Itinerary

Here’s a very rough itinerary for my trip. This is subject to change based on weather, whim, geopolitical reality, disturbances in the force, and so on:

Spring 2011:

  • France
  • Germany
  • Czech Republic
  • Poland
  • Lithuania
  • Latvia
  • Estonia

Summer 2011:

  • Finland
  • Sweden
  • Norway
  • Denmark
  • Netherlands
  • Belgium

Fall – Winter 2011:

  • British Isles
  • through Europe to Egypt
  • N. Africa (Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco – and, if possible, Libya and Algeria)
  • Southern Europe (Spain, southern France, Italy, Croatia, Greece)

Spring – Fall 2012:

  • Turkey
  • Georgia
  • Russia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Mongolia
  • China
  • Laos
  • Vietnam, Cambodia, and/or Thailand

My dream 2012 route is more like the following, but political realities make visiting a number of these countries, shall we say, challenging:

  • Turkey
  • Iran
  • Pakistan
  • India
  • Nepal
  • China (entering via Tibet Autonomous Region, then Sichuan and Yunnan provinces)
  • Laos
  • Vietnam, Cambodia, and/or Thailand

I’ve recently thought about starting the trip by riding from Seattle to the East Coast, so that I have another opportunity to see my family before I embark into the unknown.

This is quite the undertaking, obviously, and more than a little crazy. But then, so am I.

Comments

4 responses to “Itinerary”

  1. Donn Avatar

    So, what’s the mount? Have I missed an announcement?

    1. stuart Avatar
      stuart

      Donn, I’ll be buying an F800GS in the next week or so.

  2. Jennifer Wilde Avatar

    le sigh! :) can’t believe you are going to get to see so many countries. And I can see why you are daunted – I’m even daunted when I think of meeting you in Morocco!

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