So, are you flying directly to Antarctica? (The Itinerary)

Well, not exactly. But the itinerary does have us tackling glaciers near both the north AND south poles. Pretty cool for one trip (and, yes, somewhat surprising for people who have built their lives around wearing flip-flops year round. Really, you should have seen us trying to buy fleece.)

So, after much deliberation and many visits to Keponi the wonder travel agent (STA Westwood: 310.824.1574 – complicated trip planners, he’s your man!), the bare bones of our itinerary are finally settled. Most of where we’ll be going and what we’ll be doing will be planned on the fly, so things are likely to change, but the itinerary below should give you a rough idea of where you can picture the Noodles over the next 4 months. (Click on the link for “Interactive World Map” on the right for visual aids).

We’ll be updating this blog regularly with stories from the road instead of sending long trip emails. Hopefully we’ll even be hi-tech enough to post pictures. So bookmark Noodle Talk and let us hear from you on the comments pages. Even better, pick a leg of the itinerary that looks good and come meet us!

Here goes…

WEEKS 1-3ish (April 22 – May 17): Argentina and Uruguay (Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Punta del Este, Patagonia (El Calafate, El Chalten, Parque Torres del Paine, Usuaia, Bariloche, Mendoza, Salta, Jujuy)

WEEKS 4-7 (May 18 – June 6): Bolivia and Brazil (Salar de Uyuni, La Paz, Falls de Iguazu, Florianopolis, Curtiba, Buzios, Salvador?, Rio de Janeiro)

WEEK 7 (June 7-11): Los Angeles (3 days for laundry, Mommies, and burritos!!); Baltimore (Welcome to the world Jill Madison Keehan!)

WEEK 8: (June 11 – 16) Reykjavik, Iceland (Blue Lagoon, glaciers, whales, clubs, Bjork worshiping)

WEEK 9: (June 17- June 22) Scandinavian highlights (Copenhagen to Stockholm, ferry to Poland?)

WEEKS 10-11ish (June 23- July 9) Travel south over land from north-eastern Europe to Rome (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria)

WEEKS 12-13 (July 10 - July 21): Italy (Assissi, Ravenna, Sienna, Rome, can we afford Amalfi in July?)

WEEKS 14-15 (July 21 – Aug. 1): Israel (Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Sinai Peninsula, Dead Sea)

WEEK 16 (Aug. 1 – 10): Turkey (Istanbul and southern Mediterranean coast (Fethiye, Kas, Olympos via gulet!!)

WEEKS 17-18 (Aug. 11 – 22): South East Asia (flight into good ‘ol Bangkok, from there maybe Koh Phangan? North to China?)

WEEK 19 (Aug. 22 – Aug. 31): Japan (Hi Peen! Tokyo, Kiserazu, Hiroshima, Osaka, World’s Fair and company mountain cabin in Nagano, onsens!

WEEK 20 (Aug. 31 – Sept. 2): Hawaii

HOME!!

Here are a few pictures of what we hope to find:

Buenos Aires
Perito Moreno Glacier
Ushuaia (southern most city in the world)
Falls de Iguazu
Rio
Buzios
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Reykjavik (our second glacier)
Copenhagen
Prague
Good times in Krakow
Budapest
Salzburg
Assisi
Amalfi Coast
Dead Sea tourist circa 1984
Kas, Turkey
Koh Phangan
Pan
Kailua