RTW Trip 2009
Oli and Laura
RTW Trip 2009
We are leaving on January 27th with our rucksacks and travelling for 6 months, returning on 11th July. Below is our itinerary and we hope to update an Internet Travel Blog and include the web address below if you want to follow us around the world.
27th January - Fly to Lima - Peru
We will spend a couple of weeks in Peru staying at a desert retreat and getting a train up Machu Picchu to following the Inca Trail. We will then travel to the salt flats of Bolivia and Lake Tititaca. We will travel through Argentina to eventually end up in Santiago (Chile).
25th February - Fly to Auckland - New Zealand
We are hiring a camper van to tour both the North and South Islands of New Zealand. We are following the summer so hopefully it will be warm so we can have lots of outdoor adventures here.
18th March - Fly from Christchurch to Perth - Australia
We will be spending a fortnight with my Aunty Rose and Family in Perth before flying to Cairns via Ayers Rock. We will pick up another camper van to spend a few weeks travelling from Cairns to Sydney seeing all the fantastic beaches and visiting some of Oliver's relatives on the way. We will end our time in Australia spending a few days seeing the sights of Sydney.
5th May - Fly to Singapore
We will have a couple of days in Singapore before leaving to travel overland through Malaysia stopping off in Kuala Lumpur. We will then chill out on the beaches of Thailand before reaching the hustle and bustle of Bangkok.
30th May - Fly to Hong Kong
We are looking forward to seeing the sights of Hong Kong before embarking on an organised tour of China. We will be spending a couple of nights on the Yangtze river, visit Shanghai, see the great wall and the terracotta warriors before ending up in Beijing.
24th June - Trans-Mongolian Train to Ulan-Baatar - Mongolia
We will be travelling on the train to a traditional Ger Camp in Mongolia before crossing the border into Russia.
1st July - Trans-Mongolian Train to Saint Petersburg
We will travel for over a week on the train calling at Lake Baikal near Irkutsk before stopping a few days in Moscow. Our final stop will be Saint Petersburgh for the last bit of culture before returning home.
11th July - Fly home to Heathrow