We've been spreading travel guides, coffee table books and maps out for more than a year now, since that fateful day in the Hard Rock Cafe in Edinburgh when one of us said, "I wish I could travel round the world on an epic adventure," and the other said, "Well, let's do that then" - still not clear which was which - and we laid down our onion rings and started plotting. We suffered through that stage when our itinerary for Australia was blank except for a drawing of a mysterious koala. We even stopped going to the HRC so we could save, such was our commitment to the cause.
Many texts, emails, natural disasters and visits to Trailfinders later (excellent people there, by the way), we're all ready with our tickets and can plan in more detail. Thai visa applications, medical import permissions for Singapore, evisitor visas for Australia, lots of inoculations... these lie before us.
I'm looking forward to our crazy adventures: pronouncing things badly in elementary Thai, trying not to get ripped off despite being obvious tourists, finding out why Tallulah wrote "SEXY DOLPHINS" on our itinerary last Saturday, travelling on sleeper trains in South East Asia, learning to cook in Thailand, fighting off killer wallabies in the outback, being made fun of when I drop Latin phrases into conversation (ad hoc is already being used against me as regards sightseeing) and standing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, knowing that we've made it.
Here's our basic route:
LONDON - BANGKOK (overland to) SINGAPORE - SYDNEY - ALICE SPRINGS (tour in campervan) - MELBOURNE - HONG KONG - LONDON
To anyone who has done a similar trip or has visited any of these places: we would be grateful for your recommendations!
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