July 2005 - September 2005
Last Updated: 26/01/06
After two years of living in Japan, we decided it was time to see a bit of the world...
...so, following hot on the heels of Phase 1: The Japan Experience came Phase 2: The Long Route Home. Which is it in a nutshell. The Route involved a boat to China and a train from China, through Mongolia and Russia to Moscow, up to St Petersberg, on to Estonia, then home. Where we're have a bit of a breather to plan (and save for) Phase 3: Wanderlust!
Phase 2 Index:
22/07/05 |
"Phase 2: The Long Route Home" begins (we leave Fukui) |
22/07/05 - 27/07/05 | Final Honshu travels - Ise, Osaka, etc |
27/07/05 |
Flight from Osaka to Okinawa (Ishigaki) |
03/07/05 |
Flight from Okinawa (Ishigaki) to Osaka (a day early due to approaching typhoon) |
05/08/05 |
Lft Japan! (Boat to China) (including sailing through the tail-end of the typhoon) |
07/08/05 |
Arrived Shanghai (in the aftermath of the typhoon - yup, it hit Shanghai, too) |
07/08/05 - 30/08/05 |
Explored China! (including Shanghai, Xi'an and Beijing. From the Great Wall to dead dogs) |
30/08/05 - 31/08/05 |
TRANS-MONGOLIAN (Beijing - Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia) |
31/08/05 - 04/09/05 |
Mongolia exploration (Ulaan Baatar, and doing a homestay in a ger) |
04/09/05 - 06/09/05 |
TRANS-MONGOLIAN (Ulaan Baatar - Irkutsk, Russia) |
06/09/05 - 10/09/05 |
Irkutsk and Lake Baikal exploration |
10/09/05 - 12/09/05 |
TRANS-MONGOLIAN (Irkutsk - Ekaterinberg) |
12/09/05 - 16/09/05 |
Ekaterinberg exploration (incl. rafting and hiking etc) |
16/09/05 - 17/09/05 |
TRANS-MONGOLIAN (Ekaterinberg - Moscow) |
17/09/05 - 23/09/05 |
Moscow exploration |
23/09/05 - 24/09/05 |
Night train, Moscow to St Petersberg |
24/09/05 - 27/09/05 |
St Petersberg exploration |
27/09/05 |
St Petersberg to Tallinn, Estonia (by bus) |
28/09/05 |
Flight from Estonia to London Standsted |
29/09/05 |
Flight from London Gatwick to Jersey (Adele) / Back to Belbroughton by train, etc (Tom) |
End September - Early February |
Brief Stop-off at home... |
Early February 2006 |
We set off on the World Travels (Phase 3 begins) |