After two and a half hours with Alix down at STA Travel, we are now the proud owners of two round the world flight tickets!
On Friday 17 August 2012 we shall leave Heathrow bound for Tokyo. After Japan we then make our own way to China, possibly on a ferry, to spend the next five months or so crossing China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Malaysia, all the way to Singapore. Once we've indulged in Singapore airport's luxurious facilities, we make a short(ish) hop to Australia! Not a country on our original wish list but a cheaper alternative to Hawaii for beaches, surfing and English speaking locals. From Sydney we cross the mighty Pacific to Los Angeles. The next few months will see us zig-zag our way across the United States to pick up our last flight from New York to London in August 2013.
So there it is, one small but expensive tick on the to-do list. Next up, Visas, vaccinations and hostels.
It doesn't quite feel real and I'm slightly disappointed that we won't get a wedge of paper flight tickets to fan ourselves with - instead we shall pine over long strings of emails and reservation numbers in excited anticipation.
Seven months and ten days to go...Too early to start packing?
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