The Plan

So... here's what we're thinking we might do for the next couple months. After quick family visits to Vancouver and Ohio, we're leaving Wednesday for Europe and Asia. We fly into Milan and we'll be spending a week in Italy. Where in Italy, we're not so sure. We know we'll be in Milan for a few days, then we'll decide how much of Venice, Rome, and other interesting places we can fit in.

From Milan we fly to Delhi. Right now, we're planning to spend about 5 weeks in India and about 5 weeks in Southeast Asia. Our wish list of places to see in India could probably consume about 5 months, so we'll see what happens (as you can see, there isn't a lot of structure yet - obviously the experience will be more important than the itinerary). So, at some point, from somewhere in India, we'll fly to somewhere in Southeast Asia. This is another area where we'll have a long wish list to try to fit into a few weeks. Countries currently slated to enjoy our presence are Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Malaysia. Then we're back to India and on to home.
So, following this simple vacation, we enter the polar portion of our journey. Since we'll still be on leave from our normal jobs, we decided to do a little work tour in northern Canada for four weeks or so. Well, Ashifa will be working. I'm not sure I'd be able to do much transportation planning in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. New dogsled trail infrastructure maybe?

Jen