Family World Trip - Our Route

As we plan this trip, we’re refining our route. We’re also sure that when we’re traveling, we won’t stick to the planned route 100%. That said, we know we’re going to start in South America, go from there to South-East Asia and then on to China – with possibly a quick stop in Japan. From China we will continue through Central Asia to the Middle East and then Cairo. We plan to stop in Ireland to visit family on our way home to Seattle.

Part I: South America
	Ecuador
	Week 1: Quito
	Week 2-4: Montanita, spanish lessons, surf lessons and exploring the coastal area.
	Peru
	Week 5: Lima, Nazca Lines, Arequipa
	Week 6: Cuzco, hike Machu Picchu
	Week 7: Puno, Lake Titicaca.
	Bolivia
	Week 8: La Paz, volunteer at the NPH orphanage outside Santa Cruz
	Week 9: Salar de Uyuni.
	Chile
	Week 9: Hiking in Atacama, Parque Nacional Lauca
	Week 10: Valparaiso
	Week 11: Santiago.
	Argentina
	Week 12: Mendoza to Cordoba to Tucuman
	Week 13: Ascuncion and Iguazu Falls
	Week 14-16: Buenos Aires

Part II: South East Asia and China
	Japan
	Week 17-18: Skiing in Japan
	Thailand
	Week 19: Sukhothai to Chiang Mai to Chiang Khong
	Laos
	Week 20: Luang Prabang
	Week 21: Vientiane
	Vietnam
	Week 22: Hanoi
	Week 23: Ho Chi Minh City + Mekong Delta
	Cambodia
	Week 24: Angkor Wat
	Thailand
	Week 25 + 26: Beaching it by the Andaman Sea
	(Seriously, the kids are going to learn to scuba dive).
	China
	Like any good project manager I’m padding the time required for this section while we figure out what we want to do and where we want to go.
	Week 27: Hong Kong
	Week 28: Shanghai
	Week 29: Beijing
	Week 30: Xi’an
	Week 31 -34: Xi’an to Kashgar (Silk Road)

Part III: Central Asia (Silk Road)
	Kyrgyzstan
	Week 35
	Tajikistan
	Week 36: Hiking in the Pamirs
	Uzbekistan
	Week 37-39: Taskhent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva
	Turkmenistan
	Week 40: There’s some disagreement in our household as to whether or not we’ll cross the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan or whether we’ll try a land-based route.