Since we began RVing in 2001, Carol and I have traveled the length and breadth of the US and Canada even dipping into Mexico on foot. We put off overseas travel, in part because my late mother’s health was precarious and in part because there is so much to see in the United States and Canada. Last summer, as we were selling the townhouse we decided to travel someplace the RV couldn’t go and we went to Tanzania on a trip organized by Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT). The blog and the pictures have been posted for 7 months now.
In February we decided to plan another trip. We wanted to go to Southeast Asia, a part of the world we have never ventured to. As we thought about it we realized that our time for big trips may be limited so had best do a couple of trips back to back to cover as much of the area as we could in one trip. Somehow as we were putting this together the idea of adding some European destinations seemed reasonable (?). Ultimately this has turned into an around the world in 90 days adventure. We only have one US departure and return and one long intermediate flight – Moscow to Shanghai. We even included a recovery day in Shanghai. Our departure and return will be Dulles in hopes that we will not have to cope with a winter storm on our return.
All of this was put together with OAT. Their staff have been magnificent to work with, again.
Fall 2013 Extravaganza Travel
Depart 10/2/2013
Trip 1:
Ukraine – Kiev
Lithuania – Vilnius/Klaipeda
Latvia – Riga
Estonia – Tallinn
Russia
St Petersburg
Moscow
Trip 2:
China –
Shanghai
Beijing
Xian
Donghan Community
Chengdu – Panda Sanctuary
Tibet – Lhasa
Yangtze River Cruies (Chongqing)
Hong Kong
Cambodia – Angor Wat Siem Reap
Trip 3:
Burma – Nay Pyi Taw – Irrawady River
Thailand – Bangkok
Vietnam –
Bangkok to DC January 1/2/2014 ?
If you are so moved OAT may have some space on these trips and you could join us for part of the way. We would love to have companions we know. For details on the trips check out the OAT website