Rest of Itinerary Sorted!

Oof. 25,954 miles of air travel left in this trip. When I land back in DC on June 3 I will have traveled a total of 36,053 miles via air and landed in 12 countries (mostly for layovers) on four continents.

Here’s the final plan:

3/23 to 4/14: India, Rickshaw Run + Misc Chillin’

4/15 to 4/28: Back to Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket for two more weeks of training, hopefully with my elbow fully healed.

4/29 to 5/3: Flying into Brussels, renting a car, and heading up to Amsterdam. Why fly into Brussels? I want to stop by the Westvleteren Brewery and pick up a case of Westvletern 12, supposedly the best trappist ale in the world and effectively only available directly from the monastery. Then it’s drive up to Amsterdam and hang out for Queen’s Day.

5/4 to 6/2: In to Kathmandu, Nepal. From here it’s probably off to Pokhara to hit the Annapurna Circuit (AC) trek and possibly sneak in the Annapurna Base Camp (ABC) treks as well if I have enough time. ~25 days of trekking through the Himalayas by myself = win.

6/2 to 6/3: Flight back home! Just in time to chill out for a day then head out to Assateague for the weekend. Excellent.

Comments

Alex said…

Ah cool, Annapurna. That's been on my wish list for a while.

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