Below are my travel itineraries. Feel free to use/steal them. All of my travel is independently organised, planned and completed using local public transport.
On the road again..
South America – 7 Month Itinerary
Check out my post on crime and safety in South America!
October 2022
October & November 2022
Colombia – Bogota, San Gil, Barichara, Santa Marta, Minca, Lost City Trek, Tayrona Park, Palomino, Cartagena, Medellin, Salento, Cali, Ipiales
November & December 2022
Ecuador – Otavalo, Quito, Banos, Riobamba, Cuenca, Guayaquil, Galapagos Islands
December 2022 & January 2023
Peru – Mancora, Trujillo, Huaraz, Lima, Arequipa, Cusco, Paracas, Huacachina
February 2023
Bolivia – La Paz, Copacabana, Isla del Sol, Sucre, Potosí, Uyuni
February & March 2023
Chile– San Pedro de Atacama, Valparaiso, Santiago, Easter Island, Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales
February & March & April 2023
Argentina – Salta, San Miguel de Tucuman, Cordoba, Mendoza, El Chalten, El Calafate, Rio Gallegos, Ushuaia, Buenos Aires, Puerto Iguazu
April 2023
Uruguay – Montevideo, Punta del Este, Colonia del Sacramento
Paraguay – Asuncion, Filadelfia, Encarnacion
April & May 2023
Brazil – Foz do Iguacu, Curitiba, Sao Paulo, Paraty, Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Natal
May 2023
Balkans – 5 week itinerary
Check out my introduction to the Balkans!
September 2023
North Macedonia – Skopje, Bitola, Ohrid
October 2023
Albania – Tirana, Durrës, Berat, Shkodër
Montenegro – Podgorica, Budva, Kotor, Cetinje
Bosnia & Herzegovina – Mostar, Sarajevo
Tunisia – 1 month itinerary
Check out my post on the best form of public transport in Tunisia, the louage!
November 2023
Tunisia – Tunis, Sidi Bou Said, Carthage, Dougga, Kerkouane, Bulla Regia, Bizerte, Sousse, Kairouan, El Jem, Monastir, Sfax, Tataouine, Ksar Ouled Soltane, Chenini & Douiret, Djerba, Toujane, Matmata, Douz, Tozeur
Central America – 3 month itinerary
Check out my post on public transport in Central America, and my post on Central American border crossings!
January 2024
Mexico – Mexico City, Tepoztlán, Morelia, Patzcuaro, Tzintzuntzan, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, Queretaro, Puebla, Oaxaca, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Palenque, Campeche, Bacalar
February 2024
Belize – Belize City, Caye Caulker, Belmopan, San Ignacio
Guatemala – Flores, Lanquín, Quetzaltenango, San Pedro la Laguna, Antigua, Guatemala City
March 2024
El Salvador – Santa Ana, Suchitoto, San Salvador
Honduras – Copan Ruinas, Lake Yojoa, Tegucigalpa
Nicaragua – Leon, Managua, Granada, Ometepe
April 2024
Costa Rica – San Jose, La Fortuna, Monteverde, Quepos – Manuel Antonio, Palmar Sur
Panama – Boquete, Bocas del Toro, David, Panama City
Central Asia – 2 month itinerary
Check out my introduction to travel in Central Asia, my guide to public transport and my dedicated blog post about train travel!
September 2024
Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek, Karakol, Tosor, Kochkor, Song Kul, Naryn, Tash Rabat, Sary Mogul, Osh
October/November 2024
Kazakhstan – Almaty, Astana, Aktobe, Aralsk, Turkistan, Shymkent
Tajikistan – Dushanbe, Kalaikhum, Khorog, Langar, Alichur, Murghab
Uzbekistan – Kokand, Margilan, Tashkent, Nukus, Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand, Termez
South Asia – 4 month itinerary
Check out my guide to train travel in India, my guide to public transport in Bangladesh, my tips for foreign travellers in Pakistan, my guide to getting around in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region, my guide to public transport in Sri Lanka and my guide to visiting the Maldives on a budget!
India – Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Mount Abu, Udaipur, Bundi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Gwalior, Orchha, Khajuraho, Bhopal, Sanchi, New Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasi, Bodhgaya, Kolkata
Bangladesh – Khulna, Bagerhat, Barisal, Dhaka, Sonargaon, Sreemangal, Sylhet
India – Chennai, Mahabalipuram, Puducherry, Thanjavur
Sri Lanka – Negombo, Anuradhapura, Dambulla, Kandy, Haputale, Nuwara Eliya, Galle, Colombo
India – Bengaluru, Mysuru, Kalpetta (Wayanad), Kochi, Munroe Island, Patiala, Chandigarh, Shimla, Dharamshala, Amritsar
Pakistan – Lahore, Islamabad, Skardu, Gilgit, Karimabad
South Korea and Japan – 3 month itinerary
Check out my post on how to travel on a budget in Japan, and my post on the quirks of travel in Japan!
Japan – Sapporo, Otaru, Hakodate, Aomori, Morioka, Sendai, Tokyo, Kamakura, Manazuru, Matsumoto, Takayama, Kanazawa, Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Kobe, Okayama, Onomichi, Hiroshima
Jordan – 2 week itinerary
Check out my blog post on the best way to visit Wadi Rum!
Jordan – Amman, As-Salt, Wadi Musa/Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba, Irbid, Jerash, Madaba