Travel Itinerary for 2009

I will be departing on May 10 for my travels for the year. I will complete Around-the-World Trip IX and then will commence Around-the-World Trip X while I am gone. The following itinerary covers my travels from both trips until I return to Texas in October.

May 10--San Antonio to Vancouver via Denver
UA 7571 SAT-DEN 15:49--17:07
UA 281 DEN-YVR 18:12--20:09

Eleven days for travel around BC--Vancouver, Vancouver Island and Whistler as major areas of exploration

May 21--Vancouver to Seoul Inchon
AC 63 YVR-ICN 12:15--15:40+1

May 23--Seoul Inchon to Kota Kinabalu (Flight was originally scheduled for the 22nd to coordinate with the arrival in Seoul, but fewer scheduled flights per week now require me to wait one day in Seoul)
OZ 757 ICN-BKI 18:45--23:05

Twenty-two days to travel throughout the provinces of Sabah and Sarawak and in the Sultanate of Brunei

June 14--Kuching to Kuala Lumpur
AK 5205 KCH-KUL 11:55--13:35

Will spend one night in Kuala Lumpur visiting a friend there.

June 15--Luala Lumpur to Bangkok
AK 742 KUL-BKK 13:40--14:45

Four days in Bangkok to see my dentist and buy my new ATW air ticket

June 19--Bangkok to Phnom Penh
FD 3616 BKK-PNH 14:50--16:00

Ten days to explore Cambodia--mainly Phnom Penh and Siem Reap (location of Angkor Wat)

June 29--Phnom Penh to Bangkok
FD 3617 PNH-BKK 16:30--17:40

Four more days in Bangkok to return to my dentist and to enjoy the city--massage, films, etc.

Note: The remaining dates for flights are all temporary until I finalize my new ATW ticket while in Bangkok

July 2--Bangkok to Delhi
TG 315 BKK-DEL 17:45--20:45 (Most Likely)
or
TG 323 BKK-DEL 7:30-10:30

Eighteen days to visit Chandigarh, Dharamsala, Amritsar and maybe to go to Jaipur and Agra.

July 20 (Late night of July 19)--Delhi to Istanbul
TK 1071 DEL-IST 4:20-8:40

Will depart Istanbul that evening of July 20 via train for Thessaloniki in Greece and will spend the next few weeks as follows with the number of days in each place being only an estimate:
Thessaloniki 3-4 days
Macedonia 6 days
Albania 7 days
Serbia 3 days
Bulgaria 8 days
Romania (Coastal) 5 days
Moldova 5 days
Romania (Central) 3 days

Sept. 3--Bucharest to Copenhagen
SK 1782 OTP-CPH 13:35--15:05

Will have 10 days to see my friends in Copenhagen and to say good-bye to the city, since this will be my last ATW trip and, therefore, my last time to visit the city for many years.

Sept. 13--Copenhagen to Casablanca via Lisbon
TP 503 CPH-LIS 8:30--11:05
TP 228 LIS-CMN 14:55--17:40

Eight days to explore Morocco--mainly Fes and Marrakesh after a brief stop in Casablanca

Sept. 22--Casablanca to Lisbon
TP 229 CMN-LIS 16:05--18:35

Will arrive in Lisbon too late for a connecting flight to my next destination, so will sleep at the airport

Sept. 23--Lisbon to Caracas
TP 121 LIS-CCS 11:10--14:50

Nineteen days to explore Venezuela

Oct. 12--Maracaibo to Aruba
RV 300 Mar-AUA 14:10--15:40

Four days to enjoy the beaches and towns of Aruba

Oct. 16--Aruba to Charlotte
US 874 AUA-CLT 16:45--20:53

Will arrive in Charlotte too late for a connecting flight to San Antonio, so I will sleep at the airport

Oct. 17--Charlotte to San Antonio
US 315 CLT-SAT 9:45--12:10

Arrival will be 157 days after departure for the trip and travel will have included 17 countries (Canada, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, India, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Denmark, Morocco, Venezuela, and Aruba)