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?