Official Katie and Richy Itinerary!

Here's the plan for our grand adventure. Dates marked with * are estimates only, all travel is by train unless otherwise noted:

8/14/08 Katie, Richy and Bevin Protas will depart on the Weidong ferry from Incheon, Korea to Qingdao, China at 5pm http://www.weidong.co.kr/

8/15/08 arrive in Qingdao at 9:00 am. Wander around. Take a night train to Beijing.

8/16/08 arrive in Beijing and check in to Chinese Box International Hostel for 4 nights http://www.asiarooms.com/china/beijing/chinese_box_hostel.html

8/20/08 depart Beijing for Ulaan Batar, Mongolia

8/21/08 arrive in Ulaan Batar, accommodations TBA

8/24 or 8/25/08 depart Ulaan Batar for Irkutsk, Russia

*8/25 arrive in Irkutsk, Russia and visit sites around Lake Baikal - emergency contact in Irkutsk:
Via Marina Shunina (our Russian friend who teaches in Seoul) "if u need any help or info while u r in Irkutsk, heres the cell phone number of a friend of mine..she speaks english well n ready to help u if u call her while u r in Irkutsk- ************ her names Yulya (Julia in english variant i think^^)"

*8/30 depart Irkutsk for Moscow (3 days on the train)

*9/2 arrive in Moscow

*9/3 or 9/4 depart Moscow for St. Petersburg (around this point we will part with our dear friend Bevin and she will travel on by plane to the Czech Republic and Ireland respectively).

*9/4 arrive in St. Petersburg

*9/6 depart St. Petersberg by ferry for Helsinki, Finland.

*9/6 arrive in Helsinki, Finland

*9/8 depart Helsinki, Finland for Stockholm, Sweden by ferry.

*9/9 arrive in Stockholm

*9/10 depart Stockholm for Copenhagen, Denmark by train.

*9/11 arrive in Copenhagen, Denmark.

*9/12 depart Copenhagen, Denmark for Amsterdam, Netherlands

*9/12 or 9/13 arrive in Amsterdam, possibly meet up with Kimmie, J, Doug, Sara and/or Noor Naaijkens (our friend from the Netherlands)

* 9/14 depart Amsterdam for Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands (Noor's hometown) we plan to spend a few days with Noor and her family while Kimmie and company move on to Belgium and destinations in northwestern France.

*9/18 to 9/28 travel with Noor (probably by her father's car, Richy driving) to meet Kimmie and company somewhere around Paris. At this point, Kimmie will depart from her company (Doug, Sara and J will return to Frankfurt, Germany) and join Noor, Richy, and I for some lovely car touring around western Europe. At some point we'll need to end up back in the Netherlands to take Noor back to Hilvarenbeek and rent a car to continue our travels.

*9/28 arrive in Munich, Germany for Octoberfest. Accommodations are booked, but Kimmie has the info on that.

*10/1 depart Munich for other fun and interesting European destinations.

*10/8 depart Dusseldorf, Germany for Vancouver, BC, Canada at 1:00 pm by plane:
LTU International Airways # 1582
Dusseldorf International (DUS) to Vancouver Intl (YVR)
Departure (DUS): October 8, 1:00 PM CEST (afternoon)
Arrival (YVR): October 8, 2:05 PM PDT (afternoon) What!? It only takes an hour? k-k-k- :P


*10/8 (the longest day of our lives, literally) arrive in Vancouver at 2:05 pm, and depart Vancouver by Greyhound bus or car (if someone wants to pick us up *wink*wink*) for Yelm, Washington USA!!! Our 14 month journey all the way around the Northern hemisphere complete!