User:Aidan/Itineraries
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This page holds all future itineraries. It is also a spot where I can jot down a few ideas.
Some trips I'll definitely do, some I'm thinking about. They are categorised as follows:
- Planned Trip - dates have been set and bookings have been made
- Probable Trip - nothing or very little has been booked but it's highly likely I'll take this trip
- Possible Trip - the trip is currently only an idea, nothing is set in stone
[edit] South America
Probable Trip: July 2010 to October 2010 (or December 2010 to March 2011?) Duration: 4 months
[edit] Travel Blog
I'm trialling some different online travel blogs
- http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/theworldneedsaidan/
- www.mytb.org/theworldneedsaidan
- http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/theworldneedsaidan/143358-rss.xml
- http://travelog.uberblog.com/author/theworldneedsaidan
[edit] Maps
- Pedometer - original route (ex. Panama)
- Google Maps - locations of bus stations, airports, hostels, border crossings, etc
[edit] Detailed planning
[edit] Australia to Peru
Travellers (3): Aidan, Maria and Jessica
- Canberra to Sydney by bus
- Sydney to Buenos Aires by plane
- Buenos Aires to Lima by plane
- Lima to Tarapoto by plane
- Tarapoto to Moyobamba by bus (2 hours)
[edit] Peru to Bolivia
Travellers (2+): Aidan, Blyton and anyone else interersted
- Moyobamba to Chiclayo by bus (12 hours)
- Chiclayo to Lima by bus (12 hours) - meet Blyton at airport
- Lima to Arequipa by bus (16 hours)
- Arequipa to Cusco by bus (9 hours)
- Cusco to Machu Picchu and back by train (day trip) OR hike
- Cusco to Puno by bus (8 hours)
- Day trip to Uro Islands
- BORDER CROSSING Puno to Yunguyo to Copacabana, Bolivia by bus (3.5 hours)
[edit] Bolivia to Argentina
- Day trip to Isla del Sol
- Copacabana to La Paz by bus (crossing lake by boat) (3.5 hours)
- La Paz to Uyuni (15 hours)
- Day trip to Salar de Uyuni
- BORDER CROSSING Uyuni to Villazón & La Quiaca (bus or train - 9 hours)
[edit] Argentina to Uruguay
- Villazón & La Quiaca to Salta bus (7 hours)
- Salta to Cordoba (13 hours)
- Cordoba to Buenos Aires (9 hours)
- BORDER CROSSING Buenos Aires to Montevideo by boat (3 hours)
- BORDER CROSSING Montevideo to Buenos Aires by boat (3 hours)
[edit] Argentina to Paraguay and Brazil
All three countries meet at Iguaçu Falls
- Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguazú by bus (19 hours)
- BORDER CROSSING VISA REQUIRED Puerto Iguazú to Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)
- BORDER CROSSING VISA REQUIRED Foz do Iguaçu to Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)
- BORDER CROSSING VISA REQUIRED Ciudad del Este to Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)
Visa information for Australians:
- Brazilian Tourist Visa http://www.brazil.org.au/cms/public_php/tourist_visa.php
- Paraguay Tourist Visa Info http://www.mre.gov.py/paginas/representaciones/melbourne/visaForm.html
- Paraguay Tourist Visa Form http://www.mre.gov.py/Imagenes/consulados/melborurne/visaForm.pdf
[edit] Brazil to Guyana to Venezuela
- Foz do Iguaçu to São Paulo by bus (15 hours)
- São Paulo to Paraty to Rio de Janeiro by bus (6 + 4 hours)
[edit] Rio to Belem Option 1: Land
- Rio de Janeiro to Salvador by bus (24 hours)
- Salvador to Fortaleza by bus (24 hours)
- Fortaleza to Belem by bus (27 hours)
[edit] Rio to Belem Option 2: Air
- Rio de Janeiro to Belem by plane (4 hours) approx US$350 with TAM
[edit] Belem onwards
- Buy hammocks (will also need books / games for boredom)
- Belem to Santarém by river cruise up the Amazon (3 days)
- Santarém to Manaus by river cruise up the Amazon (3 days)
- Manaus to Boa Vista
- Boa Vista to Bonfim - 6 times a week bus service (2 hours)
- BORDER CROSSING Bonfim to Lethem, Guyana and back (over new bridge)
- BORDER CROSSING Boa Vista to Santa Elena de Uairén, Venezuela
[edit] Venezuela to Colombia
- Santa Elena de Uairén to Ciudad Bolivar
- From here, we can decide whether or not to visit the Angel Falls (we'll need to fly)
- Ciudad Bolivar to Caracas
- Or, if we decide to avoid Caracas (probably sensible), we can take an overnight bus from Ciudad Bolivar to Barinas
- Caracas or Barinas to Mérida (ride the world's longest cable car)
- Mérida to San Cristóbal by bus
- BORDER CROSSING San Cristóbal to Cúcuta, Colombia (probably the same bus)
[edit] Colombia to Panama and back
- Cúcuta to Bucaramanga by bus
- Bucaramanga to Panama City by plane (direct flight 2 hours = AUD$400 pp) - http://www.aerorepublica.com/noticia.php3?nt=38 (no casualties ever - founded in 1992)
- Panama City to Cali by plane (Aero Republica)
- Cali to Ipiales by bus (NOTE: Should hopefully be a bus that goes directly to Quito)
- BORDER CROSSING Ipiales to border crossing (on same bus)
[edit] Ecuador to Peru
- border crossing to Tulcan
- Tulcan to Quito
- Quito to Cuenca
- Cuenca to either Tumbes, Piura or Chiclayo in Peru
- BORDER CROSSING at Huayaquillas. Good idea if the bus from Cuena passes through the border into Peru.
