3 Continents; 20-ish countries and who knows how many kilometres… The journey starts from Epping, Essex in 1 hr!
The dream has been in the making for a few years now, but in the end all the organisation has been very last minute! Getting visas, fitting water tanks, sorting out foreign currency, these last few weeks have been absolutely non-stop. The enormity of the journey has really only just dawned on me, haven't had much of a chance to stop and think about what we're actually doing until now! [Which may be a good thing as I may have chickened out!]
A few people have asked for an itinerary, but really we only have a few fixed dates. A tag-along tour with Waypoint Tours through Morocco from 7-20 June and Russia as our time there is dependent on the dates of our visas… but the general plan is…
1 week in Northern Spain and Portugal
2 weeks tag along tour in Morocco
3 or 4 weeks in Spain and Northern Italy (we love food… hence why so long here! Looking forward to doing some cooking classes!)
3 or 4 weeks through Eastern Europe and the Baltics
1 month driving across Russia (with a detour through Mongolia) to Vladivostok. We will ship the car from Vladivostok and make our own way in to China and down to Hong Kong… back in Oz at the end of September… Ish!
Our first stop will be – somewhere in France – how far we get will really depend on how tired we feel once we reach the European continent. We are on a 1pm ferry from Dover.
That's as detailed as our itinerary is at the moment! Feels great knowing we don't have many fixed deadlines. We can just go where the wind takes us!
So we say farewell to the UK. We will miss the rolling green hills, the diverse and vibrant capital, the pubs, the multitude of travel opportunities, and of course our family and all the new friends we've made along the way. You all have a place to stay in Oz!
We will keep in touch as often as we can!
Here goes…
Tracey and Matt
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