Our route

Well even the greatest travellers have to have some kind of itinery!

So, South East Asia... how to tackle it!

Our first port of call will be India. It's a country both of us really want to see, the sights, the culture, the food, the weather, the people. We've heard so many great things about it, seeing India was high on our list.
Our planned route for India goes a little something like this:


DELHI - RAJASTHAN - MUMBAI - GOA - KERALA - MUMBAI

We've already booked our accomodation for Christmas, a beach hut in Goa - can't wait!

From India, our next stop will be Bangkok in Thailand. Thailand is another country that we are both eager to explore. From the Full Moon Parties on Ko Phangan, to the hustle and bustle of Bangkok, this country has a lot to offer.

Our semi-planned route is:

BANGKOK - KO SAMUI - KO PHANGAN - PHI PHI ISLAND / PHUKET - CHANG MAI

We should be on Ko Phangan for New Years Eve, and also the Full Moon Party in early Jan.

From Thailand, the plan is to travel the Great IndoChina Loop. This means leaving the North of Thailand, and making our way into Laos, it's next door neighbour, then onto Vietnam and Cambodia.

We're more or less going into this part of our trip blind. These countries are so undeveloped it's hard to plan an itinery, it's hard to know what you want to see. I'm relying on the advice from other travellers, and also a trust Lonely Planet to get us through these countries. To be honest, I'm sure half the fun of it is not to have a plan, and just go wherever your instincts take you :o)

We aim to be away for six months exactly, leaving on the 15th of November. The flights are booked, my arms are hurting from injections, our empty backpacks are ready to be filled. All that's left to do is finalise the a few last small things, then wait for the day we depart on British Airways flight from Heathrow to Delhi, hearts in mouths, hoping for the best!!

A bit about us...

Well where to start?! We were just your ordinary couple, plodding along in life, both working in the rat-race in London. We're both in our early 20's (23 and 24), and we've been together for just over six years now. We live a comfortable life of working hard and playing harder. We are both career driven and strive for the best in our lives, but equally we cherish the importance of friends and family, and love spending time with both. Travelling was something we both wanted to do, it was just a question of WHEN?!

We originally planned to travel the world in March 2007, taking a year off to cover the Americas, Australia and also Asia. But, as always, things don't always go how you plan, and because of certain circumstances, we decided to bring our travels forward, shorten the trip to six months, and just conquer Asia!
And so we began to plan... our route, spending money, injections, moving out of home... so much to sort out, but eventually everything started to come together, and now, at this point, we're almost ready to leave!

This blog was originally started by me (Bec) but both of us plan to update it as we go along, it will give us a place to share our experiences with our friends and family, and also upload some great pictures.

Testing, testing, one , two ...

This is the first post on an attempted blog for me (Bec) and Jon to keep whilst we're travelling round Asia...
Let's hope it works!!