This is the overview of the trip. Some of the flight details
may seem odd but that is the result of arranging a round-the-world ticket. The
price goes down but the inconvenience goes up.
The trip begins in Ottawa on October 31 with a flight to Toronto. I switch
planes for Belgium.
I arrive in Brussels November 1 and will stay a day for no
other reason than I have never been there. It also helps to reset the internal
clock.
On November 2, I fly to Mumbai, India, and must wait 11
hours overnight to catch my flight to Nepal. The time isn't quite long enough
to make staying at a local hotel worth the effort.
On November 3, I arrive in Kathmandu—one of the top destinations on my “to-go” list. This
city is the base for two trips I will take in the next 15 days with Peregrine.
I leave Nepal on November 17 for Cambodia. I have to change
planes in Guangzhou, China after a 6-hour wait. I arrive in Phnom Penh November
18 and meet up with Goway travel for a four day tour that focuses mostly on the great temple ruins at Ankor Wat.
I leave Siem Reap, Cambodia, on November 22 for Australia,
but once again must change planes and wait in Guangzhou.
I arrive in Melbourne November 23. The next day, I take a
two-day bus tour along the south coast and through some parks. I will be
looking for locations for the start of my next novel.
After that tour, I take the train to Ballarat to do more
book location research. A fellow that I use to know in Almonte lives there and
promises to show me around.
On November 29, I fly to Hobart, Tasmania. I have always
wanted to visit this remote island. It also may provide penal colony research
for a later non-fiction book.
On December 2, I leave Hobart and fly to Los Angeles via
Melbourne. Because I cross the date line, I arrive in LA five hours before
I left Melbourne. The beauty about flight eastward around the world is you gain one calendar day.
From LA, I fly to Vancouver to spend a few days with my
brother in coastal town of Gibson’s.
On December 5, I fly directly to Ottawa.
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