Trout Alert Travels

Trouty's scenic route round the globe

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Who gives a Trout?

Not me, but then I am one. Had enough of landlubbing UK, been trying to hold it down in 9-5 land for 7 odd years since my last gallavant through the Middle East, and can do it no more. I'm off on global walkabout and this 'ere is to tell my mum where I'll be.

The route at this stage, has been plucked out of my mind, but will be amended many times before the departure date looms.

TRIP 1:
Start Luton, UK
Train/fly/coach to Sicily
Bum around Italy seeing some old friends
Go up the northeast coast of Italy and round the corner to Lublijana, Slovenia
Berlin for May Day Riots (May 1st!!)
Copenhagen
Train/coach to Norway for Numusic festival, Stavanger
Iceland to volunteer on organic farm
Bergen, Norway
Across to Sweden and Icehotel
Finland - catch train from Helsinki to St Petersburg
Train St Petersburg to Moscow
Moscow: pick up Trans Siberian railway!!!
Take Trans-Mongolian route
Get off at Ulaan Batar, Mongolia
Hustai Nuruu National Park in Mongolia: volunteering at wild Przewalski horse sanctuary helping to collect data on these lovely animals and live in a yurt
Trans Siberian railway Mongolia to China arriving at Beijing
China
Tibet
Nepal
India - chilling out at an ashram to improve my yoga and state of mind
Sri Lanka
Thailand - 4 wk thai yoga massage course amongst other things
Cambodia
Vietnam
Trans-Siberian back to Moscow
Limp home to UK any which way I can

TRIP 2:
South America, baby

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