ONE MONTH TO GO!

Only one more month until we take off!  We have most everything set to go and we'll be moving the rest of our things into storage in a few weeks.  We have all our necessary visas, all our vaccines, and the car has been OK'd for the hike to Michigan.

We'd love to hear any recommendations of cool things to do/places to stay from anyone who's been to the places we're headed (see previous post).
Can't wait!!

PS-on another note, my cousin Melissa is being deployed to Afghanistan just a couple days before we take off.  She's a nurse in the navy and will be over there for 6 months (8 months total with training).  She is a very brave girl and pretty much kicks ass.  Please keep her and her family in your thoughts.
Love you Mel!!

Tickets Bought!

Today we bought our tickets and officially booked the trip!
We'll be updating this blog along the way, so remember to subscribe (I think you just click "follow") to get updates.

Here's the itinerary:
Sept 1: start our cross-country drive to get Lola to MI (a million thanks to MaryBeth and Kevin for "adopting" her for 6 months!)
Sept 12: to Frankfurt, Germany (Oktoberfest, woop!!)
Sept 21: to Dubai for a day/night
Sept 22: to Capetown, South Africa
Oct 10: from Johannesburg, SA to Delhi, India. Will take an overland trip from India to Nepal and back.
Nov 4: from Kolkata to Bangkok, Thailand. From Bangkok we'll travel overland to Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Might also go to Singapore and Malaysia, time depending. From there, overland to China. We'll probably spend Christmas in Vietnam and NYE in Hong Kong.
Jan 12: from Beijing to Tokyo
Jan 19: from Tokyo to Melbourne, Australia
Feb 16: from Melbourne to Auckland, New Zealand
Mar 11: from Auckland to Papeete, Tahiti
Mar 16: Tahiti to LA, LA to Chicago.
and then the long drive back to SF.
We'll miss everyone but are very excited to start this journey! Thanks for following along.