On the 23rd of November 2014 David and I bid our final farewells, handed the keys of our house to our tenants and boarded a bus to Heathrow – this is where we’ve been so far ……..
24th November 2014 we arrived in
INDIA
Maharashtra
- Mumbai
- Aurangabad and the Ellora and Ajanta caves
December 2014
- Somnath (near Warora) One week silent retreat http://www.sanghaseva.org
- Anandwan. 5 week work retreat http://www.sanghseva.org
January 2015
Madhya Pradesh
- Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, Mandu
Rajasthan
- Mount Abu
- Udaipur
- Chittogargh
- Pushkar
- Nagaur
- Jaisalmer
February 2015
Rajasthan
- Jodphur
- Agra
Madhya Pradesh
- Gwalior
- Datia
- Orchha
- Khajuraho
Uttar Pradesh
- Varanasi
- Sarnath – week silent retreat http://www.insightmeditation.org
March 2015
West Bengal
- Darjeeling – trekking the Singalila Ridge
- Kolkata
April 2015
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW ZEALAND
- Auckland
- Coromandel Peninsula
- Rotorua
- Tongariro National Park
- Wanganui
- Mangaweka
- Raglan
May 2015
COOK ISLANDS
- Rarotonga
- Aitutaki
June 2015
FRENCH POLYNESIA – The Society Islands
- Tahiti Nui and Iti
- Huahine
- Bora Bora
- Tahaa
- Raaitea
- Maupiti
- Moorea
July 2015
CALIFORNIA
- Seal Beach
- San Diego
- La Jolla
- Palm Desert
- Joshua Tree
- Santa Barbara
- San Luis Obispo
- The Big Sur
- Santa Cruz
- Three Rivers
- Sequoia National Park
- Kings Canyon
- Yosemite National Park
- Half Moon Bay
- Carmel and Monterey
- San Francisco
EAST COAST
- Washington DC
- Philadelphia
- Cape Cod
- New York
August, September, October 2015
UNITED KINGDOM
- Bristol
- Devon
- Cornwall
- Wiltshire
- Gloucestershire
- Northumberland
- Scotland
- The Lake District
November and December 2015
NICARAGUA
- Granada
- Leon
- Las Penitas
- Jiquillilo
- Padre Ramos Nature Reserve – Turtle Protection Project
- Esteli – Miraflor Nature Reserve
- Jinotega
- Matagalpa
- Peñas Blancas
- Río San Juan – El Castillo, Bartola Basecamp, Boca de Sábalos
January 2016
Costa Rica
- La Fortuna
- Nicoya Peninusla
- Central Pacific Coast
- Highlands
- Caribbean Coast
- San Jose
February 2016
Cuba
- Havana – Vieja and Centro
- Viñales
- Playa Larga
- Cienfuegos
- Trinidad
- Camaguey
- Santa Clara
- Havana – Vedado
March 2016
Ecuador
- Quito
- Galápagos Islands
- Otavalo and Cotacachi
- Latacunga and the Quilotoa Loop
- Patate, Puyo, Macas
- Alausi – Nariz del Diablo
- Cuenca
- Vilcabamba
- Zumba and the border with Peru at La Balsa
Peru
- Chachapoyas and the ruins at Kuélap
- Leymebamba
- Celéndin
- Cajamarca and Baño del Inca
- Trujillo
- Chicama
- Huaraz and the 10 day Huayhuash trek
- Lima
- Cuzco
- Machu Picchu and villages in the Sacred Valley
- Capachicha Peninsula and Isla Taquile on Lake Titicaca
- Puno
Bolivia
- Copacabana and Isla del Sol
- La Paz
- Potosi
- Tupiza
- Salar de Uyuni
- Tarija
- Sucre
- Santa Cr
- Samaipata
North America
- Savannah
- Charleston
November 2016 – we’ve just arrived in Colombia and have five weeks to explore ….
Dreamy list of destinations! I think you probably made the right decision, handing over those keys ;P
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Yep, it’s been an extraordinary journey in so many ways – no regrets!
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