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 23rd 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
 

5 comments:

  1. Wow, that's some plan you have in Europe :p

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  2. George Keshishian25 May 2012 at 14:12

    Holy shit Tom. That is one fuckin crazy trip. I wish I was with you man! Make sure you appreciate Armenia!! :P Have fun man! Take Care! George

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  3. That sounds fantastic! Wish I had a group of friends who were free to do a trip like that! I hope Glasgow was your favourite city!! : )

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  4. Just saw you guys in your truck in Oban about an hour ago and thought I'd look you up online. Epic trip. Well done indeed :)

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  5. Wow! We saw your vehicle as it arrived in Appin and someone leaping out to take a photo. Curious, so looked up your site and were amazed. What an achievement! Congratulations!

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