Tuesday, 19 February 2008

The first 5 months

February
28th & 29th-Darlington-London
London-Brussells

March
1st & 2nd-Berlin
3rd & 4th-Warsaw
5th & 6th-Vilnius
7th & 8th-Riga
9th & 10th-Tallin
11th,12th,13th-St Petersburg
14th,15th,16th-Moscow

Trans-Siberian train leaves
Moscow – Yekaterinburg
Train no 10
Dep. 16/03 at 2325 MT
Arr. 18/03 at 0328 LT
Running time 2603 hrs

Yekaterinburg - Irkutsk
Train no 2
Dep. 20/03 at 2345 MT (0145 LT)
Arr. 23/03 at 0645 LT
Running time 5000 hrs

Irkutsk – Ulaanbaatar
train no 362
Dep. 26/03 at 1545 MT (2045 LT)
Arr. 28/03 at 0705 LT
Running time 3420

Ulaanbaatar – Beijing
Train no 24
Dep. 03/04 at 0805 LT
Arr. 04/04 at 1431 LT
Running time 3135 hrs

April
4th,5th & 6th-Beijing
7th-Shanghai?
8th-possible ferry to Japan from Shanghai? or ferry from Tianjin, near Beijing?
10th-arrive in Osaka, Japan?
Rest of April-stay in Japan 1 to 2 weeks, get a return ferry to Shanghai, then travel to Xian.

May
1st,2nd & 3rd-Xian?
4th-Arrive Hainan island, China. Begin 3 month teaching placement. 1 month at Haikou University, 2 months teaching in a school.

July
27th-finish teaching placement. Depart to Hong Kong?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Anne Leather says good luck on your journey. Hope you are helping to carry Rachels back pack aswell as your own! God Bless

Anonymous said...

who's going to be drivin kettle while you are away??