Most recent Itinerary

Melbourne, Aust.
Brisbane, Aust. 17th April 2011
Singapore, Sing. 1st May
Johor, Malaysia. 

KL, Malaysia.
Bangkok, Thailand. 15th May

Phnom Penh. 19th May

Angkor Wat. 22nd May
Luang Prabang, Laos. 30th May
Pu'er, China. 5th June (tea!)

Xian, China. 27th June

Urumqi, China. 12th July

Kashgar, China. 16th July (which is, yes, a Saturday). Stay for the Sunday market.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 24th July
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 07 Aug

Samarkand, Uzbekistan. 9th Aug
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. 20th Aug
Shiraz, Iran. 29th August
Takht-e-Jamshid (Persepolis), Iran. 29th Aug

Tehran, Iran. 3rd Sept
Istanbul, Turkey. 13th Sept
Efes, Turkey. 

Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Naples
Pompeii
Ostia Antica
Rome
Florence
Venice
Paris
London
Sheffield
Inverness
Orkney
Shetland

Initial tentative itinerary.

Melbourne, Aust.
Brisbane, Aust. 17th April 2011
Singapore, Sing. 1st May
Johor, Malaysia. 3rd May
KL, Malaysia.
Bangkok, Thailand. 5th May
Laos.
Vietnam.
Xian, China. 7th May
Urumqi, China. 10th May
Kashgar, China. 13th May (which is, yes, a Friday). Stay for the Sunday market.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 17th May
Samarkand, Uzbekistan. 20th May
Mary, Turkmenistan. 24rd May
Tehran, Iran. 26th May
Shiraz, Iran. 29th May
Takht-e-Jamshid (Persepolis), Iran. 31st May
Tabriz, Iran. 2nd June
Istanbul, Turkey. 6th June
Efes, Turkey. 9th June
Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Naples
Pompeii
Ostia Antica
Rome
Florence
Venice
Paris
London
Sheffield
Inverness
Orkney
Shetland

Okay, so it starts turning into a wish list at the end there.

The MSC Palermo

Today I booked my spot on a container ship heading for Singapore.

 













She is the MSC Palermo. I am terrified.

Yesterday, the year 10s said goodbye to me and the other Latin teacher leaving at the end of the year. They made a card and gave me a bunch of yellow roses and Justin made a speech. I am so sad to be leaving those guys, and my year 9s. Plus, last week the school offered me what was pretty much my ideal teaching job, if only I would put off my leave for a year. I am horribly conflicted.

But it is too late now.

It seems like the accommodation will be quite comfortable. Not living in a container for 13 days, as more than one student suggested.

I booked through Freighter Cruises. The woman I spoke to, Julie, was very helpful and let me know important information like: If I don't have a ticket out of Singapore on me immigration won't let me get off the boat there.

Latin

genius