The Plan
It’s about time I did this because it’s now been a while since I started this blog and I don’t think I’ve really explained at any point what my travel plans are. Currently my main concern is getting rid of my debt, so I’ve started paying off even more and I’m avoiding all other unnecessary expenses. Of course I would like to travel to practically every corner of the globe but currently the plan is to hit South East Asia first, probably starting in Phuket, Thailand and working our way around Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and possibly Myanmar. Depending on time and money potential extras could be China, Tibet, Nepal and India. The timeframe is in the next 1-2 years probably leaving Feb-March 2008 or ‘09, if leaving next year it will more than likely rule out those extra options, ‘09 could mean turning into a RTW trip and of course there is the option of leaving sometime between those dates.
What to do and where to go once there I want to leave pretty well open, of course there are quite a few typical destinations I want to see but I’m pretty happy to just let things flow when we get there.
There is so much I want to see in Europe, so much history and culture, I really want to get there too, I guess I just have to wait a bit longer and see where I’m at closer to the dates where it becomes more of a reality, things could completely change by then, regardless I will be going somewhere, nothing is going to stop that.
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Sounds like a fabulous plan.
But…PHUKET? Really? Ick.
There are a million nicer, less seedy places in Thailand. Just back from three weeks, mostly spent on Koh Tarutao (national park - monkeys, birds, big lizards etc). Pics here:
http://tinyurl.com/27bho7
Good luck. Just added you to me RSS reader so hopefully I can follow your progess.
I lived in Vietnam so I know that well and have made a few trips to Thailand. If I can be of help in trip planning then feel free to drop me an email.
I haven’t really done much research into Phuket, currently it just makes sense to fly in there to explore the Phang Nga area. Koh Tarutao looks perfect, remote, is it still like that after Survivor Thailand was shot there?
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