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Stephanie and I are taking a time-out, we’re tired. We’ve had a long year so far and want to change things up a bit by taking a four month long weekend to see those places we’ve always dreamed of seeing. Steph wanted to go to India, particularly Varanasi, I wanted to see the Pyramids, and we both wanted to experience beaches on Thai islands and Pho in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. We also both felt that the summer of 2009 would be a great year to join the rest of my family in Cornwall, England for a vacation. With these places marked by pins on a world map we had the skeleton of an itinerary and set about drawing the lines that chart the following course:
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Stephanie and I are taking a time-out, we’re tired. We’ve had a long year so far and want to change things up a bit by taking a four month long weekend to see those places we’ve always dreamed of seeing. Steph wanted to go to India, particularly Varanasi, I wanted to see the Pyramids, and we both wanted to experience beaches on Thai islands and Pho in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. We also both felt that the summer of 2009 would be a great year to join the rest of my family in Cornwall, England for a vacation. With these places marked by pins on a world map we had the skeleton of an itinerary and set about drawing the lines that chart the following course:
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Leave August 26, 2009 Victoria to Edmonton – Edmonton to Cornwall via London – Followed by a flight over the Mediterranean to Cairo and up and down the Nile – A quick jaunt across the Sinai Peninsula to check out Petra, Jordan – Back into Cairo to catch a flight to Mumbai for a month or so executing a “far too ambitious schedule” in India – A dramatic shift in altitude with a week in and around Kathmandu, Nepal – Back down to Delhi to catch a flight to Bangkok for what is likely to be the start of a paradisiacal tour of Thailand – And just then, when it seems too much: complete the dream by following a circular route across Laos, through Vietnam, and into Cambodia – End how it started with a week in Edmonton celebrating the holidays with the in-laws Return January 1, 2009.
Leave August 26, 2009 Victoria to Edmonton – Edmonton to Cornwall via London – Followed by a flight over the Mediterranean to Cairo and up and down the Nile – A quick jaunt across the Sinai Peninsula to check out Petra, Jordan – Back into Cairo to catch a flight to Mumbai for a month or so executing a “far too ambitious schedule” in India – A dramatic shift in altitude with a week in and around Kathmandu, Nepal – Back down to Delhi to catch a flight to Bangkok for what is likely to be the start of a paradisiacal tour of Thailand – And just then, when it seems too much: complete the dream by following a circular route across Laos, through Vietnam, and into Cambodia – End how it started with a week in Edmonton celebrating the holidays with the in-laws Return January 1, 2009.
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I’m going to use this blog space for two things. First, if I have any wisdom about getting from “I want to go travelling so badly” to actually boarding the plane, I’d like to share that. There’s a lot to think about, and I’ve benefited a lot from other people’s help and advice, so I hope it will help others if I re-broadcast the most relevant of that info here. Second, if we take some good pictures or experience any share-worthy events while travelling, I’ll use this space to regurg’ em.
