The day before yesterday my cruise ship left Beijing to Vancouver. I haven’t been on board.
No cruisemate wanted to join me and double the ticket price of 2x 1065EUR for a 2-cabin was too high for me.
Plan B is a trans-Pacific passage on a sailing yacht and so far futile. My travel plans are in tatters.
going by plane is the easiest way to travel
But South America remains my next goal. After nearly 11 months in Asia, I am ready for a new continent. So I am getting ready to fly. The dream of not-flying is over again.
Before the jump across the pond, I want to get a running start in China and Japan. Japan attracts me most in the world of dragons and tigers. China was a highlight of the trip, together with Nepal and Thailand. six weeks of China were just a drop on the hot stone in the face of land area comparable with Europe.
planned route for leaving Asia © 2010 Google
Probably bike tourist Marcel will join me part of the way in China. He gave his bike to an orphanage last week and exchanged the saddle bags for a backpack.
For South America, I also have a new, old companion. My world tour partner Greg is back on track!
Let’s try again!
H?i An, Quang Nam province, Vietnam 
Aw, sorry to hear it didn’t work out. :(
Just a suggestion, don’t recall if you’ve been yet but you’re not terribly far from Guilin/Yangshao in China so I’d highly recommend it if you haven’t been that way yet. Very pretty karst landscape if you’re not tired of that yet…
Wäre wirklich gerne mit aufs Schiff gekommen… und bin nun gespannt auf deine neuen Berichte!
@Yvette:
Thanks for the advice. I’ve been in Yangshou last time and enjoyed it a lot. Probably one of the highlights in China.
@Peter:
Transatlantik Cruise Anfang nächstes Jahr? (-;
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