So we're going away for the whole first half of 2012; just back in time to watch the Olympics on telly (no tickets, naturally).
We're going to break the six-month into three chunks, returning home between:
1) South America = Miami, Belize, Lima, Machu Picchu, La Paz, Buenos Aires and a loop through Argentina and Chile ranging from Tierra del Fuego to the Iguazu Falls.
2) China (Beijing, Xian, Yangtze cruise and Shanghai) and Japan (Tokyo, Hiroshima and probably Kyoto).
3) "Beaches of the World" - Bangkok, Phuket, Port Douglas, the Whitsunday Islands, Sydney, Fiji, Hawaii, Los Angeles and New York. Clare can't remember "Whitsunday", so look for occurrences of "Whitstanley".
After months of procrastinating over planning, it's all coming together in a rush, with the great assistance of Lucy at Flight Centre. We're now holding confirmed flights for most of the above - a few minor changes of date and wrigglings of route still to do.
SO exciting!!!
Saturday 29 October 2011
Hello Again
Forgive me Reader, it's been a year since my last confession...
I did get home safely from Viet Nam. The tail end of the trip, which I failed to describe, was from HCMC to the Mekong Delta and back. Interesting enough, but the abiding impressions of Viet Nam were:
1) The contrast between Hanoi (which the Americans never reached, and so retains its vibrant, native feel) and HCMC (which was progressively colonised over decades, and so feels much less distinctive).
2) How a "Communist" country feels more like a hub of unrestrained private enterprise than anywhere else I've been.
Anyway, the purpose of this post is to prepare for fabulous new things in following posts!
Clare and I have now been together for almost a year and a half, and we're well into the process of moving in together permanently.
She's worked in a partnership for 25 years and hence gets 6 months off PAID!! We're going travelling together for the first half of 2012 :-)))
From now on, we'll be writing posts together and/or in turns.
I did get home safely from Viet Nam. The tail end of the trip, which I failed to describe, was from HCMC to the Mekong Delta and back. Interesting enough, but the abiding impressions of Viet Nam were:
1) The contrast between Hanoi (which the Americans never reached, and so retains its vibrant, native feel) and HCMC (which was progressively colonised over decades, and so feels much less distinctive).
2) How a "Communist" country feels more like a hub of unrestrained private enterprise than anywhere else I've been.
Anyway, the purpose of this post is to prepare for fabulous new things in following posts!
Clare and I have now been together for almost a year and a half, and we're well into the process of moving in together permanently.
She's worked in a partnership for 25 years and hence gets 6 months off PAID!! We're going travelling together for the first half of 2012 :-)))
From now on, we'll be writing posts together and/or in turns.
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