Sunday, 12 December 2010
The plan is to find myself in Hong Kong. Then take the train to work in UK. This plan is Bullet Proof. A bit of an overkill for a commute. The time planned in Aug 2011 or Sep 2011, when the weather should be kind to me. (There is always some logic in my decisions, regardless of whether that logic is logical or illogical)
This one requires planning because it involves numerous countries, a fixed time frame, finite budget, different cultures compared of my solo trips in Nepal and China. VISAs need to be arranged and these are not easy ones.
The other factor is to obtain enough time for this journey. I think it is obvious that it will take longer than 14 days (21 days is what I am working to). I need to confirm that I can take this amount of time of my other more important commitments such as job or maybe my future girlfriend (Another sign of my disillusioned optimism.), like that would happen.
Beijing is a big city, so getting there from Hong Kong should be ok. The next leg is from Beijing to Ulaan Baatar. This is the capital of Mongolia. I find Mongolia fascinating from my childhood hence why I want to do this trip.
From Mongolia, it is a matter of a jumping on a train to Moscow. This is going to be the difficult part, getting the right tickets, some sort of language proficiency may help, getting on the right train, . Although, I will have my trusted compass. I think heading west is the general right direction. The Russian VISA takes the longest and more criteria to obtain. More details are needed.
My plan to plan this trip is to have a day by day detailed walkthrough. It is less straight forward than just going to an exotic place, blow money on fun stuff and take a flight home. This will be going to some harsh environment, eating and sleeping with minimal luxuries to make the budget last! This is still my kind of holiday. My budget is however much I can save.
The aim is by making a good plan and if I cannot use it next year, I can attempt to use it in the future. There are so many factors that I will need to consider; such as time scale, budget, political climate, my mentality and commitments. Everything needs to be in place to tackle the trip. It looks like a long way away in a couple of senses but this is the first step.
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