SEQUENTIAL INDEX

Jump forward to:

Preparation

1. The “Unexpected” Round-the-World Trip

2. Visas and More Visas

3. Final Preparations

4. Departure!!

Texas

5. Crossing the Pond

6. Houston / NASA

7. Texas and Crossing the Rio Grande

Mexico

8. South to Querétaro

9. Teotihuacán and Mexico City

10. To Oaxáca and San Cristobal

Guatemala

11. Huehuetenango and Zaculeu

12. Lake Atitlán and Panajachel

13. To Antigua and Flores

14. Tikal

15. Learning Spanish in Antigua

16. Antigua and Guatemala City

El Salvador

17. Through El Salvador to Honduras

Honduras

18. Honduras to Nicaragua

Nicaragua

19. Nicaragua to San Jose

Costa Rica – Panama

20. Volcán Poás to Panama

Colombia

21. Through Colombia

22. Ipiales and Las Lajas

Ecuador

23. La Esperanza and Imbabura Volcano

24. Ibarra to San Lorenzo by Train

25. Atacames to Quito

26. Quito to Baños

27. Tungurahua

28. Baños to Lima

Peru

29. Lima to Cusco

30. To Aguas Calientes by Train

31. Machu Picchu

32. Cusco

33. Puno and the Floating Islands of Uros

34. Amantaní Island

Bolivia

35. Into Bolivia

36. Skiing at Chacaltaya

37. La Paz

38. Cochabamba

39. Sucre

40. To Betanzos

41. The Market at Betanzos

42. Potosí and Uyuni

Chile / Argentina

43. Into Chile

44. To San Pedro de Atacama

45. Salar de Atacama – Salt Lake

46. Chuquicamata and the Long Road South

47. Santiago de Chile

48. To Mendoza

49. Back Across the Andes…

50. South to the Lake District

51. Volcan Villarica

52. South to Panguipulli

53. To Puerto Fuy

54. To San Martín and Bariloche

55. Lake Nahuel Haupi

56. Peulla to Puerto Montt

57. Isla Chiloé and Isla Lemuy

58. To Southern Patagonia

59. To Tierra del Fuego

60. Ushuaia and Puerto Natales

61. Torres del Paine National Park

Argentina and Uruguay

62. Perito Moreno Glacier

63. Penguins!

64. Over to Uruguay

65. A “Porteño” Weekend…

66. Farewell to Latin America…

New Zealand

67. Over the Antarctic Ocean

68. To Christchurch

69. To Queenstown via Mount Cook

70. The “Awesome Foursome”…

71. Paragliding near Queenstown

72. To Milford Sound

73. Milford Sound to Queenstown

74. Queenstown to Wanaka

75. Paragliding at Wanaka

76. Christchurch to Auckland

Australia

77. Across the Tasman Sea

78. Sydney Part 1

79. Sydney Part 2

80. Sydney Part 3

81. North to Queensland

82. Taking the Plunge – Open Water Certification

83. The Great Barrier Reef

84. Magnetic Island

85. West into the Outback

86. The Approach to Uluru

87. Climbing Uluru – Ayers Rock

88. Opal Mining in Coober Pedy

89. Kalgoorlie Gold Mine

90. Scuba Diving off Perth

91. Rottnest Island… and Farewell Australia!

Indonesia

92. Indonesian Driving Test…

93. Bali to Lombok

94. Sharks and Fresh Fish…

95. Blacksmiths and Weavers

96. Return to Bali… with Deteriorating Health

97. Recovering from Typhus Fever

98. To the North Coast of Bali

99. Through Eastern Bali

100. Proving the World is Round!

Brunei / Singapore

101. Brunei Part 1

102. Brunei Part 2

103. Bandar Seri Begawan to Singapore

Malaysia

104. To Kuala Lumpur and Beyond

105. The Cameron Highlands to Penang

Thailand

106. North into Thailand

107. Phuket

108. Big Changes of Plan…

109. Koh Sichang

110. Across the Mekong…

Laos

111. Vientiane and Santipap Island

112. Laos to Cambodia

Cambodia

113. The Only Tourist…

114. Scary Temples…

115. More Surprises…

116. Back to Phnom Penh

117. City of Contrasts

118. Overland to Saigon

Vietnam

119. Ho Chi Minh City

120. Sneaking Past an Angry Volcano…

Philippines

121. Recovering in Manila

Hong Kong

122. To Hong Kong – and Big Decisions…

123. Exploring Hong Kong

Macau

124. Macau… and into the “Middle Kingdom”

China

125. By River Boat to the Guilin Region

126. Exploring the Karst Scenery

127. More Cycling around Yangshuo

128. To Chengdu

129. Chengdu to Lanzhou

130. Southwest through Gansu Province

131. The Curious People of Xiahe

132. Mapping the Hills of Xiahe

133. Labrang Monastery

134. To Lanzhou and Xi’an

135. The Dreaded Soviet Visa Application…

136. Temple of Heaven and Forbidden City…

137. The “10,000-Li Wall”

Mongolia

138. Beijing to Mongolia

USSR

139. Lake Baikal

140. Through Siberia to the Urals

141. Coup d’État!

142. The World Holds its Breath

143. Troops, Tanks and TV Cameras…

Poland

144. To Poland

145. To Kraków

146. Auschwitz

Czechoslovakia

147. Prague

148. South through Bohemia

Austria

149. Vienna

Germany – Belgium – UK

150. The White Cliffs of Dover…