The Plan

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Since this the first real post here, I thought I'd lay out a brief layout as to what I plan on doing for the next year:
Friday I leave work
A couple of weeks later I board a plane from Heathrow to St.Petersburg, then basically take a series of trains to Beijing.
From Beijing I fly to Hong Kong then hop over to Japan for a couple of weeks, before heading for Thailand. After a few days in the bustle of Bangkok I head north for the mountains, then south to the beaches. I then wend my way slowly south through Malasia, Singapore and Bali before hitting Australia.

Australia involves a couple of long train journeys - the India Pacific from Perth to Adelaide, then the Gahn to Darwin, stopping off in Alice Springs on the way. From Darwin I fly to Cairns, then down the coast to Sydney, then across to New Zealand in time for Christmas. Then its the homeward leg, via Hawii to San Fransisco, then train to the east cost (possibly stopping in Colarado for a bit of skiing) then home via Rio.