It is the eve of our departure on our Grand Asian Caravan and I again I am scrabbling to get my Blog travel-ready. I’m not sure how it happens every trip, but there’s a good reason: all our travel/packing preparartions get priority and I leave until last my most favourite thing – talking to you. At least all the permits and travel applications are done and all the perishables are consumed or tossed and any non-cooked meats gone (eaten or cooked) from the freezer. So it is just me and you for the next 10 weeks! It is going to be an awesome adventure.
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| The Grand Asian Caravan 61 day route (the arrow points to just one of many exciting destinations) |
After a long and unplanned/unwanted hiatus, we are about to depart on this wonderful odyssey with Sundowners Overland - this will be our third overland journey with this terrific travel company which first took us to Siberian Russia 9 years ago. This time we will travel from Singapore to London - traversing nearly half of the globe from Singapore at the tip of the Malay Peninsula to central London - almost the entire way traveling by train. It will be an exciting and unique journey through 16 countries (including Tibet a 60-year-old bucket list place for me), a journey of over 22,000 km.
This year, 2025, will be a memorable year! Starting with a rather spectacular fall (after the fashion of a double swan dive! and 5 plus months recovery) we have picked ourselves up to tackle this epic Eurasian odyssey. We will wrap up the year by spending Christmas and New Year in one of our favourite places, Antarctica, following in the footsteps of Sir Douglas Mawson - at least some of his footsteps, as well as sailing to the Magnetic South Pole the discovery of which was one of his amazing achievements.
As someone wise (anon I think) said … “Sometimes the extent of a journey isn’t measured by distance, but by the new thoughts and feelings it generates. “ Come with me to explore exotic, ancient places and cultures. I will post on this blog when we return because I am not travelling my laptop but you can follow our journey on Facebook if you are so inclined. Check in here: http://facebook.com/heather.wheat.925
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