Best World Travel In November – In 2014 and 2015, we traveled the world for 13 months. If you’re thinking about long-term travel and need some inspiration or want to know what we’ve been up to, here’s our round-the-world itinerary.
Nine of the 13 months were spent in Asia. We had several reasons for this. Asia is a cheap place to travel, so our money can go further here, which helps us stick to our budget. Second, it takes a long time to get from the East Coast of the US to Asia, so we wanted to fully explore the area when we had the luxury of time. And finally, there is something to see in Asia, a continent that was completely new to us before embarking on our world trip.
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We spent less time in more expensive countries like Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Japan wasn’t even on our original itinerary because it might be too expensive, but we added it anyway. It was a great decision; Japan is now one of our favorite countries.
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We did not go to South America on this tour. On the one hand, we didn’t have enough time. Also, it’s pretty easy to fly into South America from the US, so we can visit the continent as soon as we get home.
From Maryland we took the Bolt bus to New York. We took a family photo in Times Square and then boarded our flight to Europe. Hello world, here we come!
We landed in Copenhagen and had a six-hour layover before our flight to Rome, Italy. This time was enough for lunch in Nyhavn, and we did not understand how we went to Rome.
Since we were traveling as a family, we had to adjust to being with each other every moment of the day. We wanted to immerse ourselves in this new flow of travel in a place that seemed somewhat familiar to us. For us, this “familiar” place was Europe. We didn’t want to face culture shock, exotic places and a new style of travel all at the same time, so Italy made it our first destination.
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After spending a few days in Berchtesgaden, Germany, we made Garmisch-Partenkirchen our home. From here we explored Liechtenstein (with a very brief visit to the obscure town of Buchs, Switzerland), Innsbruck, Austria, and Rothenburg, Germany. From Munich we went to Africa, a completely new continent for us.
Over the course of six weeks, we visited South Africa on an epic road trip. We traveled thousands of miles across Botswana and much of South Africa.
Our flight from Johannesburg, South Africa to Kathmandu, Nepal had a stopover in Abu Dhabi. We turned this stop into a stopover, spending just three days here, enough time to climb the tallest building in the world and drink a golden cappuccino before entering Asia.
We planned our round-the-world trip to be in Nepal at the end of September, at the beginning of the Everest Base Camp trekking season. Most people go hiking in early to mid-October. We took a risk starting a week ago to reduce the number of people on the trail. We were lucky that the rainy season was not too late and we had a wonderful experience.
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With a daily rate of $250 per person (about half the cost for children), Bhutan was a budget-buster. We almost didn’t include it in our round the world trip because of the high daily costs. But with Nepal and India on our itinerary, we were so close to Bhutan that it seemed a shame to leave it.
It was a wonderful decision to include Bhutan in our round the world itinerary. Bhutan is now one of our favorite places in the world…it is an exotic, serene, incredibly beautiful and unique place that we are so lucky to visit.
We only spent a week here, just long enough to see the highlights and fall in love with Bhutan. I have a feeling we’ll be back again someday…
Our grand tour of India started in Siliguri on Diwali. Immediately, we were drawn into the incredibly colorful, fascinating culture of this country. After a few days in the cold, foggy hill town of Darjeeling, we flew to Mumbai, where we visited Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Jaipur, Agra, Delhi, Varanasi, Khajuraho and Kolkata.
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It was in India that I contracted dengue fever and Kara suffered from homesickness. It’s no secret that we weren’t huge fans of India during our five-week visit here. In fact, we were thinking of skipping the last few weeks, cutting our round-the-world trip short and going to Myanmar or Thailand sooner. But our time in India has changed us in many ways…how we travel, who we are as a family, and how we think about our place in the world.
In Myanmar, our first week was spent in Yangon getting visas for Thailand, sightseeing, and doing things like homeschooling and planning future trips. We then took a bus north to visit the temples of Bagan. From Mandalay we went to Bangkok, Thailand.
Bangkok is a beautiful city and a great starting point for exploring Southeast Asia. We spent a few days here before heading to Krabi, Thailand. We wanted somewhere special for Christmas and with great beaches, rock climbing and scuba diving, Krabi was perfect.
After nine days in Krabi, we flew back to Bangkok and then took public transport to Ayutthaya, Sukhothai, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. For our most memorable New Year’s Eve, we spent the night launching paper lanterns into the sky, a unique and unforgettable Thai experience.
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We only spent a week in Laos and it wasn’t enough time. Laos exceeded our expectations and I wish we had spent more time here.
After leaving Thailand, we spent two days sailing down the Mekong River and ended our journey in Luang Prabang. Exploring this small French town in the jungles of Laos was a pleasure. Things got better from Luang Prabang with a flight to Siem Reap, Cambodia.
We spent two weeks in Cambodia. Our first week was spent exploring the temples around Siem Reap. From Siem Reap we spent a few days in Phnom Penh, visiting the killing fields and ending up in lovely little Kampot.
We explored Vietnam from the bottom up, starting with Phu Quoc Island and slowly moving north, ending up in Hanoi. From Hanoi we traveled overland to China, taking a series of buses to Nanning.
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From walking the Great Wall of China, visiting the Forbidden City, cycling through the amazing scenery of Yangshuo to visiting Zhangjiajie, our time in China was extraordinary. Hong Kong was just as wonderful, although our trip to Macau was a little disappointing.
In two weeks, we visited Taiwan’s most popular destinations, which included Taipei, hiking Mount Kettle, exploring Taroko National Park, and dining at night markets.
Again we turned the intermediate stop. Our flight from Taiwan to New Zealand went via Fiji, so we descended into paradise for an amazing week.
New Zealand was our favorite country on our world tour. It’s gorgeous, it’s adventurous, it’s clean and quiet, and it’s a joy to explore.
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Australia was one of our most expensive countries on the list, but that’s okay, we really enjoyed our time here. Tasmania was our favourite, but Melbourne, the Great Barrier Reef and Uluru were also pretty amazing.
To relax, we relaxed in Bali’s cultural hub, Ubud, followed by surfing and beaching in Seminyak.
As the end of our journey drew to a close, we began running from country to country, trying to see as much as possible before this wonderful adventure came to an end. We visited the highlights of Singapore for five days and then went to Kuala Lumpur.
Tim found a series of cheap flights from Singapore to Japan and Kuala Lumpur listed. We were here long enough to see the Petronas Towers and discover that Kuala Lumpur is more interesting than we expected.
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We were in South Korea during the MERS epidemic. Unfortunately due to MERS the DMZ was “closed” so we missed seeing it, big bummer. With only a week, we spent a few days in Seoul and then spent some time exploring Jeju Island.
Japan is amazing. It is also very hot and uncomfortable in the middle of summer. The food, the culture, the temples, the history…Japan is a place we can’t wait to explore again…just not in the summer.
From Tokyo we went to Los Angeles. How amazing it was to be back in the good old USA. At this point in our journey we were exhausted and really looking forward to being “home”. The thing is, we didn’t have a house because we sold it to make this trip, but still
