Monday 22 January 2007

Plans for the next trip

Hi all

Well it's not long until we set off on the next leg of our trip. Our round the world tickets have been booked and Debs has been busy planning. For my part I have been doing very little, adopting the more laid back and vague approach to travelling. All of this has been much to Debs annoyance!
Anyway the plan so far, is as follows. We leave for Japan on the 30th January, spending about a week in Tokyo. Taking up Debs friend Pippa's kind offer of somewhere to stay. We then head to Sapporo, just in time to visit the worlds largest 'Snow Festival'. From here we head to Dewa-sanzan Volcano (which we hope to climb) and then Mt Fuji (which we wont be climbing!). Next is Kyoto for a few days, including a trip to Nara. Then we head to Hiroshima and finally Kokura to see Debs friends and old work colleagues.
From Japan we then fly to Bangkok via Singapore (don't ask!) and then spend the next 4 months travelling back to Singapore. No real plans here, but hope to get to Brunei, maybe Myanmar and several of the Indonesian islands.
We leave Singapore on the 1st of July, heading for New Zealand where we will spend the next month travelling from Christchurch to Auckand.
From New Zealand we go to Tonga for a week and then Samoa for 2 weeks, possibly taking in Fiji while we are there.
Finally we land in Los Angeles for the last leg of our trip. We plan to take in some of the west coast, before heading to the East coast and hopefully visiting some of Debs relatives. If all goes well, we will be in Hawaii for Debs 30th Birthday before flying home from Orlando on 10th October.

5 comments:

Karl and Amber said...

Hi guys, I've been keeping up with your exploits on email. Sounds like you've already had a amazing time, now your off for more (lucky buggers).

Had a good old look at the photo's you've uploaded. There are some great shots in there. I'd like to be the first to mention the erotic carving ones (you knew it would be me who noticed them) I'm sure they are stills from a film i've seen.
The henna beard is mad, and the self explanatory food item is a classic.

I here your about thursday Matt, at Jims, I prob wont be able to make it (bummer). Anyway you and Deb's take care and we'll see you both sometime in the future.

Live long and perspire.

Karl and Amber. XxxxX

Dave Foord said...

Excellent that I have converted you to the ideas of a Blog - I think this will work well on your travels.

lastarial said...

Good luck on your trip and I hope your flight goes well tomorrow.

I'm looking forward to reading all about your travels here.

Cheers, Gareth
www.lastarial.org.uk

Cassie & Kent said...

Hey guys. It has been great catching up with you Matt. We miss all of you like crazy.

You guys have a safe journey and above all have a fantastic time. We can't wait for you to get to the States.

Love Cass(&Kent)

Elsa said...

You've travelled all that way and we're having a snow festival in our own London back garden. Am very proud of my scultpure - I call it "Snow Man".

Much love