Itinerary

ACTUAL ITINERARY

Here is what we have actually ended up doing, which I will try and update as we go.

 

AUSTRALIA     Day 1- 15

25/3 –Melbourne to Horsham

26/3 – Horsham to Adelaide

27/3 – Adelaide to middle of the desert, NT

28/3 – middle of the desert, NT to close to Darwin

29/3 – 5/4 – Darwin

6/4 – Darwin to Kakadu

7/4 – Kakadu to Litchfield to Darwin

8/4 – Darwin

 

 

PHILIPPINES     Day 16 - 21

9/4 – Fly to Manila

10/4 – Manila to Boracay

11/4 – 13/4 – Boracay

14/4 – Boracay to Manila to KL

 

 

MALAYSIA     Day 22 – 31

15/4 – 17/4 – KL

18/4 – KL to Singapore to Jahor

19/4 – Jahor to Batu Caves

20/4 – Batu Caves to Cameron Highlands

21/4 – Cameron Highlands

22/4 – Cameron Highlands to Penang National Park

23/4 – Penang National Park to Georgetown

24/4 – Georgetown

25/4 – Georgetown to Thailand

 

 

THAILAND     Day 31 – 42

25/4 –Malaysia to Phattalung

26/4 – Phattalung to Krabi
27/4 - Krabi
28/4 - Krabi to Koh Phi Phi
29/4 - 1/5 - Koh Phi Phi
2/5 - Kho Phi Phi to Chumphon
3/5 - Chumphon Ratchaburi
4/5 - Rattchaburi to Tak
5/5 - Tak to Burma

BURMA     Day 42

5/5 - Thailand to Myawaddy to Thailand

THAILAND     Day 42 - 52

6/5 - Tak to Pai
7/5 - Pai
8/5 - Pai to Chiang Mai
9/5 - 11/5 - Chiang Mai
12/5 - Chiang Mai to Phitsanulok
13/5 - Phitsanulok to Bangkok
14/5 - 15/5 - Bangkok
16/5 - Bangkok to No Man's Land

CAMBODIA     Day 53 -72

17/5 - No Man's Land to Siem Reap
18/5 - 23/5 - Siem Reap
24/4 - Siem Reap to Phnom Penh
25/5 - 26/5 - Phnom Penh
27/5 - Phnom Penh to Kampot
28/5 - Kampot
29/5 - Kampot to Otres Beach
30/5 - 31/6 - Otres Beach

1/6 - Otres Beach to Phnom Penh

2/6 - Phnom Penh to Kratie

3/6 - Kratie to Banlung
4/6 - Banlung
5/6 - Banlung to Laos

LAOS     Day 72 - 96

5/6 - Cambodia to Don Det
6/6 - 8/6 - Don Det
9/6 - Don Det to Savannakhet
10/6 - Savannakhet to Xepon
11/6 - Xepon to Ban Na Hin
12/6 - Vieng Kham
13/6 - Vieng Kham to Vientiane
14/6 - 17/6 - Vientiane
18/6 - Vientiane to Vang Vieng
19/6 - 21/6 Vang Vieng

22/6 - Vang Vieng to Phonsavanh

23/6 - Phonsavanh to Luang Prabang

24/6 - 26/6 - Luang Prabang

27/6 - Luang Prabang to Oudomxay

28/6 - Oudomxay to Boten

29/6 - Boten to China

 

 

 

 

CHINA     Day 96 - 116

 

29/6 – Laos to camping spot between banana plantations and Lanchangjiang River near Jinghong.

30/6 – Camping near Jinghong to camping spot in tobacco fields near Feng Shan village.

1/7 – Camping near Feng Shan village to camping spot in forest near Nanjing.

2/7 – Camping near Nanjing to Dali to camping spot beside lake and dog slaughterhouse near Lijiang.

3/7 – Camping near Lijiang to Tiger Leaping Gorge to Lijiang (guesthouse).

4/7 – Lijiang to camping in a coalmine near Panzihua.

5/7 – Camping near Panzihua to camping in carpark of Panda Research Base in Chengdu.

6/7 – Chengdu to camping on a very wet dried up riverbed next to Kongtong Mountain near Pingliang.

7/7 – Camping near Pingliang to Terracotta Warriors to Xi’an (hostel).

8/7 – Xi’an to camping on a mosaic floor next to a monument, overlooking the Ying Yang.

9/7 – Camping spot to camping by a stream right next to some loud Chinese people near Datong.

10/7 – Camping near Datong to camping in carpark of Great Wall Pass in Jiayuguan.

11/7 – Jiayuguan to Mogao Cave to Dun Huang (hostel).

12/7 – Dun Huang to camping next to a huge aquaduct in Shan Shan.

13/7 – Shan Shan to Urumqi (hostel).

14/7 – 17/7 – Urumqi (hostel).

18/7 – Urumqi to camping in the desert between a ghost town, an abandoned factory and snow peaked mountains, 300km from the border.

19/7 – Camping spot to Kazakhstan.

 

 

 

KAZAKHSTAN     Day 116 - Day 142

 

19/7 - China to camping spot in the desert, 100km from Korgas border crossing.

20/7 - Camping spot to Almaty.

21/7 - 27/7 - Almaty.

28/7 - Almaty to camping next to a swamp in the desert, 600km North of Almaty.

29/7 - Camping to camping to camping in the Highlands of Scotland, 100km South of Karaganda.

30/7 - Camping to Karaganda to camping next to a train line, 100km South of Astana.

31/7 - Camping to Astana.

1/8 - 3/8 - Astana

4/8 - Astana to camping next to a river at the edge of a national park Korgalzhin.

5/8 - Camping to camping in the desert in the middle of literally nowhere next to a road which not a single car drove on the whole time we were there.

6/8 - Camping to camping near a stagnant river near a town with a population of 19.

7/8 - Camping to camping in the desert near the entrance to the main road between Astana and Almaty.

8/8 - Camping to camping next to a huge beautiful lake which we swam in.

9/8 - Camping to Almaty

10/8 - 11/8 - Almaty

12/8 - Almaty to Kyrgyzstan

 

 

 

KYRGYZSTAN     Day 142 - 159

 

12/8 - Kazakhstan to Bishkek

13/8 – 15/8 - Bishkek

16/8 – Bishkek to camping in a field near Balykchy

17/8 – Camping near Balykchy to camping on a beach next to Isik Kol (Lake Isik)

18/8 – Camping on beach next to Isik Kol to camping by a mountain valley river near Kochkor

19/8 – Camping near Kochkor to staying in a yurt next to Song Kol (Lake Song)

20/8 – Song Kol

21/8 – Song Kol to camping near Naryn

22/8 – Camping near Naryn to camping in a riverbed near Kazerman

23/8 – Camping near Kazerman to Jalalabad

24/8 – Jalalabad

25/8 – Jalalabad to Aslanbob to camping in a valley near a remote town an hour out of our way

26/8 – Camping near Aslandbob to Osh

27/8 - 28/8 – Osh

29/8 – Osh to Uzbekistan

 

UZBEKISTAN     Day 159 – 181

29/8 – Kyrgyzstan to camping beside military base 100km from Tashkent

30/8 – Camping to Tashkent

31/8 – Tashkent to Samarqand

1/9 – Samarqand

2/9 – 3/9 – Samarqand

4/9 (my 23^rd birthday!) – Samarqand to Bukhara

5/9 – 6/9 – Bukhara

7/9 – Bukhara to camping in hills near Guzor

8/9 – Camping near Guzor to Termiz

9/9 – Termiz to camping in dry riverbed near Qizitepa

10/9 – Camping near Qizitepa to Samarqand

11/9 – Samarqand to camping outside Chinoz, where we got the car stuck on the steep rocky incline on the way out

12/9 – Camping outside Chinoz to Tashkent

13/9 – 17/9 – Tashkent

18/9 – Tashkent to Camping behind a power station near Navoy.

19/9 – Camping to Khiva.

20/9 – Khiva

21/9 – Khiva to Turkmenistan

 

 

TURKMENISTAN     Day 181 - 185

21/9 – Uzbekistan to camping next to Darvaza, a giant burning gas crater known as the “gates of hell.

22/9 – Camping next to Darvaza to Camping near Kow Ata, a thermal underground cave 100km West of Ashgabat.

23/9 – Camping near Kow Ata to Ashgabat.

24/9 – Ashgabat

25/9 – Ashgabat to Iran

 

 

IRAN     Day 185 - 208

25/9 – Turkmenistan to Camping in an orchard near Quchan

26/9 – Camping near Quchan to Camping between fields

27/9 – Camping to Camping in a creepy forest forest Aliabad

28/9 – Camping near Aliabad to Camping in a forest near Kord Kuy

29/9 – Camping near Kord Kuy to Babol Sar

30/9 – Babol Sar

1/10 – Babol Sar to Tehran

2/10 – 4/10 – Tehran

5/10 – Tehran to camping spot between military bases, near a pile of shoes between Tehran and Qom.

6/10 – Camping between Tehran and Qom to Qom to Kashan to camping in a quarry dumping ground near Abyaneh.

7/10 – Camping near Abyaneh to Couch Surfing in Esfahan.

8/10 – 9/10 – Esfahan

10/10 – Esfahan to camping on an unused construction site near Safa Shahr

11/10 – Camping near Safa Shahr to Shiraz

12/10 – 15/10 – Shiraz

16/10 – Shiraz to camping on a dirt track North of Delijan

17/10 – Camping near Delijan to camping next to landfill on the beach, 30km South of Astara

18/10 – Camping near Astara to Azerbaijan

 

 

AZERBAIJAN   Day 208 - 216

18/10 – Iran to camping in Hirkan National Park

19/10 – Camping in Hirkan National Park to camping near mud volcanos near Alat

20/10 – Camping near mud volcanos to Baku

21/10 - 22/10 – Baku

23/10 - Baku to camping on the old road near Ismayilli

24/10 - Camping near Ismayilli to camping camping on a river bed near Sincan

25/10 - Camping near Sincan to Shaki

26/10 - Shaki to Georgia

 

 

 

GEORGIA     Day 216 – 225

 

26/10 - Azerbaijan to Sighnaghi
27/10 – Sighnaghi
28/10 - Sighnaghi to camping in a field near Zinvali
29/10 – Camping near Zinvali to Couch Surfing Gori
30/10 – Gori
31/10 – Gori to Tblisi
1/11 – 2/11 – Tblisi
3/11 – Tblisi to camping near Armenian border
4/11 – Camping near border to Armenia

 

 

 

ARMENIA     Day 225 - 229

 

4/11 – Georgia to camping beside an abandoned train track near Lake Sevan
5/11 – Camping near Lake Sevan to Couch Surfing in Yerevan
6/11 – 7/11 – Yerevan
8/11 – Yerevan to Nagorno Karabakh

 

 

 

NAGORNO KARABAKH     Day 229 – 232

 

8/11 – Armenia to Stepanakert
9/11 – 10/11 – Stepanakert
11/11 – Stepanakert to Armenia

 

 

 

ARMENIA     Day 232 - 234

 

11/11 – Nagorno Karabakh to Couch Surfing in Yerevan

12/11 – Yerevan

13/11 – Yerevan to Georgia

 

 

GEORGIA     Day 234 – 237

13/11 – Armenia to camping near Akhaltsikhe

14/11 – Camping near Akhaltsikhe to Batumi

15/11 – Batumi

16/11 – Batumi to Turkey

 

 

TURKEY     Day 237 - 251

16/11 – Georgia to camping on a track through an orchard near Kesap

17/11 – Camping near Kesap to Amasya to camping next to a spring at the side of the road near Corum

18/11 – Camping near Corum to Safronbolu to camping in a pine tree reserve near Ankara

19/11 – Camping near Ankara to camping with an amazing view near Denizli

20/11 – Camping near Denizli to Afrodisias to camping in the same spot.

21/11 – Camping near Denizli to Pamukkale and Hierapolis to Kusadasi

22/11 – Kusadasi (Efes)

23/11 – Kusadasi to camping in an olive grove near Akcay

24/11 – Camping near Akcay to Couch Surfing in Canakkale

25/11 – Canakkale (Gallipoli)

26/11 – Canakkale to Istanbul

27/11 – 29/11 – Couch Surfing in Istanbul

30/11 – Istanbul to Bulgaria

 

 

BULGARIA     Day 251 - 256

30/11 – Turkey to camping South of Plovdiv

1/12 – Camping South of Plovdiv to Couch Surfing in Sofia

2/12 – 4/12 – Couch Surfing in Sofia (Ben’s birthday on 2/12)

5/12 – Sofia to Greece

 

 

GREECE     Day 256 – 259

5/12 – Bulgaria to Couch Surfing in Thessalonika

6/12 – Couch Surfing in Thessalonika

7/12 – Thessalonika to camping in the snow near Kastoria

8/12 – Camping near Kastoria to Macedonia

 

 

MACEDONIA     Day 259 – 261

8/12 – Greece to Ohrid

9/12 – Ohrid

10/12 – Ohrid to Albania

 

 

ALBANIA     Day 261 – 263

10/12 – Macedonia to Couch Surfing in Tirana

11/12 – Tirana

12/12 – Tirana to Kosovo (Tunkles’ birthday)

 

 

KOSOVO     Day 263 – 265

12/12 – Albania to Pristina

13/12 – Pristina

14/12 – Pristina to Montenegro

 

 

MONTENEGRO     Day 265 – 266

14/12 – Kosovo to Podgorica

15/12 – Podgorica to Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

 

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA     Day 266 – 269

15/12 – Montenegro to Sarajevo

16/12 – 17/12 – Sarajevo

18/12 – Sarajevo to Serbia

 

 

SERBIA     Day 269 – 273

18/12 – Bosnia Herzegovina to Obrenovac

19/12 – Obrenovac to Couch Surfing in Belgrade

20/12 – 21/12 – Belgrade

22/12 – Belgrade to Hungary

 

 

HUNGARY     Day 273 – 278

22/12 – Serbia to Camping in a forest near xx

23/12 – Camping near xx to Budapest

24/12 – 26/12 – Budapest

27/12 – Budapest to Austria

 

 

AUSTRIA     Day 278 – 280

27/12 – Hungary to Vienna

28/12 – Vienna (Denner’s birthday)

29/12 – Vienna to Germany

 

 

GERMANY     Day 280 – 281

29/12 – Austria to Camping in a forest next to a train line near Engelsberg

30/12 – Camping near Engelsberg to Czech Republic

 

 

CZECH REPUBLIC     Day 281 – 286

30/12 – Germany to Prague

31/12 – 3/1/13 – Prague

4/1/13 – Prague to Austria

 

 

AUSTRIA     Day 286

4/1 – Czech Republic to Slovakia

 

 

SLOVAKIA     Day 286 – 287

4/1 – Austria to Camping in a forest near Kostoliste

5/1 – Camping near Kostoliste to Bratislava to Austria

 

 

AUSTRIA     Day 287

5/1 – Slovakia to Slovakia

 

 

SLOVAKIA     Day 287

5/1 – Austria to Hungary

 

 

HUNGARY     Day 287 – 288

5/1 – Slovakia to Budapest to Camping in a plantation near Ullo

6/1 – Camping near Ullo to Romania

 

 

ROMANIA     Day 288 – 294

6/1 – Hungary to Oradea

7/1 – Oradea to Sighisoara

8/1 – Sighisoara to near Brezoi

9/1 – Near Brezoi to Couch Surfing in Bucharest

10/1 – 11/1 – Couch Surfing in Bucharest

12/1 – Bucharest to Moldova

 

 

MOLDOVA     Day 294 – 297

12/1 – Romania to Chisinau

13/1 – Chisinau

14/1 – Visit Orhei, Couch Surfing in Chisinau

15/1 – Chisinau to Transnistria

 

 

TRANSDNIESTRIA     Day 297 – 300

15/1 – Moldova to Tiraspol

16/1 – Tiraspol

17/1 – Tiraspol to Grigoriopol to Bender to Tiraspol

18/1 – Tiraspol to Ukraine

 

 

UKRAINE     Day 300 – 312

18/1 – Transdniestria to Couch Surfing in Odessa

19/1 – Odessa

20/1 – Odessa to Couch Surfing in Cherkasy

21/1 – Cherkasy

22/1 – Cherkasy to Couch Surfing in Kiev

23/1 – 25/1 – Kiev

26/1 – Kiev to Couch Surfing in Lviv

27/1 – 29/1 – Lviv

30/1 – Lviv to Poland

 

 

POLAND     Day 312 – 316

30/1 – Ukraine to Krakow

31/1 – 1/2 – Krakow (Wielicza Salt Mines, Auschwitz)

2/2 – Krakow to Camping in a pine plantation near Zielona Gora

3/2 – Camping near Zeolona Gora to Germany

 

 

GERMANY     Day 316 – 323

3/2 – Poland to Berlin

4/2 – 5/2 – Berlin

6/2 – Berlin to Nurnberg

7/2 – 9/2 – Nurnberg

10/2 – Nurnberg to Aachen to Netherlands

 

 

NETHERLANDS     Day 323 – 328

10/2 – Germany to Amsterdam

11/2 – 14/2 – Amsterdam

15/2 – Amsterdam to Belgium

 

 

BELGIUM     Day 328 – 332

15/2 – Netherlands to Gent

16/2 – Gent, Brussels

17/2 – 18/2 – Gent

19/2 – Gent to Calais (France) to Dover(England)

 

 

FRANCE     Day 332

19/2 – Belgium to Calais to England

 

 

ENGLAND     Day 332 – 335

19/2 – Belgium to France to London

20/2 – 21/2 – London

22/2 – London to Benson RAF to Scotland

 

 

SCOTLAND     Day 335 – 339

22/2 – England to Glasgow

23/2 – Glasgow to Edinburgh to Glasgow

24/2 – 25/2 – Glasgow

26/2 – Glasgow to Appin

THE END

 

27/2 – Appin to Glasgow

1/3 – Ben flies from Glasgow to Melbourne

4/3 – Tunkles and Denner catch a bus from Glasgow to London

9/3 – Tunkles flies from London to Melbourne

26/3 – Eilidh flies from London to Brunei to Melbourne