Master Itinerary

October 3-10 – Harrisonburg, VA

October 10-15 – Travel to Mexico – hitchhiking, catching rides with EMU people, Josh Miller?

October 12- 31 – Mexico

Direct bus from Nuevo Laredo (or Brownsville) to Mexico City
Oct. 13-16 Mexico City
Oct. 17-21 Puebla – Volunteer with Habitat?
Oct. 22-26 Oaxaca – Roca Blanca Mission Base in Puerto Escondido
Oct. 27-31 Travel through Yucatan and Cross into Belize at Chetumal

November 1-December 5 – Central America

Belize

Guatemala – Arlen King in Flores, Janine Bergey in Mazate

El Salvador

Honduras – November 13 - MAMA Project

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Panama

December 5 – Travel to South America – Panama to Columbia (or Venezuela) ($200/person airfare from Panama City to Bogota)

December 5- February 1 – South America
(Venezuela)

Colombia

Ecuador

Peru (December 15)

Inca Trail (with Rachel & others?…) – 1 week?

Bolivia (December 25)

Chile

Argentina (January 31)

(Paraguay)

(Brazil)

February 1 – Early April – Middle East

February – Flight from Buenos Aires to Amman, Jordan ($1000?)

Jordan – Basil Qaquish Family

February – Mid-March

-Drop off things with Lin/Janet

-Hike Israel Trail, South to North

Mid-March – Early April – Meet people in Israel/West Bank – Volunteer at Nazareth Village (check with Mike about living on-site)

Possible co-travelers: Alethia Bailey, Laura Helmuth, Becky Miller, Wayne Groff, etc…

Early April – Early May – Sailing – Linford & Janet

Mid-May – Mid-July – Biking Eastern Europe w/ Kurt R.

Eastern Europe by bike

Greece
Athens 2 days till
Delfoi (historic site/national park?) 6 days till
Thesssaloniki 2 days till
Bulgaria
Pirin (a park reserve?) 2 days till
Sofia (rumored most beautiful city in the world) 3 days till
Serbia and Montenegro
Pristina 2 days till
Bulgaria
Skopje (Dave I forget the reason we said we are going here, it looks good in terms of route, but is it a city we want to see?) 1 long day or two short till
Mavrovo (another reserve or park) 1 long day or two short till
Albania
Tirane 3 days till
Croatia
Dubrovnik 3 days till (two parks along the way)
Bosnia
Sarajevo 500 miles (straight line) to (takes up through Croatia again) then last 300 is along the Danube River)
Hungary
Budapest 500 miles too
Going through Slovak republic lots of parks over a mountain range

Poland
Krakow 300 miles to
Wroclaw 300 miles to
Germany
Berlin!!

The distances are all straight line, and days are roughly 70 miles a day
I’d say increase these 50 percent just in case

(inserted from other blog entry 10/10/04)

Mid-May – Meet EMU Cross Cultural in Greece, Travel with Group?

-Bike North into Eastern Europe (3000 mi?) to Moscow or Poland/Lith

-ALT: Rail or Public Transportation

Mid-July - ?

India / Nepal / China

? – October

(Australia)

(New Zealand)

Posted by Dave at October 5, 2004 12:19 PM