Here’s V1.0 of Le Grand Voyage (subject to approval by La Fille(tm), of course).
July 28 – August 7 (10 days, +/-): Ontario Bound
- camping across the country, #yyc to London, Ontario
August 7 – September 6 (4 weeks): The Central Leg
- Many things on the eastern itinerary, including hitting the cottage, visiting family and friends in London and Toronto, a quick solo (as in, sans petite fille) trip to New York City, and some general hang out and chillage.
September 7 – November 7 (8 weeks): Greece
- 3 weeks around Athens, with day trips hither and yon, and longer road trips to the Corinth peninsula, Mount Olympus, and the like (with Ted’s parental units)
- 3 weeks on Paros; this is our base for island hopping, with Ios, Sifnos, Naxos, Mykonos, Santorini… whatever catches our interest.
- 2 weeks on Crete; exploring Minoan ruins, more beaches, beaches, and a jumping off point for Rhodes, for a few days.
November 1 – 7 (one week): on to Turkey
- Istanbul is our point of departure for Thailand; we can take us a few days to get there from southern Greece, and then a few days to bounce about both sides of the Bosporus.
- Sightseeing in Istanbul; Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, the Grand Bazaar, Galata and Beyo?lu…
November 8 – March 15 (four months): Thailand and SE Asia
- Koh Lanta (for a month) November 10(ish) (the 14th is a “hard date” for us; we want to be on the island and settled down before the Full Moon Festival, Loy Krathong.
- Chiang Mai (for a month)
- Ko Chang (for two moths)
- jumping off point to head into Cambodia, and erhaps Vietnam