Our Current Travel Schedule

Our itinerary is still somewhat flexible.  For the most part, we have decided which countries we will visit, and we have booked most of our international flights.  However, we're still open to making detours and we can still make changes to the dates of our flights.  If you want to meet up with us at any of these locations or anywhere close to these locations, just let us know.  However, be warned that we will stick our budget (somewhere slightly above shoestring), so there will be no Four Seasons or all-inclusive resorts for us.

• November 5 - November 27:  Ecuador.  A week in Quito before making our way down the spine of the Andes through Cuenco to the Peruvian border.
• November 28 - January 31:  Peru.  December will be spent volunteering at Bruce Peru in Trujillo.  We will take January to travel throughout the country, likely focusing on the southern Andes around Cusco and possibly making our way into the Amazon.
• Febuary 1 - March 7:  Chile.  We will travel by bus as far south as we can, hopefully making it into northern Patagonia, before backtracking to Santiago to meet up with Magge's mother and stepfather, where we will leave for Easter Island.
• March 7 - March 13:  Tahiti.  The only reason we're visiting French Polynesia is because it's the most direct route from Easter Island to New Zealand.  It's a truly unfortunate situation.
• March 13 - April 10:  New Zealand.  As of now, I suspect we'll spend a week on the North Island and three weeks on the South Island.
• April 10 - May 5:  Australia.  We'll begin in Sydney and then head to Queensland, where we plan on doing some scuba diving.
• May 5 - June 18:  Southeast Asia.  The plan here has not been nailed down yet.  We are flying into Singapore and are fairly certain we'll visit Thailand and Vietnam, but the dates are still up in the air.  Malaysia and Cambodia are still up for consideration.
• June 18 - June 25:  Jordan.  The primary goal for Jordan is to visit Petra.
• June 25 - mid July:  Greece.  I've already received some requests from folks to meet us here, but my parents and siblings have first dibs.
• Mid July - mid August:  Italy and Croatia.  We're meeting Magge's mother and stepfather in Croatia.
• Mid August - mid September:  France.  Here's where I get to test how much the French enjoy my jokes about the French.
• Mid September - early October:  Spain.  There's an outside chance we'll dip into Portugal.
• October - November:  South Africa.  Most of our time will probably be spent in Cape Town and the surrounding area.  We will do 1.5-2 months of volunteer work here.
• We will have some transit stops in London around our time in South Africa.  We may decide to spend more time in the city if the budget and schedule allow for it.