The Plan

Here is the current plan. While we have dates, some of them are flexible and some are not. If anyone would like to join us for any portion of it, just let us know...we´d love the company.

1. Lima, Peru from 11/21/06 to 11/24/06
2. Hiking the Inca Trail in Cuzco, Peru from 11/24/06 to 12/2/06
3. Visiting Lake Titicaca and its islands from 12/2/06 to 12/6/06
4. More of Lake Titicaca from the Bolivian side at Copacabana from 12/6/06 to 12/8/06
5. Seeing the rainforest and pampas Rurrenabaque, Bolivia from 12/8/06 to 12/15/06
6. La Paz, Bolivia from 12/15/06 to 12/17/06
7. Oruro, Bolivia from 12/17/06 to 12/18/06
8. Taking a jeep tour around the Solar de Uyni salt flats from 12/18/06 to 12/22/06
9. Seeing the worlds highest city and the old silver mines at Potosi, Bolivia from 12/23/06 to 12/23/06
10. Spending the last days before Christmas in Bolivia´s ¨most picturesque city¨ Sucre from 12/23/06 to 12/25/06
11. Stop over in Buenos Aires, Argentina before heading to
12. Iguasu Falls, Argentina (and Brazil) from 12/27/06 to 12/30/06
13. Then back to celebrate the New Year with some Tango lessons in Buenos Aires from 12/30/06 to 1/5/07
14. We´re off to the Morea Glacier near El Calefate, Argentina on 1/5/07
15. We´ll head to Puerto Natales, Chile on 1/8/07 from where we´ll ´see the granite cliffs of Torres Del Paine and then head south to the penguin collinies in Punta Areanis, Chile
16. We fly to Santiago, Chile on 1/11/07 where we´ll drink some great red wine
17. Then we head to Easter Island, Chile on 1/16/07
18. I know this part is going to be hard but we´ll get through our day´s in Tahiti (1/21/07 to 1/26/07)
19. Then after crossing the international date line we´ll spend a few days in Bankok, Thailand from 1/27/07 to 1/30/07
20. Before heading to the ancient capital of Thailand at Sukhothai on 1/31/07
21. and then Chiang Mai, Thailand for the Flower Festival (clearly Ewa´s pick) from 2/1/07 to 2/6/07
22. We then spend a day in Chiang Rai, Thailand before crossing over to Laos at the Chaing Khong-Huay Xai boarder crossing on 2/8/07
23. Then we´re off to Luang Nam Tha, Laos for the day before pushing into the northern highlands near the Chinese boarder town of
24. Muang Sing, Laos for some time with the natives and possible trekking from 2/11/07 to 2/15/07
25. Then down the river to Nong Khiaw, Laos for a few days before going further down the river to
26. Luang Prabang, Laos from 2/19/07 to 2/22/07
27. From there we go see some funny looking rocks (hugh ¨jars¨made of granite) in Phonsvan, Laos
28. Then a few days of rock climbing or some other fun activities at Vang Vieng, Laos
29. Then to the current capital of Vientiane, Laos for a few days of witnessing the ¨modern city¨ of Laos
30. On March 1 we head to Hanoi, Vietnam for a few days there before heading to the magnificent
31. Halong Bay, Vietnam to explore the 3000 islands by boat and possibly get in some diving
32. Then a day in Hue, Vietnam to see the Imperial Tombs
33. Then we´re back on the Reunification Express (train which connects Hanoi with Ho Chi Minh City) to head to Hoi An, Vietnam to see the Mi Son ruins.
34. Ahhhh... then we head to Nha Trang, Vietnam to do some more diving in one of Vietnam´s best diving towns (3/13/07 to 3/16/07)
35. Then into the mountains around Dalat, Vietnam for 2 days
36. Then back to the coastal town of Mui Ne where we will see the largest reclining budda on earth. Why you ask... cause it´s there.
37. Then we get to Ho Chi Minh City where we´re going to see the city and some of the historical sites from the Vietnam War
38. On March 24 we´ll board a bus and then a boat which will take us up the Mekong River to Phnom Phen, Cambodia where we´ll spend a few days visting the city and the killing fields outside of town
39. Then on the 29th we´ll head up the river to Siem Reap, home of the famous Ankor Wat
40. One of the most picturesque boat trips is supposedly from Siem Reap to the town of Battambang (gotta love the name) in Cambodia.
41. On April 4th we´ll head to Sisophon, Cambodia to see the Banteay Chhmar Temple
42. Then we cross the boarder back into Thailand at the boarder towns of Poipet, Cambodia / Aranya Prathet, Thailand on 4/6/07
43. Back to Bangkok for a day or two before catching the train down to Surat Thani, the jumping off point for the island of
44. Ko Pha-Ngan, Thailand where we´ll spend a few days on the beach and diving before heading south to the island of
45. Ko Samui, Thailand where we´ll relax a little more and then fly to
46. Varanasi, India on April 13th - this is the home of many temples along the Gangese river
47. Then we head north to Dehli, India on 4/17/07
48. Before heading to the Taj Mahal near Agra, India on 4/21/07
49. Then we go to Fatehpur Sikri, India for a day
50. And to Jaipur, India for a day
51. Then to Amber, India for a day or two before we head further south to
52. Bombay / Mumbai where we will spend the rest of our time until we board a flight home on May 4th and arrive back at JFK at about 9:30 PM on that day.

To those of you from work...I´m going to be sick on my Birthday (May 3rd) and will see you on Monday May 7th!!!