STEP 1
We will start our trip with the discovery of South and Eastern Africa (Sept Oct 08), then West Africa (Nov Dec 08):
- Road trip across South Africa for 20 days with a rental car, from Johannesburg to Cape Town
- Overland trip with the travel agency "Africa Travel & Co". For 36 days we will travel through Namibia, Bostwana, Zambia, Malawi and Tanazania with a group of other travellers
- Volontunterring in Mali for 5 weeks
- Christmas in family in Senegal for a week
Then South America (Jan 09 to August 09):
- January 09: 4 weeks of volunteering work in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Delphine will help making up costumes and organising the Carnaval for a Samba school. Laurent will work in a community centre for youngsters from the favelas.
- February 09: Visit the North East coast of Brazil during 3 weeks, from Rio to the paradise of Jericoacoara, while passing by Salvador de Bahia and Fortaleza
- End of February 09: Back to Rio for the Carnival 2009 during one week
- March 09: Backpacking trip in Argentina during 5 weeks. Buenos Aires during 10 days, and then backpacking through Patagonia for 3 weeks
- Beginning of April 09: Back to Buenos Aires for a week and trip to the North of Argentina to see the Iguazu falls, at the borders of Brazil and Paraguay
- April 09: Visit of Southern Brazil for one month. From the island of Santa Catarina, we will pass by the town of Curitiba, the villages of Morretes and Antonina, the island of Ilha Grande, and be back Rio de Janeiro for one week
- Mid May 09: Flight to the state of Bahia, Brazil, about 1200 km north of Rio for two weeks. Salvador, Imbassai, Praia do Forte. We welcome Delphine's parents for a week
- End of May 09: Back to Rio de Janeiro with the parents of Delphine for a short week
- End of May - Beg. of June 09: Two weeks of fitness in Buzios, 200km north of Rio on the atlantic coast
- Beginning of June 09: Back to Rio to welcome Laurent's Mum. Visit of Rio during a few days, then one week on the coast 300kms west of Rio: Paraty.
- Mid June - Beg of July 09: Backpacking through Bolivia for 2 to 3 weeks. Outlining program: Santa Cruz, Potosi, Uyuni and La Paz
- Mid July 09: Backpacking through Peru for 2 to 3 weeks. Outlining program: the lake Titicaca, Cuzco, Machu Picchu
The Pacific Ocean (August 09 to Nov 09):
- August to October 09: Sailing through the Pacific starting from Panama. Iinerary to be defined…
Pacific Ilands (Nov 09 to Feb 10):
- November - mid December 09: Backpacking through New Zealand for 6 weeks
- Mid Dec 09 - Jan 09: Holidays during 6 weeks with the family of Laurent in Noumea, New Caledonia
STEP 2
Working in Australia for a year (Feb 10 to Feb 11):
Our project is to settle down in Sydney and get some work to fund our living and the 3rd year of our trip.
Being French we will be able to work without a specific working Visa for a period of one year and before our 31st birthday - September 2010 for old Delphine.
Laurent intends to work as a Consulting Engineer in building services while Delphine to work in a financial or cultural organisation.
During this second year we will take the opportunity to visit this amazing and vast territory.
STEP 3
Asia (Feb 11 to ... ):
In February 2011, with hopefully a bank account back to comfortable level, we will put our backpacks back up and leave to discover the Asian continent. We have not detailed yet the contents of our expediation and will work on it on the next two years. We have yet already thought of the following:
- Backpacking in South East Asia
- Discovery of China
- Volunteering projects in Vietnam, Birmania, India
- Trecking in Nepal, Tibet
Revision of 26 May 2009
The magic of travelling is the feeling of freedom. Feeling free to travel, free to go anywhere we like, free to change our plans at anytime.
Inspired by the stories of sea travellers, impressed by the meeting of a sailer in Rio, attracted by the adventure of the big wide, we finally decided to throw ourselves at the water! We will finally not take a plane to get to Oceania, but a boat. At the beginning of August 09 we will go to Panama to search and find an out-going boat for the Pacific.
To see our former itineraries:
Original itinerary A (August 2008)
Itinerary version B (March 2009)
