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 ….