MY WORLD TOUR – 18 Months (see the black line on the maps)
Part 1: CENTRAL AMERICA
Guatemala
Antigua for a week
San Marcos, Lago de Atitlan for a week
On to Semuc Champuy Caves and Limestone water pools before going to TIKAL, the mother of all Mayan sites (and a UNESCO site)
Belize
Stay at Caye Caulker and dive/snorkel in the second largest barrier reef in the world after Australia. Plus chill out at Hopkins bay. just staying a few days.
Honduras
Stay in the Bay Islands in the Caribbean, Roatan island to do my open water PADI diving course
From Roatan go via Copan Mayan Ruins on the way towards El Salvador.
El Salvador
Will surf down the Pacific coast oi El Salvador mainly staying in the top and bottom part of the coast, will miss out the capital Libertad. Want to become a Surf Demon.
Nicaragua
Visit Leon and Granada then stay at the Isla de Ometepe. One of the largest fresh water lakes in Latin America (after Lake Titikaka)
Head for the pacific coast south and surf to costa rica
Costa Rica
Back towards the Pacific Coast towards Costa Rica. Passing via Monteverde then back on to the coast.
Will head inland at some point through Costa Rica, to the Caribbean coast. Party central at Cahuta/Talamanca
Panama
Into Panama i will chill out on the Caribbean coast for a while before taking a 5 day boat trip from Colon through the Caribbean to Cartegena, Colombia
Part 2: SOUTH AMERICA
Colombia
Stay at Cartegena, visit Tayronas national park, Santa Marta, Volcano de Lodo El Totumo, Playa Blanca
Then via Mompos onto Bucaramanga on route to Bogotá visiting Barichara & San Gil (eco-tourism), Villa de Leyva (horse riding) and Suesca (rafting)
Then head on south – possible via Los Nevaods (white capped Andean mountains)
Bus to San Agustin (archaeological site) and visit Tierradentro, Parque Nacional Purace.
Popayan. Onto Pasto, visit Laguna de la Cocha and then on to the Ecuador border.
Ecuador
Stop at Otavalo (biggest Saturday market in south America) and possible Mindo (hike the last Andean cloud forest) on the way to the Capital Quito
In Quito stay in the old town La floresta. Quito has amazing views and botanical gardens. Amazonian Museum. Plus 1-2 mountain bike and rafting trips from Quito·
30km south east – must see natural reserve Refugio de vida Silvestre Pasochoa further south towards Volcano Cotopaxi and park Cotopaxi.
Either continue south east to Tena (rafting) or south west to Laguna Quilotoa (Volcanic crater lake) and on to Banos (Amazon treks, thermal baths, rafting) & Riobamba (down hill mountain bike ride)
Riobamba take the death train to Sibambe. From there on to the Inca ruins of Ingapirca. Stay at Cuenca 2/3 days and visit Cajas national park
Peru
Surf in northern Mancora
The Andes in Huaraez, mountain biking and trekking
Cusco and Machu Picchu , rent a motor bike if poss
Bolivia
The Salt flat lakes
The worlds most dangerous road
San Pedro prison
Part 3: NEW ZEALAND & OZ
Land in Auckland, stay a couple of days and visit Routara, surf in Raglan
Fly to Queenstown, South Island and do some extreme sports
Head towards Milford Sound Fjord via Te Anau and Fox Glacier
Queenstown for New Year
Head up the east coast and round towards Christchurch
Fly from Christchurch to Sydney and stay friends. Visit Blue Mountain
Fly Sydney to Bangkok
Part 4: SOUTH EAST ASIA
Stay in Bangkok a few days.
Then to Siem Reap, Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Stay there for a few days.
From Siem Reap to Vientiane, Laos and travel up through Laos for 2-3 weeks to Luang Pang
From Luang Paung head north to Hanoi Vietnam and travel down the coast of Vietnam to Ho Chi Min
From Ho Chi Mi (Mekon Delta) to Bangkok. From there travel down the east coast of Thailand in to Malaysia and visit the Taman Negra rain forest
Go via Singapore (see friends at) to Indonesia
Visit the island of Java and Borrodur temple and Bali, Borneo and the Gili islands
Fly from Bali to Singapore and then on to New Delhi
Part 5: INDIA & NEPAL
From New Delhi get the hell out of there. Visit the Taj Mahal for sure.
Rishikesh for yoga and meditation ashrams, vipassana meditation
Head further north to Mc Loed Ganj for the Tushita buddhist retreat
On to Leh Ladak via Manali
Then via Varanassi onto Nepal for 2-3weeks trekking in the Himalayas - Pokhara. Hang out in Sarangkot and Nepal before Kopan monastry retreat in November 2009
Part 1: CENTRAL AMERICA
Guatemala
Antigua for a week
San Marcos, Lago de Atitlan for a week
On to Semuc Champuy Caves and Limestone water pools before going to TIKAL, the mother of all Mayan sites (and a UNESCO site)
Belize
Stay at Caye Caulker and dive/snorkel in the second largest barrier reef in the world after Australia. Plus chill out at Hopkins bay. just staying a few days.
Honduras
Stay in the Bay Islands in the Caribbean, Roatan island to do my open water PADI diving course
From Roatan go via Copan Mayan Ruins on the way towards El Salvador.
El Salvador
Will surf down the Pacific coast oi El Salvador mainly staying in the top and bottom part of the coast, will miss out the capital Libertad. Want to become a Surf Demon.
Nicaragua
Visit Leon and Granada then stay at the Isla de Ometepe. One of the largest fresh water lakes in Latin America (after Lake Titikaka)
Head for the pacific coast south and surf to costa rica
Costa Rica
Back towards the Pacific Coast towards Costa Rica. Passing via Monteverde then back on to the coast.
Will head inland at some point through Costa Rica, to the Caribbean coast. Party central at Cahuta/Talamanca
Panama
Into Panama i will chill out on the Caribbean coast for a while before taking a 5 day boat trip from Colon through the Caribbean to Cartegena, Colombia
Part 2: SOUTH AMERICA
Colombia
Stay at Cartegena, visit Tayronas national park, Santa Marta, Volcano de Lodo El Totumo, Playa Blanca
Then via Mompos onto Bucaramanga on route to Bogotá visiting Barichara & San Gil (eco-tourism), Villa de Leyva (horse riding) and Suesca (rafting)
Then head on south – possible via Los Nevaods (white capped Andean mountains)
Bus to San Agustin (archaeological site) and visit Tierradentro, Parque Nacional Purace.
Popayan. Onto Pasto, visit Laguna de la Cocha and then on to the Ecuador border.
Ecuador
Stop at Otavalo (biggest Saturday market in south America) and possible Mindo (hike the last Andean cloud forest) on the way to the Capital Quito
In Quito stay in the old town La floresta. Quito has amazing views and botanical gardens. Amazonian Museum. Plus 1-2 mountain bike and rafting trips from Quito·
30km south east – must see natural reserve Refugio de vida Silvestre Pasochoa further south towards Volcano Cotopaxi and park Cotopaxi.
Either continue south east to Tena (rafting) or south west to Laguna Quilotoa (Volcanic crater lake) and on to Banos (Amazon treks, thermal baths, rafting) & Riobamba (down hill mountain bike ride)
Riobamba take the death train to Sibambe. From there on to the Inca ruins of Ingapirca. Stay at Cuenca 2/3 days and visit Cajas national park
Peru
Surf in northern Mancora
The Andes in Huaraez, mountain biking and trekking
Cusco and Machu Picchu , rent a motor bike if poss
Bolivia
The Salt flat lakes
The worlds most dangerous road
San Pedro prison
Part 3: NEW ZEALAND & OZ
Land in Auckland, stay a couple of days and visit Routara, surf in Raglan
Fly to Queenstown, South Island and do some extreme sports
Head towards Milford Sound Fjord via Te Anau and Fox Glacier
Queenstown for New Year
Head up the east coast and round towards Christchurch
Fly from Christchurch to Sydney and stay friends. Visit Blue Mountain
Fly Sydney to Bangkok
Part 4: SOUTH EAST ASIA
Stay in Bangkok a few days.
Then to Siem Reap, Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Stay there for a few days.
From Siem Reap to Vientiane, Laos and travel up through Laos for 2-3 weeks to Luang Pang
From Luang Paung head north to Hanoi Vietnam and travel down the coast of Vietnam to Ho Chi Min
From Ho Chi Mi (Mekon Delta) to Bangkok. From there travel down the east coast of Thailand in to Malaysia and visit the Taman Negra rain forest
Go via Singapore (see friends at) to Indonesia
Visit the island of Java and Borrodur temple and Bali, Borneo and the Gili islands
Fly from Bali to Singapore and then on to New Delhi
Part 5: INDIA & NEPAL
From New Delhi get the hell out of there. Visit the Taj Mahal for sure.
Rishikesh for yoga and meditation ashrams, vipassana meditation
Head further north to Mc Loed Ganj for the Tushita buddhist retreat
On to Leh Ladak via Manali
Then via Varanassi onto Nepal for 2-3weeks trekking in the Himalayas - Pokhara. Hang out in Sarangkot and Nepal before Kopan monastry retreat in November 2009
2 comments:
Great to see your blog Luke. looking forward to following your adventures.
I thought of another option after you left. The Tongariro Crossing could replace Rotorua. You stay in a location close to the crossing, in the morning a bus picks you up (and many others but a NZ many not a european many), drops you at the base of the mountain, you cross it, and waiting on the other side is a bus to take you home to a nice spa in the local accomodation. Have done it twice, it's gorgeous.
HAVE FUN!!!! Amanda
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