Southeast Asia Tourist Trail and Cruisemate

If you’re in a hurry, do not come to Thailand. I have been staying in the land of smiles for almost 7 weeks. I’m totally over the top with the vacation from the world tour. It’s just absolutely beautiful here and after the India escapade, I needed a break .

So the world tour extension was decided by extreme idleness. Before spring 2013, I won’t see my homeland Germany. I am back to a travel time of 1 year (-;

googleearth chiangmai

elapsed route: purple, planned route: red - © 2010 Google

My first step now is the Southeast Asia “Banana Pancake” tourist trail from Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand:

  1. to Laos via Chiang Rai and Chiang Kong
  2. to Luang Prabang by Mekong Slow Boat
  3. to Pakse for 4,000 islands
  4. to Siem Reap for Angkor Wat
  5. to Pnomh Penh, the capital of Cambodia
  6. to Ho-Chi-Minh (Saigon) in Vietnam
  7. to China up the Vietnamese coast by train

I’ll start travelling in 1 week at the latest. I won’t have a choice then. My 60 days Thailand visa expires (-;

diamondprincess

luxury cruiser Diamond Princess in Alaska © 2012, Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd

In China, I will try to get aboard the 5 star cruise ship Diamond Princess on the 1st of May. The luxury cruiser crosses the Pacific in 19 days with stopovers:

  1. Beijing, China
  2. Busan, South Korea
  3. Vladivostok, Russia
  4. Sapporo, Japan
  5. Anchorage, Alaska
  6. Vancouver, Canada

Greg will most likely cut short the world tour at this point. So for the pacific crossing, I am looking for a travel partner in the 2-cabin. The price is at 1200 EUR per person and decreases now every week in selling off.

1200 EUR is not exactly chicken feed, but a trans-Pacific flight also costs 600 EUR. If you subtract the flight costs, 32 EUR remain per day for 19 days all inclusive luxury on a fucking ocean liner!

Who is on board?

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