Itinenerary

We are getting a lot of questions about where we are going, so I thought it might be a good idea to make that a post.
And it will also give us a perfect location to collect all the suggestions of where to stay, eat, avoid etc that people keep giving us.

So please, make use of the comments.

So this is the itinerary, though there is a big disclaimer, nothing of this is set in stone (apart from christmas, that is a fixed date)

• Japan , 10 days
• Tokyo, a few days to explore Tokyo and fight jet-lag. We'll probably hit the fish market and the camera shopping district. Once we get back from Kyoto we'll go see some Sumo wrestling and hopefully meet up with some of the people we know in Tokyo.
  
• Kyoto/Nara/Kobe(?) for a couple of days to explore some of the must-sees on a short trip. We were hoping to explore a litle bit south on the peninsula as well (There is this monestary which is supposed to be superbly tranquil, fingers crossed)
• China. 5 weeks (roughly)
• We'll start out in Beijing for a few days to see the palaces, parks, squares etc
• Xi'an will be the next stop, to see the terracotta wariors
• Off to somewhere we can spot some Pandas (Chengdu, wolong??)
  
• A yangtze cruise from chonqing to yichan
  
• To Shanghai for a few days
• Guilin, to give my new lens (see Tokyo) a whirl in some stunning surroundings
• Hong-Kong to catch our flight to Singapore
• Singapore, 1 week
  
• Meeting up with Vaniahs cousin, eating and sleeping.
• Australia 4 weeks
• Adelaide, winecountry. Enough said
• Alice springs, Uluru. Apparently that big red rock has to be seen so we will.
• East Coast, Cairns to Straddie in about 2 weeks to see some coral reefs, beautiful sand-dunes, surf etc..
• Sydney, a birthday dinner for Vaniah at the Darling Harbour, a bridge climb(?) and maybe some aussie-rules football..
• New Zealand 3.5 weeks
• Auckland, Bay of Islands, Rotouru on the north island , christchurch, the glaciers, the fjords and whalespotting on the south island.
  
• We havent really planned this, and there are so many places to see, We'll probably rent a car and stop where we feel like stopping.
• USA, 1 week
  
• Houston, meeting up with Suzanna and Neil, Vaniah's sister and brother-in-law who lives there.
  
• We will see the space centre and whisper "Houston-we-have-a-problem" at some point
• Jamaica, 2 weeks
  
• For Christmas and a second wedding reception.
  
• Peru,
  
• Iquitos and an amazon jungle lodge for a few days
• Cuzco and a trek to Machu Pichi
• Bolivia,
  
• We'll need to get to Argentina, and Bolivia is on the way. I'm sure there are interesting places to see on the way
• Argentina.
• We'll be arriving from somewhere in the north, depending how the buses go, and will be travelling south
• Mendoza is probably the first target.
  
• Then Patagonia
• Then gaucho country (I believe thats the central plains) for some horseback-riding.
• Iguazo falls.
• Buenos aires, Tango dancing, football season will just have started, can't be that bad can it?
  

We're aiming for a return in Mid March somewhere, I'd really not want to miss my grandfathers 90th birthday, so maybe thats a good target.


There, thats a general idea of what we'll be getting up to, now please give us ideas...