The List of Things to See According to Jayne

Singapore
Some animal night thing
10 story technology building that sells things
University of Art (or Architecture)
Malaysia
Dunno
Thailand
The floating night market
Horseshoe Point
Cambodia
(taken care of by tour)
Laos
(taken care of by tour)
China
(taken care of by tour)
Kyrgyzstan
(taken care of by tour)
Kazakhstan
(taken care of by tour)
Uzbekistan
(taken care of by tour)
Turkmenistan
(taken care of by tour)
Iran
(taken care of by tour)
Turkey
Istanbul
Hagia Sophia
The Basilica Cistern
The Blue Mosque
Topkapi Palace - look at the stables
Ferry from Europe side of Istanbul to the Asian side - food better there
Two big markets - the Spice market
stay at the Angel Hotel
Other
Selcuk
Ephesus
Greece (Crete)
That one that Kevin McLeod went to that's up a hill.
Croatia
Dunno
Italy
Rome
Forum
Coliseum
Pantheon
food
Trevi fountain
Spanish steps
(get Roman Holiday before you leave and watch it)
(get the card that gets you into the major sites)
Vatican City
St Peter's Basilica
Sistine Chapel
Various Chapels (sounds awful, but the DaVinci Code tours are kind of interesting)
Tempietto
Column of Marcus Aurelius
Don't stay in the M&J Palace
Other
Don't forget if you buy drinks at some bars you get free food
Orvieto - stay in the monastery
Florence - everything (Santa Croce - tombs of Galileo, Michelangelo)
gelati every where you go
Venice - stay with the nuns out on the island
Germany
Baden-Baden
France
Paris
Lady and the Unicorn Tapestries - Musee de Cluny
crepes from the creperies
Notre Dame
Other
Loire Vally - Chateau de Chambord, Chateau de Chenonceau
Versailles - Mary Antoinette's fake peasant village - stables (Bartabas)
England
Catch P&O from Calais to Dover
London - Cambridge - Peterborough (cathedral - Catherine of Aragon) - Sheffield - York (York Minster) - Harrowgate (Bettys Tea Rooms) - Richmond - (Hadrian's wall) - Keswick/Windermere (Beatrix Potter) - Pitlochry - Oban (really good sea food place up stairs somewhere near a night club) - Luss - Original Loch Fyne at top/left of Loch Lomond
Orkney - standing stones
Scotland
see above
General
Appassionata

Things to buy/Make

Speaking of pinterest, I have been compiling a 'board' of 'things I might need for travelling'.

I am loving pinterest a lot. So visual, so happy making. I love looking at all the images.

Books to read

I am starting a list to keep track of books to read. I'll add to it as I go along and hopefully make a few notes on the books as I read them. I have also started a pinterest 'board' to keep track of them. If you have any suggestions for a good read, let me know.


Whole Trip
From Here to There
The Well and World's End
Long Way Round
First Overland
Passenger to Teheran
Singapore
Malaysia
Thailand
Cambodia
Laos
China
The Silk Road: Xi'an to Kashgar
A Year in Peking
Wild Swans
Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Carpet ride to Khiva
Turkmenistan
Iran
Persepolis I and II,
Embroideries
Turkey
Italy
Germany
France
England
Scotland

Latin the pony

In late October, my year 9s asked me what I wanted for Christmas. It was in the middle of class and I said 'A pony!' and thought no more of it.

And in the last class they presented me with a pony. They named him Latin and I am tempted to take him with me on my travels. Partly to do that thing where you have pictures of a stuffed animal at all the sites. Partly to take a little bit of my old life with me. Partly because I think he will make quite a handy pillow.

The bear behind Latin has travelled with me to China, Madagascar, Canada, the US and Tibet. He would argue that he should go for continuity's sake. Certainly, he would be a well travelled bear by the time he got back.

I already can't fit in all the books and knitting I want to take, so the notion of taking both is something I am toying with, but trying to discard. 

Visas

Singapore
No visa required - need ticket out
Malaysia
No visa required - need ticket out 
Thailand
No visa required for less than 15 days if arriving overland - need ticket out
Cambodia
Apply for "e-visa" no more than 3 months before - enter 17th May, earliest I can get visa 14th Feb, possibly get visa at border, Poipet.
Laos
No more than 2 months before. Possibly get one at border - 15 days USD20.
China
No more than 3 months before - enter 4th June, earliest I can get visa 4th March.
Kyrgyzstan
Hopefully can obtain one on arrival, you can get one at the airport. £60 1 month. All nationals (except nationals of the UK) are required to register with the department for visas and registration within three days of arrivals, hotels will normally carry out this service for their guests.
Kazakhstan
Can get one there? Or from London? £35
Uzbekistan
Very painful.
Turkmenistan
Organised by tour company?
Iran
Nationals of Israel or holders of passports containing a visa for Israel (either valid or expired) will be refused entry under all circumstances. Women judged to be dressed immodestly will be refused entry.
Women over nine years old should wear a headscarf in their visa application photo in accordance with Islamic custom.
No more than 90 days before - enter 23rd August, earliest I can get visa 23rd May. Can take 4 weeks to process.
Turkey
Available on arrival. £10 for 90 day, multi-entry vias
Greece (Crete)
Some Schengen Convention thing
Croatia
No visa is required for stays of up to 90 days
Italy
Some Schengen Convention thing
Germany
Some Schengen Convention thing
France
Some Schengen Convention thing
England
Possibly that Ancestry visa thing.
Scotland
Possibly that Ancestry visa thing.