The Planned Route

I've had to make some fairly major changes to my planned route to make it line up with reasonably priced airline tickets. This means I won't be going to Africa, because there was no way of linking up all the places I'd like to go. The new planned route is:

- From London to Lima in South America.
- Overland to Santiago in Chile.
- From Chile to Australia.
- And then on to Singapore for a quick stop over.
- And then on to Bangkok in Thailand.

There's no firm plan from Bangkok, and the route will largely depend on the political situation at the time and how easy it is to cross certain borders. The great thing about the RTW ticket I've got (and thanks again to the team at STA Travel for this - and no I'm not on commission :>) is that I can very easily change the flights on the ticket and get straight home from most major airports in Asia.

The aim will be to visit: India, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Pakistan, and the Karakoram Highway. I may also make it to Kazakhstan, and would really like to get to Kyrgyzstan - but that may not be possible given the visa situation.

There are loads of option for linking these places - the current favorite is:

- Thailand to Cambodia, and then on to Vietnam.
- Vietnam into China and on to Nepal.
- Nepal to India and into Pakistan.
- From Pakistan back to China via the Karakoram Highway.
- Then through China to Almaty in Kazakhstan.
- And then catch the train to Moscow or fly home from Almaty.

Based on an "as the crow flies" that's 34334 miles.

Here's a map showing the current plan:

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