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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

South America

Probable Trip: 2nd half December 2010 to 2nd half April 2011 Duration: 4 months (3 months of actual backpacking with friends, 1 month with family)

Key Dates

• Carnaval - 5th to 12th March, 2011
• Peruvian Election - April 10, 2011

Travel Blog

TravelPod

Maps

• Pedometer - original route (ex. Panama)
• Google Maps - locations of bus stations, airports, hostels, border crossings, etc

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)

Peru to Bolivia

Travellers (3+): Aidan, Blyton, Aubs and anyone else interested

• Moyobamba to Chiclayo by bus (12 hours)
• Chiclayo to Lima by bus (12 hours) - meet Blyton and Aubs 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)

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)

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)
• Visit Punta del Este
• BORDER CROSSING Montevideo to Buenos Aires by boat (3 hours)

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

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)

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)

Rio to Belem Option 2: Air

• Rio de Janeiro to Belem by plane (4 hours) approx US$350 with TAM

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

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)

Colombia to Panama and back

• Cúcuta to Bucaramanga by bus
• Bucaramanga to Panama City by plane
  • Direct flight 2 hours = AUD$400 pp ($330 via Copa airlines website)
  • http://www.aerorepublica.com/noticia.php3?nt=38 (no casualties ever - founded in 1992)
  • Airport in Bucaramanga is "Palonegro International Airport"
• Panama City to Cali by plane (Aero Republica)
  • Direct flight 2 hours = AUD$430 pp
  • Airport in Cali is "Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport"
• 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)

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.

Peru to Australia

• From Piura or Chiclayo to Moyobamba by bus
• Collect Maria and Jessica
• Everyone travels from Moyobamba to Tarapoto by bus (2 hours)
• Tarapoto to Lima by plane (probably Star Peru)
• Lima to Buenos Aires by plane (probably Aerolineas Argentinas)
• Buenos Aires to Sydney by plane (Aerolineas Argentinas)