So the big news of the day is.... Hiroshi and I are going to a world tour in 2005. We were thinking about working in Spain for a year (and may still do that) and the backup plan in case Hiroshi couldn't get a job (I can always teach English) was to just hang out in Spain for a couple months. Well, if we're going to do that, why not Italy... and Greece... and and and. So I thought, if we saved like mad for the next year, we could do a 9 month tour of the world... and still have a fair chunk of relocation money (money to reestablish ourselves somewhere - Spain or Canada). Anyway, I am incredibly excited about this. I will be able to see all of the places I've always wanted to! I won't be able to do a 6 month African safari which was my dream tour, but it is pretty impossible now anyway because of all the darn civil unrest there.

Anyway, here is the RTW (Round the World) destinations list. Right now we are just in the process of getting our wish list out - thinking about where we want to go. We'll cull this according to time, budget and safety (e.g. Middle East?).
Asia: Korea (Seoul), Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam (Hanoi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh by train), Malaysia (Kuala Lumper, Brunei), China (Beijing, Xian, Shanghai), Mongolia, Tibet, Nepal, India (Agra, New Delhi, Bangalore, Kochi), Sri Lanka, Maldives
Australia and Pacific: Australia (Cairns, Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania), New Zealand (Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland), New Caledonia, Fiji, Tahiti
Middle East: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan (do the Stans on the Silk Road by rail)
Africa: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Egypt, Morocco
South America: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo), Argentina (Buenos Aires), Chile (Tiera del Feugo, Santiago, northern area), Peru (Lima, Cuzco)
North America: Mexico (Yucatan), Cuba - other cities can be done later in life
Europe: Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg), Finalnd, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany, Czech, (Prague), Spain (1-2 months), Italy (1 month), Greece (Athens, Corfu), Turkey

Did we miss anything? LOL If you've ever been to these places give us a review or a must see list! If you think of a place that would be good to add to the wish list, drop a comment for that too!