The long way home...

The Big Trip (not to be confused with the Big Dig) will commence on Tuesday, July 25. I've got roughly 42 hours until I leave, most of which will be spent trying to pack one large backpack & one small backpack for a 3 month trip (whilst mailing the rest of my stuff home in boxes) & cleaning my apt (arrrrgh).

Here's my itinerary:

July 25: Fly Tokyo --> Beijing with Kristin
July 30: Start our Trans-Siberian trip with Intrepid Travel
Aug 3: Enter Mongolia
Aug 7: Enter Russia
Aug 14-16: Moscow
Aug 17-20: St. Petersburg / Intrepid trip finishes
Aug 21: Fly St. Petersburg --> Milan (see Elaine & Marco, yay)
Aug 30: Fly Milan --> Dublin (see Mark & Emma, sweet)
Sept 6: Fly Dublin --> Amsterdam with Mark
Sept 11: Fly Amsterdam --> Naples (see Harry, hell yeah!)
Oct 18: Fly London --> NYC (see Mamta & Neha, nice)
Oct 20: Fly NYC --> the ATL (whew, done)

After I get back to the States I'll be lookin' up all my Atlanta & Rhodes peeps (you know who you are) for some long-overdue catching up over beverages at various drinking establishments around the ATL and the SE. Can't wait!! (^o^)