Bill and Lynne Grand Tour

JANUARY, 2005

4th Fly Nashville to Toronto

6th & 7th Train across Canada

8th to 10th Arrive Jasper; Jasper National Park; Rocky Mountains...

10th Leave Jasper; train to Vancouver

11th Arrive Vancouver; tour Vancouver

12th Tour Vancouver

13th Leave Vancouver

14th Arrive Quito

14th & 15th Tour Quito

16th Fly Quito to Galapagos

16th to 23rd Galapagos on Angelito - visit to various small islands within island chain

23rd Fly Galapagos to Quito

24th Quito

25th to 27th Land tour of Ecuador - Cotopaxi Volcano; Ingapirea Ruins; Colonial Cunenca...

28th Fly to Manaus

29th Arrive Manaus

30th to 5th On the Amazon on Dona Tania Houseboat

FEBRUARY

6th Leave Manaus - half day layover in Buenos Aires

7th Arrive Ushuaia

8th Train to Terra del Fuego National Park

9th Embark Mare Australis - cruise to Cape Horn; Wulaia Bay; Pia Glacier; Beagle Channel;
Magellan Strait; Magdalina Island

12th Disembark Punta Arenas, Chile

13th Fly from Punta Arenas to Calama, Chile



14th to 17th Car to San Pedro de Atacama - tour Atacama Desert

18th Leave Calama; arrive Santiago

19th Leave Santiago; arrive Easter Island

19th to 22nd Easter Island - Moais statues

23rd Leave Easter Island; arrive French Polynesia

24th Papeete, Tahiti

25th Ferry to Moorea

25th to 2nd Moorea - beach bungalow

MARCH

3rd Leave Tahiti for Delhi

4th Bangkok

5th Arrive Delhi

6th Delhi

7th to 24th Northern India with car & driver - Agra; Jaipur; Bikaner; Jaisalmer; Jodhpur; Khajuraho; Narla; Udaipur; Varanasi...

24th Leave Delhi

25th Arrive Luxor

26th to 30th Embark Nile Cruise - Karnak; Luxor; Valley of the Kings; Hatsheput Temple; Temple of Horus; Aswan...

31st Aswan High Dam; Kitchener's Island...

APRIL

1st Leave Aswan for Amman, Jordan

2nd Car to Petra; Mt. Nebo Kerak...

3rd Petra - ancient Nabatean ruins; jeep to Wadi Rum...

4th Leave Petra for Amman

5th Amman tour

6th Fly Amman to London

April 6th to May 8th England

MAY

9th Fly London to Rhodes

10th to 13th Rhodes - Old City; Lindos...

13th Fly to Heraklion, Crete

14th Heraklion; Knossos...

15th Bus from Heraklion to Chania, Crete

16th Chania; Samaria Gorge...

17th Ferry from Heraklion to Santorini

17th to 19th Santorini -volcano; ancient Akrotiri; Thira...

19th Ferry to Milos

19th to 21st Milos - Venus de Milo site; Trypiti; Kimolos Island ...

22nd Ferry to Sifnos

22nd to 25th Sifnos

26th Ferry to Serifos

26th to 29th Serifos

29th Ferry to Athens

29th to 31st Athens

31st Bus from Athens to Sofia, Bulgaria

JUNE

1st to 6th Land tour of Bulgaria

18th to 30th Land tour of Hungary & Romania


JULY

July 1st to January, 2006 England - cottage in East Anglia ?


SHORT TRIPS FROM ENGLAND

Scilly Isles; Malta; Gibraltar