Train time

Hi Lou,
Eurostar leaves at 12.30.

Travel Itinerary 6/10/08 to 1/4/10

6/10/08

Travel Eurostar via Paris to Venice.
7 nights in Venice, sightseeing.



15/10/08

Train to Rome. 4 nights in Rome and vist Coliseum etc.



20/10/08

Fly to Delhi via Doha
5 nights in Delhi.


25/10/08

Fly to Kathmandu
Book treks including Everest base camp.



16/1/09

Fly to Delhi. 2 night stay.



18/1/09

Fly to Bangkok.
Overnight train to Chang Mi
Staying at friends flat as a base and visiting Wats in N Thailand, Cambodia, and possibly Laos

4/09

Fly to Christchurch NZ via Sydney
Trekking in Southern mountains
Travel; through South and North Island to Auckland, ringing at churches on the way

7/09

Fly from Auckland to Fiji

8/09
Fly to Brisbane.
Overland travel to Cairns and visit Great Barrier Reef

10/09
Fly to Lima via Santiago
Join party for Cusco to Machu Piccu trek.
Visit locality around Cusco.
Travel overland by train/bus to Aquitos, N. Peru
Amazon river journey to Belem at Amazon estuary
Travel overland from Belem to Rio

1/10

Belem to Rio de Janeiro
Stay in Rio with friends
2/10 Rio Carnival

4/10
Fly home

Travel planning is a continuum that currently does not progress in an orderly forward direction. If only it were so easy, but it is not so.
Departure date is set for 6th October 2008, a month away from this posting.
Before this date a home is to be converted into a house for renting, work on said house is a game of 3 steps forward and 2 back.... But progress is being made.
The travel planning side is somewhat impaled on Indian and Nepalese visas. You do question the need for some of the information requested for the first visa, an example is, supply 2 referees based on the Indian subcontinent. Given the fact that it is the first time this area has been visited by me how the .... are you supposed to know anyone who can furnish you with their personal details.
However the travel bookings are looking more positive despite the re booking of a Delhi to Kathmandu flight 3 times with a subsequent price hike.
Finally the wind up to going is becoming a reality when you meet friends and acquiantances who remind you that this is the last time you will see them until April 2010.