Southeast Asia Itinerary

Ok all, here's my trip itinerary.  Its very basic, technically I'm already off schedule, but I really don't care.  I really prefer to just make it up as I go, but I wanted something to fall back on.


Anyway, here you go.

So here’s the plan.  I fly from Seoul, South Korea to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam on September 2^nd. My next flight is from Singapore to London on November 25^th.  I have exactly 84 days to get to Singapore via bus, train, or boat.  I’m not allowing myself to fly at all. Finally I’ll fly from London to New York City on December 2^nd.  I only have a week in London with Emma.  I’m not sure if I mentioned Emma before, but she’s my awesome friend that I met in Xi’an, China when we both toured the Terracotta Warriors.  She was wonderful enough to offer me her couch to crash on for a few days while I visit her fair country.  I’m staying home for only about 2 months and I’ll be visiting as many people as I can.  Its been over 2 years since I’ve been home and some of you I haven’t seen in nearly 4 years.  So if you want a visit let me know now and I’ll try to work it all out.

Take a look and tell me what you think.  I know some of you have seen all these places already so check it out and give me your opinions. 

Before you ask though, this itinerary is far from set in stone.  I’ve even included some flex time so I can add days here and there to my heart’s content.  As for the things I’ll do in each place, I’ve only listed the definite things, I will certainly do more than I have listed.

The only dates that are definite are for my flights.  Those are all bought and paid for. 

Anyway, in the words of Conan, “Enough talk!” 

September 2^nd - Flight to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Saigon)

-          Chilling, Stocking up, and Getting used to the heat/humidity

September 4^th – Phnom Penh, Cambodia

-          Visa for Laos

-          Killing Fields

-          Tuol Sleng Genocide Memorial

September 7^th – Siem Reap, Cambodia

-          Angkor Wat (3 days at least, probably longer)

September 12^th – Si Phan Don, Laos

-          Sleepy little island town on the Mekong River.  I’m going to chill and do absolutely nothing.

September 14^th – Pakse, Laos

-          More chilling on the Mekong, probably won’t stay here long though

September 16^th – Tha Khaek, Laos

-          Last of the Mekong chillaxing, god I love traveling.

September 18^th - Vientiane, Laos

-          Visa for Thailand

September 21^st – Vang Vieng, Laos

-          Tubing and some adventure sports on the river

September 24^th – Luang Prabang, Laos

-          Temples and adventure outings

September 27^th – Luang Nam Tha, Laos

-          Adventure outings into the wilderness near the Chinese/Burmese border.

September 30^th – Chaing Rai, Thailand

-          Hiking, river trips, and maybe riding and elephant (!!)

October 3^rd – Chiang Mai, Thailand

-          Temples and cultural sights (and maybe another elephant)

October 6^th – Bangkok, Thailand

-          Like I really need to list things for this city.

October 10^th – Ko Tao, Thailand

-          Snorkeling and finding a completely empty beach to chill and tan.

October 13^th – Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand

-          More beach relaxing and a full moon party (or half moon, or wherever the hell the moon is)

October 17^th – Krabi, Thailand

-          Rock climbing and more beaches

October 20^th – Ko Phi Phi, Thailand

-          Chilling on a beach and maybe rock climbing

October 23^rd – Ko Lanta, Thailand

-          Desolate beaches and doing nothing…jealous yet?

October 25^th – Ko Lipe, Thailand

-          Beaches, beaches, and more beaches

October 27^th – Butterworth-Georgetown, Malaysia

-          More beaches and colonial architecture

October 30^th – Tanah Rata, Malaysia

-          Beautiful highlands, tea plantations, and forests

November 3^rd – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

-          Petronas Towers and some great night markets

November 6^th – Melaka, Malaysia

-          Street food and colonial architecture

November 9^th – November 22^nd      ***Flex Time***

-          Just in case anything is so amazing I have to add it or if I go over at a few spots.

November 23^rd – Singapore

-          Old friends, big city, China district (genuine Chinese food!)

November 26^th – London and Bath, United Kingdom

-          Great friend, Stonehenge, and London

December 2^nd – Finally home with enough pictures, stories, souvenirs, postcards, and memories to fill a novel…that I’ll write only when I’m old and unable to travel anymore.  With any luck it will never have to be written.

-          Lots of home cooking and old friends.