
Dec 17: Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater
Dec 18: Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha
Dec 19: Dar es Salaam
Dec 20-22: Zanzibar
Dec 23: Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam
Dec 24: Iringa
Dec 25: Chitimba (Malawi)
Dec 26-28: Kande Beach
Dec 29: Lilongwe
Dec 30: Zambia
Dec 31: Lusaka
Jan 1, 2005: Livingstone
Jan 2-3: Livingstone
Jan 4-6: Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)
Jan 7: Kasane (Botswana)
Jan 8: Francistown
Jan 9: Tzaneen (South Africa)
Jan 10-11: Kruger Nat'l Park
Jan 12: Johannesburg
Jan 13-16: Cape Town
Jan 17: Stellenbosch
Jan 18: Wilderness
Jan 19-20: Plettenberg Bay
Jan 21-22: Storms River
Jan 23: Port Elizabeth
Jan 24: East London, Hogsback
Jan 25-26: Coffee Bay
Jan 27: Durban
Jan 28: Durban -> Jo'burg, Pretoria
Jan 29: Sun City, Pretoria
Jan 30-31: Pretoria
Feb 1: Pretoria
Feb 2: Jo'burg -> Sydney
Feb 3: arrive Sydney
Feb 4-8: Sydney
Feb 9: Melbourne
Feb 10-12: Great Ocean Road & Grampians
Feb 13-14: Adelaide
Feb 15-16: Kangaroo Island
Feb 17-19: Adelaide
Feb 20: Adelaide -> Perth
Feb 21-24: Perth
Feb 25: Perth -> Sydney, Singleton
Feb 26: Singleton
Feb 27: Singleton, Sydney
Feb 28 - March 5: Sydney
March 6: Sydney -> Christchurch (New Zealand)
March 7: Christchurch
March 8: Kaikoura
March 9: Nelson
March 10: Abel Tasman Nat'l Park, Nelson
March 11: Greymouth
March 12: Franz Joseph
March 13: Fox Glacier
March 14: Wanaka
March 15: Queenstown
March 16: Milford Sound
March 17: Queenstown (St Patrick's Day)
March 18: Queenstown
March 19: Dunedin
March 20: Mt Cook
March 21: Mt Cook, Lake Tekapo
March 22: Christchurch
March 23: Kaikoura
March 24-25: Wellington
March 26: Napier
March 27-28: Taupo
March 29: Rotorua, Mt Maunganui
March 31: Auckland
April 1: Auckland
April 2: Bay of Islands, Ngunguru
April 3: Ngunguru, Auckland
April 4: Auckland -> Sydney (Australia)
April 5-15: Sydney
April 16-21: Byron Bay
April 22: Sydney
April 23-25: Jervis Bay
April 26-30: Sydney
May 1-3: Sydney
May 4: Sydney -> Mumbai (India)
May 5: Mumbai
May 6: (bus ride)
May 7: Udaipur
May 8: Mt Abu
May 9-10: Jodhpur
May 11-13: Jaisalmer
May 14-15: Jaipur
May 16: Agra
May 17-18: Varanasi
May 19: Mumbai -> Bangkok (Thailand)
May 20-24: Bangkok
May 25: Bangkok -> Siem Reap (Cambodia)
May 26: Siem Reap
May 27-28: Phnom Penh
May 29-31: Sihanoukville
June 1: Phnom Penh
June 2: Phnom Penh -> Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
June 3: Ho Chi Minh City (aka, Saigon)
June 4-5: Mekong Delta
June 6-7: Dalat
June 8-10: Nha Trang
June 11-13: Hoi An
June 14-15: Hue
June 16-17: Hanoi
June 18-20: Halong Bay
June 21-23: Sapa
June 24: Hanoi -> Bangkok (Thailand)
June 25-27: Bangkok
June 28: Bangkok -> Phuket
June 29-30: Ko Phi Phi
July 1: Krabi
July 2: Krabi -> Bangkok
July 3: eye surgery in Bangkok
July 4-11: Bangkok
July 12: Bangkok -> Luang Prabang (Laos)
July 13-14: Nong Khiaw
July 15: Luang Prabang
July 16-17: Vang Vieng
July 18: Vientiene
July 19: Vientiene -> Bangkok (Thailand)
July 20-24: Bangkok
July 25: Bangkok -> Langkawi (Malaysia)
July 26: Langkawi
July 27: Langkawi -> Cameron Highlands
July 28-29: Cameron Highlands
July 30-31: Perhentian Islands
August 1: Perhentian Islands
August 2-4: Taman Negara
August 5-6: Kuala Lumpur
August 7: Melaka
August 8: Singapore
August 9: Singapore -> Hong Kong
August 10: Hong Kong
August 11: Hong Kong -> Guangzhou
August 12: Guilin -> Yangshou
August 13-14: Yangshou
August 15: Dragon's Backbone, Guilin
August 16-17: Zhangjiajie
August 18: Yichang
August 19: Yichang -> (via Three Gorges) -> Chongqing
August 20: Chongqing -> Xi'an
August 21-22: Xi'an
August 23: Pingyao
August 24-25: Wutai Shan
August 26: Datong
August 27-30: Beijing
August 31: Beijing -> Hong Kong -> Los Angeles (USA)
September 1: El Segundo
Sept 2: Rancho Santa Margerita
Sept 3-4: Tijuana (Mexico)
Sept 5: San Diego -> Portland
Sept 6-7: Portland
Sept 8-11: Seattle
Sept 12-18: Portland
Sept 19-20: Seattle
Sept 21: Seattle -> Dallas -> San Jose (Costa Rica)
Sept 22-23: Santa Elena / Monteverde
Sept 24: La Fortuna / Arenal Volcano
Sept 25: Playa Tamarindo
Sept 26: Samara
Sept 27-28: Quepos / Manuel Antonio
Sept 29: San Jose
Sept 30: San Jose -> Miami -> Lima (Peru)
Oct 1: Lima
Oct 2: Ica / Huacachina
Oct 3: Nazca
Oct 4: Cuzco
Oct 5: Sacred Valley
Oct 6: Machu Picchu
Oct 7: Aguas Calientes, Cuzco
Oct 8: Puno
Oct 9: Copacabana (Bolivia)
Oct 10: La Paz
Oct 11-12: Sorata
Oct 13: La Paz
Oct 14: La Paz -> Santiago (Chile)
Oct 15: Santiago -> Easter Island (aka, Rapa Nui)
Oct 16: Easter Island
Oct 17: Easter Island -> Santiago
Oct 18: Santiago
Oct 19: Santiago -> Punta Arenas -> Puerto Natales
Oct 20: Torres del Paine
Oct 21-23: cruise through Patagonia
Oct 24: Puerto Varas
Oct 25-26: Santiago
Oct 27: Santiago -> Mendoza (Argentina)
Oct 28: Mendoza
Oct 29-31: Cordoba
Nov 1: Buenos Aires
Nov 2: San Antonio / Buenos Aires
Nov 3-4: Buenos Aires
Nov 5: Colonia (Uruguay) + Montevideo
Nov 6: Punta del Diablo
Nov 7-9: Punta del Este
Nov 10: Montevideo -> Buenos Aires -> Puerto Iguazu
Nov 11: Iguazu Falls
Nov 12: Foz do Iguaçu (Brasil)
Nov 13: Curitiba
Nov 14: Curitiba, Antonina
Nov 15: São Paulo, Parati
Nov 16-17: Ilha Grande
Nov 18-22: Rio de Janeiro
Nov 23: Rio -> London (UK)
Nov 24: arrive in London -> Southampton
Nov 25-28: Southampton
Nov 29-30: Manchester
Dec 1-2: Edinburgh
Dec 3-4: London
Dec 5: London -> Seattle (USA)
