Seems only like yesterday I finished writing about 香港 (Hong Kong)… wait a minute, it was only yesterday I finished writing (read “rambling”) about it! Anyway, as I had already planned to be on the opposite side of the globe to visit some friends, I’ve gone a little further and shall be off as of today and heading to:
- Reykjavík, Ísland — 28th June till 5th July
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada — 6th July till 11th July
- Hawai‘i, United States of America — 11th July till 17th July
- Auckland, New Zealand* — 17th July
- Brisbane, Australia — 19th July till late July/early August (damn International Dateline making the 18th July disappear!)
- Melbourne, Australia — late July/early August till 22nd August
- Republic of Singapore — 22nd August till 5th September
- 雲南 (Yunnan), 中華人民共和國 (People’s Republic of China)** — late August?
- 香港 (Hong Kong) — 5th September till 26th September
- دبي (Dubai), الإمارات العربيّة المتّحدة (United Arab Emirates) — 26th September till 2nd October
- Санкт-Петербург (Saint Petersburg), Россия (Russia)**/*** — early October?
- Tallinn, Estonia*** — early October?
- Rīga, Latvija*** — mid October?
- Switzerland*** — late October?
- *
- Just a brief flight changing stop :(
- **
- Provisional, depending on successful visa applications
- ***
- If I have sufficient funds by that bit of the journey
There is the hidden blessing that I’ll probably be offline for the duration, with the earliest arrival back in Blighty of the 2nd of October 2005. Along the way I’ll be visiting my paternal aunt and cousin (in Vancouver Island), Nykky (in Brisbane), 貝貝 (Bei Bei) (in Melbourne), my mother’s side of the family (in 香港 (Hong Kong)) plus trying to make various enquiries regarding business registration, banking accounts and so forth.
Assuming I’m not utter broke after دبي (Dubai), I’d like to mini-tour Europe once again and annoy a few people such as Inese! For that leg, I quite fancy the idea of travelling by rail… though I guess I’ll cross that bridge once I get to it! :D
Anyhoo, I need to get some lunch, finish packing and head off to Heathrow Airport for this evening’s outbound flight! :P
Huge slap because you are not spending more time in New Zealand! Add two weeks to the schedule and go to the South Island, for Bob’s sake! Nykky will understand, duh!
Comment by Dominik Dröschher — 13:49:15 UTC on the 28th of June, 2005
WOW!! now that is one hell of a journey… will keep my fingers crossed so that you don’t run out of funds at an inappropriate time in your journey. reading your plan almost makes me wanto to leave my job and discover the world too! wait… i don’t have that much money… shoot! oh well, some other time then… a sigh…
Comment by spoxy — 13:52:02 UTC on the 28th of June, 2005
Dominik: It’s her birthday on the 22nd July so have to be there at least the first week… the dates are vague then as been thinking about heading to the heart of Australia that is Uluru. Mr. MacAlister whom I know is now living in Auckland, and have an acquaintance on the South Island at Christchurch as far as I gather. Guess will see how it works out come July/August! :P
Inese: I’m a jobless bum trying to make myself even more broke! Your translation stuff is a good little earner in addition to the day-job… relatively you’ve probably got more disposable cash than me. I’d hazard a guess if you put the hours in, you could quite easily save up the cash and do something equally as reckless as I!
Comment by Jonathan Stanley — 14:02:19 UTC on the 28th of June, 2005