2004

Mar 1      Depart Chico, USA

Mar 7     Depart Los Angeles, USA

Mar 9     Bangkok, Thailand
Mar 12       - Ko Pha Ngan,
Mar 15       - Ko Tao,
Mar 19       - Trang,
Mar 21       - Ko Suborn,  
Mar 23       - Pak Meng,
Mar 26       - Bangkok.

Mar 29   Cebu, Philippines
Mar 30       - Bohol
Apr 2          - Argao, Cebu

Apr 6      Taipei, Taiwan

Apr 12    New Territories, Hong Kong

Apr 16    Delhi, India 
Apr 19       - Agra,
Apr 21       - Jaipur,
Apr 22       - Sawai Madhopur,
Apr 24       - Bundi,
Apr 28       - Jodhpur,
Apr 30       - Jasailmer,
May 2         - New Delhi.

May 4     Jakarta, Indonesia
May 12       - Yogyakarta,
                     - Madura,
                     - Surabaya
                     - Jakarta.

May 16    Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

May 28    Fukuoka, Japan

Jun 7       New Territories, Hong Kong

Jun 15    Taipei, Taiwan
                     - where we stayed & worked until . . .

Nov 3      Bangkok, Thailand
Nov 10       - Chang Mai (massage & cooking course)
Nov 30       - Mae Sot
Dec 1          - Umphang (don't go!)
Dec 2          - Sukothai (great)
Dec 6          - Khon Kaen
Dec 7          - Nong Khai (crossed Friendship Bridge to . . .

Dec 7       Vientiane, Laos
Dec 10        - Vang Vieng
Dec 18        - Louang Prabang
Dec 22        - Nong Kwiao
Dec 23        - Muang Ngoi
Dec 25        - Muang Kwa -> Odomxai
Dec 26        - Muang Sing & Akha villages
Dec 30        - Louang Namtha
Dec 31        - Huoay Xai

2005

Jan 1     Chiang Khong -> Chiang Rai, Thailand
Jan 2       - Mae Salong
Jan 5       - Chiang Mai -> Bangkok (overnight train)

Jan 7     Yangoon, Myanmar (Burma)
Jan 10      - Chuangtha Beach
Jan 15      - Mandalay
Jan 17      - Hsipao
Jan 20      - Mandalay
Jan 22      - Bagan
Jan 26      - Inle Lake
Jan 30      - Bago & Golden Rock
Jan 31      - Yangoon

Feb 2     Bangkok, Thailand
Feb 5         - Ayutthaya
Feb 8         - Chiang Mai (r&r)
Feb 15       - Chiang Mai (meditation course)
Feb 26       - Chiang Mai -> Bangkok (overnight train)
Feb 27       - Bangkok -> Siem Reap (daylong bus)

Feb 27    Siem Reap, Cambodia
Feb 28      - Angkor Ruins (7 day pass)
Mar 1         ~ Angkor Wat, Bayon
Mar 2         ~ Angkor Thom, Baphoun, Primeanakas,
                           Leper King, Elephant Terrace
Mar 3         ~ Ta Phrom, Prasat Kravan
Mar 4         ~ Roulos, Srah Srang, Pre Rup,
                           Banteay Samre, Banteay Srei,
                           Ta Som, Preah Khan (via tuk tuk)
Mar 5         ~ Angkor Wat (sunset)
Mar 6         ~ Bayon (morning & afternoon)
Mar 7         ~ Angkor Wat (sunrise)
Mar 8       - Battambang
Mar 10     - Phnom Penh
Mar 12     - Kampot
Mar 13     - Kep
Mar 14     - Bokor
Mar 15     - Phnom Penh -> Saigon (by bus)
 
Mar 16    Saigon, Vietnam
Mar 21      - Nga Trang
Mar 24      - Hoi An
Mar 26      - Hue
Mar 27      - Hanoi
Mar 30      - Halong Bay
Apr 1         - Hanoi
Apr 2         - Sapa (Hmong & Zao hilltribes)

Apr 5       Hekou, Yunnan Province, China
Apr 6          - Jing Ping & nearby Meng La
                       (Hani & Yao tribes / minorities)
Apr 9          - Kun Ming
Apr 10        - Da Li (Bai minority)
Apr 15        - Li Jiang (Naxi minority)
Apr 16        - Ning Lang (Yi minority)
Apr 17        - Yong Ning (Mosuo minority)
Apr 18        - Li Gen Dao, Lu Gu Lake (more Mosuo)
Apr 19        - Li Jiang
Apr 21        - Qiao Tou (Yi minority)
Apr 22        - Tiger Leaping Gorge hike
Apr 23        - Zhong Dian (Tibetan minority)
Apr 25        - De Qin -> Ming Yong Glacier
Apr 26        - Ming Yong Glacier hike
Apr 27        - Zhong Dian

Apr 28    Xiang Cheng, Si Chuan Province
                       (route through Tibetan Plateau)
Apr 29        - Li Tang (Tibetan)
Apr 20        - Kan Ding
May 2          - Cheng Du (a nice place to rest!)
May 9          - Le Shan
May 10        - overnight train from Cheng Du to: Xi An

May 11   Xi An, Shaan Xi Province
May 14        - overnight train to: Beijing

May 15   Beijing
May 23        - overnight train to: Shang Hai

May 24   Shang Hai
May 26        - overnight train to: Guang Zhou

May 27   Nan Hai, Fo Shan District, Guang Dong Province
May 31        - Tai Shan
June 1            - Shun De

June 2    Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
June 17       - train & bus to Guang Zhou & plane to Urumqi

June 17  Urumqi, Xin Jiang Province, China
June 19     - Bu Er Jin: overnight bus
June 21     - Bai Ha Ba via Ha Ba: day long bus
June 22     - North of Baihaba, Kazak yurt: hitchhiked
June 23     - Bu Er Jin: hitchhiked
June 24     - Urumqi: overnight bus
June 25     - Urumqi
June 26     - Kuche: overnight train west
June 27     - Kuche
July 1        - Kashi (Kashgar): day train
July 4        - Yarkand
July 5        - Hotan
July 7        - Turpan: overnight bus
July 8        - Turpan

July 10      - Dun Huang: overnight train (sleepers)
July 12      - Lan Zhou: overnight train (hard seats)
July 14       - Hohhot, Inner Mongolia: overnight train (sleepers)
July 16       - day bus to: Erlian (borders with Mongolia)
July 17       - Border crossing (6 hours) &
                        overnight sleeper train to: Ulan Baatar

July 18   Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia
July 23     - Karakorum & Mongolian gers in countryside
July 25     - back to Ulaan Baatar

July 26   Irkutsk, Russia: Trans Mongolian overnight train
July 27     - Irkutsk
July 30   Vladimir: Trans Siberian (3 nights)
Aug 2         - Vladimir & day trip to Suzdal
Aug 5         - Moscow (by bus)
Aug 10       - St. Petersburg: overnight train

Aug 15     Tallinn, Estonia: overnight bus

Aug 17     Latvia: passed through on an all day bus to
                   Kaunas, Lithuania
Aug 25        - Vilnius

Aug 27     Warsaw, Poland
Aug 30        - Wroclaw

Sept 1       Augsburg, Germany

Sept 8       Venice, Italy

Sept 10     Augsburg, Germany (got the van!)
Sept 20       - Obertueringen
Oct 1            - Konstanz
Oct 2            - Boblingen & Stuttgart
Oct 5            - slept in our van for the first time
Oct 6            - Dusseldorf & Cologne
Oct 9            - Kerstin's parent's house (name/town?)

Oct 10    Afferden, near Nijmegen, Netherlands
Oct 12       - Hoge Veluwe National Park
Oct 13       - Leeuwarden
Oct 15       - Zaans Schans
Oct 17       - Amsterdam

Oct 21    Gent, Belgium
Oct 22       - Brugge

Oct 23   Calais, France

Oct 24   London, England
Oct 31       - Windsor
Nov 2        - Oxford
Nov 4        - Stonehenge
Nov 5        - Seaford
Nov 6        - Dover

Nov 7    Calais, France
Nov 8         - St. Omer
Nov 9         - Beauvais
Nov 10       - St. Germaine En Laye & Paris
Nov 18       - Reims & Champagne
Nov 21       - Paris

Nov 25   Biscarrosse, Spain
Nov 26       - Bayonne
Nov 27       - Bilbo
Nov 28       - Burgos
Nov 29       - Madrid
Dec 1          - Toledo
Dec 2          - Cordoba
Dec 3          - Estepa
Dec 5          - Algeciras
Dec 6          - Cueta (via ferry)

Dec 7    Tanger to Skharit, Morocco
Dec 8          - between El Jadida & Tit
Dec 9          - Oualidia
Dec 12        - Marrakech
Dec 13        - between Marrakech & Ouarzazate
Dec 14        - between Ouarzazate & Adgz
Dec 15        - Mhamid & Sahara Desert
Dec 16        - Dra Valley south of Ouarzazate
Dec 17        - Ouarzazate
Dec 18        - Dades Gorge
Dec 19        - Toudra Gorge
Dec 20        - between Er Rich & Midelt towards Fes
Dec 21        - 20 km north of Fes
Dec 22        - Chefchaounene

Dec 23   Ceuta to Algeciras, Spain (via ferry)
Dec 24   Drove north along coast
Dec 28   Barcelona

2006

Jan 3     Mataro
Jan 4     mountains near Figueres, French border

Jan 5     Perpignan, France
Jan 6          - Montpellier
Jan 7          - Marseilles
Jan 10        - Antibes
Jan 21        - Nice

Jan 22   Djerba, Tunisia

Jan 29   Antibes, France
Feb 1           - Orange
Feb 2           - Ecole Valenti

Feb 3      Obertueringen, Germany

Feb 10    Zurich, Switzerland

Feb 10    San Francisco, USA

Around the world in 1 year 11 months and 3 days
3 continents, 30 countries, and countless adventures