Over the years Syd often asked "When are we going to do this Round The World Trip?" My usual reply was "I'm too young to retire yet - wait a few years".
I always assumed it was something we'd do once we'd finished work. But then life causes you to stop and think about what is important to you. We lost some family and close friends and had some health problems in the past few years and decided that maybe now was the right time for us to do something for ourselves.
Thanks to a very supportive boss I have been able to take a sabbatical from work and as Syd works for himself we now have the time to go on our adventure.
First decision - Where to go and for how long.
After many discussions and much research we decided that we wanted to go to SE Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and USA.
Destinations chosen we then set about booking the RTW ticket, visas and other necessary paperwork.
We've decided that we want to go with very little baggage so it's rucksacks for us. We're going away for six months. How can you pack for that length of time. Travel light, you can always buy what you need wherever you are (hopefully that'll be true).
Everything's now in place. At present our itinery is:
Singapore, then onto Bali, fly to Kuala Lumpur where we're staying with Larry and Shelagh. From then on it's a bit sketchy. We plan to travel overland through Malaysia into Thailand then onto Cambodia and Vietnam arriving in Hong Kong in the new year. We'll then fly to Australia, onto New Zealand, Fiji then Los Angeles in the US where we'll start the final leg of our journey to Chicago via "Route 66".
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