Itinerary

South America

  • 8 Feb - Fly Heathrow to Rio de Janeiro
  • 11 Feb - Bus from Rio to Iguazu Falls (Brazil side)
  • 13 Feb - Fly Iguazu (Argentina side) to Buenos Aires
  • 16 Feb - Fly Buenos Aires to Trelew, to see the Valdes Peninsula at Puerto Madryn
  • 18 Feb - Fly Trelew to Ushuaia, at the southern tip of Argentina
  • 21 Feb - Bus from Ushuaia to Puerto Natales
  • 21 Feb - 4 Mar - Puerto Natales, Torres del Paine, Moreno Glacier, Fitzroy, El Calafate, Bariloche
  • 4 Mar - Bus Bariloche to Puerto Montt, then fly to Calama via Santiago
  • 5 Mar - Bus Calama to San Pedro de Atacama
  • 5-7 Mar - Atacama trip
  • 8 Mar - Bus Uyuni to La Paz, then fly on to Rurrenabaque
  • 8-15 Mar - In the jungle, Rurrenabaque
  • 15 Mar - Fly back to La Paz
  • 16 Mar - Bus to Copacabana, Lake Titicaca
  • 19-20 Mar - Puno, Peru
  • 21-23 Mar - Cusco
  • 23-26 Mar - The Inca Trail
  • 27 Mar - Fly Cusco - Lima - Santiago
  • 29 Mar - Fly from Santiago overnight, landing in Sydney on 31 March

Australia

  • 31 Mar - 16 Apr - Sydney and the surrounding area
  • 16 Apr - Fly Canberra to Perth
  • 17-28 Apr - Perth to Broome, slowly, on the backpacker bus
  • 28 Apr - Fly Broome to Alice Springs
  • 29 Apr - 3 May - Uluru, Kata Tjuta (the Olgas), Kings Canyon, West MacDonnell Ranges
  • 3 May - Alice Springs to Darwin
  • 3-11 May - Darwin area: Kakadu National Park, Katherine Gorge, the Bungle Bungles

South-East Asia and home

  • 12 May - Leave Darwin, landing in Singapore
  • 15 May - Leave Singapore, landing in Hong Kong
  • 17 May - Leave Hong Kong, landing in Kuala Lumpur
  • 19 May - Train from Kuala Lumpur up through Thailand to Bangkok
  • 2-3 Jun - Leave Bangkok overnight, landing back in London Heathrow

A few photos from the trip