50 days to go...

Itinerary is finalised now. Have been busy this week getting all the flights organised. With only 50  days to go before we leave, got to admit this is a strange trip this year, what with the Icelandic ash cloud possibly going to return before we leave then with Bangkok in turmoil.
For the moment, we are booked to fly in to BKK and stay overnight in downtown. but might eventually decide to stay out at the airport if things deteriorate.
For the rest got all the flights booked for Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia and Laos (I already had Burma) and am now getting places to stay lined up where it is necessary.

Finalising an itinerary

Been busy jiggling around dates and places on my trip spreadsheet....every time we do a trip like this, I make a spreadsheet fill in the dates of the trip then block which dates I think we should be where. After discussing with the family, I then refine the schedule and begin making it real by deciding on which flights, trains or buses we need to book.
Might seem fairly straight forward but it can and usually does, turn into a logistical nightmare with cheap flights not being available and only expensive ones available in the time slot, or buses only running once a day then having to stay an extra day and a night in a place where we don't want to be... those sort of things.
But that's all part of the adventure.
With just 72 days before we leave, I hope to finalise the itinerary this weekend and book the necessary transport.