The following considerations affected our planning for this trip:
- Start in July 2012 & travel till autumn 2013
- Stay around 1 month in each country
- Travel by land or water as much as possible
- Avoid cold areas in order to minimize stuff we carry
We have chosen the following countries:
- Ukraine as a start of the trip combined with a visit to Alexey’s family
- Turkey – we love this country
- Georgia –
- Armenia
- Iran – met a lot of people who gave positive feedback on this country
- Malaysia
- Thailand
- Burma
- Laos
- Vietnam
- Singapore
- Indonesia
- Phillipines
- Hong Kong
- Taiwan
- Possibly Nepal
The trip shall be split into parts:
1. Europe to Middle East (ending in Iran)
2. South East Asia & Asia (ending in Taiwan & Hong Kong, with a possible trip to Nepal)
Of course, we understand that the plan will be adjusted on the way and corrected depending on real course of events and our experiences in each country.