Suggestions welcome and entirely subject to change– that’s the whole idea.

Chile

• Jan. 8-9 — Off we go!  Dulles to Santiago, Chile
• Jan. 11 — To La Serena & Elqui Valley for sunshine and Pisco
• Jan. 15 — Northward to San Pedro de Atacama for crazy desert landscapes
• Jan. 22 — Slowing the pace a bit in Valparaiso
• Jan. 29 — (Red) wine country exploration in the Colchagua Valley
• Feb. 2 — South to the Lakes District, Puerto Varas and Chiloe
• Feb. 8 — Meeting Aileen and Robbie in Puerto Natales to take on Patagonia!
• Feb. 8-12 — Torres del Paine

Argentina

• Feb. 12-17 — Heading to Argentina for more Patagonian adventures in El Chalten & Calafate, followed by a tearful goodbye to A&R
• Feb. 18-March 1 — Buenos Aires — B takes Spanish classes, we go to many markets, much steak and vino tinto is consumed

Uruguay 

• March 2-6 — Spring break for team Frolic & Detour:  A few days at the beach in Punta del Diablo

Argentina (cont’d)

• March 7-11 — Iguazu Falls
• March 11-12 — Salta (northwest)
• March 12-15 — Cafayate
• March 15-18 — Tilcara
• March 18-19 — Jujuy

Bolivia

• March 19-20 — Tupiza
• March 20-23 — Salt flats tour (southwest Bolivia)
• March 23-24 — Overnight bus from Uyuni (the worst bus ride yet… very, very little sleep)
• March 24-29 — La Paz
• March 29 – April 1 — Copacabana
• April 1-2 — Isla del Sol (Lake Titicaca)

Peru

• April 2-3 — Puno
• April 3-6 – Cusco
• April 6-9 — Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu with Matt & Ashley!
• April 9-11 — Urumbamba (Sacred Valley)
• April 11-13 — Back to Cusco
• April 13-17 — Lima and all of its delicious food
• April 17-21 — Mancora (more precisely, a small beach hotel just outside of town)

Ecuador

• April 21-25 — Quito
• April 25 – May 2 — Galapagos Islands (Island of Santa Cruz, Island of Santa Fe, South Plaza Island, San Cristobal Island, Espanola (aka Hood) Island, back to Santa Cruz, Sombrero Chino Island, Santiago Island, and back again to Santa Cruz).

Colombia

• May 2-6 — Medellin
• May 6-8 — Hacienda Guayabal outside the small town of Chinchina (coffee country)
• May 8-12 — Cartagena
• May 12-22 — Bogota

Turkey

• May 23-June 2 — Istanbul
• June 2-5 — Cappadocia
• June 5-7ish — Egirdir
• Then perhaps a beach for a few days before meeting DJ in Ephesus

UK

• June 20-24 — Quick London jaunt to see Gina!

Greece 

• June 24-July 14 — Crete

Malaysia 

• July 14-20 — Kuala Lumpur
• July 20-26 — Salang Beach, Tioman Island
• July 26-August 1 — Juara Beach, Tioman Island
• August 1-3 — Kuala Lumpur
• August 3-13 — George Town (Penang) (Rachel’s recuperation period post Tioman jetty cuts and, later, minor infection)
• August 13-18 — Malaysia Bornio

Indonesia 

•  August 19-31 — Pulau Weh, Sumatra
• August 31-September 2 — Kuta, Bali
• September 2-16 — Balinese roadtrip
• September 16-27 — Nusa Lembongan

Thailand

• September  28-October 5 — Bangkok
• October 5-9 — Chiang Mai
• October 9-11 — Chiang Rai
• October 11-15 — Back in Chiang Mai

Philippines 

• October 15-16 — Cebu City
• October 16-20 — Malapascua (small island off the coast of the larger island of Cebu)
• October 20-24 — Moal Boal, Cebu
• October 24-29 — Panglao Island, Bohol
• October 29-30 — Puerto Princesa, Palawan
• October 30 – November 4 — El Nido, Palawan
• November 4-5 — Manila (layover)

Japan

• November 5-8 — Kyoto
• November 8-13 — Tokyo
• November 13-15 — Nikko
• November 15-16 — Yokohama
• November 16-18 — Fukuoka (Sumo!)
• November 18-20 — Kinosaki Onsen (Japanese bath)
• November 20-21 — Kobe (beef)
• November 21-23 — back to Kyoto (with a day trip to Nara)
• November 23-25 — Osaka (with a day trip to Hiroshima)

India

• November 26 – December 3 — Chennai (there was an overnight layover in KL, Malaysia… it turns out Japan and India are geographically far apart)
• December 3 – 6 — Kochi (a.k.a, Cochin), Kerala
• December 6 – 7 — Munnar, Kerala
• December 7 – 9 — Alappuzha (a.k.a., Alleppey), Kerala
• December 9 – 11 — Kollam, Kerala
• December 11 – 12 — Varkala, Kerala
• December 12- 15 — Delhi
• December 15 – 22 — Ahmedabad