Part 4: A route emerges
I last posted on the plans for my trip back in August. Since then I've been putting a lot of time considering the options available and finally a favoured route is beginning to emerge. My plan now is to ignore the advice of the chap at Trailfinders in purchasing a Round the World flight ticket. At the end of the day I want this to be a overland adventure.
Starting most likely in London I'll make my way by Eurostar to Brussels, and then onward to Moscow, stopping along the way, perhaps in Poland and Belarus. From Moscow I'll take the Trans-Siberian Express to Vladivostok, stopping along the way at cities of interest such as Ekertinberg, Irkutsk and others. From Vladivostok on the Pacific coast I'll take the ferry to Japan and travel around that country before taking the ferry to Korea, and from Korea to China. Within China I'd like to take in Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, the Li River and Hong Kong, and quite possible a number of other places too. From Hong Kong I'll take the train into Vietnam, down the length of Vietnam, through Cambodia, taking in the sights, and into Thailand. From here down through Malaysia to Singapore.
This is about as far as I've got. The next step is to reach Australia. The easy option would be to fly from Singapore, but I need to discover if there's some sort of option by ship or ferry.
It's a major portion of the trip roughly planned out. Australia and New Zealand I'm less concerned about, as I suspect it's much more like home, and everything's in English. There's just the arrival and departure that needs to be arranged. From there it'll be onwards to South America, which still needs to be worked out, and onwards to home, perhaps stopping off at family in the US on the way.
Starting most likely in London I'll make my way by Eurostar to Brussels, and then onward to Moscow, stopping along the way, perhaps in Poland and Belarus. From Moscow I'll take the Trans-Siberian Express to Vladivostok, stopping along the way at cities of interest such as Ekertinberg, Irkutsk and others. From Vladivostok on the Pacific coast I'll take the ferry to Japan and travel around that country before taking the ferry to Korea, and from Korea to China. Within China I'd like to take in Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, the Li River and Hong Kong, and quite possible a number of other places too. From Hong Kong I'll take the train into Vietnam, down the length of Vietnam, through Cambodia, taking in the sights, and into Thailand. From here down through Malaysia to Singapore.
This is about as far as I've got. The next step is to reach Australia. The easy option would be to fly from Singapore, but I need to discover if there's some sort of option by ship or ferry.
It's a major portion of the trip roughly planned out. Australia and New Zealand I'm less concerned about, as I suspect it's much more like home, and everything's in English. There's just the arrival and departure that needs to be arranged. From there it'll be onwards to South America, which still needs to be worked out, and onwards to home, perhaps stopping off at family in the US on the way.
posted by Daniel at 11:20 pm
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